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ArchivesRe: origin of Maia, and Iona
in reply to a message by ariel
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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