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{{also|moon|mo-on|mòòn|Möön}}

==English==

===Etymology 1===
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[[Image:Moon by Adam Cebula.jpg|thumb|The Earth's moon.]]
[[File:Moon crescent symbol (outline).svg|thumb|The Moon's astronomical/astrological symbol {{angbr|[[☽]]}} (often reversed to {{angbr|[[☾]]}})]]
[[Image:Jeff_Fennell_-_Early_Morning_Moon_%28by%29.jpg|thumb|The Moon (waning crescent)]]
[[Image:FullMoonHauknes.jpg|thumb|right|The Moon (full)]]

From {{inh|en|enm|Mone}}, {{m|enm|mone}}, from {{inh|en|ang|mōna}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mānō}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mēnô}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mḗh₁n̥s||moon, month}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*meh₁-||to measure}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|moon}}
* {{alter|en|moone||obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|☽||alchemy}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/muːn/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-moon.ogg|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-moon.wav|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/mun/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-moon.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-moon.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːn|s=1}}

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun|def=~}}

# {{senseid|en|Q405}}The [[Earth]]'s [[moon]]; the sole natural [[satellite]] of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by [[☾]].
# {{lb|en|paganism}} A personification of the moon.
#* {{quote-book|en|passage='''Moon''', the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.|title=Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic|author=Tony Linsell|publisher=Anglo-Saxon Books|year=1994|ISBN=1898281092|page=15}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage='''Moon''''s Day.|title=An Anglo-Saxon Almanac|year=2005|author=Falcon Stow|publisher=privately published|page=13}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=Sun come, '''Moon''' come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, '''Moon''' come, etc.|title=Taking up the Runes|author=Diana Paxson|publisher=Weiser Books|year=2005|ISBN=1578633257|page=328}}
# {{senseid|en|Q230856}}The 54th {{l|en|[[sura]] (chapter) of the [[Qur'an]]}}.

