Jo·nah | \ ˈjō-nə 
, sense 3 is also -nər \
, 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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“Jonah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Jonah. Accessed 28 Nov. 2020.
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