Hebrew (יונה) which actually means - "dove, pigeon".
In the Old Testament Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Jonah (Arabic : يونس Yunus, Yūnis or يونان Yūnān) 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 Quran.
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