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|Earth's moon}} {{q|literary}} {{l|en|Cynthia}}, {{l|en|Luna}}, {{q|poetic}} {{l|en|Selene}}
* {{sense|astronomy|astrology}} [[☾]], [[☽]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|Moon buggy}}
*{{l|en|Moon tree}}
* {{l|en|Moonless}}
* {{l|en|Moonman}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|id=Q405|sole natural satellite of the Earth}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|Амза}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Maan}}, {{t+|af|maan}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Hënë|f}}, {{t+|sq|hënë|f}}
* Amharic: {{t+|am|ጨረቃ}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|قَمَر|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|قمر|m|tr=ʔamar}}
* Aramaic:
*: Hebrew: {{t|arc|סהרא|c|tr=sahrā, sahro}}
*: Syriac: {{t|syc|ܣܗܪܐ|c|tr=sahrā, sahro}}, {{t|syc|ܣܝܢܐ|m|tr=sīnā}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|լուսին|alt=Լուսին}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|জোন}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|Lluna|f}}
* Aymara: {{t|ay|Phaxsi}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Ay}}, {{t+|az|ay}}, {{t|az|qəmər}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|Ай}}, {{t|ba|ай}}
* Bats: {{t|bbl|ბუთთ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Ме́сяц|m}}, {{t+|be|ме́сяц|m}}, {{t|be|Луна́|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|চাঁদ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Луна́|f}}, {{t+|bg|луна́|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|လ}}
* Caijia: {{t|sit-cai|kʷɔ⁵⁵pe⁵⁵ja²¹}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|Мі́сяць|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lluna|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|бутт}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏒᏃᏱᎡᎯᏅᏙ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|月亮|tr=jyut6 loeng6}}, {{t+|yue|月|tr=jyut6}}, {{t|yue|月球|tr=jyut6 kau4}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|йүәлён|alt=Йүәлён}}, {{t|dng|йүәр|alt=Йүәр}}, {{t|dng|йүә|alt=Йүә}}, {{t|dng|тяндын|alt=Тяндын}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|月娘|tr=goe̍h-niû, ge̍h-niû}}, {{t|nan-hbl|月亮|tr=goe̍h-liāng}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|月|tr=goe̍h, ge̍h}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|月|tr=gua̍t}}, {{t|nan-hbl|月球|tr=go̍eh-kiû, ge̍h-kiû}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|月亮|tr=yuèliàng}}, {{t+|cmn|月|tr=yuè}}, {{t+|cmn|月球|tr=yuèqiú}}, {{t+|cmn|天燈|tr=Tiāndēng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Měsíc|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|Månen|c}}
* Dhivehi: {{t+|dv|ހަނދު}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|maan|f}}, {{t+|nl|Maan|f}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཟླ་བ}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Luno}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Kuu}}, {{t+|et|kuu}}
* Ewe: {{t|ee|dzinu|n}}, {{t|ee|ɣleti|n}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|máni|alt=mánin|m}}
* Fijian: {{t|fj|Vula}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Kuu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lune|f}}, {{t+|fr|Lune|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Lúa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მთვარე}}
* German: {{t+|de|Mond|m}}, {{t+|de|Erdtrabant|m}}, {{t|de|Erdsatellit|m}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σελήνη|f}}, {{t+|el|φεγγάρι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀγαθή τύχη|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|Qaammat}}
* Guaraní: {{t+|gn|Jasy}}
* Guerrero Amuzgo: {{t|amu|chi'}}
* Gujarati: {{t+|gu|ચંદ્ર}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|Lalin}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|Wata}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יָרֵחַ|m|tr=yaréakh}}, {{t+|he|לְבָנָה|f|tr=l'vaná}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|चन्द्रमा|m}}, {{t+|hi|चंद्रमा|m}}, {{t|hi|चांद|m}}, {{t+|hi|चंद्र|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Hold}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|tungl|n}}, {{t+|is|máni|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|luno}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bulan}}, {{t+|id|rembulan}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|бутт}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Gealach|alt=an Ghealach|f}}
* Isthmus Zapotec: {{t|zai|beeu}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Luna|f}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{t|jam|Muun}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|月|tr=つき, tsukí}}, {{t+|ja|ムーン|tr=Mūn}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|Rembulan}}
* Kabardian: {{t|kbd|Мазэ}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಚಂದ್ರ}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|bulan}}
* Karok: {{t|kyh|ikxarámkuusra}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|Miesądz|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|Ай}}, {{t|kk|ай}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ច័ន្ទ}}, {{t+|km|ខែ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|달}}, {{t+|ko|월(月)}}, {{t+|ko|^문}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|مانگ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|heyv}}, {{t+|kmr|hîv}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|Ай}}, {{t+|ky|ай}}
* Lakota: {{t|lkt|haŋwí}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຈັນ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|luna|f}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|mēness|m}}, {{t|lv|Mēness|m}}
* Laz: {{t|lzz|თუთა}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|Sánzá}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|mėnulis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Месечина|f}}, {{t|mk|месечина|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|Volana}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|bulan}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|ചന്ദ്രന്‍}}, {{t|ml|തിങ്കള്‍}}
* Maltese: {{t+|mt|qamar|m}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|चंद्र}}
* Maricopa: {{t|mrc|xlyʼa}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|თუთა}}
* Miskito: {{t|miq|kati}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|Сар}}, {{t+|mn|сар}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠰᠠᠷᠠ}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ooljééʼ}}
* Nepali: {{t+|ne|चन्द्रमा}}
* Ngarrindjeri: {{t|nay|Markeri}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|måne|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|måne|m}}
* O'odham: {{t|ood|maṣad}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|luna|f}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଜହ୍ନ}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|мѣсѧць|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|мѣсѧць|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|mōna|m}}
* Old Occitan: {{t|pro|luna}}
* Old Persian: {{t|peo|𐎶𐎠𐏃|tr=māha}}
* Old Prussian: {{t|prg|menig}}, {{t|prg|*menins}}
* Old Tupi: {{t|tpw|îasy}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|Мӕй}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|Мешац|m}}, {{t|rsk|мешац|m}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|سپوږمۍ|f|tr=spoģmëy}}, {{t+|ps|قمر|m|tr=qamar}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|مَاه|m}}, {{t+|prs|قَمَر}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|ماه|m}}, {{t+|fa-ira|قَمَر}} {{qualifier|poetic}}, {{t+|fa-ira|مانْگ}}, {{t|fa-ira|لوخَن}} {{qualifier|archaic}}, {{t+|fa-ira|آیِشْم}} {{qualifier|archaic}}, {{t+|fa-ira|مَهْتاب}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Księżyc|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Lua|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਚੰਦਰਮਾ}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|Killa}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|mahina}}
* Rohingya: {{t|rhg|san}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|ćhon|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|lună|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Луна́|f}}, {{t+|ru|луна́|f}}, {{t+|ru|ме́сяц|m}}
* Saanich: {{t|str|ȽḴÁL¸J}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|चन्द्र|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Mune}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|Gealach|alt=A’ Ghealach|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Ме̏се̄ц|m}}, {{t|sh|Мје̏се̄ц|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Mȅsēc|m}}, {{t+|sh|Mjȅsēc|m}}
* Shona: {{t|sn|Mwedzi}}
* Sindhi: {{t+|sd|چَنڊُ|tr=chandu|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|චන්ද්‍රයා}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|Mesiac|m}}, {{t+|sk|mesiac|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Lúna|m}}, {{t+|sl|Mésec|m}}
* Somali: {{t|so|Dayax}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|Mjasec|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|Měsačk|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|Ай}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Luna|f}}
* Svan: {{t|sva|დოშდულ}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mwezi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|månen|c}} {{qualifier|definite singular}}, {{t+|sv|måne|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|buwan}}, {{t|tl|Bulan}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|Моҳ}}, {{t+|tg|моҳ}}, {{t|tg|қамар}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|நிலா}}, {{t+|ta|திங்கள்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|Ай}}, {{t+|tt|ай}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|చంద్రుడు}}, {{t+|te|చందమామ}}
* Thai: {{t|th|[[ดวง]][[จันทร์]]|tr=duuang-jan}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཟླ་བ}}
* Tok Pisin: {{t|tpi|Mun}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|Māhina}}
* Tswana: {{t|tn|Ngwedi}}
* Tumbuka: {{t|tum|Mwezi}}
* Tupinambá: {{t|tpn|jassy}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Ay}}, {{t+|tr|kamer}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Aý}}, {{t+|tk|aý}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|hai}}, {{t|tyz|bẳng bươn}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Мі́сяць|m}}, {{t+|uk|мі́сяць|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|چانْد|m}}, {{t|ur|چَنْدْرَما|m}}, {{t|ur|چَنْدْرَماں|m}}, {{t|ur|ماہ}}, {{t|ur|قَمَر|m}}, {{t|ur|مَہْتاب|m}}
* Ute: {{qualifier|i}} {{t-check|ute|mi'jarogopic}} (Chemehuevi)
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|ئاي}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Oy}}, {{t+|uz|oy}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|Łuna|f}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mặt trăng}}, {{t|vi|Mặt trăng}}
* Warlpiri: {{t|wbp|pira}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|y [[Lleuad]]}}, {{t|cy|y [[Lloer]]}}
* Western Apache: {{t|apw|tłʼéʼgonaʼáí}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|Weer}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|Ый}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|לבֿנה|f|tr=levone}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|Inyanga|c9|c10}}
* Záparo: {{t|zro|kashíkwa}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|Òṣùpá}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|Ronghndwen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|id=Q230856|54th sura of the Qur'an}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|سُورَةُ الْقَمَر|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|Аль-Ка́мар|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قەمەر}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|id=Q18128173|surname}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|文}}, {{t+|ja|門}}, {{t|ja|ムン}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|문}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Central Sierra Miwok: {{t|csm|kom'é-}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:moons of Earth/en}}
{{table:Solar System/en}}

