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Lunan

Lunan proper noun: a coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).

Proper noun (1)

Lunan

  1. A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).

Proper noun (2)

Lunan (plural Lunans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Noun

Lunan (plural Lunans)

  1. Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
    • Relations between Terra and Luna had been strained since the Lunans had eaten Neil Armstrong in 1960.2012, A. Lee Martinez, Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain
    • Despite the war games, the Jovans considered themselves invincible, and the Lunans were their only worthy opponent in the solar system. Having their own ships blown up in orbit by unknown forces, the Lunans were no longer transgressors.2014, William Tedford, Battlefields of Silence
    Synonyms:
    Lunarian

Synonyms of Lunan

Forms of Lunan

Proper noun
pluralLunans
Noun
pluralLunans

Origin of Lunan

Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (“shining, white”).

Variant of Loonan.

From Luna + -an.

Words formed from Lunan

Questions about Lunan

What does Lunan mean?
Lunan means a coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).
What part of speech is Lunan?
Lunan can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Lunan in the dictionary

  1. lunachicks
  2. lunacies
  3. lunacy
  4. lunamarine
  5. lunambulism
  6. Lunan
  7. Lunan Bay
  8. Lunan Water
  9. Lunana
  10. lunanaut
  11. lunanauts

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