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luna.

a natural satellite

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlu.na/
  1. a natural satellite

    broadly · colloquial · feminine
  2. a month, moon

    archaic · feminine · literary
  3. a time of the year

    archaic · broadly · feminine · figuratively
  4. silver

    feminine
  5. a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

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