Sunday. Depending on where you live, the first day or the last day of the week. Obviously, you can easily see that Sunday is named after the Sun. Let's look at Sunday in other languages.
French: dimanche
Spanish: domingo
Italian: domenica
German: Sonntag
Latin: dies Solis
German and Latin are also named after the Sun. What about the other romance languages? Those are actually derived from the Latin for Lord, dominicus. When Christianity became the prevalent religion, Sunday was referred to as the Lord's Day, hence the root for the Romance languages.
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