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Calendar year
Year 421 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Barbatus (or
421_BC
War between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BC)
years of fighting, the Peace of Nicias was signed in 421 BC. The second phase, the Argive War (419–416 BC), was a proxy war between Sparta and its Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian_War
421 BC treaty between Athens and Sparta
city-states of Athens and Sparta in March 421 BC that ended the first half of the Peloponnesian War. In 425 BC, the Spartans had lost the battles of Pylos
Peace_of_Nicias
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
the moderate Athenian leader Nicias concluded the Peace of Nicias (421). In 418 BC, however, conflict between Sparta and the Athenian ally Argos led to
Classical_Greece
(425 BC) The Knights (424 BC) The Clouds (423 BC) The Wasps (422 BC) Peace (421 BC) The Birds (414 BC) Lysistrata (411 BC) Thesmophoriazusae (411 BC) The
List of extant ancient Greek and Roman plays
List_of_extant_ancient_Greek_and_Roman_plays
Comedy by Aristophanes
of Nicias, which promised to end the ten-year-old Peloponnesian War, in 421 BC. The play is notable for its joyous anticipation of peace and for its celebration
Peace_(play)
Ancient Greek temple in Athens
dated by these scholars to 435–430 BC, largely on stylistic grounds. It was only during the Peace of Nicias (421–415 BC) that the roof was completed and
Temple_of_Hephaestus
Hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks
before 399 BC. The terminus ante quem may be more precisely defined as being before 421 BC, since another Greek author, Biton (fl. 2nd century BC), whose
Gastraphetes
Comune in Campania, Italy
felix. Near "Lake Patria", there was the ancient city of Liternum. In 194 BC it became a Roman colony. The town is mainly famous as the residence of the
Giugliano_in_Campania
which made possible, the compromise of 421 BC known as the Peace of Nicias. The war between 431 and 421 BC is termed the "Archidamian War" after the
History_of_Sparta
Nicias in 421 BC swore to uphold it for fifty years, but peace lasted only seven years. The second stage of the Peloponnesian War began in 415 BC when Athens
History_of_Greece
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
from 419 to 416 BC survives The Wasps (Σφῆκες Sphekes; Latin: Vespae), 422 BC Peace (Εἰρήνη Eirene; Latin: Pax), first version, 421 BC The Birds (Ὄρνιθες
Aristophanes
Symbolic representation of lightning
The thunderbolt pattern with an eagle on a coin from Olympia, Greece, 432-c.421 BC.
Thunderbolt
One hundred years, from 400 BC to 301 BC
The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical
4th_century_BC
Lover of Apollo in Greek mythology
home and celebrate the national festival. After the treaty with Sparta of 421 BC, the Athenians, to show their goodwill towards Sparta, promised every year
Hyacinth_(mythology)
City in Argolis, Greece
political capital to organize and lead an alliance against Sparta and Athens in 421 BC. This alliance included Mantinea, Corinth, Elis, Thebes, Argos, and eventually
Argos,_Peloponnese
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of
5th_century_BC
Comedy by Aristophanes
improbable saviour of Athens (Lysistrata is its saviour thirteen years later). 421 BC: Peace was produced. Its protagonist, Trygaeus, emerges as the improbable
Lysistrata
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
of Nicias' peace, between 421 BC and 409 BC. Construction of the elegant temple of Erechtheion in Pentelic marble (421–406 BC) was by a complex plan which
Acropolis_of_Athens
Decade
of Persia. 423 BC Sogdianus, King of Persia (assassinated) 422 BC Brasidas, Spartan general Cleon, Athenian politician and general 421 BC Cratinus, Greek
420s_BC
6th century BC – State leaders in the 4th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 5th century BC (500–401 BC). Carthage
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Spartan victory against Argos, Athens and Mantinea
defeated an allied army of Argos, Athens, Mantinea and several others. In 421 BC, after ten years of war, Athens and Sparta made peace; the Peace of Nicias
Battle_of_Mantinea_(418_BC)
(423–421 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Torone (422 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Stagirus (422 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Galepsus (422 BC) –
List_of_sieges
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
Babylonians) 423 BC - Cratinus (The Wicker Flask) 422 BC - Cantharus 421 BC - Eupolis (The Flatterers); Aristophanes took 2nd place with Peace 414 BC - Ameipsias
Dionysia
420 BC) Sisyphos (415 BC) Andromache (428–24 BC) The Suppliants (422 BC) Hecuba (424 BC) Herakles (421–416 BC) The Trojan Women (Troades) (415 BC) Ion
List of ancient Greek playwrights
List_of_ancient_Greek_playwrights
5th-century BC Roman senator and general
(or Gnaeus) Fabius Vibulanus (fl. c. 421–407 BC) was a Roman senator and military commander. As consul in 421 BC, he campaigned successfully against the
Numerius_Fabius_Vibulanus
Ancient Greek maxim
