Moon

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English Moon. === Symbol === Moon (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Moon. == English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni. ==== Alternative forms ==== moon moone (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /muːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /mun/ Rhymes: -uːn Hyphenation: moon ==== Proper noun ==== Moon or the Moon (plural Moons) The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾. Synonyms: Cynthia (literary), Luna (science fiction or poetic), Selene (poetic); ☾, ☽ (astronomical and astrological symbols) (paganism, mythology) A personification of the moon. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of Mohan, from Irish. A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce. An Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname. A variant of Mun, from Korean. A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 / 万 (Wàn), and 滿 / 满 (Mǎn). Possibly from Cantonese 滿 / 满 (mun5, “full; complete”). ==== Proper noun ==== Moon A surname. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia. An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Translations ==== ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Moon is the 758th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 45,528 individuals. Moon is most common among White (65.7%) and Black/African American (10.0%) individuals. [2] === References === === See also === ☽ 🌔, 🌕, 🌖, 🌗, 🌘, 🌑, 🌙 🌜, 🌛, 🌝, 🌚 === Anagrams === Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-