Luna
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
(in alchemy) silver.
(lowercase)Also lunette. Ecclesiastical. the crescent-shaped receptacle within the monstrance, for holding the consecrated Host in an upright position.
Origin of Luna
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How to use Luna in a sentence
She first tried meth as a fifteen-year-old in the welding shop at Los Lunas High School.
The Devil’s Drug: The True Story of Meth in New Mexico | Nick Romeo | August 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBig gray Cecropias come from this kind; brown Polyphemus from that, and green Lunas from these.
A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton PorterShe sang how that old mother had been burned at the stake by the di Lunas—by the father of the living Count.
Operas Every Child Should Know | Mary Schell Hoke BaconLunas and those who had gathered in the government house to dance the can-can or to take pleasure therein.
The Katipunan | J. Brecknock Watson (AKA Francis St. Clair)One or two deacons, or "lunas" as they call them, sit at a table in front of the pulpit, and the people bring up their gifts.
Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California | Mary Evarts Anderson
We hear of marriages with Lunas, Mendozas, Villahermosas and others of the proudest houses.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 | Henry Charles Lea
British Dictionary definitions for Luna (1 of 2)
/ (ˈluːnə) /
the alchemical name for silver
the Roman goddess of the moon: Greek counterpart: Selene
Origin of Luna
1British Dictionary definitions for Luna (2 of 2)
Lunik (ˈluːnɪk)
/ (ˈluːnə) /
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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