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Nantucket sleigh ride
Nantucket sleigh ride
An instance of a whaling ship that has hooked a whale and thus is being pulled by it. We're going on a Nantucket sleigh ride today, boys—I can feel it! There's a whale out there just waiting for our harpoons!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Manyara | | - | Southern African, Shona |
| Nyx | | - | Greek Mythology |
| 'Adinah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Jannicke | | YAHN-nik-ke (Swedish) | Norwegian, Swedish, Danish |
| Glenna | | GLEN-ə | Scottish, English |
| Amaia | | - | Basque |