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amy | joshua |

As a noun amy

is friend.

As a proper noun joshua is

the sixth book of the old testament of bible, and a book of the tanakh.

amy

English

Proper noun

(s)
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  • * 1886 Hubert Hall: Society in the Elizabethan Age . Kessinger Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0766139743 page 94:
    • The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy' Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name '''Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name ''Aime might be read for Anne.
  • * 1975 Derek Marlowe: Nightshade . Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975. page 7:
    • As a child, Amy' could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name ' Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
  • * 1999 Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler: East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart. ISBN 0306808870 page 5:
    • As Amy' had been baptized Amelia ( but always called ' Amy ) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.

    Related terms

    * Aimee * Amata * Amey

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    joshua

    English

    (Book of Joshua)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
  • The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
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    • So Joshua' took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and ' Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
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  • * 1835 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey , London:T.Cadell, Strand, page 33:
    • "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua , which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,

    Related terms

    * * Jesus * Jason