Monday (pron. ) is the
day of the
week between
Sunday and
Tuesday. It gets its name from the Moon, which in turn gets its name from
Mani (
Old English Mona), the
Germanic Moon god. Similarly, the names in Latin-based languages such as the
Italian name (Lunedi), the
French name (lundi), the
Spanish name (Lunes), and the
Romanian name (Luni) come from the
Latin name for
Moon, luna. The
Russian word, eschewing pagan names, is понедельник (poniediélnik), meaning "after Sunday." The
Hindi word for Monday is Somvar, with Som being the Sanskrit name for the moon. The
Japanese word for Monday is getsuyōbi (月曜日) which means day of the moon. Monday is held to be the first day of the week. This is the case in most of
Europe, parts of
Africa,
South America and
Australia. In
Asia – because the western calendar system was introduced only during the 20th century – many languages refer to Monday as the "day of the beginning". For example, Monday is xingqi yi (星期一) in
Chinese, meaning day one of the week. The international standard,
ISO 8601, defines Monday as the first day of the week.
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