Sun

Definition: Sun

Sun

Noun

1. A typical 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".

2. The rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind".

3. A person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc.

4. Any star around which a planetary system evolves.

5. First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians.

Verb

1. Expose one's body to the sun.

2. Expose to as if to sun rays.

Date "sun" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Sun n. Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name was originally an acronym, Stanford University Network. Sun started out around 1980 with some hardware hackers (mainly) from Stanford talking to some software hackers (mainly) from UC Berkeley; Sun's original technology concept married a clever board design based on the Motorola 68000 to BSD Unix. Sun went on to lead the workstation industry through the 1980s, and for years afterwards remained an engineering-driven company and a good place for hackers to work. Though Sun drifted away from its techie origins after 1990 and has since made some strategic moves that disappointed and annoyed many hackers (especially by maintaining proprietary control of Java and rejecting Linux), it's still considered within the family in much the same way DEC was in the 1970s and early 1980s. Source: Jargon File.
19th Century Satire	A yellow arrival from Way Down East, who goes west daily, operates a heating and lighting trust, draws water, prints pictures, develops crops, liquidates the ice business and tans skins on the side. Profits by his daily rays and always has a shine. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Bible	Sun (Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26,27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jer. 19:13). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	To dream of seeing a clear, shining sunrise, foretells joyous events and prosperity, which give delightful promises. To see the sun at noontide, denotes the maturity of ambitions and signals unbounded satisfaction. To see the sunset, is prognostic of joys and wealth passing their zenith, and warns you to care for your interests with renewed vigilance. A sun shining through clouds, denotes that troubles and difficulties are losing hold on you, and prosperity is nearing you. If the sun appears weird, or in an eclipse, there will be stormy and dangerous times, but these will eventually pass, leaving your business and domestic affairs in better forms than before. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Sun Hebrew, Elohim (God); Greek, helios (the sun); Breton, heol; Latin, sol; German, sonne; Anglo-Saxon, sunne. As a deity, called Adonis by the Phoenicians, and Apollo by the Greeks and Romans. Sun. Harris, in his Hermes, asserts that all nations ascribe to the sun a masculine and the moon a feminine gender. For confutation see Moon. City of the Sun. Rhodes was so called because the sun was its tutelar deity. The Colossos of Rhodes was consecrated to the sun. On or Heliopolis, Egypt. Sun (The), called in Celtic mythology Sunna (fem.), lives in constant dread of being devoured by the wolf Fenris. It is this contest with the wolf to which eclipses are due. According to this mythology, the sun has a beautiful daughter who will one day reign in place of her mother, and the world will be wholly renovated. Horses of the Sun. Arvakur, Aslo, and Alsvidur. (Scandinavian mythology.) Bronte (thunder), Eoos (day-break), Ethiops (flashing), Ethon (fiery), Erythreos (red-producers), Philoge'a (earth-loving), Pyrois (fiery). All of them "breathe fire from their nostrils." (Greek and Latin mythology.) The horses of Aurora are Abrax and Phaeton. (See Horse.) More worship the rising than the setting sun, said Pompey; meaning that more persons pay honour to ascendant than to fallen greatness. The allusion is, of course, to the Persian fire-worshippers. Heaven cannot support two suns, nor earth two masters. So said Alexander the Great when Darius (before the battle of Arbela) sent to offer terms of peace. Beautifully imitated by Shakespeare:- "Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere; Nor can one England brook a double reign, Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales." 1 Henry IV., v. 4. Here lies a she-sun, and a he moon there (Donne). Epithalamium on the marriage of Lady Elizabeth, daughter of James I., with Frederick, elector palatine. It was through this unfortunate princess, called "Queen of Bohemia" and "Queen of Hearts," that the family of Brunswick succeeded to the British throne. Some say that Lord Craven married (secretly) the "fair widow." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Science	The closest star to Earth (149,599,000 km away on average). The sun dwarfs the other bodies in the solar system, representing approximately 99.86 percent of all the mass in the solar system. One hundred and nine Earths would be required to fit across the Sun's disk, its interior could hold over 1.3 million Earths. The source of the Sun's energy is the nuclear reactions that occur in its core. There, at temperatures of 15 million degrees Celsius (27 million degrees Fahrenheit) hydrogen atom nuclei, called protons, are fused and become helium atom nuclei. The energy produced through fusion at the core moves outward, first in the form of electromagnetic radiation called photons. Next, energy moves upward in photon heated solar gas--this type of energy transport is called convection. Convective motions within the solar interior generate magnetic fields that emerge at the surface as sunspots and loops of hot gas called prominences. Most solar energy finally escapes from a thin layer of the Sun's atmosphere called the photosphere--the part of the Sun observable to the naked eye. The sun appears to have been active for 4.6 billion years and has enough fuel for another 5 billion years or so. At the end of its life, the Sun will start to fuse helium into heavier elements and begin to swell up, ultimately growing so large that it will swallow Earth. After a billion years as a 'red giant,' it will suddenly collapse into a 'white dwarf.' It may take a trillion years to cool off completely. (references)
Slang in 1811	SUN. To have been in the sun; said of one that is drunk. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Space	Intensely hot, self-luminous body of gases (mainly hydrogen and helium) at the center of the solar system. The Sun is a medium-size main-sequence star. Its mean distance from Earth is defined as one Astronomical Unit (AU). The Sun is about 865,400 miles (1,392,000 km) in diameter; its volume is about 1,300,000 times, and its mass 332,000 times, that of the Earth. At its center, the Sun has a density over 100 times that of water, a pressure of over 1 billion atmospheres, and a temperature of about 15,000,000 degrees Kelvin. This temperature is high enough for the occurrence of nuclear reactions, which are assumed to be the source of the Sun's energy. The bright surface of the Sun is called the photosphere; its temperature is about 6000 degrees Kelvin. During an eclipse of the Sun, the chromosphere (a layer of rarified gases above the photosphere) and the corona (a luminous envelope of extremely fine particles surrounding the Sun, outside the chromosphere) are observed. (references)
	The star at the center of our solar system. The Sun keeps Earth warm and sustains life on it, and it also emits the solar wind and occasional bursts of solar energetic particles. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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
SUN	English	Spiritual Unity of Nations	Geography, Sports & Leisure
SUN	French	Union soviétique	Geography
SUN	German	Sowjetunion	Geography
Sun.	English	Sunday	Geography, Meteorology & Standards
SUG	English	Sun User's Group	Computer - (org., Sun, user group)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Sun

