Lunanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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”).

固有名詞

Lunan

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

派生語

語源 2

Variant of Loonan.

固有名詞

Lunan (plural Lunans)

1. A surname from Irish.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lunan is the 95115 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.

語源 3

From Luna +‎ -an.

名詞

Lunan (plural Lunans)

1. (science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).
   • 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.

   • 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lunan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.

アナグラム

• Luann, annul