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Jonah or Jonas (Hebrew: יוֹנָה Modern Yona Tiberian Yônā ; dove; Arabic: يونس Yūnus Yūnis or يونان Yūnān ; Greek/Latin: Ionas) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is also repeated with a few notable differences in the Qur’an.
