Monday
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For Rick Monday, the famous baseball player, see Rick Monday.
Monday (pron. IPA or ) is considered either the first or second day of the week, between Sunday and Tuesday. It gets its name from the Moon, which in turn gets its name from Mani (Old English Mona''), the
Germanic Moon god. Similarly, the
Italian name (lunedi), the
French name (lundi) and the
Spanish name (lunes) come from the
Latin name for the moon,
Luna.
In
India, Monday is
Somvar. It is based on
Soma or
Somdev Vedic God of
Moon.
Monday is often held to be the first day of the week. This is the case in most of
Europe,
Australia, parts of
Africa, and
South America. In
Asia β" because the western calendar system was introduced only during the 20th century β" many languages refer to Monday as the "day of the beginning". For example, Monday is
xingqi yi (ζζδΈ) in
Chinese, meaning day one of the week. The
wage labour oriented, international standard
ISO 8601 also defines Monday as the first day of the week.
According to the
Judeo-Christian count, Monday is the second day. This is the traditional view in
Canada and the
United States. The name for the day in
Arabic,
Armenian,
Georgian,
Greek,
Hebrew,
Persian and
Portuguese is "second day".
Quakers also traditionally refer to Monday as "Second Day" eschewing the
pagan origin of the English name "Monday". For similar reasons the official
liturgical calendar of the
Roman Catholic Church refers to Monday as "
Feria II".
Modern culture usually looks at Monday as the beginning of the
workweek, as it is typically Monday when adults go back to work and children back to school after the
weekend. It is Monday when
commodity markets add or subtract weather premium, hence the nickname Weather Market Monday. Thus, Mondays are often seen as a misfortune. In Middle Eastern countries, however, the beginning of the workweek is usually
Saturday (
Thursday and
Friday are observed as the weekend). In Israel, Sunday is the first day of the workweek. Friday is half a work day and Friday Night and Saturday are the Sabbath.
*In the popular rhyme, "Monday's child is fair of face".
*In the
Garfield comic series, Garfield is known for hating Mondays despite the fact he has no job.
*In a well known nursery rhyme Solomon Grundy was "born on a Monday night."
*In the song "Rainy days and Mondays" by the
Carpenters in 1971
*
The Boomtown Rats' biggest hit was
1979's "I Don't Like Mondays." (See also:
Brenda Ann Spencer.)
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Black Monday*
Blue Monday*
Clean Monday (Ash Monday)
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Easter Monday*
First Monday*
Handsel Monday*
Manic Monday*
Miracle Monday*
Plough Monday*
Wet Monday*
Whit Monday*
Big Monday*Weather Market Monday
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Monday Club*
Monday demonstrations*
Monday Night Football
