Moon

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See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

English

Etymology 1

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The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol ⟨☽⟩ (often reversed to ⟨☾⟩)
The Earth's moon
The Moon (waning crescent)
The Moon (full)

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

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  • Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

Moon or the Moon

  2. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
  3. (paganism) A personification of the moon.
    • 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.
    • 2005, 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.
  5. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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See also
Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Moon Phobos
Deimos 		— Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto 		Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus
Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon 		Triton Charon Dysnomia

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

Moon

  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
    2. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
    3. A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
    4. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
    5. An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 615.

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