Resource: National Parks Service: http://www.nps.gov/history
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Monday [n. MUN-day]
"Cool Words" begins a tour of the seven-day week with Monday.
Traditionally, Monday is the second day of the week, when everyone goes back to work, presumably renewed by the quiet, restful weekend just completed.
The Anglo Saxon name for the day was Monan daeg (day of the moon), which was a translation of the Latin Dies Lunae, itself a translation of the Greek hemera Selenes (day of Selene). Modern words for this day are similar in many languages. In German we have Montag, Dutch and Swedish have Maandag, and in Danish it's Mandag.
The romance languages acquired the Latin term more directly. In French, the day is Lundi. Italian has Lunedi, while in Spanish it's Lunes. In Rumanian it's Luni. In Russian, Monday is known as Ponedel'nik ("the day after Sunday," or "after do-nothing day").
Cool Word of the Day is from the website: Philomonshomepage.tripod.com
Rocketcat says: notice those references to the Latin root: Lunae –luna (moonsick, moonstruck, lunatic)…
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http://www.nps.gov/history
The National Parks Service site includes numerous links to a variety of sites related to archeological sites, Native American history and photographs of artifacts, maps relating to historical events, including changes in crops, trade, industry, and the terrain: dams, waterways, coasts, deserts, forests, lakes…This is a beautiful and rich website.
Go here to print out information, maps, and more enrichment for your U.S. History ‘Wall’ timeline.
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