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Neptune.

The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈnɛptjuːn/UK/ˈnɛptʃuːn/UK/ˈnɛptuːn/US/ˈneptʃʉːn/New-Zealand
  1. The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.

  2. The god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.

    Roman
  3. A place in the United States: A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

  4. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.

  5. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

  6. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neptūnos Latin Neptūnusbor. Middle English Neptune English Neptune From Middle English Neptune, Neptunus, a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s (“damp, cloudy”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist." Puhvel, however, connects it with Proto-Italic *nepōts from Proto-Indo-European *népōts by analogy to Portūnus, cognate with Vedic Apām Napāt and Avestan Apąm Napāt, Child (cf: neve, nephew) of the Water as part of an Indo-European 'Fire in the Water' myth.

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