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- stone's throw, a
stone's throw, a
stone's throw, a
A very short distance, as in They live just a stone's throw from us. This metaphoric term alludes to how far one can toss a stone. [Second half of 1500s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Rana (2) | | - | Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali |
| Einion | | - | Welsh |
| Lauraine | | - | English (Rare) |
| TomÁŠ | | - | Czech, Slovak |
| Iason | | - | Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
| Norman | | NAWR-mən (English) | English, Ancient Germanic |