Synonyms: sunlight (n), sunshine (n), sunbathe (v). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And there, a mechanical wonder allowed me to see the sun rise for the first time in two hundred years (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) It was just like before the sun goes to bed down on the bayou (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) A red sun rises, blood has been spilled this night (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) We used to lie out on the sand and let the sun dry us and try to guess the names of the birds singing (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)
Lyrics	I will love you for the sun in the sky. (The Earth, The Sun, The Rain; performing artist: Color Me Badd) You got caught in the sun (Caught In The Sun; performing artist: Course Of Nature) Fight my way and wait for the sun. (Wait For The Sun; performing artist: Hi-Standard) The offer's shun, you might as well be walkin' on the sun (WALKIN' ON THE SUN; performing artist: Smash Mouth) The sun in my disgrace (BLACK HOLE SUN; performing artist: Soundgarden)
Clever	A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (references; author: Mark Twain) Too much sun makes a desert. (references; author: Arabian Proverb) Why does the sun lighten our hair but darken our skin? (references; author: unknown) You work for a defense contractor if the sun is something you read about. (references; author: unknown) Dew is formed on leaves when the sun shines down on them and makes them perspire. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	The sun shines on shop signs. (references; author: unknown) We surely shall see the sun shine soon. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Tears of the Sun (2003) Blood on the Sun (1974) For Whom the Sun Shines (1974) Satellites of the Sun (1974) Water Wind Earth and Sun (1974)
Song Titles	Night Visiting Sun, The (performing artist: The Dublin Ramblers) House of The Rising Sun (performing artist: Frijid Pink) Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (performing artist: George Michael & Elton John) Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying (performing artist: Gerry and the Pacemakers) Sun Is Shining, The (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Hai Sun Hup Group Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Lai Sun Development Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) New Sun Metal Industry: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Astrodynamics 1997: Proceedings of the Aas/Aiaa Astrodynamics Conference Held August 4-7, 1997, Sun Valley, Idaho (Advances in the Astronautical scie (reference) Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: Dragon Sun (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, 2) (reference) Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9.0 Study Guide (Exams 310-014 & 310-015) (reference) Sun Paint: Use Sunshine to Make Colorful Fabric Prints: With Book, Paint and Sponge Brush (reference) Sun Tzu for Success: How to Use the Art of War to Master Challenges and Accomplish the Important Goals in Your Life (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	African Sun Times (reference) Brandon Sun (reference) Bremerton Sun (reference) Catholic Sun (reference) Coastal Sun (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Chasing the Sun - All Aboard (Vol. 4) (reference) Aesop's Fables - Ant & The Grasshopper/Wind & Sun (reference) White Dessert Sun "Authorized International Edition" (In Russian) (reference) Burnt by the Sun (reference) The Hideous Sun Demon (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Music for the Sun King (reference) In the Sun (reference) Jewel in the Sun (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Robopon: Sun Version (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Wall Border - Sun, Moon and Stars (reference) Just Born Decorative Crib Ruffle - Sun, Moon and Stars (reference) 3-piece Crib Bedding Set - Sun, Moon and Stars (reference) Stars and Stripes Trunk, Tee, and Sun Hat - Small (reference) Baby Blanket Sun Blankie Towelette Protection Set (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A woman in a hot pink jacket is wearing a hot pink sun visor and eating an apple. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).		Colorful parasols offer ladies stylish protection from harmful rays of sun. Credit: CDC.
	"Orrery" (movie) by Marijke van Gans. Watch Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit the Sun, while the Moon orbits Earth. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information.		This is a rare view of Saturn's rings seen just after the Sun has set below the ring plane. ... Credit: NASA.
	A star 40 times more massive than the Sun is blowing a giant bubble of material into space. In ... Credit: NASA.		This mosaic shows the Caloris Basin (located half-way in shadow on the terminator).Caloris is Latin for heat and the basin is named this because it is nearthe subsolar point (the point closest to the sun) when Mercury is at perihelion (theclosest point in its orbit to the sun). Credit: NASA.
	Taking a sun sight Navigating on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Hubert Paton taking a sun sight Navigating on the LYDONIA. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Sea oats in the morning sun. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Sun rising through early morning haze reflecting in the surf. Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Arabian Proverb	Too much sun makes a desert.
Henry David Thoreau	The sun is but a morning star.
John Heywood	Out of God's blessing into the warm sun.
Oneida	Youth without faith is a day without sun.
Pompey	More worship the rising that the setting sun.
Robert Browning	My sun sets to rise again.
Seneca	The sun also shines on the wicked.
The Talmud	The sun will set without thy assistance.
William Shakespeare	Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive
Alice in Wonderland	Carroll, Lewis	They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The rising sun shone upon Austerlitz
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Her fair hair had streamed out behind her like gold in the sun.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet	Madeleine L'Engle	At terra at this fateful hour I call upon all heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lighting with its rapid wrath, And the winds with the swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness, All this I place,By God's Almighty help and grace, Between myself and the powers of darkness
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The sun had lowered until it came through the angled end windows now, and it flashed on the edges of the broken glass
