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Jon.

Jon. is the abbreviation of Jonah.

Meaning of Jonah

Proper noun

Jonah

  1. A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 'It's Jonah,' Ted says.
      Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?'
      'Yep.'
      'You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?'
      'What? The whale thing?'
      'Yes.'
      Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a...2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 165
  2. A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
    • So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
  3. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  4. The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

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Questions about Jon.

What is Jon. the abbreviation of?
Jon. is the abbreviation of Jonah.

Words near Jon. in the dictionary

  1. Jomons
  2. jomos
  3. jompon
  4. jompons
  5. Jon
  6. Jon.
  7. Jonael
  8. Jonaerys
  9. Jonagold
  10. Jonagolds
  11. Jonah

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