Jonah
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[edit] Etymology
From Hebrew יונה ("dove").
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- Rhymes: -əʊnə
[edit] Proper noun
Jonah
- A male given name.
- (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- (nautical, slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.
- (slang, by extension of the nautical sense) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
[edit] Quotations
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Jonah 1:15:
- So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
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[edit] Translations
given name
Biblical: a book of the Old Testament
a person who brings a ship bad luck
a jinx
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[edit] References
- J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, Utrecht, Antwerpen 1964, Aula-boeken 176, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum