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Sunday and Monday are named for the sun and moon. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday are named for Norse or Germanic deities. Saturday is named for the Roman god Saturn.

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What day of the week will it be in 9000 days?

9,000 days is 5 days more than 1285 weeks, so the day of the week in 9000 days will be five days earlier in the week, or two days later in the week, than it is today. As an example, if today is Wednesday it will be Friday in 9,000 days.


What planets did the Romans use to name to days of the week?

what planets did the romans use to name the days of the week


Is it false that the names of the seven days of the week are derived from the names of the members of the solar system that are visible to the naked eye?

It is false. The names of the days of the week recall: -- the Sun (but Spanish: "Domingo") -- the Moon -- Tiw, the Germanic god of war (although in German: "Dienstag") -- Wodin, Wotan, Odin, chief deity of the Germanic peoples (although in German ... "Mitwoch", meaning "mid-week") -- Thor, old English Unresdæg, literally "day of thunder" (German: "Donnerstag" ... "Thunderday") -- Old English "Frigedæg", day of the goddess "Frigg", from a prehistoric Germanic verb "to love", also the ancestor of the English "friend" and "free". -- Saturn's day (Spanish: "Sabado", meaning "Sabbath")


What day of the week will it be in 7000 days?

7000/7 = 1000 with a remainder of 0. That means that, in 7000 days, the day of the week will be the same as it is today.


About how many days pass on jupiter in one week on earth?

One day on Jupiter is approximately 9.9 hours, while a week on Earth is 7 days. To convert to Earth days, you would need to multiply Jupiter days by Earth days, leading to approximately 13.5 days passing on Jupiter in one Earth week.

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On which planet do the days of the week have different names and lengths compared to Earth?

The days of the week on the planet Mercury have different names and lengths compared to Earth.


What are the names of days in the week?

The days of the week are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


Are there Christian names for the days of the week?

Not in current usage.


Are names of weekdays proper nouns?

Yes, the names of the days of the week are proper nouns.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing.The nouns for the days of the week are the names of specific things.


Where did the names for the days of the week originate?

long time ago


What are the names of the days of the week in Hindi?

The names of the days of the week in Hindi are: Somvar (Monday), Mangalvar (Tuesday), Budhvar (Wednesday), Guruvar (Thursday), Shukravar (Friday), Shanivar (Saturday), and Ravivar (Sunday).


Name the seven days of the week?

In English the seven days of the week are named Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. In Spanish the names of the days of the week are Domingo, Lunes, Martes, Miercoles, Jueves, Viernes, and Sabado They have different names in other languages.


What are the days of the week and name the creation?

The names of the days of the week are different in each language. You must specify a language before a useful answer can be provided.


Are the days of the week nouns?

Yes, the days of the week are nouns. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc. are proper nouns because they are the names for specific days.


How are Norse gods responsible for the names of several days of the week?

are so not cool :-(


What is prossesses?

proper nouns are names of specific persons places days of the week <ect


How do you say Wednesday in spanish?

miércoles (days of the week, like month names, are not capitalized)