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	They calculate the year by the revolution of the sun and the moon, but use no subdivisions into weeks
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Use a lip balm with a sun protection factor. (references)
		Avoid exposing the radiated area to the sun during treatment. (references)
		Third, one must strive to enhance behavior that limits sun exposure. (references)
Business		Additionally, a lot of grain is also lost to the common practice of sun drying. (references)
		Many Belgian travelers take a ski vacation each winter and a sun vacation each summer. (references)
		U.K. Residents seek the sun, and have turned Florida into a prime market in the summer. (references)
Civil Liberties	Botswana	In April the Vice President filed a libel suit against the Botswana Guardian and the Midweek Sun newspaper, which was pending at year's end. (references)
	India	On June 27, Tamil Nadu police arrested Suresh, a Sun TV reporter, after he and other local journalists accompanied an opposition leader to a government storehouse. (references)
	Botswana	In April after a series of negative press stories about government officials, the Government directed all government agencies and parastatals to refrain from advertising in the Botswana Guardian and its sister newspaper, the Midweek Sun. (references)
Economic History	Taiwan	Flag: Red field with white sun in blue rectangle in upper left corner. (references)
	Bahamas	Sun International Hotels also developed an online casino for the internet. (references)
	Cape Verde	Its most important resources are the sun, the ocean, the wind and its people. (references)
Human Rights	Eritrea	The male students were held at a military facility with no shelter from the sun. (references)
	China	Persons detained for such offenses included Hu Shigen, Kang Yuchun, Yu Zhijian, Zhang Jingsheng, and Sun Xiongying. (references)
	Korea	In March 1999, North Korean officials in Thailand tried to detain a Bangkok-based North Korean diplomat, Hong Sun Gyong, and his family. (references)
Political Economy	THE BAHAMAS	In February 2001, Sun International officially opened its new Harborside Resort of timeshare condominiums on Paradise Island and completed renovations to the Ocean Club. (references)
Travel	Honduras	Heat and sun exposures are also hazards. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	Excessive sun exposure should be avoided. (references)
Worker Rights	Fiji	The Fiji Sun reported in August that garment workers intended to unionize in order to improve working conditions and end forced labor; they reportedly suffered from harsh work discipline and inadequate sanitary facilities. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	HEAD-:MONEY:, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax. In ancient times there lived a king Whose tax-collectors could not wring From all his subjects gold enough To make the royal way less rough. For pleasure's highway, like the dames Whose premises adjoin it, claims Perpetual repairing. So The tax-collectors in a row Appeared before the throne to pray Their master to devise some way To swell the revenue. "So great," Said they, "are the demands of state A tithe of all that we collect Will scarcely meet them. Pray reflect: How, if one-tenth we must resign, Can we exist on t'other nine?" The monarch asked them in reply: "Has it occurred to you to try The advantage of economy?" "It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. Plain iron forceps we employ To mitigate the miser's joy Who hoards, with greed that never tires, That which your Majesty requires." Deep lines of thought were seen to plow Their way across the royal brow. "Your state is desperate, no question; Pray favor me with a suggestion." "O King of Men," the spokesman said, "If you'll impose upon each head A tax, the augmented revenue We'll cheerfully divide with you." As flashes of the sun illume The parted storm-cloud's sullen gloom, The king smiled grimly. "I decree That it be so -- and, not to be In generosity outdone, Declare you, each and every one, Exempted from the operation Of this new law of capitation. But lest the people censure me Because they're bound and you are free, 'Twere well some clever scheme were laid By you this poll-tax to evade. I'll leave you now while you confer With my most trusted minister." The monarch from the throne-room walked And straightway in among them stalked A silent man, with brow concealed, Bare-armed -- his gleaming axe revealed! G.J.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
John McCain	My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations. Don't let your kids out into the sun without sunscreen on.
Rush Limbaugh	The sun creates ozone, which is why we couldn't destroy it if we tried.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	To avoid this waste of our resources it is proposed to add to our navy-yard here a dock within which our present vessels may be laid up dry and under cover from the sun.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	At the back of the chair was painted the picture of a sun on the horizon.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	You know, when the framers finished crafting our Constitution in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin stood in Independence Hall and he reflected on the carving of the sun that was on the back of a chair he saw.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Sun" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.45% of the time. "Sun" is used about 8,757 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
Noun (singular)	92.45%	8,095	1,192
Noun (proper)	7.42%	649	10,069
Unclassified Items	0.14%	12	101,599
Total	100.00%	8,757	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "sun" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Sun	First name Female	7,000	1,056
Sun	Last name	3,000	4,349
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sun".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Beth-shemesh	N/A	Biblical	House of the sun
En-shemesh	N/A	Biblical	Of the sun
Esh-ban	N/A	Biblical	Fire of the sun
Hammon	N/A	Biblical	The sun
Jokim	N/A	Biblical	That made the sun stand still
Kirharaseth	N/A	Biblical	City of the sun
Samson	N/A	Biblical	His sun
Timnath-heres	N/A	Biblical	Image of the sun
Sam	N/A	English	His sun
Sampson	N/A	English	His sun
Sunday	Female	English	The sun
Surya	Male	Hindu Mythology	The sun
Suraj	Male	Indian	Sun
Surya	Male	Indian	The sun
Sansone	N/A	Italian	His sun
Shimshon	N/A	Jewish	His sun
Sunniva	Female	Scandinavian	A gift from the sun
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

