Monday ([ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation"]pron.[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet"]IPA[/ame]: [mʌn.deɪ] or [mʌn.di]) is the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day"]day[/ame] of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Week"]week[/ame] between [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday"]Sunday[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday"]Tuesday[/ame]. It gets its name from the Moon, which in turn gets its name from
Mani ([ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language"]Old English[/ame]
Mona), the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_mythology"]Germanic[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon"]Moon[/ame] god. Similarly, the names in Latin-based languages such as the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language"]Italian[/ame] name (
Lunedi), the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language"]French[/ame] name (
lundi), the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language"]Spanish[/ame] name (
Lunes), and the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language"]Romanian[/ame] name (
Luni) come from the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin"]Latin[/ame] name for [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon"]Moon[/ame],
luna.
(from wikipedia) ;-)