Luna

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Luna \Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See {Light}, n.,
     and cf. {Lune}.]
     1. The moon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Alchemy) Silver.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Luna cornea} (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver
        chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called
        from its resemblance to horn.
  
     {Luna moth} (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth
        ({Actias luna}). Its wings are delicate light green, with
        a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior
        wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.
        Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light
        yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on
        the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Luna
       n : (Roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of
           Greek Selene

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  LUNA
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From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Luna -- U.S. County in New Mexico
     Population (2000):    25016
     Housing Units (2000): 11291
     Land area (2000):     2965.088856 sq. miles (7679.544556 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.188562 sq. miles (0.488373 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2965.277418 sq. miles (7680.032929 sq. km)
     Located within:       New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
     Location:             32.176393 N, 107.712209 W
     Headwords:
      Luna
      Luna, NM
      Luna County
      Luna County, NM