Sunday, June 28, 2009

Moon, in my words

muna : moon

The Illunse word for moon is muna. In Finnish, Estonian, and Veps muna translates to egg. In Icelandic muna translates to remember. Muna is a last name. Muna is the name of cities in Nigeria, Ghana, Portugal, Iran, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Croatia. Muna is the name of towns in France and Russia.

This word is a mixture of the Old English word for moon which is móna and the Latin word (and Spanish and Italian words) for moon which is luna.

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