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noon
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noon  (nn)
n.
1.
a. Twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.
b. The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian. Also called noontide, noontime.
2. The highest point; the zenith.
3. Archaic Midnight.

[Middle English non, from Old English nn, canonical hour of nones (3 p.m. in early Middle Ages), from Late Latin nna (hra), ninth (hour after sunrise), nones, feminine sing. of Latin nnus, ninth; see new in Indo-European roots.]

noon
Noun
the middle of the day; 12 o'clock [Latin nona (hora) ninth hour (originally 3 pm, the ninth hour from sunrise)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.noonnoon - the middle of the day                
24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours - time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"
time of day, hour - clock time; "the hour is getting late"

noon
noun midday, high noon, noonday, noontime, twelve noon, noontide
Translations

noon [nuːn] nmediodía m
noon [nuːn] nmidi m
noon [nuːn] nMittag m
noon [nuːn] nmezzogiorno

noon
n noon [nuːn]
twelve o'clock midday They arrived at noon.twaalfuurظُهْرпладнеpolednemiddagder Mittagμεσημέριmediodíakeskpäevنيمروز؛ ظهرkeskipäivämidiצָהֳרַיִיםमध्याह्नpodnedéltengah harihádegi, miðdegimezzogiorno正午정오, 한낮vidurdienisdienas viduswaktu tengah harimiddagmidt dagen, middagpołudniemeio diaprânzполденьpoludniepoldanpodnemiddag, klockan tolv på dagenเที่ยงöğle vakti, öğle中午полудень, південьنصف النہار، دوپہرbuổi trưa

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