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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jonesnoun

    the bottom of a sea or ocean

Wiktionary

  1. Davy Jonesnoun

    The spirit of the sea.

  2. Davy Jonesnoun

    The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.

  3. Etymology: Of uncertain origin.

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  1. davy jones

    Davy Jones, in popular mythology and folklore, is a nickname for the spirit or demon of the sea, often personified as an evil, devilish creature that symbolizes the terror and peril that sailors encountered in the ocean. The term is often associated with "Davy Jones' Locker," which is a common figure of speech to denote the bottom of the sea or a place of death for those at sea. The phrase is used in various contexts in maritime culture. Furthermore, Davy Jones is also a significant character in the popular film series "Pirates of the Caribbean." In this series, Davy Jones is a fictional villain, the captain of the Ghost Ship the Flying Dutchman. He is portrayed as a fearsome creature with a face covered in tentacles, resembling a sea monster more than a man. In addition to this, Davy Jones (1945-2012) was also a popular English singer and actor, famously a member of the band The Monkees. He was well-known for hits such as "Daydream Believer" and "I'm a Believer."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Davy Jones

    the spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors

Wikidata

  1. Davy Jones

    Davy Jones is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He appears as the main antagonist of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End. Davy Jones is the captain of the Flying Dutchman, roaming the seas in search of souls to serve upon his vessel for a century. In the story, his original purpose was to carry souls of those who died at sea from this world to the next on his vessel. He was charged with this duty by his one true love, a sea goddess named Calypso. For every ten years at sea he could spend one day on land to be with her. Ten years after first being charged with the duty, Jones prepared to be reunited with his true love, but became heartbroken and enraged when she did not show. Unable to deal with the sadness of Calypso's betrayal, he cut out his heart and placed it in a chest, burying it on the plague island Isla Cruces. This chest became known as the Dead Man's Chest, the primary object being sought after in the second film. Jones then abandoned his duties, and instead ruled the seas as a tyrant with a damned crew bound by oath to serve aboard the Dutchman for one hundred years each. Because Jones and his crew broke their oath on the Dutchman to ferry lost souls, a curse slowly transformed them into sea monsters.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Davy Jones

    dā′vi jōnz, n. a sailor's familiar name for the (malignant) spirit of the sea, the devil; hence Davy Jones's locker, of the sea, as the grave of men drowned at sea. [Said by some to be a compound of Duffy, a West Indian spirit name, and Jonah.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. davy jones

    The spirit of the sea; a nikker; a sea-devil.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of davy jones in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of davy jones in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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