1. Sun, LA (village, FIPS 73955)
Location: 30.64956 N, 89.90454 W
Population (1990): 429 (202 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: Sun

Expressions using "sun": a stream of sun ♦ adust sunburned burned brown by the sun ♦ Against the sun ♦ alpine sun ♦ baking sun ♦ bask in the sun ♦ broiling sun ♦ catch a sun ♦ Center sun ♦ Chun Do Sun Bup Energy Healing ♦ clear as the sun at noonday ♦ Cycle of the sun ♦ Descending Sun ♦ Equator of the sun ♦ expose to the sun ♦ fry in sun ♦ going down of the sun ♦ green Sun ♦ grill in the sun ♦ have sun bath ♦ hold a farthing candle to the sun ♦ hot sun ♦ in full sun ♦ land of the rising sun ♦ make hay while the sun shines ♦ mean sun ♦ midday sun ♦ midnight sun ♦ mock sun ♦ Morning Sun ♦ mountain sun ♦ nadir of the sun ♦ of the sun or of a planet ♦ parched by the sun ♦ polaroid sun glass ♦ put out in the sun ♦ radio sun ♦ raise one's eyes to sun ♦ rising of the sun ♦ Rising Sun ♦ see spots on the sun ♦ spots on the sun ♦ sun and planet ♦ sun and planet wheels ♦ sun angel ♦ sun animalcute ♦ sun bath ♦ sun bathe ♦ sun bathing ♦ sun bear ♦ sun beetle ♦ sun bittern ♦ sun blind ♦ sun bow ♦ sun burn ♦ sun burning ♦ Sun City ♦ Sun City Center ♦ Sun City West ♦ sun crack ♦ sun cult ♦ sun dance ♦ Sun Day ♦ sun deck ♦ sun disk ♦ sun dog ♦ Sun Drop ♦ sun fever ♦ sun gear ♦ sun gem ♦ sun glasses ♦ sun god ♦ sun grebe ♦ sun hat ♦ sun heated boiler ♦ sun helmet ♦ sun King ♦ Sun Lakes ♦ sun lamp ♦ sun letter ♦ sun lotion ♦ sun lounge ♦ sun marigold ♦ Sun Media Corp. ♦ sun oneself ♦ sun parlor ♦ sun parlour ♦ sun picture ♦ sun pillar ♦ sun pitcher ♦ sun plant ♦ sun porch ♦ sun power ♦ Sun Prairie ♦ sun protection factor ♦ sun ray ♦ sun relay ♦ sun rising ♦ Sun River ♦ Sun River Terrace ♦ sun rose. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "sun": Sun-2 Workstation, Sun-3 Workstation, Sun-4 Workstation, sun-abuse, sun-added, sun-afternoon, Sun-and-moon, Sun-and-planet, Sun-and-sand, sun-awnings, sun-baked, sun-based, sun-basking, sun-bathe, sun-bathed, sun-bathers, sun-bathing, sun-bears, sun-bed, sun-beds, sun-belt, sun-birds, sun-blasted, sun-bleached, sun-blind, sun-blinded, sun-blinding, sun-blinkers, sun-blistered, sun-block, sun-blocking, sun-blonde, sun-boat, sun-bonnet, sun-breathing, sun-bred, sun-bright, sun-bronzed, sun-brown, sun-browned, sun-burn, sun-burned, Sun-burner, sun-burnished, sun-burnt, sun-burst, sun-capped, sun-catching, sun-centered, sun-centred, sun-chair, sun-cleared, sun-clock, sun-colours, sun-compatible, sun-compatibles, sun-craving, sun-cream, sun-cured, sun-damaged, sun-danced, sun-dappled, sun-dark, sun-darkened, sun-darkness, Sun-day, Sun-days, sun-dazed, sun-dazzling, Sun-dec-hp-ibm-sco-mips, sun-deck, sun-deprived, sun-developed, sun-dews, sun-dial, sun-disc, sun-down, sun-drenched, sun-dress, sun-dried, sun-dry, sun-drying, sun-dusted, Sun-earth, sun-equivalent, sun-evaporated, sun-facing, sun-faded, sun-filled, sun-filtered, sun-fish, sun-flecked, sun-flexed, sun-flower, sun-gilded, sun-gilt, sun-glasses, sun-gleam, sun-glinted, sun-glo, sun-globe, sun-god, sun-gold, sun-grazing, sun-hammock, sun-hat, sun-hats, sun-hatted, sun-heat, sun-heated, sun-height, sun-helmet, sun-holiday, sun-hot, sun-independent, sun-induced, sun-kings, sun-kissed, sun-lamp, sun-lanced, sun-lawn, sun-lenses, sun-light, sun-lightened, sun-like, sun-linked, sun-lit, sun-lotioned, sun-lounge, sun-lounger, sun-loungers, sun-lovers, sun-loving, sun-made, Sun-mercury, Sun-'n'-sex, sun-oil, sun-parched, Sun-pat, sun-peel, Sun-pluto, sun-power, sun-proof, sun-protection, sun-ray, sun-rays, sun-red, sun-reddened, sun-reflecting, sun-related, sun-ridden, sun-ripened, Sun-rise, sun-roof, sun-saloon, sun-sanctioned, sun-sat, sun-saturated, Sun-saturn, sun-scorch, sun-scorched, sun-screen, sun-screens, sun-seekers, sun-seeking, sun-sensitive, sun-set, sun-shade, sun-shafted, sun-shaped, Sun-shine, sun-shot, sun-shy, Sun-sign, sun-sized, sun-soaked, sun-softened, sun-sparkling, sun-specific, sun-speckled, sun-splashed, sun-split, sun-spot, sun-spots, sun-stone, sun-stools, sun-streaked, sun-streaky, sun-stroke, Sun-struck, sun-swathed, sun-symbol, sun-synchronous, sun-table, sun-tan, sun-tanned, sun-tanning, sun-tans, sun-terrace, sun-tired, sun-trap, sun-tropical, sun-tweaked, sun-twilight, sun-up, sun-visor, sun-warm, sun-warmed, sun-wary, sun-washed, sun-wed, sun-whitened, sun-wind, sun-winged, sun-wise, sun-worship, sun-worshipper, sun-worshippers, sun-worshipping, sun-wrap.
	Ending with "sun": after-sun, ex-sun, Motif-on-sun.
	Containing "sun": scissor-cut-sun-dried, sea-and-sun-proof.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sun

