Jonathan
pronunciation
How to pronounce Jonathan in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɔnəθən]
How to pronounce Jonathan in American English:
US [ˈdʒɑnəθən]
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- Noun:
- red late-ripening apple; primarily eaten raw
Word Origin
- Jonathan
- masc. proper name, biblical son of Saul, from Hebrew Yonathan, short for Yehonathan, literally "the Lord has given" (compare Nathan). As a pre-Uncle Sam emblem of the United States, sometimes personified as Brother Jonathan, it dates from 1816, said to have been applied by Washington to Gov. Jonathan Trumbull Sr. of Connecticut (1710-1785), to whom he sometimes turned for advice (see 2 Sam. i:26); hence "a New Englander," and eventually "an American." As a variety of red apple it dates from 1831, so called because it was introduced in the U.S.
Example
- 1. Did you know jonathan brought flowers to school today ?
- 2. Jonathan is chairman of the charitable foundation .
- 3. The water responsible for life without jonathan .
- 4. Soon it lured sir jonathan to california .
- 5. This post by jonathan chait illustrates the point .