Meanings
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1
noun
The star that gives light and heat to the Earth and the other planets.
The sun rose over the hills.
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2
noun
The light and warmth that come from the sun.
The children played outside in the sun all afternoon.
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3
noun
Any star at the centre of a solar system.
That distant planet orbits a dim red sun.
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Etymology
From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.