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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”).

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Hananiah, one of the captives in the biblical Book of Daniel who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
2. 2
   A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Synonyms

All synonyms

abednegohananiahsalamander

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /⁠šadrak⁠/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

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