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Juno en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.

Meanings

  1. (Roman) The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.
  2. 3 Juno, the third asteroid discovered.
  3. (rare) A female given name.
    • But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento. 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News:

Deriveds

Junoesque · Junonian · Juno Moneta · Juno Beach · Junonic

Synonyms

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Translations (48)

la Jūnō (asteroid) · vi Juno (asteroid) · la Jūnō (Roman goddess) · it Giunone (asteroid) · chr ᏧᏃ (Roman goddess) · ja ジュノー (Roman goddess) · sk Juno (Roman goddess) · la Iūnō (asteroid) · hi जूनो (Roman goddess) · la Iūnō (Roman goddess) · tr Juno (asteroid) · sw Juno (asteroid) · fr Junon (asteroid) · el Γιούνο (Roman goddess) · fi Juno (Roman goddess) · vi sao Hôn thần (asteroid) · cmn 朱诺 (Roman goddess) · ja ユーノー (Roman goddess) · fi Juno (asteroid) · chr ᏧᏃ (asteroid) · eo Junono (Roman goddess) · tr Juno (Roman goddess) · uk Юно́на (Roman goddess) · ro Iuno (Roman goddess) · pl Junona (Roman goddess) · es Juno (Roman goddess) · pl Junona (asteroid) · or ଜୁନୋ (Roman goddess) · ko 유노 (Roman goddess) · es Juno (asteroid) · ar جُونُو (Roman goddess) · eu Juno (asteroid) · pt Juno (Roman goddess) · ko 쥬노 (asteroid) · ca Juno (Roman goddess) · it Giunone (Roman goddess) · gl Xuno (Roman goddess) · ru Юно́на (asteroid) · oc Junon (Roman goddess) · el Ήρα (asteroid) · ru Юно́на (Roman goddess) · ar جُونُو (asteroid) · sv Juno (Roman goddess) · cmn 婚神星 (asteroid) · sw Juno (Roman goddess) · fr Junon (Roman goddess) · ja ジュノー (asteroid) · cop ⲓⲩⲛⲟ (Roman goddess)