Does Earth's moon have a name?

Question

Like "Evadne Terra" or something like that?

Answer 1

ET: Apparently I'm the moon

TD: What? When did that happen?

ET: When you asked this question.

Answer 2

Ya,  THE MOON!

Answer 3

Jackie Gleason (you have to have seen the beginning of the OLD show The Honeymooners to know what I am talking about!!!

Answer 4

Earth's satellite is named, "Moon" in English. "Luna" for many Latin based languages.

<~~~~ Amateur astronomer.

Answer 5

moon..

Answer 6

The Moon, I believe it was Professor Stephen Hawking who discovered that The Moon was actually made from cheese.

Answer 7

Man, that Elaine is one smart cookie!

By George, I believe she's got it!

ma

Answer 8

Unlike the moons of other planets, the moon of the Earth has no proper English name other than "the Moon" .

The word moon is a Germanic word, related to Latin mensis; it is ultimately a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root me-, also represented in measure (time), with reminders of its importance in measuring time in words derived from it like Monday, month and menstrual. In English, the word moon exclusively meant "the Moon" until 1665, when it was extended to refer to the recently-discovered natural satellites of other planets. The Moon is occasionally referred to by its Latin name, Luna, in order to distinguish it from other natural satellites, with a related adjective lunar, and an adjectival prefix seleno- or suffix -selene (from the Greek deity Selene).

Answer 9

It is called the Moon. There are a lot of poetic names, like Selene or Luna (names in Greek and Latin), but it was only when Galileo discovered that Jupiter also had satellite that the concept of moons revolving around other bodies came to be. At that point, the Moon name was a bit too encroached to change, and the "moon" qualifier became the generic term for natural satellite.

Answer 10

Luna is the Latin name for the moon.

Answer 11

'Evadne Terra' is a poetic expression for the Moon when our actual satellite is used metaphorically in poems about love; esp. poems about love lost.  

Answer 12

Luna

Answer 13

uuuuummmm the moon?

Answer 14

In English, the name of our moon is Moon (capital M).  The word can be used (with a small m) as a simile to designate satellites of other planets (as in the moons of Jupiter), but that is not an official astronomical definition.

In the same vein, the name of our star is Sun (capital S), with the word sun often used to talk about other stars.

Our planet's name, in English, is Earth (capital E), from a word we still use (earth -- small e) to mean the soil.  In older languages (leading to its use in English) it also meant "home", in the sense of the piece of soil where one grows his own food.  Therefore, it is an appropriate name for our "home" planet where we have food.

Our Galaxy (capital G) is sometimes called "Milky Way" although, technically, that name only refers to the whitish bands we see in the sky at night (and far from the cities' light pollution).  The Milky Way is only a portion of our Galaxy.

Other galaxies (small g) are normally identified by a name or a catalog number, associated to the word galaxy (from the Greek "galaktos" = milk).  The Andromeda galaxy, galaxy NGC 3982 (entry number 3982 in the New General Catalog); there are many catalogs of galaxies.

In the Middle Ages and after, most scientist wrote in Latin so that their texts could be read in many countries.  Writing in Latin forced them to adapt the names to the Latin culture.  Thus, the names given by the Greek to various celestial bodies were changed to their Latin equivalents.

Helios became Sol (the Sun)

Selene = Luna

Gaia = Terra

Ares = Mars

Aphrodite = Venus

etc.

When scientists went back to writing in the "vernacular" (the language of their country), many imported these new names into their countries language (e.g., Luna became Lune in French, Terra became Terre, etc.).

But not in English.  We stuck with Moon.

Answer 15

I think it's just the moon.

Answer 16

i dont know ..

but Raymond, the robot, is sure cool!

Answer 17

wHAT DO U THINK IT'S CALLED? I think the MOON

Answer 18

It has on occasion be called "LUNA", however I believe its actual name is "Moon" with a Capitol M when refiring to it in a (First Person) type analogy.