Luna
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Luna is the Latin name of the Earth's Moon (Latin: lūna) as well as the Roman moon goddess Luna.
Luna may also refer to:
[edit] Places
- Europe
- Luna (Etruria), a city in ancient Etruria (now Italy) destroyed by the Arabs in 1016
- Luna, Cluj, Romania
- Luna River, Romania
- Luna, Zaragoza, Spain
- Roverè della Luna, Italy
- Luna forest, a forest on the north bank of the Danube according to Ptolemy
- United States and Canada
- Luna County, New Mexico
- Luna, New Mexico, (in Catron County)
- Luna Lake, Arizona
- Luna Peak, two North American mountains
- Luna Pier, Michigan
- Luna Island, an island in New York that is adjacent to the Niagara Falls
- Philippines
- India
- Luna, Rajasthan, India
[edit] People
- Álvaro de Luna (c1389-1453), Spanish politician
- Antonio Luna (1866-1899), Filipino general who fought in the Philippine-American War and the founder of the Philippines's first military academy
- Cardozo M. Luna, Armed Forces of the Philippines official
- Jeff de Luna (born 1984), Filipino pool player
- Pedro de Luna (1328-1423), Avignon Pope Benedict XIII
- Francisco Luna Kan (born 1925), Mexican politician
- Juan Luna (1857–1899), Filipino painter in the late 19th century
- Kat DeLuna (born 1987), American singer of Dominican decent
- Marisol Deluna (born 1967), American fashion designer
- Luna Celeste (born 1963), American voice actress
- Luna Leopold (1915-2006), American scientist
- Luna Vachon (born 1962), Canadian professional wrestler
- Juan Luna (1857-1899), Filipino painter and artist
- Héctor Luna (born 1980), Dominican baseball player
- Jonathan Luna (1965-2003), U.S. Federal prosecutor, murdered December 4.
- Luna Zhang
[edit] Fiction
- Luna (TV series), a 1983-84 UK children's TV show
- Luna (novel), a 2004 novel by Julie Anne Peters
- Luna (1979 novel), a 1979 novel by Delacorta
- Luna (1995 film), a Spanish film by Alejandro Amenábar
- Characters
- Luna (comics), in the Marvel Comics universe
- Luna (LUNAR), in the RPG series LUNAR
- Luna (Exalted), in the RPG Exalted
- Luna (Sailor Moon), in the Sailor Moon media franchise
- Luna Kaftan, from the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony
- Luna (Samurai Troopers), in the Japanese anime Ronin Warriors
- Luna (or sometimes pronounced as Runa or Lunar) in the Japanese anime Seto no Hanayome
- Luna (Soul Calibur), in the video game Soul Calibur III
- Luna, one of the eight elemental spirits in the Seiken Densetsu video game series
- Luna, in the video game Shrek SuperSlam
- Luna Lovegood, in the Harry Potter series
- Luna Moody, in the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Luna Platz, a character in Mega Man Star Force
- Mrs Luna, in the Henry James novel The Bostonians
- La Lunatica, in the Marvel Comics universe
- Luna Inverse, elder sister of Lina Inverse of the series Slayers, no real appearance but occasionally pops up in Lina's memories.
- Luna, one of the two summon spirits of light in the Gamecube video game Tales of Symphonia.
- Other
- Luna Wolves, a Space Marine legion in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Luna class starship, a type of starship in the Star Trek universe
[edit] Music
- Luna (band), a New York based alternative rock band
- Luna (Boston band), a late 1970s rock and roll band from Boston, Massachusetts
- Luna (Serbian rock band), a 1980s new wave band from Novi Sad, Serbia
- Luna (Serbian pop group), a male/female pop duo from Serbia
- Luna (musician), bass guitarist in heavy metal bands Ashes to Ashes and Chrome Division
- Luna-C, a British DJ and record producer
- Luna Sea, a Japanese hard rock band
- DJ Luna, a Dutch hardstyle DJ
- "Luna" a song by Juanes on their 2002 album Un Dia Normal
- "Luna", a song by the Smashing Pumpkins on their 1993 album Siamese Dream
- "Luna", a song by Omnia
- "Luna", a song by Moonspell on their 2006 album Memorial
- "Luna", a song by Alessandro Safina
- "Luna de Xelajú", a Guatemalan waltz
- Cult of Luna, a Swedish doom metal band
- Luna (guitars), a guitar manufacturer
- Luna (Nation Product Album), an album by the rock band National Product
[edit] Other
- LUNA, a computer product line of OMRON Tateishi Electric from the late 1980s and early 1990s
- Luna (Redwood Tree), a California Redwood tree
- Luna (theme), the codename for the default theme of Windows XP
- Luna (vehicle), a moped produced in India
- Luna (XM), XM Radio channel 95
- Luna Gotra, a sub-tribe of the Chadhar clan, located in Punjab, Pakistan
- Luna Innovations, a company based in Virginia, USA
- Luna Lounge, a bar formerly at Ludlow Street, Manhattan, now located at Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Luna Moth (Actias luna), a lime-green North American silk moth
- Luna programme, a series of unmanned space missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union
- Luna Publications, a literary publishing company located in Toronto, Canada
- KLNN, "Luna radio" a U.S. FM radio station
- Luna X 2000, a German unmanned aerial vehicle
- RTV Luna, a television and radio company in Montenegro
- Radio Luna, a radio station in Montenegro
- Luna, an alternate name for the FROG-7 Soviet artillery rocket
- Luna, a small vessel which holds the Host in a monstrance
- Luna Bar, an energy bar marketed to women by Clif Bar & Co.
- Luna (Orca), an Orca also known as L98 who lived in Nootka Sound between 2001 and 2006
- Lunawebs, a web agency in Salt Lake City, Utah

