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LUNA

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Overview

LUNA (noun)
  The noun LUNA has 1 sense:

1. (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Seleneplay

  Familiarity information: LUNA used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LUNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)

Domain category:

Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)


 Context examples 


Did he know the head-luna of the plantation?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Based on a technique that links such crater measurements to the ages of Apollo and Luna samples, three of the irregular mare patches are thought to be less than 100 million years old, and perhaps less than 50 million years old in the case of Ina.

(Evidence for Young Lunar Volcanism, NASA)



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