# Kaguya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #75,109

## Definitions
1. The protagonist of 赫映姫の物語 (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya”), a mysterious girl from the moon, discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
2. Synonym of SELENE (“Japan’s second lunar orbiter spacecraft”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 赫映, かぐや (Kaguya).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kaguya