luna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
  2. A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
noun
  1. A foreman on a plantation.
name
  1. The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
  2. The Earth's Moon.
  3. A female given name from Latin.
noun
  1. Argent (silver), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
  2. Silver.

Pronunciation

/ˈluːnə/ en-au-luna.ogg /ˈɫʉːnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Luna.wav

Word forms

luna lunas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

Synonyms

Derived words

Luna County lunifaction Druna Linny
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