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Jonas

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Jonas ♂ Variant of Jonah, from the New Testament Greek form of the name. Both Jonah and Jonas were used by the Puritans, the latter from the 1560s at least.

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Jonas

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Jonas , Greek form of Hebrew Jonah . St. Peter's father is called Jonas and Jona (KJV) and John (RSV).

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Jonas

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Jonas ♂ (German) Biblical. See Jonah and Jonas.

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Jonas

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Jonas ♂ (German) .

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Jonas

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Jonas •pandanus •badness, madness, sadness •Magnus • aptness •fatness, patness •redness • wetness •anus, Coriolanus, heinous, Janus, Punta Arenas, Silvanus •genus, intravenous, Maecenas, Malvinas, Salinas, venous, Venus •Cygnus • proteinous • ruinous •libidinous •multitudinous, platitudinous, pulchritudinous, vicissitudinous •cartilaginous, farraginous, oleaginous •fuliginous, indigenous, oxygenous, polygynous, rubiginous, vertiginous •androgynous, autogenous, endogenous, erogenous, exogenous, homogenous, hydrogenous, misogynous •ferruginous • ominous •bituminous, leguminous, luminous, numinous, voluminous •conterminous, coterminous, terminus, verminous •larcenous • gelatinous • cretinous •mountainous •glutinous, mutinous •resinous •Aquinas, Delphinus, echinus, Linus, Longinus, minus, Plotinus, sinus, vinous •oddness • wanness • hotness •Faunus, rawness •Kaunas •bonus, Cronus, Jonas, lowness, onus, Tithonus •oldness •newness, twoness •fulness •alumnus, rumness •oneness • Oceanus • Eridanus •diaphanous • polyphonous •cacophonous, homophonous •porcellanous • villainous •membranous • tyrannous •synchronous • Uranus • tetanus •monotonous • gluttonous •cavernous, ravenous •treasonous • poisonous • Avernus

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