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
sun glasses	16,584	sun microsystems	1,491
sun	12,058	sun poisoning	1,477
toronto sun	10,213	sun newspaper	1,452
chicago sun times	6,787	sun tattoo	1,415
sun tan	6,704	gucci sun glasses	1,358
golden sun	4,810	polarized sun glasses	1,274
sun block	4,256	pac sun	1,232
baltimore sun	3,557	ottawa sun	1,230
sun tan lotion	3,535	sun screen	1,228
mohegan sun	3,401	golden sun lost age	1,180
oakley sun glasses	3,197	spy sun glasses	1,152
vancouver sun	3,149	golden sun through walk	1,140
sun sentinel	2,924	the matrix sun glasses	1,065
sun room	2,234	sun country airline	1,065
edmonton sun	2,042	lowell sun	1,062
sun valley	1,889	ray ban sun glasses	1,025
calgary sun	1,872	age golden lost sun through walk	1,003
sun glasses hut	1,849	gainesville sun	994
tears of the sun	1,606	sun moon	974
sun winnipeg	1,503	sun hat	929
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sun

Language		Translations for "sun"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		son (sunshine), sonnig (of the sun, solair, sun-). (various references)

Albanian		diell (Daystar, Phoebus). (various references)

Arabic		‏حرارة الشمس, ‏تشمس (bask, insolation), ‏شمس, ‏شروق الشمس (sunrise). (various references)

Asturian		sol. (various references)

Aymara		inti. (various references)

Basque		eguzki. (various references)

Bemba		akasuba (sunny). (various references)

Blackfoot		ki'sómm. (various references)

Bulgarian		слънчева светлина (sunlight, sunshine), слънце, изгрев (rising, sunrise), излагам на слънце (insolate). (various references)

