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In Welsh it is Dydd Mercher, meaning 'Mercury's Day'. The Dutch name for the day, woensdag, has the same etymology as English Wednesday; it comes from Middle Dutch wodenesdag, woedensdag ('Wodan's day'). The German name for the day, Mittwoch (literally: 'mid-week'), replaced the former name Wodenstag ('Wodan's day') in the 10th century.
The words for Saturday through Wednesday contain the Bantu-derived Swahili words for "one" through "five". The word for Thursday, Alhamisi, is of Arabic origin and means "the fifth" (day). The word for Friday, Ijumaa, is also Arabic and means (day of) "gathering" for the Friday noon prayers in Islam.
The name of Wednesday Addams was inspired by the nursery rhyme Monday's Child. Wednesday is a usually feminine given name, taken from the day of the week.It came into greater use after Charles Addams chose the name for Wednesday Addams on the 1964 television sitcom The Addams Family, which was based on the cartoons he originally published in The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1938.
Yup. It's Hump Day — otherwise known as "Wednesday" and while that name is still printed on our calendars, the former has taken over in everyday conversation. And no — this wasn't ...
Akua is an Akan female given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Wednesday" in Akan language, following their day naming system. [1] People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.
Tuesday is the day of the week between Monday and Wednesday. According to international standard ISO 8601 , Monday is the first day of the week; thus, Tuesday is the second day of the week. [ 1 ] According to many traditional calendars, however, Sunday is the first day of the week, so Tuesday is the third day of the week.
“Wednesday” is another television adaptation in the lore of the family, which began as a single cartoon in 1938 and later developed into a television show, an animated series, a comic book and ...
While Netflix’s smash hit Wednesday may not be dancing to screens any time soon, the streamer is reportedly kicking around ideas for a potential spinoff. Before production started for Wednesday ...