Noon Definition
no͝on
noun
Twelve o'clock in the daytime.
Webster's New World
The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian.
American Heritage
Midday.
Webster's New World
The highest point or culmination.
Webster's New World
The letter Ù† in the Arabic script.
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Origin of Noon
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Middle English non from Old English nōn canonical hour of nones (3 pm in early Middle Ages) from Late Latin nōna (hōra) ninth (hour after sunrise), nones feminine sing. of Latin nōnus ninth newn̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old English nōn, from a Germanic borrowing of classical Latin nōna (“ninth hour") (short for nōna hōra), feminine of nōnus (“ninth"). Cognate with Dutch noen, obsolete German Non, Norwegian non.
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