Sun.
The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky.
Meaning & usage
The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky.
The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
An English tabloid newspaper.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun; the Sun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Mandarin 孫／孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
Abbreviation of Sunday.
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