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Juno

[ joo-noh ]

noun

, plural Ju·nos
  1. the ancient Roman queen of heaven, a daughter of Saturn and the wife and sister of Jupiter: the protector of women and marriage. Compare Hera.
  2. Astronomy. the fourth largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.
  3. a woman of regal appearance or bearing.
  4. Military. the code name for a beach on France's Normandy coast, attacked by Canadian forces as part of the Allies' D-day invasion on June 6, 1944.
  5. a female given name.


Juno

1

/ ˈdʒuːnəʊ /

noun

  1. (in Roman tradition) the queen of the Olympian gods Greek counterpartHera
  2. a woman of stately bearing and regal beauty


Juno

2

noun

  1. an award given for achievements in the Canadian music industry

Juno

3

/ ˈdʒuːnəʊ /

noun

  1. astronomy the fourth largest known asteroid (approximate diameter 240 kilometres) and one of the four brightest

Juno

/ jo̅o̅ /

  1. An asteroid having a diameter of about 240 km (149 mi). It was the third to be discovered, in 1804.
  2. See more at asteroid


Juno

  1. The Roman name of Hera , the Greek and Roman goddess who protected marriage. Juno was the wife of Jupiter .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Juno1

C20: originally after Pierre Juneau (1922–2012) Canadian broadcaster

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Example Sentences

Ellen Page, the Oscar nominated star of films like Juno, Inception, and the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, is gay.

Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno, is known for catchy, quotable dialogue.

The Academy loves personal transformation (see Charlize Theron in Monster) and ingénues (Ellen Page in Juno).

When Palin learned she couldn't make it, she wrote back, "I should try to get back to juno for this one."

Juno writer Diablo Cody is working on a feature film about the blue-eyed queen bees.

I'se gwine to Branchville whar my dahter, Juno Soo, is a dyin' ob fever.

More than ordinarily tall, she was shaped like a Juno, and moved with all the grace and freedom of an athlete.

Juno lived in a great park, where there was a menagerie, and neither the park nor the menagerie could have done without Juno.

No one had seen them, and nearly every one was sorry, and had something kind to say, for Juno was a favorite with many.

Juno went and lay down in a sunshiny place near the elephant's house, and thought over all these words.

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