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The days of the week come from the Names of mythical figures, so the first letter of each day must be a CAPITAL letter. Days of the Week: Monday = associated with the Moon. Tuesday = from the god Tiw, associated with Mars. Wednesday = from Germanic god Odin.
Thor's (or Jupiter's) day. Painting depicting the Norse god Thunor (the Norse Thor ), after whom Thursday is named, by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872. The name is derived from Old English þunresdæg and Middle English Thuresday (with loss of -n-, first in northern dialects, from influence of Old Norse Þórsdagr) meaning "Thor's Day".
Thursday definition: 1. the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday: 2. the day of the week after Wednesday…. Learn more.
Thursday is the fourth day of the week according to the international standard ISO 8601. It is the fifth day of the week in countries that use the Sunday as the first day of the week in their calendar.
Thor was the god of thunder, weather, and crops. In the early Norse language, the fifth day of the week was known as thōrsdagr, literally "day of Thor," in his honor. The Norse name came into Old English as thursdæg, which in time became the Modern English Thursday.
Thursday definition: the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday. Learn more.
Thursday translate: Khamis. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Malay Dictionary.
To indicate the general time of day during which something will happen on a Thursday, the word can be followed by the general time, as in Thursday morning, Thursday afternoon, Thursday evening, and Thursday night.
Definition of Thursday noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. the day after Wednesday and before Friday; fourth day of the working week. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English Thursdæg, literally: Thor's day; related to Old High German Donares tag; see Thor, thunder, day.
