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 Translation for 'name day' from English to Swedish
NOUN   a name day | name days
namnsdagspresent {u}name day gift
namnsdagspresent {u}name day present
Partial Matches
namn {n}name
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gatunamn {n}street name
zool.
djurnamn {n}
animal name
namn {n} efter giftermålmarried name
noanamn {n} [noaord]noa-name
unverified artistnamn {n}pen name
unverified artistnamn {n}screen name
artistnamn {n}stage name
märkesnamn {n}brand name
förnamn {n}first name
ling.
egennamn {n}
proper name
namnskylt {u}name tag
därav namnethence the name
unverified artistnamn {n}artist's name
litt.F
Mitt namn är röd [Orhan Pamuk]
My Name Is Red
Vad heter du?What's your name?
Jag heter Frank.My name is Frank.
filmF
Hjärter är trumf
In Name Only [John Cromwell]
jur.
i lagens namn {adv}
in the name of the law
dag {u}day
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Usage Examples English
  • In Sweden, it is not uncommon for people to celebrate their name day.
  • The days on which day-name and month-name dedications intersect are festival days (name-day feast days) of special worship.
  • Members of the Greek Orthodox Church named Valentinos (male) or Valentina (female) may observe their name day on the Western ecclesiastical calendar date of February 14.
  • We know from her concern about her onomásticos or día de mi/su santo or Name Day that it is the 12th November as that is the onomásticos of persons named Esperanza.
  • King James's coronation went ahead on 25 July, his name day (for James the Greater), as planned.

  • For example, many municipalities have a "patron Saint" also called 'Name Day' or a "Liberation Day", and at this day is customary for schools to have a day off.
  • A Swedish proverb uses 30 November (St Andrew's day, referencing the name day of Anders, a localised variant) as an indicator of the weather over Christmas ("Anders slaskar, julen braskar", translation: Slushy Anders Andrew's day, frozen Christmas).
  • In 1821, eleven-year-old Chopin dedicated a Polonaise in A-flat major to Żywny as a name-day gift.
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas".
  • In Italy its name day is 24 December in honor of Adela of Pfalzel.

  • Giorgio Napolitano, performed for Pope Benedict XVI at the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace of Castel Gandolfo 11 July 2012, the abbot Saint Benedict of Nursia's (the founder of the Benedictines) feast day, and thus the name day of the Pope.
  • January 19 is also Henry's name day (so-called "Heikinpäivä") in Sweden and Finland.
  • The intended audience (except on special occasions such as the Prince's name day) consisted only of the Prince and his guests; thus "very often Haydn's orchestra would have outnumbered the listeners."
  • Recently a new church was constructed near the old one; it was dedicated to the apostle Andreas (St. Andrew) and on his name day, 30 November, a religious festival is held on the church grounds.
  • Using Edgeworth's name, Day applied to the Foundling Hospital to take first one and then another girl, initially aged 12 and 11; he told the Hospital that they were to be apprenticed as maids in Edgeworth's household, which Edgeworth did not know of until several months later.

  • The band was named after the last Sham 69 album and also to avoid confusion with the fans over the name.
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