Lunan
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English
Etymology 1
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Proper noun
Lunan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Variant of Loonan.
Proper noun
Lunan (plural Lunans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lunan is the 95115th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 192 individuals. Lunan is most common among White (56.77%) and Black/African American (30.21%) individuals.
Etymology 3
Noun
Lunan (plural Lunans)
- (science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
- 2012, A. Lee Martinez, Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain:
- Relations between Terra and Luna had been strained since the Lunans had eaten Neil Armstrong in 1960.
- 2014, William Tedford, Battlefields of Silence:
- Despite the war games, the Jovans considered themselves invincible, and the Lunans were their only worthy opponent in the solar system. Having their own ships blown up in orbit by unknown forces, the Lunans were no longer transgressors.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lunan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.