Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One thought to bring bad luck.
  • In the Bible, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Jonah.]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew yônâ, dove; see ywn in Semitic roots.]

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