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'''Onnawasta''' ([[Ash]]: ''oadnawasda'', lit. "sunrise-sunset", IPA [ˈɔ̯͡ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐˌwɑs̠.t̠ɐ]) is an anglicisation of the name of a simple symbol simultaneously representing both events of the day as a circle for the sun with a line for the horizon drawn through it, like the symbol ⦵ ("circle with horizontal bar, U+29B5). It is a popular design in many contexts. | '''Onnawasta''' ([[Ash]]: ''oadnawasda'', lit. "sunrise-sunset", IPA [ˈɔ̯͡ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐˌwɑs̠.t̠ɐ]) is an anglicisation of the name of a simple symbol simultaneously representing both events of the day as a circle for the sun with a line for the horizon drawn through it, like the symbol ⦵ ("circle with horizontal bar", U+29B5). It is a popular design in many contexts. | ||
Originally emblematic of a cyclic (conservative, unchanging) worldview, it has come to take on an almost opposite, progressive meaning of looking to the future as each day passes. | Originally emblematic of a cyclic (conservative, unchanging) worldview, it has come to take on an almost opposite, progressive meaning of looking to the future as each day passes. |
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