Catalan		sol. (various references)

Cebuano		adlaw (day). (various references)

Chamorro		atdao. (various references)

Chinese		陽 (positive), 日 (date, day, day of the month, Japan), 太陽 , 太阳 (solar). (various references)

Cornish		howl. (various references)

Czech		slunce (Sol). (various references)

Danish		sol (sol). (various references)

Dutch		zonnig (of the sun, solair, sun-, sunny), zonneschijn (sunshine), zonneschýn (sunshine), zonnen (sun oneself, take a sunbath), zonneglans (sunshine), zonnebaden (sun oneself, take a sunbath), zon. (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		inti. (various references)

Esperanto		sunumi (sun oneself, take a sunbath), suno, sunbrilo (sunshine), suna (of the sun, solair, sun-). (various references)

Faeroese		sól. (various references)

Farsi		تابیدن (Glint, Glow, Radiate, Shine, Stoke, Twist), خورشید, افتاب , درمعرض افتاب قراردادن . (various references)

Finnish		aurinko. (various references)

French		soleil (sunlight). (various references)

Frisian		sinne. (various references)

German		Sonne (sunlight). (various references)

Greek		ηλιάζω, ήλιοσ (Sol, sunflower), ήλιος (sunflower). (various references)

Hawaiian		diell. (various references)

Hebrew		לחשוף לשמש, שמש, חמה (fever, heat, summer, warmth). (various references)

Hungarian		nap (day, solar, term), napfény (daylight, light of day, sunlight, sunshine, the light of day). (various references)

Icelandic		sól. (various references)

Indonesian		mentari (solar), matahari (sol, solar), arona. (various references)

Inuktitut		siqiniq. (various references)

Irish		grian. (various references)

Italian		sole. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		陽 (sunlight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいよう (important point, ocean, outline, situation, solar, summary, terms), すん, ひ (blaze, consort, cost, day, expense, faulty-, fire, flame, hail, ice, light, negation, no, non-, princess, proportion, ratio, rook, spoon, sunlight, sunshine, the noes, wicked person), サン . (various references)

Kongo		ntangu. (various references)

Korean		해 (harm). (various references)

Lombard		sô. (various references)

Macedonian		sonce. (various references)

Malay		matahari. (various references)

Manx		ree yn laa, grianey (airing, airing in sun, bask, sunbath, sunbathing), grianaghey (bask, insolation, solarize, sunbathe), goll sheear (go back, moon, stars, stars), west, west of ship, wester, wester of wind). (various references)

Maori		raa (day). (various references)

Maya		kiin (day). (various references)

Norwegian		sol. (various references)

Occitan		solèlh. (various references)

Papago		tash (clock, day). (various references)

Papiamen		solo. (various references)

Pig Latin		unsay.(various references)

Polish		słońce. (various references)

Portuguese		sol (day-star). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		sol. (various references)

Provencal		solelh. (various references)

Romanian		soare (light, sunshine). (various references)

Romansch		sulegl. (various references)

Romany		kham. (various references)

Ruanda		izuba. (various references)

Russian		солнце солнечный, солнце (suns), загорать (blacken, sunbathe, sun-bathe). (various references)

Samoan		la (sunny). (various references)

Scottish		grian (sun : a' ghrian, the sun). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sunce (helio, sol), izložiti suncu. (various references)

Shona		zuva (day). (various references)

Spanish		sol (day star, g, Soh, Sol, sunlight, sunshine). (various references)

Sranan		son. (various references)

Swahili		jua. (various references)

Swazi		lí-langa (day). (various references)

Swedish		sol (Soh, Sol, solar). (various references)

Tagalog		áraw. (various references)

Tahitian		mahana (day). (various references)

Thai		แสงอาทิตย์, ผึ่งแดด, อาบแดด (sunbathe), คนหรือสิ่งที่รุ่งโรจน์, ดาวฤกษ์, ดวงอาทิตย์. (various references)

Turkish		yıl (year), pazar (bazaar, market, market place, mart, outlet, staple, Sunday), günex, güneşte bırakmak (expose to the sun, solarize), güneşlenmek (bask, sunbathe, tan), güneşlendirmek, güneşe sermek (air, expose to the sun), güneş ışığı (sunglow, sunlight, sunshine), güneş (Daystar, helio-, solar, sunshine), gün (bee, day). (various references)

Turkmen		gьn (day). (various references)

Ukrainian		світило (luminary, notability, notable, planet), сонце (day star), рік (annum, twelvemonth, year), гріти на сонці, загоряти (blacken, burn, sun oneself, sunburn, tan), день (day). (various references)

Vietnamese		vừng thái dương ánh nắng, mặt trời. (various references)

Welsh		haul. (various references)

Yucatec		k'iin (day, time, while). (various references)

Zulu		ililanga, ilanga. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sun

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	ud. (various references)
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	helios. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adustione, adustionem, astra, Phoebus, sol solis. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	hû, hvar. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Sun

