noun · rare

Jonah

Jonah · Jonahs

A person who brings a ship bad luckA person who brings a ship bad luck.

UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/

» Jonah was a prophet of God.

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Meaning

2 senses

(slang)A person who brings a ship bad luck.
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
(broadly, slang)Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
Unglücksbringer, Unglücksbringerin, Unglücksrabe

3 sentences

Jonah was a prophet of God.
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You are Simon the son of Jonah.
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Jonah and Leah live in a beautiful, straw-bale, timber-framed home that they built from hand.
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2 languages

Deutsch

a jinx:

From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.

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plural: Jonahs

Singular	Jonah
Plural	Jonahs

regular

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale:Book of Jonah
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them:jinx