established with any certainty. A fragment from Ion of Chios (c. 480 – c. 421 BC) provides the earliest explicit reference to the maxim. It reads: "This
Know_thyself
Greek philosopher (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)
personally. The Greek poets Ion of Chios (c. 480 – c. 421 BC) and Empedocles of Acragas (c. 493 – c. 432 BC) both express admiration for Pythagoras in their
Pythagoras
5th-century BC Athenian military general
Nicias in 421 BC, which ended the first half of the Peloponnesian War. (A different Demosthenes was also a signatory for Sparta.) In 417 BC, Demosthenes
Demosthenes_(general)
Son of Jacob, a Nephite prophet and author of the Book of Enos
sometime during the 5th century BC, writing his record near his death 179 years after Lehi left Jerusalem, or around 421 BC. According to the Book of Mormon
Enos_(Book_of_Mormon_prophet)
Greek sculptor, painter and architect (c.480–430 BC)
Phidias was imprisoned and died in jail. Aristophanes's play Peace (c. 421 BC) mentions an unfortunate incident involving Phidias, but little context
Phidias
5th-century BC Greek mathematician and astronomer
Hippocrates of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Χῖος; c. 470 – c. 421 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer. He was born on
Hippocrates_of_Chios
Acropolis of Argos, Greece
(analogous to the Athenian Long Walls) connecting to Nauplion were begun circa 421 BC by Athenian masons. At one point, in fear of a threatened Spartan invasion
Larisa_(Argos)
of as anti-war plays are: Peace (421 BC) - by Aristophanes The Trojan Women (415 BC) - Euripides Lysistrata (411 BC) - Aristophanes Journey's End (1928)
List of plays with anti-war themes
List_of_plays_with_anti-war_themes
Historical summary of ancient Athens
Athens 1556 BC–1068 BC City-state of Athens 1068 BC–322 BC Hellenic League 338 BC–323 BC Hellenistic Athens 322 BC–86 BC Roman Republic 86 BC–27 BC Roman Empire
History_of_Athens
Type of Roman celebration of military victory
421 BC – Cn. Fabius Vibulanus 410 BC – C. Valerius Potitus Volusus 390 BC – Marcus Manlius Capitolinus 360 BC – Marcus Fabius Ambustus 290 or 289 BC –
Ovation
Square of ancient Athens
of the Agora of Athens in Socrates and Plato's time Agora of Athens in 421 BC The Athenian Agora: A Short Guide in Color The Athenian Agora. A Guide to
Ancient_Agora_of_Athens
Island in Greece
Chios (c. 700 BC), Greek sculptor in metal Homeridae Oenopides (c. 490 – c. 420 BC), mathematician and geometer Ion of Chios (484-421 BC), tragedy writer
Chios
Ancient Greek war god
while at others kept them separate. In Aristophanes' comedy Peace (produced 421 BC), the two gods appear to be separate. Authors who tried to construct a mythic
Enyalius
Public official in ancient Rome
Tacitus after 447 BC, they were elected by the comitia tributa. When plebeians were permitted to stand for the quaestorship in 421 BC, two more were added
Quaestor
2018 video game
crippling Otso Berg, an exhausted Layla contacts her team to be picked up. In 421 BC, the Eagle Bearer, exhausted by their adventures and pressured by their
Assassin's_Creed_Odyssey
City state in Ancient Greece
Sparta in 431 BC, Elis sided at first with Sparta. But the city-state joined Argos and Athens in an alliance against Sparta in 421 BC due to Spartan
Ancient_Elis
5th-century BC Roman Republican consul
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 421 BC. Quinctius belonged to the Quinctia gens, one of the early Republics most
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus (consul 421 BC)
Titus_Quinctius_Capitolinus_Barbatus_(consul_421_BC)
Pre-gunpowder projectile-launching device
late 5th century BC. He probably designed his bow-machines on the occasion of the sieges of Cumae and Milet between 421 BC and 401 BC. The bows of these
Catapult
5th-century BC Roman statesman and consul
465 and 459 BC. He was probably the elder brother of Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, consul in 423 BC, and Gnaeus Fabius Vibulanus, consul in 421 BC. Filiations
Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 442 BC)
Marcus_Fabius_Vibulanus_(consul_442_BC)
Athenian aristocrat, friend of Socrates (c. 444 – 393 BC)
228c Plato, Protagoras, 315c Andocides, On the Mysteries, 1.15 "IG I3 421 BC Sale of property confiscated from those condemned for mutilating the Herms
Phaedrus_(Athenian)
5th-century BC Spartan general
Nicostratus recovered Mende and blockaded Scione, which fell two years later (421 BC). Meanwhile, Perdiccas forced Brasidas to join him in a campaign against
Brasidas
City and comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the Italian region of Campania
escaped from the tyranny of Polycrates. The Samnites occupied Dicaearchia in 421 BC after conquering Cumae and may have changed its name to Fistelia. It enjoyed
Pozzuoli
Calendar year
Year 423 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Atratinus and Ambustus (or, less frequently
423_BC
"Painted Porch" in ancient Athens
from the Spartans at the Battle of Sphacteria in 425 BC and from the siege of Scione in 421 BC were set up in the stoa, where they could still be seen
Stoa_Poikile
5th-century BC Roman consul and consular tribune
