Sun

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English

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The Sun (1)
The Sun's astronomical/astrological symbol

Etymology 1

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From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunna, sunne (sun; the Sun), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wén-, oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥ (sun; the Sun). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Old Dutch sunna, German Low German Sünn, Old Saxon sunna, German Sonne, Old High German sunna, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.

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the Sun

  1. The star at the center of the Solar System (our solar system), which shines in our sky, represented in astronomy and astrology by .
  2. The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  3. (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
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See also
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Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
Notable
moons
Moon Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia

Etymology 2

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Noun

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Sun (plural Suns)

  1. Abbreviation of Sunday.
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Etymology 3

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From Mandarin (Sūn), Wade-Giles romanization: Sun¹.

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Sun (plural Suns)

  1. A surname.
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Bavarian

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De Sun.

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sunne, from Old High German sunna, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā. Cognates include German Sonne and Luxembourgish Sonn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsun/
  • Hyphenation: Sun

Noun

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Sun f

  1. sun
    • 2017, “Spür die Sun [Feel the sun]”, performed by Granada:
      Spür die Sun, die Sun.
      Feel the sun, the sun.

References

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  • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “Sun”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
  • Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 24

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Hakka (sūn).

Proper noun

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Sun

  1. a surname from Hakka

Tagalog

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From Hokkien (Sun) and Mandarin (Sūn).

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Sun (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin
  2. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish صنع (sun'), from Arabic صُنْع (ṣunʕ).

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Sun

  1. a male given name
  2. a female given name