LUNA

Luna

(noun) (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Luna

The name of Earth's moon.

(Roman god) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.

A female given name from Latin.

A given name for a female pet.

(alchemy) Silver.

Coordinate terms

Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses

Artemis / Diana

Hecate / Trivia

Theia

Phoebe

Pandia

The Menae

Anagrams

• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

Etymology 1

Noun

luna (plural lunas)

(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.

(Christianity, chiefly, Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• (glass holder): lunette, lunula

Etymology 2

Noun

luna (plural luna or lunas)

(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.

Usage notes

• This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.

Anagrams

• An-lu, Anlu, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

Source: Wiktionary


Lu"na, n. Etym: [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.]

1. The moon.

2. (Alchemy)

Definition: Silver. Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. Luna moth (Zoƶl.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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