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name day
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name daynoun
the feast day of a saint whose name one bears
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name daynoun
The feast day of the saint after whom one is named.
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Name day
In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, among other parts of Christendom. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively that of a biblical character or other saint. Where they are popular, individuals celebrate both their name day and their birthday in a given year.The custom originated with the Christian calendar of saints: believers named after a saint would celebrate that saint's feast day. Within Christianity, name days have greater resonance in areas where the Christian denominations of Catholicism, Lutheranism and Orthodoxy predominate.In some countries, however, name-day celebrations do not have a connection to explicitly Christian traditions.
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name day
A name day is a tradition in some countries in Europe and Latin America of celebrating on a particular day of the year that is associated with a person's given name. The celebration is similar to a birthday. The custom originated from the Christian tradition of commemorating saints on specific days of the year.
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Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name. The custom originated with the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and the Greek Orthodox calendar of saints, where believers, named after a particular saint, would celebrate that saint's feast day. In many countries, however, there is no longer any explicit connection to Christianity. It remains more popular in Southern, and in Northern Europe. The concept of name days is similar to the more common birthday, except that the association of a name to a day is entirely arbitrary.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of name day in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of name day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- اسم يومArabic
- festa onomàstica, dia onomàstic, onomàsticaCatalan, Valencian
- svátek, jmeninyCzech
- navnedagDanish
- NamenstagGerman
- ονομαστική γιορτήGreek
- nomtagoEsperanto
- día onomástico, día del santoSpanish
- nimepäevEstonian
- nimipäiväFinnish
- navnadagurFaroese
- fêteFrench
- névnapHungarian
- onomasticoItalian
- 聖名祝日Japanese
- NamesdaagLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- vārda dienaLatvian
- именденMacedonian
- naamdagDutch
- namnedagNorwegian Nynorsk
- navnedagNorwegian
- imieninyPolish
- dia onomásticoPortuguese
- ziua numelui, onomasticăRomanian
- имениныRussian
- imendaniSerbo-Croatian
- meninySlovak
- godSlovene
- namnsdagSwedish
- isim günüTurkish
- імениниUkrainian
- tên ngàyVietnamese
- 命名日Chinese
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