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Days of the week - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Days of the week may refer to: •Week-day names (for 'days of the week' of other quantities, see Week) •Days of the Week (song) by Stone Temple Pilots
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While the Eastern Mediterranean languages reflect variations on a simple numbering of the days of the week, the languages of Western Europe all (except Portuguese) reflect names based on the names of the naked eye planets, which included the Sun and the Moon, either in a Latin version or a corresponding Germanic version.
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Week - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The days of the week got their names from German gods and objects in the sky. ... These names come to us originally from the Greeks and Romans, who named the days of the week after their gods.
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NOTE: The seven-day week originated in ancient Mesopotamia and became part of the Roman calendar in A.D. 321. The names of the days are based on the seven celestial bodies (the Sun, ... More on Names of the Days of the Week from Infoplease: ... Related content from HighBeam Research on: The Names of the Days of the Week...
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The origins of the names of the days. ... The names of the days are in some cases derived from Teutonic deities or, such as in Romance languages, from Roman deities. The early Romans, around the first century, used Saturday as the first day of the week.
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