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Calendar year
Year 376 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Mugillanus, Lanatus, Cornelius and Praetextatus
376_BC
Period of Chinese history, c. 475 – 221 BC
of Zhao, Wei and Han as marquises, (hou 侯) after they conquered Jin. In 376 BC, the states of Han, Wei and Zhao deposed Duke Jing of Jin and divided the
Warring_States_period
Army of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta
The final blow would be given 20 years later, at the Battle of Naxos in 376 BC. The Spartans periodically maintained a small fleet after that, but its
Spartan_army
recognized this political reality and bestowed upon them the title of hou. In 376 BC, they formally divided the territory of Jin between themselves. In 441,
Military of the Warring States
Military_of_the_Warring_States
Zhou Dynasty king of China from 401 to 376 BC
his father King Weilie to the Eastern Zhou throne in 401 BC and reigned until his death in 376 BC. After he died, the throne passed to his son, King Lie
King_An_of_Zhou
Chinese dynasty from c. 1046 to 256 BC
years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house
Zhou_dynasty
Series of wars in Magna Graecia (580–265 BC)
son of Mago II, destroyed the Syracusan army at the Battle of Cronium in 376 BC. The subsequent peace treaty forced Dionysius to pay 1000 talents as reparations
Sicilian_Wars
Decade
(d. c. 285 BC) Chanakya 376 BC Zhou An Wang, king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty 375 BC Hippocrates, Greek physician (approximate year) 374 BC Evagoras, king
370s_BC
4th-century BCE conflict between Thebes and Sparta
Peloponnesian War. Later in 376 BC Chabrias raided Laconia, and possibly reached Sellasia, which is to the north-east of Sparta. In 375 BC Athens mounted two successful
Theban–Spartan_War
Ancient Roman political office
other years between 444 and 376 BC, every consul or military tribune with consular powers was a patrician. Beginning in 376 BC, Gaius Licinius Calvus Stolo
Tribune_of_the_plebs
(401–376 BC) Lie, King (375–369 BC) Xian, King (368–321 BC) Shenjing, King (320–315 BC) Nan, King (314–256 BC) Chu (complete list) – Dao, King (401–381 BC)
List of state leaders in the 4th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_4th_century_BC
1st-millennium BC state in eastern China
于越), was a state in ancient China which existed during the first millennium BC – the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of China's Zhou dynasty
Yue_(state)
One hundred years, from 400 BC to 301 BC
independence from the Persian Empire. 380 BC: Cleombrotus I succeeds his brother Agesipolis I as king of Sparta. 376 BC: The states of Han, Wei and Zhao deposed
4th_century_BC
Second half of the Zhou dynasty (c. 770 – 256 BC)
(425–402 BC) King An — Ji Jiao (401–376 BC) King Lie — Ji Xi (375–369 BC) King Xian — Ji Bian (368–321 BC) King Shenjing — Ji Ding (320–315 BC) King Nan
Eastern_Zhou
Elected Roman officials
Calvus Stolo and Lucius Sextius Lateranus, tribunes of the people, who in 376 BC brought forward legislation demanding not merely that one of the consuls
Tribune
Sea battle in the Boeotian War (376 BCE)
At the Battle of Naxos (376 BC) the new Athenian fleet of Chabrias decisively defeated the Spartans. This was the beginning of Athens's recovery of its
Battle_of_Naxos
for the Shang dynasty, which ruled China proper between circa 1750 BC and 1046 BC. The Shang rulers bore the title Di (帝) This is a family tree for the
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (before 256 BCE)
Family_tree_of_Chinese_monarchs_(before_256_BCE)
4th century BC Roman senator, general and consul
was elected consular tribune seven times in 386, 384, 382, 380, 376, 370, and 368 BC. Despite having one of the most successful careers of the Republic
Servius Cornelius Maluginensis (consular tribune 386 BC)
Servius_Cornelius_Maluginensis_(consular_tribune_386_BC)
prior to 841 BC, the beginning of the Gonghe Regency, are provisional and subject to dispute. Contents: Antiquity · Centuries: 22nd BC · 21st BC Centuries:
Timeline_of_Chinese_history
(412─376 BC) Zheng (complete list) – Sheng, Duke (500–463 BC) Ai, Duke (462–455 BC) Gong, Duke (455–424 BC) You, Duke (423 BC) Xu, Duke (422–396 BC) China:
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Ruler of the State of Han from 376 BC to 374 BC
pinyin: Hán Āi Hóu; died 374 BC), personal name unknown, was marquess of the Han state from 376 BC until his death in 374 BC. He was the son of his predecessor
Marquess_Ai_of_Han
Topics referred to by the same term
(Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC Tang dynasty (唐; 618–907), a
Tang
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
List_of_battles_before_301
either patrician or plebeian. According to Livy, this compromise held until 376 BC, when two of the tribunes of the plebs, Gaius Licinius Calvus Stolo and
List_of_Roman_consuls
4th-century BC king of the Triballi, a Thracian tribe
Hales or Chales (fl. 376–375 BC) was the king of the Triballi, a Thracian tribe that inhabited the region between West Morava and South Morava ("Angros"
Hales_(king)
Topics referred to by the same term
