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Hebrew
(ש×ַבָּת) Hebrew name SHABBATH means "rest, Sabbath." In the Old Testament bible, this is the name of the seventh day of the week, a day of rest.
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English : habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire called Weekley, from Old English wīc ‘settlement’, perhaps in this case a Roman settlement, Latin vicus + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Latin
Born on Tuesday; Third Day of the Week
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English : patronymic from Wick 2, or variant of the habitational name Wick, with genitive or plural -s. There has been much confusion between this name and Weeks.In 1638 Richard Wickes (also known as Richard Atwick), of Staines, Middlesex, England, died, leaving a bequest to “my son John Wickes now living in New England.†This John Wickes came from London, England, to Plymouth, MA, in 1635, and subsequently settled at Portsmouth, RI.
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Irish
niamh “radiance, lustre, brightness.†The daughter of the sea god Manannan she was known as “Niamh of the Golden Hair,†a beautiful princess riding on a white horse. She fell in love with Fionn’s son Oisin (read the legend of Niamh and Oisin) and lived with him in Tir-na-nOg (“Land of the Youngâ€) (read the legend) where 300 years passed in what seemed like three weeks. In 2003 it was the eleventh most popular baby girl’s name in Ireland.
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Anglicized form of Greek Bethania, BETHANY means "house of dates" or "house of misery." In the bible, this is the name of a place near Jerusalem where Jesus stayed during the Holy Week.
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Greek
(Βηθανία) Greek name derived from Aramaic beth 'anya (Hebrew bet t'eina), BETHANIA means "house of dates" or "house of misery." In the bible, this is the name of a place near Jerusalem where Jesus stayed during the Holy Week.
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English : variant spelling of Weeks or Wicks.
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English : variant of Week.
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Irish
niamh “radiance, lustre, brightness.†The daughter of the sea god Manannan she was known as “Niamh of the Golden Hair,†a beautiful princess riding on a white horse. She fell in love with Fionn’s son Oisin (read the legend of Niamh and Oisin) and lived with him in Tir-na-nOg (“Land of the Youngâ€) (read the legend) where 300 years passed in what seemed like three weeks. In 2003 it was the eleventh most popular baby girl’s name in Ireland.
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Hindu, Indian
Week
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English : variant of Wick, specifically a habitational name from any of various places called Week or Weeke, notably in Cornwall, Hampshire, and Somerset.Americanized spelling of Norwegian or Swedish Vik.
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Native American
Native American Sioux name WEEKO means "pretty."
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English
English : variant of Weekley.
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English : variant spelling of Weekley.
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English
English : from the Old Norse personal name Mundi, a short form of the various compound names containing the element mundr ‘protection’.English : nickname for someone who had a particular association with this day of the week (Old English mÅnandæg ‘day of the moon’), normally because he owed feudal service then. It was considered lucky to be born on a Monday.Irish (Ulster) : quasi-translation of Mac Giolla Eoin ‘son of the servant of Eoin’, by confusion of the last part of the name with Irish Luain ‘Monday’.
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Irish
Meaning “â€fair-haired,â€â€ the name has been popular since the sixth century when St. Finbar came to an area of Cork that was being tormented by a serpent. The people begged him to do something to help them. One night he went to where the serpent was sleeping and sprinkled it with holy water. The angry serpent tore and devoured the land until she slithered into the sea at Cork Harbor. The track she left behind filled with water and became the River Lee and that’s why St. Finbar is the patron saint of Cork. It is said that the sun didn’t set for two weeks after Finbar’s death.
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English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wikke (see Wick 2).English : variant of Wick 1.It may also be an Americanization of Scandinavian Vik.This surname was brought to North America independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the earliest on record is Leonard Weeks, who emigrated from Somerset, England, to Portsmouth, NH, some time before 1656.
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Irish
niamh “radiance, lustre, brightness.†The daughter of the sea god Manannan she was known as “Niamh of the Golden Hair,†a beautiful princess riding on a white horse. She fell in love with Fionn’s son Oisin (read the legend of Niamh and Oisin) and lived with him in Tir-na-nOg (“Land of the Youngâ€) (read the legend) where 300 years passed in what seemed like three weeks. In 2003 it was the eleventh most popular baby girl’s name in Ireland.
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English : variant spelling of Weekley.
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English
English : variant spelling of Wilford.
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Tamil
Niqiles | நீகிலேஸ
Lord of all
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Biblical
Exalted, sublime, rejected.
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English
English : variant of Comer.
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Australian, Greek
Ice
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Victory, Glory, Fame, Success
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Alive; Lively; Animated; Variant of Vivian the Lady of the Lake; Full of Life
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Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Son of the Graceful One; Has a Share in the Property
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Hindu
Snow
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English
English : from a Middle English personal name, which originated as a short form of any of various Old English personal names beginning with Cyne- ‘royal’.German : nickname for someone with a prominent chin, from Middle High German kinne ‘chin’, or from an Old High German personal name formed with the element kuoni ‘bold’ or chunni ‘race’, ‘people’. Compare Konrad.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Kinn, from Old Norse kinn ‘chin’ with reference to the land formation.
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v. t.
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till next week.
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The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days.
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The week last past; last week.
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Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.
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The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
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To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week.
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The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday.
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Three times a week.
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A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
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Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette.
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A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
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The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday.
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A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
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Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.
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A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail.
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One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
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Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly; as, a triweekly newspaper.
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of Weekly
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Week.
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Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.