Jo.nah /ˈdʒəʊnə $ ˈdʒoʊ-/

1. someone who seems to bring bad luck

2. in the Old Testament of the Bible, a man who disobeyed God and tried to escape from him by getting on a ship. God caused a storm, and the other sailors threw Jonah into the sea. He was then swallowed by a whale, and spent three days in its stomach before escaping onto land.

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