As a proper noun sylvia
is .
As an interjection simon is
yes, affirmation commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question.
As a noun simon is
hackney cab.
sylvia Proper noun
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simon English
Proper noun
( en proper noun)
(Name of) any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
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- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon', who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ' Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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* 1996 , Alias Grace , Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-27873, page 379:
- His first name is Simon'. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is '''Simon''' Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple ' Simon . Met a pie man, going to the fair.
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Related terms
* simony
* Simeon
* Simone
See also
* Peter
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