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In Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino), which is mainly based on a medieval version of Spanish, the five days of Monday–Friday closely follow the Spanish names. For Sunday is used the Arabic name, which is based on numbering (meaning "Day one" or "First day"), because a Jewish language was not likely to adapt a name based on "Lord's Day" for Sunday.
"Thursday's Child" is a song by The Chameleons on Script of the Bridge (1983). "Outlook for Thursday" was a hit in New Zealand for Dave Dobbyn. Thursday (mixtape)" is the name of a mixtape by R&B artist The Weeknd released in 2011. "Thirsty" is a song by American pop band AJR that prominently features the lyrics 'Thirsty, thirsty Thursday' [26]
The expected cognate name in Old Norse would be friggjar-dagr. The name of Friday in Old Norse is frjá-dagr instead, indicating a loan of the week-day names from Low German; [5] however, the modern Faroese name is fríggjadagur. The modern Scandinavian form is fredag in Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, meaning Freyja's day.
Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈðɾiɣeθ], [roˈðɾiɣes]) is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Visigothic origin (meaning literally Son of Rodrigo; Germanic: Roderickson) and a common surname in Spain and Latin America. Its Portuguese equivalent is Rodrigues. The "ez" signifies "son of".
The Harvard Dictionary of Music explains the etymology feria as "the reverse of the original meaning of L. feria, i.e., festival day.The reversal came about by extending the use of the word from Sunday to the other days, Sunday being named feria prima, Monday feria secunda, Tuesday feria tertia, etc." [4]
Along with the other days of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday has a rich history dating back to the days of the early church. It has held its title, Maundy Thursday, since the 1500s.
However, even though this celebration is so common for American households and we grow up anticipating the turkey, amazing sides (not to mention desserts!), the food coma and football naps, many ...
Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.