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	HmeraV meshV kata thn odon eidon basileu ouranoqen uper thn lamprothta tou hliou perilamyan me fwV kai touV sun emoi poreuomenouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Die media in via vidi rex de caelo supra splendorem solis circumfulsisse me lumen et eos qui mecum simul erant
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	At myddai, in the weie Y say, sir king, that fro heuene liyt schynede aboute me, passing the schynyng of the sunne, and aboute hem that weren togidir with me.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Even at myddaye (o kynge) I sawe in ye waye a lyght from heven above the brightnes of the sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	At mid-day, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, surpassing the brightness of the sun, shining around me, and them who journeyed with me.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	In the middle of the day, on the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining round me and those who were journeying with me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Sun

Language	Acts Chapter 26, Verse 13
Albanian	në mesditë, o mbret, në rrugë unë pashë një dritë nga qielli që shkëlqente më shumë se dielli, e cila vetëtiu rreth meje dhe rreth atyre që udhëtonin me mua.
Cebuano	sa kaudtohon, O hari, nakita ko diha sa dalan ang usa ka kahayag gikan sa langit, nga masilaw pa kay sa Adlaw, nga nagsidlak libut kanako ug kanila nga nanagkuyog kanako.
Chinese	王阿、我在路上、晌午的時候、看見從天發光、比日頭還亮、四面照著我、並與我同行的人。
Croatian	kadli u pol bijela dana na putu vidjeh, kralju, kako s neba svjetlost od sunca sjajnija obasja mene i moje suputnike.
Danish	så jeg undervejs midt på Dagen, o Konge! et Lys fra Himmelen, som overgik Solens Glans, omstråle mig og dem, som rejste med mig.
Dutch	Zag ik, o koning, in het midden van den dag, op den weg een licht, boven den glans der zon, van den hemel mij en degenen, die met mij reisden, omschijnende.
Finnish	näin minä, oi kuningas, tiellä keskellä päivää taivaasta valon, auringon paistetta kirkkaamman, leimahtavan minun ja matkatoverieni ympärillä,
French	Vers le milieu du jour, ô roi, je vis en chemin resplendir autour de moi et de mes compagnons une lumière venant du ciel, et dont l`éclat surpassait celui du soleil.
German	sah ich mitten am Tage, o König, auf dem Wege ein Licht vom Himmel, heller denn der Sonne Glanz, das mich und die mit mir reisten, umleuchtete.
Haitian Creole	Antan m' te sou wout la, vè midi konsa, monwa, mwen wè yon limyè ki soti nan syèl la pi klere pase solèy la. Li te klere tout kote m' te ye a ansanm ak moun ki t'ap vwayaje avè m' yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Dan pada waktu saya di tengah jalan, waktu tengah hari, Baginda Yang Mulia, saya melihat suatu sinar dari langit yang lebih terang daripada matahari. Sinar itu memancar sekeliling saya dan sekeliling orang-orang yang berjalan bersama-sama saya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	maka pada tengah hari, ya Tuanku, patik nampak di jalan itu suatu cahaya dari langit yang terlebih terang cahayanya daripada matahari, bersinar-sinar sekeliling patik dan segala orang yang berjalan bersama-sama patik itu.
Maori	I te poutumarotanga, e te kingi, ka kitea e ahau i te ara he marama i te rangi e tiaho ana ki ahau, ki oku hoa haere ano, tera atu i te marama o te ra.
Norwegian	og midt på dagen så jeg på veien, konge, et lys fra himmelen, klarere enn solen, stråle omkring mig og dem som reiste med mig,
Rumanian	Pela amiazq, kmpqrate, pe drum, am vqzut strqlucind kmprejurul meu wi kmprejurul tovarqwilor mei o luminq din cer, a cqrei strqlucire kntrecea pe a soarelui.
Russian	УТЕДЙ ДОС ОБ ДПТПЗЕ С ХЧЙДЕМ, ЗПУХДБТШ, У ОЕВБ УЧЕФ, РТЕЧПУИПДСЭЙК УПМОЕЮОПЕ УЙСОЙЕ, ПУЙСЧЫЙК НЕОС Й ЫЕДЫЙИ УП НОПА.
Shuar	Tura, uunta, nantu tutupin ai, Jintiá wéai newaat ajaki ti Tsáapin, Tsawái nantujai nankaamas etsantrutramiayi. Tura wijiai wearmia nunasha Núnisaran etsantrurarmiayi.
Swahili	Mheshimiwa, wakati nilipokuwa njiani, saa sita mchana, niliona mwanga mkubwa kuliko wa jua ukiangaza kutoka mbinguni, ukanizunguka mimi na wale wasafiri wenzangu.
Swedish	fick jag under min färd, o konung, mitt på dagen se ett sken från himmelen, klarare än solens glans, kringstråla mig och mina följeslagare.
Uma	"O Magau' to kubila', hante patuju toe-mi, pai' hilou-a hi ngata Damsyik, rapowiti' pai' rawai' kuasa ngkai imam pangkeni. Hi pomako' -ku hilou hi Damsyik toe, hi lengko ohea-a-pidi, kira-kira tebua' -mi eo, muu-mule' kuhilo baja to mehini ngkai langi' mpohinii-a hante doo-doo-ku. Baja toe meliu kabaja-na ngkai hini eo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sun

