(ˈdʒəʊnə) or Jonas (ˈdʒəʊnəs)
noun1. Old Testamenta. a Hebrew prophet who, having been thrown overboard from a ship in which he was fleeing from God, was swallowed by a great fish and vomited onto dry land
b. the book in which his adventures are recounted
2. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; jinx