day name

[ dey-neym ]

/ ˈdeɪ ˌneɪm /

noun

(formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a Black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba ), Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba ), Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba ), Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba ), Thursday (Quao and Abba ), Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi ), and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba ).

Origin of day name

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby day name

day loan, daylong, day man, daymare, daymark, day name, day-neutral, day-neutral plant, day nursery, Day of Atonement, day off

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Example sentences from the Web for day name

Whoever is right, it is certain that the year can begin with its first day-name only once every four years.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for day name

day name

noun

Western African a name indicating a person's day of birth

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单词	day name
释义	day name [ dey-neym ] / ˈdeɪ ˌneɪm / noun (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a Black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba ), Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba ), Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba ), Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba ), Thursday (Quao and Abba ), Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi ), and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba ). Origin of day name First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby day name day loan, daylong, day man, daymare, daymark, day name, day-neutral, day-neutral plant, day nursery, Day of Atonement, day off Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for day name Whoever is right, it is certain that the year can begin with its first day-name only once every four years. The American Egypt\|Channing Arnold British Dictionary definitions for day name day name noun Western African a name indicating a person's day of birth Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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