King An may refer to: King An of Zhou (died 376 BC) An of Samhan (died 157 BC?) An, King of Han (died 226 BC) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
King_An
Topics referred to by the same term
(晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin Jin
Jin
Calendar year
Pulvillus and Macerinus (or, less frequently, year 376 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 378 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
378_BC
the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to the 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent
List of ancient Olympic victors
List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors
4th-century BCE Athenian general
rich enough to be subject to the liturgy, having been a trierarch in 377–376 BC. He is known to have had one other son, also named Ctesippus [el; es; it]
Chabrias
Part of the 4th-century BC Sicilian Wars
The Battle of Cronium (c. 376 BC) was part of the Sicilian Wars and took place in Sicily. A Syracusan army, led by Dionysius I, was defeated by a Carthaginian
Battle_of_Cronium
attacked Punic Sicily. He was decisively defeated in the battle of Cronium in 376 BC by Himilco, the son of Mago. Carthage did not follow up the victory but
History_of_Carthage
Olympiad 384 BC - Dicon of Syracuse 100th Olympiad 380 BC - Dionysodorus of Tarentum 101st Olympiad 376 BC - Damon of Thurii 102nd Olympiad 372 BC - Damon
List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race
List_of_Olympic_winners_of_the_Stadion_race
Calendar year
ten-year period that Gaius Licinius (Calvus) Stolo is tribune in Rome (376 BC to 367 BC) he does much to reduce the enmity between patricians and plebs by
367_BC
states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day. It is not exhaustive. ( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon
List_of_wars_involving_Greece
Topics referred to by the same term
engagement in the Cyclades during the Greco-Persian Wars Battle of Naxos (376 BC), an engagement in the Cyclades during the Boeotian War Naxos (company)
Naxos_(disambiguation)
Ancient tribe in the Balkans
Autariatae, an Illyrian tribe; the date of this event is uncertain. In 376 BC, a large band of Triballi under King Hales crossed Mount Haemus and advanced
Triballi
Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC
Archaeological Survey of the Eleventh to the Eighth Centuries BC. New York: Routledge. pp. 373–376. ISBN 978-0-415-93635-4. Thomas, Carol G.; Conant, Craig
Greco-Persian_Wars
Zhou Dynasty king of China from 425 to 402 BC
succeeded by his son, King An. Sons: Prince Jiao (王子驕; d. 376 BC), ruled as King An of Zhou from 401–376 BC Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors Records of
King_Weilie_of_Zhou
4th-century BC Roman tribune and consul
plebeians. A member of the plebeian Licinia gens, Stolo was tribune from 376 BC to 367 BC, during which he passed the lex Licinia Sextia restoring the consulship
Gaius_Licinius_Stolo
Ancient Roman family
BC, and perhaps consul in 411. Lucius Papirius Mugillanus, consular tribune in 382, 380, and 376 BC. Lucius Papirius (Mugillanus), censor in 393 BC,
Papiria_gens
beginning c. 1200 BC, and in Europe beginning in 793. It is taken to end with the beginning of Classical Antiquity, in about the 6th century BC, although in
List_of_Iron_Age_states
Municipality in the Xanthi Prefecture of Thrace, Greece
Triballi in 376 BC, Philip II of Macedon in 350 BC; later by Lysimachos of Thrace, the Seleucids, the Ptolemies, and again by the Macedonians. In 170 BC the Roman
Abdera,_Thrace
Putative archaic Roman executive magistracy
of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Orders". The ancient historian Livy
Consular_tribune
5th century BC Roman consul
the consul of 427 BC, and possibly himself the father of Lucius Papirius Mugillanus, the consular tribune in 382, 380 and 376 BC. Papirius first held
Marcus_Papirius_Mugillanus
Decade
ten-year period that Gaius Licinius (Calvus) Stolo is tribune in Rome (376 BC to 367 BC) he does much to reduce the enmity between patricians and plebs by
360s_BC
Calendar year
Year 379 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Vulso, Iullus, Sextilius
379_BC
Calendar year
succeeding Amaniastabarqa. Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 376 BC) Bury & Meiggs, page 164. Bury, J. B.; Meiggs, Russell (1975) [first published
487_BC
Calendar year
Year 375 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the First year without Tribunate or Consulship (or, less frequently
375_BC
Calendar year
Year 373 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Third year without Tribunate or Consulship (or, less frequently
373_BC
Decade
some ten years later.[citation needed] 487 BC Gorgias, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (d. c. 376 BC) 485 BC Herodotus, Greek historian, is estimated
480s_BC
succession of Rome. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st–2nd Centuries: 7th BC · 6th BC · 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st BC · 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th ·
Timeline_of_Roman_history
Ruler of Bithynia (c. 397 – c. 326 BC)
Bas (Greek: Βᾶς; c. 397 BC – 326) was the first independent ruler of Bithynia. He ruled for fifty years, from 376 to 326 BC, and died at the age of 71
