Lune

(loon,) or Lunule, (loon'ul.) [From L. luna; or lunula, a little moon.] (Geom.) A plane in the form of a crescent or half-moon, inclosed by the cincumferences of two circles that intersect one another. Lüneburg, a govt. of Pru ia, formerly a duchy belonging to Hanover, of which latter prov. it forms part of the N.W. frontier; area, 4,487 sq. m. It is watered by the Elbe and some of its tributaries. C. Lüneburg. Pop. 381,712.- LÜNEBURG, a city, C. of above govt., on the Ilmenau, 27 m. S.E. of Hamburg. It po e es a considerable transit trade. Pop. 15,691. [s. 560]