Jonah

noun

1. a masculine name: var. Jonas
2. Bible
   1. a Hebrew prophet: thrown overboard in a storm sent because he had disobeyed God, he was swallowed by a big fish, but three days later was cast up on the shore unharmed
   2. the book telling Jonah's story: abbrev.
3. any person said to bring bad luck by being present

Origin: LL(Ec) Jonas < Gr(Ec) Īonas < Heb jōnāh, lit., a dove