Juno

[ joo-noh ]

noun,plural Ju·nos for 3.
  1. the ancient Roman queen of heaven, a daughter of Saturn and the wife and sister of Jupiter: the protector of women and marriage.: Compare Hera.

  2. Astronomy. the fourth largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.

  1. a woman of regal appearance or bearing.

  2. Military. the code name for a beach on France's Normandy coast, attacked by Canadian forces as part of the Allies' D-day invasion on June 6, 1944.

  3. a female given name.

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How to use Juno in a sentence

  • I'se gwine to Branchville whar my dahter, Juno Soo, is a dyin' ob fever.

    A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
  • More than ordinarily tall, she was shaped like a Juno, and moved with all the grace and freedom of an athlete.

    The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
  • Juno lived in a great park, where there was a menagerie, and neither the park nor the menagerie could have done without Juno.

  • No one had seen them, and nearly every one was sorry, and had something kind to say, for Juno was a favorite with many.

  • Juno went and lay down in a sunshiny place near the elephant's house, and thought over all these words.

British Dictionary definitions for Juno (1 of 3)

Juno1

/ (ˈdʒuːnəʊ) /


noun
  1. (in Roman tradition) the queen of the Olympian gods: Greek counterpart: Hera

  2. a woman of stately bearing and regal beauty

British Dictionary definitions for Juno (2 of 3)

Juno2

/ (ˈdʒuːnəʊ) /


noun
  1. astronomy the fourth largest known asteroid (approximate diameter 240 kilometres) and one of the four brightest

British Dictionary definitions for Juno (3 of 3)

Juno3

noun
  1. an award given for achievements in the Canadian music industry

Origin of Juno

3
C20: originally after Pierre Juneau (1922–2012) Canadian broadcaster

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Scientific definitions for Juno

Juno

[ jōō ]


  1. An asteroid having a diameter of about 240 km (149 mi). It was the third to be discovered, in 1804. See more at asteroid.

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Cultural definitions for Juno

Juno

The Roman name of Hera, the Greek and Roman goddess who protected marriage. Juno was the wife of Jupiter.

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