Bas_of_Bithynia
4th-century BCE Athenian statesman and general
actions of his campaigns, and thus gained much fame among the Athenians. In 376 BC, Phocion's participation was crucial in the Athenian naval victory of Naxos
Phocion
Chinese philosopher and politician (c. 400–c. 337 BC)
Jiao, after Han completed the conquest and division of Zheng and Wei in 376 BC, he rose up in the ranks of the Han officialdom, reforming its administrative
Shen_Buhai
family tree of Chinese monarchs during the Warring States period. In 771 BC, a coalition of feudal lords and the Western Rong tribes overthrew King You
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (Warring States period)
Family_tree_of_Chinese_monarchs_(Warring_States_period)
375 BCE battle between Thebes and Sparta
driving Spartan garrisons out of every city in Boeotia but Orchomenus. In 376 BC, Pelopidas, learning that the Spartan garrison of Orchomenus had gone on
Battle_of_Tegyra
Topics referred to by the same term
is the personal name of: Duke Jing of Jin (Jiao) (died 434 BC) King An of Zhou (died 376 BC) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
Ji_Jiao
Topics referred to by the same term
(晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin Jin
晉
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
Treister 1996, pp. 375–376. Humphrey, Oleson & Sherwood 1998, p. 570. Treister 1996, p. 376, no. 531. Treister 1996, p. 376. Humphrey, Oleson & Sherwood
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Decade
and the mother of Alexander the Great (b. c. 376 BC) Eumenes, Greek general and diadochi (b. c. (362 BC) Antigenes (general), Greek general Eudemus (general)
310s_BC
Ancient Roman laws
444 BC (the year of the first consular tribunes) to 401 BC there were only two plebeian consular tribunes (out of a total of 100). For the 400-376 BC period
Licinio-Sextian_rogations
King of Salamis on Cyprus from 411 to 374 BC
advantage of a quarrel between the two Persian generals to conclude peace (376 BC). Evagoras was allowed to remain nominally king of Salamis, but was a vassal
Evagoras_I
Calendar year
of Egypt (d. 270 BC) Olympias, Epirote princess, wife of Macedonian king Philip II and the mother of Alexander the Great (b. c. 376 BC) Eumenes, Greek
316_BC
Ancient Greek warfare
mercenaries. 6th century BC Persian Empire against Thracian tribes, Thracian Victory 401 BC Clearchus against Thracians, Thracian Victory 376 BC Chabrias against
Thracian_warfare
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220, Cambridge University Press, pp. 317–376, ISBN 978-0-521-24327-8. Berggren, Lennart; Borwein
Han_dynasty
Satrap of Caria
Isocrates states that he was still ruling in 380 BC. Stephen Ruzicka places his death in 377/376 BC He left three sons, Mausolus, Idrieus and Pixodarus
Hecatomnus
Calendar year
Year 377 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Mamercinus, Poplicola, Cicurinus, Rufus
377_BC
Topics referred to by the same term
inactive United States Air Force unit 376 (number) 376, the year 376 (CCCLXXVI) of the Julian calendar 376 BC All pages with titles beginning with 376th
376th
Calendar year
Year 374 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Second year without Tribunate or Consulship (or, less frequently
374_BC
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
he was sentenced to death and thrown from the Tarpeian Rock. Between 376 and 367 BC, the tribunes of the plebs Gaius Licinius Stolo and Lucius Sextius Lateranus
Roman_Republic
War between Rome and Carthage (218–201 BC)
to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17
Second_Punic_War
Central Chinese state from 403 to 230 BC
warring states to be conquered by Qin in 230 BC. A Qin invasion of Han's Shangdang Commandery in 260 BC and the region's subsequent surrender to Zhao
Han_(Warring_States)
Ancient Anatolian people of Kussara
millennium BC. There they formed a series of polities, including the kingdom of Kussara (before 1750 BC), the Kanesh or Neša (c. 1750–1650 BC), and an empire
Hittites
War in the Roman Republic (49–45 BC)
Caesar's civil war (49–45 BC) occurred during the late Roman Republic between two factions led by Julius Caesar and Pompey. The main cause of the war was
Caesar's_civil_war
Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5873-7. Frayne, Douglas (1997). Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). University of Toronto
List of wars involving Iran (before 1979)
List_of_wars_involving_Iran_(before_1979)
Novel by Mary Renault
of Kassandros, betrayer of Eurydike, victim of Olympias. Olympias (376 BC to 316 BC), the mother of Alexander the Great. She briefly ruled in Macedon in
Funeral_Games_(novel)
BC – Political entities in the 6th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities that existed in the 7th century BC
List of political entities in the 7th century BC
List_of_political_entities_in_the_7th_century_BC
Ancient Roman family
of 387 BC. Licinus Menenius T. f. T. n. Lanatus, consular tribune in 387, 380, 378, and 376 BC. Menenius, proscribed by the triumvirs in 43 BC, but rescued
Menenia_gens
Phoenician city-state
settled around 814 BC by merchants from Tyre, a leading Phoenician city-state located in present-day Lebanon. In the 7th century BC, following Phoenicia's
