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lua.

moonlight, moonshine

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlu.ɐ/Brazil/ˈlu.ɐ/Portugal

  1. moonlight, moonshine

    feminine
    Que bela vista da cidade sob a lua.

  2. moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)

    feminine
    Marte tem duas luas, Fobos e Deimos.

  3. moon (a lunar month)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna (“moon”), from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lúa, Spanish, Italian, and Occitan luna, Catalan lluna, French lune, and Romanian lună.

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