in 442 BC and Numerius Fabius Vibulanus, consul in 421 BC were his brothers. Marcus Fabius Ambustus, the pontifex maximus mentioned in 390 BC, could possibly
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 423 BC)
Quintus_Fabius_Vibulanus_(consul_423_BC)
Decade
1800-1550 B.C. Adam Bülow-Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, University of Copenhagen. p. 305. ISBN 87-7289-421-0. OCLC 38020107
1680s_BC
Military investment of Amphipolis by Sparta (422 BC)
most hawkish member from Athens), and the Peace of Nicias was signed in 421 BC. This treaty was also eventually broken. Thucydides was exiled for his failure
Battle_of_Amphipolis
Ancient Roman city near Naples, Italy
temple of Demeter in Cumae. The Greek period at Cumae came to an end in 421 BC, when the Oscans allied to the Samnites broke down the walls and took the
Cumae
Stephen Sondheim musical
Hall, Edith; Wrigley, Amanda, eds. (2007). Aristophanes in performance, 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds and Frogs. ISBN 9781904350613. Retrieved 5 April 2011
The_Frogs_(musical)
4th-century BC Theban gay military unit
awareness of the Theban practice, as the dramatic date of the work itself is c. 421 BC. However, it is the speech of the character Phaedrus in Plato's Symposium
Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
Comedy by Aristophanes
References in the same parabasis to a play by Eupolis called Maricas produced in 421 BC and criticism of the populist politician Hyperbolus who was ostracized in
The_Clouds
Period in Greek politics and culture covering the 5th century BC
the moderate Athenian leader Nicias concluded the Peace of Nicias (421 BC). In 418 BC, however, hostility between Sparta and the Athenian ally Argos led
Greece_in_the_5th_century_BC
Roads built in service of the ancient Roman civilization
known as "Via Ficulensis"), in 449 BC; the Via Labicana in 421 BC; and the Via Salaria in 361 BC. In the Itinerary of Antoninus, the description of the road
Roman_roads
Calendar year
Year 424 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Crassus, Fidenas, Rutilus and Iullus
424_BC
Comedy by Aristophanes
Aristophanes' earlier works, such as The Acharnians (425 BC), Peace (421 BC), and Lysistrata (411 BC), which have all been termed 'peace' plays. The Frogs
The_Frogs
5th-century BC Roman statesman, general and consul
in 460 BC, and dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC. His son, who bore the same name, Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus, was elected consul in 421 BC and was
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
Titus_Quinctius_Capitolinus_Barbatus
Calendar year
Year 420 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cincinnatus and Medullinus (or, less
420_BC
Town in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
as hostages, contributed to their acceptance of the Peace of Nicias in 421 BC. Little is known of Pylos under Byzantine rule, except for a mention of
Pylos
425 BCE battle between Athens and Sparta, part of the Peloponnesian War
negotiate the Peace of Nicias in 421 BC. Thucydides says it was only with victory at the battle of Mantinea in 418 BC that Sparta "did away with all the
Battle_of_Sphacteria
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
City, capital of Greece, in Europe
info/owls – Athenian owl coins Kronoskaf.com – Simulation of Athens in 421 BC Athens Museums Information – Guide with pictures, visitor comments and reviews
Outline_of_Athens
Athenian statesman and general (died 422 BC)
soon after the Peace of Nicias was signed between Athens and Sparta in 421 BC. Cleon is portrayed in a highly negative light by both the historian Thucydides
Cleon
Calendar year
Year 418 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Fidenas, Axilla and Mugillanus (or,
418_BC
Samnites and the original Oscan-speaking citizens were given more freedom. In 421 BC Cumae also had to capitulate after a heavy and bloody siege. Many of its
History_of_Naples
Calendar year
Year 422 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Mugillanus and Merenda
422_BC
5th-century BC Athenian general and statesman
against Samos in the Samian War of 440 BC and commanding a force that attempted to capture Potidaea in 430 BC. In 421 BC, he was one of the Athenian signers
Hagnon,_son_of_Nikias
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, in which all these regions were under the influence of
Hellenistic_period
Αncient Greek tribe in the region of Epirus
(circa 431–421 BC). Doropsos Δόροψος, theorodokos in Epidauros (circa 365 BC). Antanor (son of Euthymides), proxenos in Delphi (325–275 BC). -petos, the
Chaonians
Calendar year
BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Dictatorship of Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 421 Ab
333_BC
Topics referred to by the same term
Squadron (421 FS), part of the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah 421 (number) 421, the year 421 (CDXXI) of the Julian calendar 421 BC This disambiguation
421st
Ancient Roman family
BC. Titus Quinctius T. f. L. n. Capitolinus Barbatus, consul in 421 BC. Titus Quinctius T. f. T. n. