# Luna
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”), from Latin lūna/Lūna, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Roxane.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluːnə/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɫʉːnə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːnə

### Proper noun

Luna
* (Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
* (chiefly science fiction or poetic) The name of Earth's moon; Moon.
** 1868, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Edward Arber, The Rehearsal: With Illustrations from Previous Plays, Etc, page 129:Luna that ne'er shines by day.
** 1896, The Era Almanack, Dramatic & Musical, page 22:He has but little prudence, no apprehension of consequences, and none of that melancholy which in tempraments of Luna and Venus is generally felt, and from which he is saved by the combination of Mars and Mercury.
** 1909, Govind H. Keskar, Combined Introductory Astrology, page 14:The different visible shapes of Luna are called her phases.
** 2011, Charles Lee Lesher, Aldrin Station - Rise of Luna:Lagrange point L1 is the perfect location for humanity's next major space station, the natural gateway to the moon. This one-of-a-kind point in space is located on the direct line between Earth and Luna about 200,000 miles from Earth, or conversely, a mere 39,000 miles above the geometric center of Luna's nearside.
* A female given name from Latin.
** 1837, James Hogg, “The Mysterious Bride”, in Talks and Sketches: The Shepherd's Calendar, Blackie & Son, page 343:- - - and it so happened, that in one of old Bryan's daughters named Luna, or more familiarly Loony, he perceived, or thought he perceived, some imaginary similarity in form and air to the lovely apparition.
** 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 236:A few seconds later, Luna Lovegood emerged, trailing behind the rest of the class, a smudge of earth on her nose, and her hair tied in a knot on the top of her head.

#### Coordinate terms

* Greco-Roman Moon Goddesses:
** Artemis / Diana
** Hecate / Trivia
** Theia
** Phoebe
** Pandia
** The Menae

#### Derived terms

* Luna County
* lunifaction

#### Translations
### Noun

Luna (uncountable)
* (heraldry, rare) Argent (silver), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
** 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales.
** 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition:George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg. The base is Mars, a Horse currant Luna, over these last on an Inescocheon, Constantine's Crown.
** 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony.
** 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.
* (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Silver.

### See also

* Luna Este
* Luna Weste

### Anagrams

* Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

From Spanish luna, from Latin lūna.

#### Proper noun

Luna
* a female given name from Spanish

### Etymology 2

From Spanish luna, from dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”).

#### Proper noun

Luna
* a surname from Aragonese

### Etymology 3

From English luna, from Latin lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).

#### Proper noun

Luna
* (Roman mythology) Luna; the goddess of the moon; the sister of Aurora and Sol;

## Danish
### Proper noun

Luna
* (Roman mythology) Luna
* a female given name of modern usage

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Luna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlunɑ/, [ˈlunɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -unɑ
* Hyphenation: Lu‧na

