Davy Jones

English

Alternative forms

• Davey Jones, Davie Jones

Etymology

Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Davy Jones

1. The spirit of the sea.
2. The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.

   The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.

   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.

Translations

the spirit of the sea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戴維·瓊斯 / 戴维·琼斯 (Dàiwéi Qióngsī), 戴維·鐘斯 / 戴维·钟斯 (Dàiwéi Zhōngsī)

• Japanese: 海の悪霊 (うみのあくりょう, umi no akuryō), デイビー・ジョーンズ (Deibī-Jōnzu)
• Korean: 데비 존스 (Debi Jonseu)
• Russian: морско́й дья́вол m (morskój dʹjávol), Дэ́ви Джонс m (Dɛ́vi Džons), Дэ́йви Джонс m (Dɛ́jvi Džons)
• Welsh: Dafydd Jôs m

See also

• Davy Jones's locker