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Ju•no



Pronunciation: ( jOO'nō), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -nos for 3.
1. the ancient Roman queen of heaven, a daughter of Saturn and the wife and sister of Jupiter: the protector of women and marriage. Cf. Hera.
2. Astron.the fourth largest and one of the four brightest asteroids.
3. a woman of regal appearance or bearing.
4. Mil.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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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