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Lunan
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lunan luňan
English
Etymology 1
Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to en gd inbhir estuary + en Lunan Water. The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a en xpi - reflex of en cel-pro *loukos shining, white.
Proper noun
en coastal hamlet carea/Angus cc/Scotland OS grid ref NO6851.
Derived terms
en Lunan Bay Lunan Water
Etymology 2
Variant of en Loonan.
Proper noun
s
en Irish.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lunan is the 95115th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 192 individuals. Lunan is most common among White (56.77%) and Black/African American (30.21%) individuals.
Etymology 3
From en Luna an.
Noun
en scifi en Lunarian inhabitant of the Moon.
en 2012 A. Lee Martinez Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain Relations between Terra and Luna had been strained since the Lunans had eaten Neil Armstrong in 1960.
en 2014 William Tedford Battlefields of Silence 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.
Further reading
Anagrams
en alnnu Luann annul
en Celestial inhabitants Moon