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Saturday

sa·tur·day

UK/ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/ US/ˈsæt.ə.di/ common informal us

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the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

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From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī, equivalent to Saturn + day. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

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