LUN

Date "LUN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

"LUN" is a common misspelling or typo for: lone, long, loon, lug, lump, lunch, lung, lunge.

Specialty Definition: LUN

Domain	Definition
Computing	LUN Logical Unit Number. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Lun So John Rich called himself when he performed harlequin (1681-1761). "On the one Folly sits, by some called Fun, And on the other his arch-patron Lun." Churchill. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	LUN. Harlequin. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: LUN

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LUN	English	League of United Nations	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: LUN

Synonyms by domain: League of United Nations (international organizations, politics & international affaires), Logic unit number (computing), Lusaka (transportation).

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Modern Usage: LUN

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Tian lun xia ji (1961)

Ren lun (1959)

Chong zuo tian lun (1937)

Ren lun (1935)

Xiang Gang lun xian (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: LUN

Domain	Title
Books	The Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach: A Translation of the Pi Wei Lun (reference) Energy conservation in buildings in China and Sweden : seminar in China, 1984 = [Chung-kuo ho Jui-tien chien chu chung ti neng liang shou heng hsüeh shu t�ao lun hui 1984, Chung-kuo] (reference) Li Lun, Lad of Courage (The Newbery Honor Roll) (reference) Shantung Rebellion: The Wang Lun Uprising of 1774 (reference) Die klassische Tradition der Qi-Übungen (Qigong) : eine Darstellung anhand des tang-zeitlichen Textes Fuqi jingyi lun von Sima Chengzhen (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Shen Hsueh Lun Chi (reference) Chung Wai Lun Tan = East West Forum (reference) Ha Hsia Ping Lun (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: LUN

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Street scene; shop of "Pun Lun, Photographer" in foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: LUN

"LUN" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "LUN" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Unclassified Items	60%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LUN

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
lun	117	ai lun ts	3
jie lun zhou	15	lun masking	3
lun poly	9	lun rebecca	2
lun wei xu	9	di lun maa teri	2
chou jay jie lun	8	lun yu	2
jay jie lun zhou	7	ar chan ellen lun	2
hana ko lun lun no	6	chan ellen lun nga	2
jie lun lyrics zhou	4	jay jie lun lyrics zhou	2
fa gong lun	4	scsi lun	2
anthony lun	4	lun wei	2
lun tsai	4	hop lun	2
lun prodreg.com	3	deric lun siu wan	2
lun polly	3	cai lun	2
hsu lun wei	3	chou jie lun	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: LUN

Derivations
	Words beginning with "LUN": luna, lunacies, lunacy, lunar, lunarian, lunarians, lunars, lunas, lunate, lunated, lunately, lunatic, lunatics, lunation, lunations, lunch, lunched, luncheon, luncheonette, luncheonettes, luncheons, luncher, lunchers, lunches, lunching, lunchmeat, lunchmeats, lunchroom, lunchrooms, lunchtime, lunchtimes, lune, lunes, lunet, lunets, lunette, lunettes, lung, lungan, lungans, lunge, lunged, lungee, lungees, lunger, lungers, lunges, lungfish, lungfishes, lungful, lungfuls. (additional references)
	Words ending with "LUN": mesclun. (additional references)
	Words containing "LUN": alunite, alunites, apolune, apolunes, blunder, blunderbuss, blunderbusses, blundered, blunderer, blunderers, blundering, blunderingly, blunders, blunge, blunged, blunger, blungers, blunges, blunging, blunt, blunted, blunter, bluntest, blunting, bluntly, bluntness, bluntnesses, blunts, bremsstrahlung, bremsstrahlungs, circumlunar, cislunar, clung, clunk, clunked, clunker, clunkers, clunkier, clunkiest, clunking, clunks, clunky, demilune, demilunes, flung, flunk, flunked, flunker, flunkers, flunkey, flunkeys. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: LUN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "l-n-u"
	-1 letter: nu, un.
	Words containing the letters "l-n-u"
	+1 letter: luna, lune, lung, lunk, lunt, luny, null, nurl, ulan, ulna.
	+2 letters: annul, blunt, clung, clunk, flung, flunk, gluon, knurl, lauan, linum, lumen, lunar, lunas, lunch, lunes, lunet, lunge, lungi, lungs, lunks, lunts, lupin, nulls, nurls, plunk, shuln, slung, slunk, uhlan, ulans, ulnad, ulnae, ulnar, ulnas, ulpan, uncle, unlay, unled, unlet, unlit, until, yulan.
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