===Etymology 2===
{{wp|Moon (disambiguation)#People|Moon (disambiguation)}}
* A variant of {{m|en|Mohan}}, from {{bor|en|ga|-}}.
* A habitational name of Norman origin from {{m|en|Moyon}} in [[La Manche]]. Compare {{m|en|Mounce}}.
* Americanized form of {{bor|en|de|Mohn}} or a similar surname.
* A variant of {{m|en|Mun}}, from {{bor|en|ko|-}}.
* A variant Romanization of {{bor|en|zh|文|tr=Wén}}, {{m|zh|萬|tr=Wàn}}, and {{m|zh|滿|tr=Mǎn}}.
* Possibly from {{bor|en|yue|滿|t=full; complete}}.<ref>{{R:en:DAFN}}</ref>

====Proper noun====
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{surname|en}}.
# {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Morgan County|s/Kentucky}}.
## {{place|en|twp|co/Allegheny County|s/Pennsylvania}}.
## {{place|en|ghost town|co/Pennington County|s/South Dakota}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Mathews County|s/Virginia}}.
## {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Marathon County|s/Wisconsin}}.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|Laurence-Moon syndrome}}
* {{l|en|Moonie}}

=====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. [https://namecensus.com/last-names/smith-surname-popularity/]

===References===
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=mnoo|Mono|OMON|mono|mono-|nomo-}}

{{C|en|Moon|Moons|Qur'an}}