Names Of The Days Of The Week
The days of the week from the Roman period have been both named after the seven planets of classical astronomy and numbered, beginning with Sunday. In Slavic languages, a numbering system was adopted, but beginning with Monday. All of these systems have been adopted in many languages, with some exceptions resulting from a number of religious and secular considerations.
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Famous quotes containing the words names of, names, days and/or week:
“Matter and force are the two names of the one artist who fashions the living as well as the lifeless.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“I would to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Ruth Formanek (20th century)