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sun": sunback, sunbaked, sunbath, sunbathe, sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathers, sunbathes, sunbathing, sunbaths, sunbeam, sunbeams, sunbeamy, sunbelt, sunbelts, sunbird, sunbirds, sunblock, sunblocks, sunbonnet, sunbonnets, sunbow, sunbows, sunburn, sunburned, sunburning, sunburns, sunburnt, sunburst, sunbursts, sunchoke, sunchokes, sundae, sundaes, sundeck, sundecks, sunder, sundered, sunderer, sunderers, sundering, sunders, sundew, sundews, sundial, sundials, sundog, sundogs, sundown, sundowner, sundowners. (additional references)
	Words ending with "sun": bosun. (additional references)
	Words containing "sun": asunder, bawsunt, bosuns, countersunk, disunion, disunionist, disunionists, disunions, disunite, disunited, disunites, disunities, disuniting, disunity, gesundheit, misunderstand, misunderstanding, misunderstandings, misunderstands, misunderstood, misunion, misunions, outsung, tsunami, tsunamic, tsunamis, unsung, unsunk. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sun" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cunn, dssun, eun, Hsun, Osun, Osuna, sann, saun, scn, scun, scund, sdu, Senn, senq, seun, sgu, sgun, sinn, sion, snm, snu, snuz, sohn, sonn, soun, squan, srund, ssn, Ssu, sua, suan, suen, sueno, suh, sui, suin, suj, suk, suna, sunc, sund, sune, suni, Sunn, sunnr, sunr, sunt, sunu, sunx, suny, suq, surn, suv, sux, suz, swn, synn, tsun, usen, usn, zonn, zun, zuna. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Sun"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sun" (pronounced su"n)
3	s u" n	son.
2	-u" n	begun, bun, Bunn, bunt, done, Donne, dun, fun, gun, Hun, Jun, mun, none, nun, one, outdone, outrun, overdone, pun, redone, rerun, run, shun, spun, stun, ton, tonne, Un, undone, won.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sun

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: nus, uns.
	Words within the letters "n-s-u"
	-1 letter: nu, un, us.
	Words containing the letters "n-s-u"
	+1 letter: anus, buns, duns, funs, gnus, guns, huns, muns, nous, nubs, nuns, nuts, onus, puns, runs, shun, snub, snug, spun, stun, sung, sunk, sunn, suns, tuns, urns.
	+2 letters: ankus, aunts, bonus, bosun, bunds, bungs, bunks, bunns, bunts, burns, conus, curns, dunes, dungs, dunks, dunts, durns, ensue, fauns, funds, funks, genus, guans, gunks, hunks, hunts, incus, junks, knurs, lunas, lunes, lungs, lunks, lunts, manus, menus, minus, munis, muons, negus, neuks, neums, nevus, nexus, nidus, nisus, nodus, nouns, nudes, nukes, nulls, numbs, nurds, nurls, nurse, nutsy, punas, pungs, punks, punts, quins, ruins, runes, rungs, runts, sauna, shuln, shuns, shunt, sinus, skunk, slung, slunk, snafu, snout, snubs, snuck, snuff, snugs, sound, spunk, spurn, stung, stunk, stuns, stunt, suing, suint, sunna, sunns, sunny, sunup, swoun, swung, tonus, tunas, tunes, tungs, turns, ulans, ulnas, unais, unaus, uncos, uncus, units, unsay, unset, unsew, unsex, using, usnea, yuans.
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Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	Sun Life Financial Services of Canada	Hong Kong	Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited
India	Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited	Japan	Sun A. Kaken Company, Limited
Singapore	Hai Sun Hup Group Limited	South Africa	Sun International (South Africa) Limited
Taiwan	New Sun Metal Industry	United Kingdom	Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc
USA	SUN BANCORP, INC.	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Sun
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"Baby under the sun" by Alexis Bellido Commentary: "My daughter Beatriz "reading" illuminated by the sun. Let me know if you use it."	"Sun setting" by Gillie Schattner Commentary: "Sun setting in fiji."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Definition: Sun

Sun

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Verb

Specialty Definition: Sun

Specialty Definition: New York Sun

Solar Deity

Sun

Sun (disambiguation)

Sun (Middle-earth)

Sun Bowl

External link

Sun Microsystems

Sun Tzu

Sun, Louisiana

Geography

Demographics

Sunglasses

Sunshine

The Sun

Related newspapers

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Crosswords: Sun

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Commercial Usage: Sun

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Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Sun

Photos:Sun

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Computer Images:Sun

Photo Album: Sun

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Familiar Quotations: Sun

Arabian Proverb

Henry David Thoreau

John Heywood

Oneida

Pompey

Robert Browning

Seneca

The Talmud

William Shakespeare

Use in Literature: Sun

Emma

Austen, Jane

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Madeleine L'Engle

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

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