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<p>Saturday is the <a href="/facts/Day_of_the_week/ENa9KgDx">day of the week</a> between <a href="/facts/Friday/UdAEfqkh">Friday</a> and <a href="/facts/Sunday/lUmoQM0d">Sunday</a>. No later than the <a href="/facts/2nd_century/unyynCHP">2nd century</a>, the Romans named Saturday <i>diēs Sāturnī</i> ("Saturn's Day") for the god <a href="/facts/Saturn_(mythology)/ur41xX4l">Saturn</a>. His planet, <a href="/facts/Saturn/D54LcGJ9">Saturn</a>, controlled the first <a href="/facts/Hour/rBje78F6">hour</a> of that day, according to <a href="/facts/Vettius_Valens/99oVxUFF">Vettius Valens</a>. The day's name was introduced into <a href="/facts/West_Germanic_languages/PbeIH9Jz">West Germanic languages</a> and is recorded in the <a href="/facts/Low_German/BPxhrjlB">Low German</a> languages such as <a href="/facts/Middle_Low_German/DgYHFD1c">Middle Low German</a> <i>satersdach</i>, <i>saterdach</i>, <a href="/facts/Middle_Dutch/E1h4swn9">Middle Dutch</a> <i>saterdag</i> (Modern Dutch <i>zaterdag</i>), and Old English <i>Sæternesdæġ</i>, <i>Sæterndæġ</i> or <i>Sæterdæġ</i>. </p>