Ancient_Carthage
Battle at the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
battle that marked the climax of the Conquest of the Assyrian Empire in 612 BC. After the Assyrian defeat at the Fall of Assur, an allied army which involved
Fall_of_Nineveh
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 376–392. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4. Hoyos, Dexter (2000). "Towards a Chronology of the 'Truceless War', 241–237 B.C.". Rheinisches Museum
Punic_Wars
semi-independent king of Bithynia". Boteiras d. c. 376 BCE. He is mentioned only by Memnon as a successor of Dudalsos. Bas c. 376–326 BCE. Memnon wrote: "The life of
List_of_rulers_of_Bithynia
century BC – Political entities in the 10th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 11th century BC (1100–1001
List of political entities in the 11th century BC
List_of_political_entities_in_the_11th_century_BC
4th-century BC Greek hetaera
378, this time accompanying Simus of Thessaly, a young aristocrat. Around 376 BC, Timanoridas of Corinth and Eukrates of Lefkada paid thirty minae to purchase
Neaira_(hetaera)
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the
List_of_wars:_before_1000
Historical group of nomadic Iranian peoples
who lived in the Eurasian Steppe and the Tarim Basin from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD. The Saka were closely related to the Scythians, and
Saka
One hundred years, from 1400 BC to 1301 BC
The 14th century BC was the century that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC. 1350 – 1250 BC: the Bajío phase of the San Lorenzo site in Mexico;
14th_century_BC
Roman politician and Stoic (95–46 BC)
(1995). "Cato the Younger in the East in 66 B.C." Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 44 (3): 376–379. ISSN 0018-2311. JSTOR 4436387. Boatwright
Cato_the_Younger
BC Alban war with Rome 685–668 BC Second Messenian War 669–668 BC Sparta–Argos War 643-338 BC Roman-Latin wars 600–265 BC Greek–Punic Wars 595–585 BC
List_of_conflicts_in_Europe
Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509–27 BC)
Ancient_Rome
Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC
The First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on
Samnite_Wars
Political entities in the 11th century BC – Political entities in the 9th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities
List of political entities in the 10th century BC
List_of_political_entities_in_the_10th_century_BC
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Results of the 2000 Canadian federal election by riding
Results_of_the_2000_Canadian_federal_election_by_riding
Chinese state (310–376)
(although it is not listed as one of the 16). It existed from AD 310 to 376, with its capital at Shengle (near modern Horinger County of Hohhot, Inner
Dai_(Sixteen_Kingdoms)
Sulla's coup against the Roman Republic
The March on Rome of 88 BC was a coup d'état by the consul of the Roman Republic Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who seized power against his enemies Marius and
March_on_Rome_(88_BC)
times the area of the previous largest civilisation around the year 3000 BC. Because of the trend of increasing world population over time, absolute population
List_of_largest_empires
5000 BC – 4500 BC: Rowing oars in China 4500 BC – 3500 BC: Lost-wax casting in Palestine or the Indus Valley 4400 BC: Fired bricks in China. 4000 BC: Probable
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Roman senator and confidant of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (48 BC – AD 32) was a prominent Roman senator of the early Empire. His tenure as pontifex led him sometimes to be called
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 15 BC)
Lucius_Calpurnius_Piso_Caesoninus_(consul_15_BC)
List of links describing conflicts Rome was involved in
Revolt (503–502 BC) 502 BC – Battle of Pometia – The Romans put down the revolt of Pometia and Cora. First Latin War (498–411 BC) 496 BC – Battle of Lake
List of Roman external wars and battles
List_of_Roman_external_wars_and_battles
376 BC
376 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
Boy/Male
Irish
It is an old Irish name meaning “â€swiftness, nimbleness.â€â€ Daithi, the last pagan king of Ireland, ruled from 405 AD to 426 AD, and he had twenty-four sons. Along with Crimhthan the Great (366 A.D.) and Niall of the Nine Hostages (379 A.D.) (read the legend) Daithi led Irish fleets to raid the Roman Empire. He was killed by lightning in the Alps and is buried under a standing stone called “â€King Daithi’s Stone.â€â€ As in all these matters there is debate over where the stone is located, either in County Roscommon or on the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Probably an Americanized form of the German cognate Willhardt (see Willert).Simon Willard (1605–76) came from Horsmonden, Kent, England, to Boston, MA, in 1634. In that year he became one of the founders of Cambridge, MA, and the following year (1635) was a founder of Concord, MA. Twenty years later, in 1659, he was a founder of Lancaster, MA. Simon Willard was involved in numerous confrontations with the native American Indians, in particular in King Philip’s War of 1675–76. He had seventeen children and was the ancestor of many prominent Americans.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Female
