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Lunan en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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

Deriveds

Lunan Water · Lunan Bay

Lunan en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Variant of Loonan.

Meanings

1. A surname from Irish.

Forms

Lunan en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From Luna + -an.

Meanings

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:

Forms

Synonyms

Lunarian