### Proper noun

Luna
* a female given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Luna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lunani
Lunani
accusative
nom.
Lunani
Lunani
gen.
Lunani
genitive
Lunani
Lunieni Lunaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Lunaani
Luniani
inessive
Lunassani
Lunissani
elative
Lunastani
Lunistani
illative
Lunaani
Luniini
adessive
Lunallani
Lunillani
ablative
Lunaltani
Luniltani
allative
Lunalleni
Lunilleni
essive
Lunanani
Luninani
translative
Lunakseni
Lunikseni
abessive
Lunattani
Lunittani
instructive
comitative
—Lunineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lunasi
Lunasi
accusative
nom.
Lunasi
Lunasi
gen.
Lunasi
genitive
Lunasi
Luniesi Lunaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Lunaasi
Luniasi
inessive
Lunassasi
Lunissasi
elative
Lunastasi
Lunistasi
illative
Lunaasi
Luniisi
adessive
Lunallasi
Lunillasi
ablative
Lunaltasi
Luniltasi
allative
Lunallesi
Lunillesi
essive
Lunanasi
Luninasi
translative
Lunaksesi
Luniksesi
abessive
Lunattasi
Lunittasi
instructive
comitative
—Luninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lunamme
Lunamme
accusative
nom.
Lunamme
Lunamme
gen.
Lunamme
genitive
Lunamme
Luniemme Lunaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Lunaamme
Luniamme
inessive
Lunassamme
Lunissamme
elative
Lunastamme
Lunistamme
illative
Lunaamme
Luniimme
adessive
Lunallamme
Lunillamme
ablative
Lunaltamme
Luniltamme
allative
Lunallemme
Lunillemme
essive
Lunanamme
Luninamme
translative
Lunaksemme
Luniksemme
abessive
Lunattamme
Lunittamme
instructive
comitative
—Luninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lunanne
Lunanne
accusative
nom.
Lunanne
Lunanne
gen.
Lunanne
genitive
Lunanne
Lunienne Lunainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Lunaanne
Lunianne
inessive
Lunassanne
Lunissanne
elative
Lunastanne
Lunistanne
illative
Lunaanne
Luniinne
adessive
Lunallanne
Lunillanne
ablative
Lunaltanne
Luniltanne
allative
Lunallenne
Lunillenne
essive
Lunananne
Luninanne
translative
Lunaksenne
Luniksenne
abessive
Lunattanne
Lunittanne
instructive
comitative
—Luninenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Lunansa
Lunansa
accusative
nom.
Lunansa
Lunansa
gen.
Lunansa
genitive
Lunansa
Luniensa Lunainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Lunaansa
Luniaan Luniansa
inessive
Lunassaan Lunassansa
Lunissaan Lunissansa
elative
Lunastaan Lunastansa
Lunistaan Lunistansa
illative
Lunaansa
Luniinsa
adessive
Lunallaan Lunallansa
Lunillaan Lunillansa
ablative
Lunaltaan Lunaltansa
Luniltaan Luniltansa
allative
Lunalleen Lunallensa
Lunilleen Lunillensa
essive
Lunanaan Lunanansa
Luninaan Luninansa
translative
Lunakseen Lunaksensa
Lunikseen Luniksensa
abessive
Lunattaan Lunattansa
Lunittaan Lunittansa
instructive
comitative
—Lunineen Luninensa :

#### Statistics

* Luna is the 400th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,008 female individuals (and as a middle name to 430 more), and also belongs to 11 male individuals (and as a middle name to 6 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## German
### Etymology

(Roman mythology): Latin Lūna

### Proper noun

Luna
* (Roman mythology) Luna
* a female given name of modern usage

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlu.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: luna
* Rhymes: -una
* Hyphenation: Lù‧na

### Proper noun

Luna f
* (astronomy, astrology) the Moon
** c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13th century, page 2:Lauꝺato ſi miſignore ꝑ ſora luna ele ﬅelle. in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̄tioſe ⁊ belle. (Umbria)[Laudato si' mi' signore per sora luna e le stelle, in cielu l'hai formate clarite et preziose et belle.]Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 64–66; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:["] […] tutto l’oro ch’è sotto la luna e che già fu, di quest’anime stanche non poterebbe farne posare una"." […] all the gold that is—and ever was—under the Moon couldn't make a single one of these tired souls rest."
** 1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 34”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 67; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:Nel cerchio de la luna a menar t’aggio, che dei pianeti a noi piú prossima erra, perché la medicina che può saggio rendere Orlando, lá dentro si serra.I shall lead you to the circle of the Moon—which, among the planets, wanders closest to us—for the medicine that can make Orlando wise is hidden in there.
** mid 1560s [29–19 BCE], “Libro primo”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Eneide, translation of Aeneis by Publius Vergilius Maro (in Classical Latin), lines 1204, 1207–1208; republished as L’Eneide di Virgilio‎, Florence: G. Barbera, 1892:Il biondo Iopa […] […] Cantò le vie che drittamente torte Rendon vaga la luna e buio il sole[original: crīnītus Iōpās […] canit errantem lūnam sōlisque labōres]The blond-haired Iopas […] sang of the straightforwardly contorted ways which make the Moon errant, and the Sun dark
** 1810 [c. 8th century BCE], “Libro XIX”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 373–376; republished as Iliade di Omero‎, 4th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:[…] s’imbracciò lo scudo, Che immenso e saldo di lontan splendea Come luna, o qual foco ai naviganti Sovr’alta apparso solitaria cima[original: αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα σάκος μέγα τε στιβαρόν τε εἵλετο, τοῦ δ’ ἀπάνευθε σέλας γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης. ὡς δ’ ὅτ’ ἂν ἐκ πόντοιο σέλας ναύτῃσι φανήῃ καιομένοιο πυρός, τό τε καίεται ὑψόθ’ ὄρεσφι σταθμῷ ἐν οἰοπόλῳ […]]autàr épeita sákos méga te stibarón te heíleto, toû d’ apáneuthe sélas génet’ ēǘte mḗnēs. hōs d’ hót’ àn ek póntoio sélas naútēisi phanḗēi kaioménoio purós, tó te kaíetai hupsóth’ óresphi stathmôi en oiopólōi […]he [Achilles] took up his shield, which—immense and steady—shone from the distance, as the Moon, or as a fire, appearing to seafarers upon a tall, lonely mountaintop
* (mythology, Roman mythology) Luna
    Synonym: (Greek mythology) Selene
* (heraldry) a full moon
* a female given name from Latin
    (derived) Lunella, Lunetta, Lunina
* a surname

