A female given name from Latin.
Used in a Sentence
luna
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for luna.
Editorial note
Heinlein's sci-fi novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, in which Luna had many more single men than single women, with similar results.
Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A female given name from Latin.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of luna gathered in one view.
(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for luna.
noun
A female given name from Latin.
noun
(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
noun
(Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.
noun
(Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
Example sentences
Heinlein's sci-fi novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, in which Luna had many more single men than single women, with similar results.
Regarding HSMs, a great read is the Cambridge team that broke the Luna CA3 Chrysalis HSM.
Do you know if the Elementary OS Luna gets updated automatically to the new Freya version?
Xin Luna Dong at Google works on the problem of web site factual credibility.
I installed the previous release (luna) a while ago on an older pc I had laying around.
There is no upgrade path from OS Luna (previous release) to Freya.
AppleScript should have been Luna Lovegood and C should have been Dumbledore, I guess forth would have been so Harry Potter.
Given that the operating system is built on Ubuntu I should be able to upgrade from Luna to Freya without too many issues.
Eh, I had a Luna CA3 sitting on my desk for a while.
A group at the Luna City University for the first time managed to decode parts of ancient e-books and found them to contain notes and scribbles from the readers...
I wonder how Luna would work for someone like me.
Perhaps they're pulling another 'Watercolor' (the pre-release decoy Windows XP theme that was replaced by Luna at the last minute), but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Quote examples
Their own web site states, "elementary OS Luna users should back up their data and perform a clean install".
Once with the german title "Der Mond is eine herbe Geliebte" (direct translation), then years later a friend recommended the book "Revolte auf Luna" ("Riot on Luna").
Proper noun examples
The latest version of Eclipse IDE (Luna) is actually quite good and possibly better than IntelliJ for Java development.
A better candidate would be Luna, or some other body that has a cleared orbit.
I wrote this post on my Cr-48 running Elementary OS Luna.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use luna in a sentence?
Heinlein's sci-fi novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, in which Luna had many more single men than single women, with similar results.
What does luna mean?
A female given name from Latin.
What part of speech is luna?
luna is commonly used as noun.