sun·up

[suhn-uhp]
noun
sunrise, especially the time of sunrise.

Origin:
1705–15, Americanism; sun + up, on the model of sundown

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sunup (ˈsʌnˌʌp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
another name (esp US) for sunrise

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
All parks are open sunup to sundown daily year-round.
Blasting operations shall be conducted between sunup and sundown, whenever
  possible.
He worked from sunup to sundown and two hours of night guard duty.
Traps were set each afternoon prior to dark and checked at sunup the next
  morning.
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