#### Derived terms

* allunare
* luna
* luna park
* lunario
* mezzaluna; mezza luna

#### Related terms

* lunare
* lunaria
* lunatico
* lunato
* lunazione
* lunedì

### See also

Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text) :
| Star | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole | Sole |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | Mercurio | Venere | Terra | Marte | Cerere | Giove | Saturno | Urano | Nettuno | Plutone | Eris (Eride) |
| Notable moons | — | — | Luna | Fobos Deimos | — | Io Europa Ganimede Callisto | Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon | Tritone | Caronte | Disnomia |

### Anagrams

* ulna

## Latin
### Etymology

The same word as lūna (“moon”), taken as a proper noun.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈluː.na/, [ˈɫ̪uːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlu.na/, [ˈluːnä]

### Proper noun

Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
* (astronomy) Alternative letter-case form of lūna (“the Moon”)
** AD 334–7, Julius Firmicus Maternus (author), Wilhelm Kroll and Franz Skutsch (editors), Matheseos libri VIII, Leipzig: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, volume I: Libros IV priores et quinti prooemium continens (1897), book iv, chapter i, § 10 (page 199, lines 16–19):
    Est itaque Luna aut synodica aut plena aut dichotomos aut menoides aut amficyrtos et per has mutata formas cursum menstrui luminis complet.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (Roman mythology) Luna (the moon goddess)
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.883:Lūna regit mēnsīsLuna governs the months (See Luna (goddess).)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

### Proper noun

Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
* A city in Etruria, situated on the left bank of the Macra

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Derived terms

* Lūnēnsis

### References

* Luna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Luna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Lūna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlu.na/
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: Lu‧na
* Homophone: luna

### Proper noun

Luna f
* (uncountable, Roman mythology) Luna (Roman goddess of the moon, sister of Aurora and Sol; equivalent to the Greek Selene)
* (countable, rare) a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Luna

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Luna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Luna in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Lóna, from Old Church Slavonic ловьна (lovĭna), feminine of ловьнъ (lovĭnŭ), from ловъ (lovŭ) +‎ -ьнъ (-ĭnŭ).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Luna f
* A commune of Cluj, Romania
* A village in Luna, Cluj, Romania
* A locality in Negrești-Oaș, Satu Mare, Romania

## Slovene
### Etymology

See lúna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lùːna/

### Proper noun

Lúna f
* the Moon (of Earth)

#### Synonyms

* Mésec

#### See also

* lúna

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluna/ [ˈlu.na]
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: Lu‧na

### Etymology 1

From Latin lūna.

#### Proper noun

Luna f
* Earth's Moon
    La Luna es el único satélite natural de la Tierra.The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite.
* a female given name of modern usage

### Etymology 2

From dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”), a habitational name for someone living by an open courtyard.

#### Proper noun

Luna f
* a surname from Aragonese

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Luna.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈluna/ [ˈluː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -una
* Syllabification: Lu‧na

### Proper noun

Luna (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜈ)
* a female given name from Spanish
* (Roman mythology) Luna (goddess of the moon)
* A municipality of Apayao, Philippines

#### Related terms

* luna

### Anagrams

* ulan