Jonah

noun

Jo·nah | \ ˈjō-nə,

sense 3 is also -nər\

Definition of Jonah

1 : an Israelite prophet who according to the account in the book of Jonah resisted a divine call to preach repentance to the people of Nineveh, was swallowed and vomited by a great fish, and eventually carried out his mission

2 : a narrative book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see Bible Table

3 : one believed to bring bad luck

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The first known use of Jonah was in the 14th century

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