English
(Aramaic טַבְיְתָ×, Greek: Ταβιθά, Hebrew: צְבִיָּה): Greek name of Aramaic origin, TABITHA means "female gazelle." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a woman restored to life by Peter. The name was translated as Dorkas in Acts 9:36.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English
Americanized spelling of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster).English : variant of Coster.The American military officer George Custer (1839–76) was a descendant of a German officer from Hesse by the name of Küster.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
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Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
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English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
Boy/Male
Irish
It is an old Irish name meaning “â€swiftness, nimbleness.â€â€ Daithi, the last pagan king of Ireland, ruled from 405 AD to 426 AD, and he had twenty-four sons. Along with Crimhthan the Great (366 A.D.) and Niall of the Nine Hostages (379 A.D.) (read the legend) Daithi led Irish fleets to raid the Roman Empire. He was killed by lightning in the Alps and is buried under a standing stone called “â€King Daithi’s Stone.â€â€ As in all these matters there is debate over where the stone is located, either in County Roscommon or on the Aran Islands, off the coast of County Galway.
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Muslim
One of the prophet muhammads names, Victory, The two opening letters of surah 36 in the Quran
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by or kept a bridge (see Bridge).Americanized form of German Bruckmann (see Bruckman).James Bridgeman or Bridgman (1620–76) came to Hartford, CT, from Winchester, Hampshire, England, in 1640.
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English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
Boy/Male
Muslim
One of the prophet muhammads names, Victory, The two opening letters of surah 36 in the Quran
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English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for a person with a sunny temperament. Compare Merryweather. There is a legend that a Scottish family of Highland origin assumed this name in punning allusion to Job 37:22, ‘Fair weather cometh out of the north’. At the present time the surname is most frequent in East Anglia.
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Tamil
Nirmayee | நீரà¯à®®à®¾à®¯à¯€
Pure, Clean, Spotless
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Muslim
Foreigner, Stranger
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American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Scandinavian
To Go; Ford; Moving; From the River Crossing; River Ford
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Scottish
Badger
Male
Danish
, forefather's relic.
Boy/Male
Danish, Finnish, German, Swedish
God is with us; Great
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American, Australian, British, English
Stormy Tempered
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Tamil
Land owner
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Indian, Sanskrit
Youthful
Girl/Female
Hindu
Bright brightness, A person symbolic of brightness
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A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.
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A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
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An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
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One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356¡ Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
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Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
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The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
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An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡.
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See Fit a song. G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
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A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
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The unit for estimating the weight of a/riform substances; -- the weight of a liter of hydrogen at 0/ centigrade, and with a tension of 76 centimeters of mercury. It is 0.0896 of a gram, or 1.38274 grains.
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The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
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One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.
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A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.
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In surveys of the public land of the United States, a division of territory six miles square, containing 36 sections.