See also: moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

EnglishEdit

 
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The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol (often reversed)
 
The Earth's moon
 
The Moon (waning crescent)
 
The Moon (full)

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon, month), from *meh₁- (to measure).

PronunciationEdit

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  • Rhymes: -uːn

Proper nounEdit

Moon

  1. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by .
  2. (paganism) A personification of the moon.
    • 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
      Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
    • 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
      Moon's Day.
    • 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
      Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
  3. A surname.
  4. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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Derived termsEdit

(Earth's moon):

(surname):

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