Sun
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (“sun; the Sun”), 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.
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the Sun
- The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
- The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
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Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sun | |||||||||||||||||
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
Notable moons |
— | — | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia |
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Sun (plural Suns)
- Abbreviation of Sunday.
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Etymology 3 edit
From Mandarin 孫/孙 (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.
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Sun (plural Suns)
- A surname.
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From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.
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Sun f
- sun
- 2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:
- Spür die Sun, die Sun.
- Feel the sun, the sun.
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- Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
- Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24
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Sun
- a surname from Hakka
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From either Hokkien 孫/孙 (Sun) or Mandarin 孫/孙 (Sūn).
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Sun (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)
- a Filipino-Chinese surname from Mandarin or Hokkien of Chinese origin
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From Ottoman Turkish صنع (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع (ṣunʕ).
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Sun
- a male given name
- a female given name