Jonas

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Quotations 1.2 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Proper noun 3 German 3.1 Proper noun 4 Lithuanian 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 5.1.1 Related terms 6 Swedish 6.1 Proper noun 6.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

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Singular Jonas

Plural -

Jonas

1. A male given name of Biblical derivation; the New Testament Greek form of Jonah.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Matthew 12:40:

  For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of ajnos
• Jason
• sanjo

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[edit] Etymology

From Biblical Jonas (=Jonah), also used as a medieval Latinization of Danish Jon ( =John).

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Jonas

1. (Biblical) Jonah.
2. A male given name.

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[edit] German

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Jonas

1. (Biblical) Jonah.
2. A male given name of biblical origin.

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[edit] Lithuanian

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Jonas m.

1. A male given name, cognate and equivalent to John.

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[edit] Norwegian

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Jonas

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Jonah and Jonas.

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• Jona

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[edit] Swedish

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Jonas

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Jonah and Jonas.

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• Jona