Moon
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *mē-² (“to measure”)
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
Proper noun
Moon
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- (paganism) The god of the Moon in Heathenry.
- 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
- Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
- (Can we date this quote?), Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
- Moon's Day.
- 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
- Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
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- A surname.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Synonyms
Translations
sole natural satellite of the Earth
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54th sura of the Qur'an
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See also
Solar System in in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sun | |||||||||||||||
Planets and dwarf planets | Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | Haumea | Makemake | Eris | |||
Notable moons | — | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Ganymede Callisto Io Europa |
Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas |
Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda |
Triton | Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx |
Hiʻiaka Namaka |
— | Dysnomia |
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