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Luna is the Latin name of the Earth's Moon (Latin: lūna) as well as the Roman moon goddess Luna. It may also refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... This article is about Earths moon. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... This page is on the Greek goddess. ...


Places

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Luna (mod. ... Luna is a location in Cluj County, Romania. ... Roverè della Luna is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Trento in the Italian region Trentino-South Tyrol, located about 20 km north of Trento. ... The Luna forest or Luna silva or Louna hule is a geographical feature of Ptolemy (Book 2 Chapter 10), whose location is not known now with any certainty. ... Luna County is a county located in the state of New Mexico. ... Luna is a village in northwestern Catron County, New Mexico, USA. It is eight miles from the Arizona border and fourteen miles from Reserve on the San Francisco River and U.S. Route 180. ... Luna Lake is a natural body of water that covers approximately 120 acres of land. ... Luna Peak can refer to either: Luna Peak (Washington) in the Picket Range of the North Cascades Luna Peak (British Columbia) in the Coast Range Category: ... Luna Pier is a city located in Monroe County, Michigan. ... Luna is a municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. ... Luna is a 5th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. ... Luna is a 4th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. ... General Luna is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. ... General Luna is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. ... Luna, Rajasthan, India is famous as the birthplace of Mehdi Hassan. ...

People

Álvaro de Luna (between 1388 and 1390; June 2, 1453), Constable of Castile, Grand Master of the military order of Santiago, and favorite of King John II of Castile. ... Jeffrey Jeff de Luna is a Filipino professional pool player from Manila, Philippines. ... Antipope Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna, (b. ... Dr. Francisco Epigmenio Luna Kan (born 3 December 1925) is a Mexican politician. ... Kat DeLuna (Born Kathleen Emperatriz de Luna in the Bronx, New York on November 17, 1987) is a bilingual American musician, of Dominican descent, who is signed to Epic Records. ... Marisol Deluna (born 1967, San Antonio, Texas) is an American fashion designer. ... Nicole C. Lamar (born September 1, 1963 in Hawthorne, CA) is a voice actress who is also known as Luna Celeste. ... Luna Bergere Leopold (b. ... Luna Vachon Gertrude Vachon is a professional wrestler better known as Luna Vachon. ... Juan Luna y Novicio was a 19th century Filipino painter. ... Héctor Luna (born February 1, 1980 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic), is a Major League baseball player with the Cleveland Indians. ...

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Brat (Aaron Brown), Andy (Colin Bennett) and Luna (Patsy Kensit), 1983 Luna, the TV show, was a childrens science fiction show shown on television in the UK which ran for two seasons in 1983 and 1984. ... Luna is a young adult novel by Julie Anne Peters, first published in 2004. ... Luna (1979) by Delacorta is a crime novel set in Paris and in rural France. ... Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a Spanish film director, widely considered one of the most important Spanish directors working today even though he has directed only four films. ... Luna Maximoff is a fictional supporting character published by Marvel Comics. ... Luna. ... Luna is a fictional character who appears in the Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers (Ronin Warriors) OVA, Gaiden (Side Story). ... Luna ) is a fictional character in Namcos Soul Series of fighting games. ... Artwork of the Mana Tree, from Children of Mana The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu lit. ... The following is a list of fairy tale characters referred to in the Shrek movies and games. ... Luna Lovegood is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Though the American soap opera One Life to Live has focused predominantly on the families of Victoria Lord, Asa Buchanan and Dorian Cramer, many other families have played a prominent role at one time or another in the shows long history. ... The following is a list of characters from the Mega Man Star Force video game and its anime and manga equivalents. ... The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. ... La Lunatica is a fictional character in Marvel Comicss comic book X-Men 2099. ... Luna is Linas older sister. ... Lina Inverse ) is a fictional sorceress and the primary protagonist from the light novel, manga, and anime series Slayers. ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Black Legion is a legion of Chaos Space Marines, formerly under the command of the traitor Primarch Horus. ...

Music

Luna was a Dream Pop/Indie Pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood (Demeski formerly of The Feelies and Harwood formerly of New Zealand band The Chills). ... Luna was an American rock and roll band formed by Rick Berlin from former members of Orchestra Luna. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Chrome Division is a Norwegian heavy metal band formed in 2004. ... Born Christopher Howell, May 1, 1973, Luna-C is a DJ and producer, most well known for his work in hardcore music. ... Luna Sea is a Japanese rock band. ... DJ Luna DJ Luna (The Netherlands) is one of the worlds leading hardstyle DJs. ... Siamese Dream is the second album for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Omnia Omnia is a self-described neoceltic paganfolk band. ... Memorial is Moonspells seventh full-length album, released on April 24, 2006 by SPV. The album is available in three versions - a standard edition, a limited digipack edition with the Atlantic bonus track, and the Portuguese edition which is the standard version with the Phantom North bonus track. ... Luna de Xelajú is a Guatemalan waltz, played on marimba, created by Paco Pérez. ... Cult of Luna is a Swedish progressive doom/post-metal band. ...

Other

Look up luna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This page has few or no links to other articles. ... Luna is the American name given to a redwood tree in October 1997. ... Luna is the codename for the default Windows XP theme. ... A very popular moped that was introduced by Kinetic Engineering in India in 1972. ... Luna is an XM Satellite Radio online exclusive music channel. ... Luna Gotra is a sub-tribe (or Gotra) of the Chadhar clan, located in Punjab, Pakistan. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Luna Lounge was a bar at 171 Ludlow Street, on the west side of Ludlow Street on Manhattans Lower East Side. ... Binomial name Actias luna Linnaeus, 1758 The Luna Moth (Actias luna) is a large lime-green saturniid moth found in North America from east of the Great Plains in the United States to northern Mexico and from Ontario eastward through central Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada. ... The Luna programme (occasionally called Lunik) was a series of unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. ... Luna Publications is a literary publishing company located in Toronto, CA. It was founded in 2006 by Goran Simic. ... Luna Radio logo KLNN (103. ... Luna X 2000 is a German unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in service with the Bundeswehr (German Army) and Norwegian Army. ... Radio Televizija Luna (English: Radio Television Luna) is a television and radio company in Montenegro. ... Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro. ... FROG-7B (Luna M) FROG-7B (Luna M) FROG-7B (Luna M) FROG-7B (Luna M) The FROG-7 is the final version of the FROG family of unguided, spin-stabilized, short-range artillery rockets. ... A solar monstrance Monstrance is the vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, and Anglican Churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic Host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. ... Clif Bar (stylized as CLIF) is a brand of energy bar created in 1992 by Gary Erickson. ... Luna (L98) Luna (L98) is a young male orca that was born into the Southern Resident community in British Columbia and Washington, in the year 1999. ... Binomial name Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 Orca range (in blue) The Orca or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) is the largest species of the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae). ... Nootka Sound is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean and a natural harbour on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. ...

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Luna (4360 words)
Lunas were the first manmade objects to attain of escape velocity; to impact on the moon; to photograph the far side of the moon; to soft land on the moon; to retrieve and return lunar surface samples to the earth; and to deploy a lunar rover on the moon's surface.
Luna 12 was launched towards the Moon from an earth-orbiting platform and achieved a lunar orbit of of 100 km x 1740 km on October 25, 1966.
Luna 16 was launched toward the Moon from a preliminary earth orbit and entered a lunar orbit on September 17, 1970.
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