Meaning and Origin
What does the name Sun mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Canada says the name Sun means "A very bright light in the sky" and is of Fiction origin.
- The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
- Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
- The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine."Lambs that did frisk in the sun." [Shak.]
- That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation."For the Lord God is a sun and shield." [Ps. lxxiv. 11.]"I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity." [Eikon Basilike.]
Note: ☞ Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32' 4″, and it revolves on its own axis once in 251/3 days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona.
Note: ☞ Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like.
Etymology: OE. sunne sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. √297. Cf. Solar South
- The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system ("the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system" and "the Earth revolves around the Sun")
- Any star around which a planetary system revolves
- A person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
- The rays of the sun ("the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind")
- First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
- Expose one's body to the sun
- Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun ("These herbs suffer when sunned")
From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne (“sun; the Sun”), from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from the heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén (“sun; the Sun”), oblique form of *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, German Sonne, Faroese sunna, Icelandic sunna, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō). More at sun.
- The star at the center of the Solar System, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☉.
- The 91st sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- (newspapers) An English tabloid newspaper.
- Abbreviation of Sunday.
Sun was also found in the following language(s): Turkish