Luna

American  

[loo-nuh] / ˈlu nə /

noun

1. the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.

2. (in alchemy) silver.

3. (lowercase) Also the crescent-shaped receptacle within the monstrance, for holding the consecrated Host in an upright position.

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Luna ¹ British  

/ ˈluːnə /

noun

1. the alchemical name for silver

2. Greek counterpart: Selene.  the Roman goddess of the moon

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Luna ² British  

/ ˈluːnɪk, ˈluːnə /

noun

1. any of a series of Soviet lunar space-probes, one of which, Luna 9 , made the first soft landing on the moon (1966)

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Etymology

Origin of Luna

From the Latin word lūna the moon

Example Sentences

County Sheriff Robert Luna said that while his department was “encouraged” by the decline, such gains should not be taken for granted.

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Julia “Butterfly” Hill — whose ethereal, barefoot portraits high in the redwood canopy became a symbol of the Redwood Summer — spent two years living in a thousand-year-old tree, named Luna, to keep it from being felled.

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County, Sheriff Robert Luna and three of his predecessors, and a dozen jail staffers.

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But there are signs that times are changing with his department, Luna said, starting with the growing number of recruits that graduate every month.

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Sheriff Robert Luna told The Times that he’s a “little uncomfortable” drawing comparisons between the two agencies, saying that shooting rates can be affected by many variables.

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