/muːn/
Translation
The large round object that shines in the sky at night and moves around the earth.
Word origin
From Old English mona, related to the word for month, which the moon once measured.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- mona
Grammar
Examples
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"Moon" is the round object that shines in the night sky.
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Here "moon" is the earth's one natural companion in the sky.
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"Moons" is the plural, meaning more than one moon.
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