Re: Write "Lua" right

[Stefan Sandberg <keffo.sandberg@...>]

Selene was the greek goddess of the moon.

*"Luna*, Accepted common name for Earth's Moon; derived from the Latin 
word for "light.""


This makes sense too:

Question:  Other planets have moons with names.  Is there an official name for our moon?


Answer: The "official" name is the Moon, with a capital M. The satellites of the other planets are called moons (small m). Similarly, stars are referred to as suns, but our star is the Sun.



Javier Guerra wrote:
> On 12/20/07, Rob Kendrick <lua-l@nun.org.uk> wrote:
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> > It's sometimes called Luna in English too - from the Latin (where the
> > Portuguese Lua comes from, too)
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> i'd say that the most "proper name" is Selene
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