Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The goddess of the moon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The moon: personified as a Roman goddess, Luna, answering to the Greek goddess Selene.
- noun An occasional form of crescent-headed arrow with the concave side outermost and sharpened.
- noun In alchemy, silver.
- noun The luna-moth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The moon.
- noun (Alchemy) Silver.
- noun (Old Chem.) horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The name of Earth's
moon . - proper noun Roman mythology
goddess of themoon ; equivalent of theGreek Selene . Sister ofAurora andSol . - proper noun A female
given name .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"PAN AND LUNA" describes a mythical adventure of Luna -- the moon, given by Virgil in the Georgics; and has for its text a line from them (III.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Sutherland Orr 1865
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La Luna is a small production and they are simply one the best producers of Lambrusco - period.
Department of Greenwashing: Ceci La Luna lambrusco | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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The Media Luna is a coffee shop-restaurant, on the lake side of the road.
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Selene (or Latin Luna), the eye of night, the sister of the god of the sun, the goddess of the moon, was also called Mene (Mênê).
The origin of the English word MONEY : Coin Collecting News 2009
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Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart will be doing a Q&A in Luna Park in Sydney on May 31 followed by a screening of New Moon.
Twilight Lexicon » Australia fans – Win Tickets to see Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart 2010
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Their soccer positions are extensions of their actual personalities: Bernal plays the fiesty and temperamental forward who dreams of bigger scores and Luna is the level-headed goalkeeper who must save everybody else.
Bernal and Luna can’t save “Rudo y Cursi” » Scene-Stealers 2009
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ConCATulations for your award and many thanks for your kind visit and comment in Luna's blog!
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Julia is best known for the two years she spent living on a platform 180 feet up in the canopy of a thousand-year-old redwood tree she called Luna.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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Julia is best known for the two years she spent living on a platform 180 feet up in the canopy of a thousand-year-old redwood tree she called Luna.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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I am really looking forward to it, since Café Tierra Luna is just down the street from me.
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