Moon
Meaning
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- A personification of the moon.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/muːn/
Etymology
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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