Lune

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A river in north-west England that flows through Lancaster and nearby towns

proper noun

: Lune

The latest mail brought a batch of cards, including one postmarked Lune Lake and addressed in a frail, familiar script.
la Lune
de Lune

Examples

She was conservatively and respectably dressed for the northern Ontario settlement, Lune Lake, once a mining town, now a dormitory village for workers in the few remaining mines in the area.

Fiction book (1995)
The beautiful Lune River flows through the scenic countryside near Lancaster.
And Lune Lake was four hundred miles away from my parents and their problems.

Fiction book (1995)
I left Lune Lake forever one August evening in 1968.

Fiction book (1995)
That first year, I often regretted having moved to Lune Lake.

Fiction book (1995)
In 1967 in Lune Lake, Ontario, nice girls didn't separate these things.

Fiction book (1995)
She was stuck in Lune Lake with her dour old parents and her child; my future, I hoped, was just beginning.

Fiction book (1995)
As we walked along the banks of the Lune, we admired the stunning scenery.
The fisherman cast his line into the clear waters of the Lune River.

Surface Forms

Lune main

Etymology

Lune may come from the old word Luna, which means 'moon' and appears in English in lunar; a helpful way to remember the river is to think of a band of moonlight on the land, like the moon shining on water.