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Archivesorigin of Maia, and Iona
as far as I know, the word maia designates in ancient greek the midwife
as for Iona it means dove in hebrew, which could be related to the name of Saint Colomban (coming from columba, the dove in latin) who christianized Scotalnd (or Eire ?)
as for Iona it means dove in hebrew, which could be related to the name of Saint Colomban (coming from columba, the dove in latin) who christianized Scotalnd (or Eire ?)
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Click on Iona it's Scottish
Jemima means dove in Hebrew
Click Maia in Roman Mythology it means great
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Allison Meghan Elizabeth
My &'s are
Chiara,Griffin,Melor,Zara,Iris,Dane
My #'s are Alastar,Lachlan,Carys,Finola,Gareth,Deidre
My !'s are
Grigore,Faina,Oleg,Kyril,Raisa
Jemima means dove in Hebrew
Click Maia in Roman Mythology it means great
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Allison Meghan Elizabeth
My &'s are
Chiara,Griffin,Melor,Zara,Iris,Dane
My #'s are Alastar,Lachlan,Carys,Finola,Gareth,Deidre
My !'s are
Grigore,Faina,Oleg,Kyril,Raisa
This message was edited 9/5/2005, 1:03 AM
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JONAH and JEMIMA
The Hebrew word for "dove", both biblical and modern, is yona, JONAH as a name.
As far as I can see there is no Hebrew word yemima. The biblical name JEMIMAH usually is translated as "dove", but it looks like this is taken from an Arabic parallel: "yamamatun".
This last bit is taken from:
Martin Noth: Die israelitischen Personennamen im Rahmen der gemeinsemitischen Namengebung, Stuttgart 1928
The Hebrew word for "dove", both biblical and modern, is yona, JONAH as a name.
As far as I can see there is no Hebrew word yemima. The biblical name JEMIMAH usually is translated as "dove", but it looks like this is taken from an Arabic parallel: "yamamatun".
This last bit is taken from:
Martin Noth: Die israelitischen Personennamen im Rahmen der gemeinsemitischen Namengebung, Stuttgart 1928
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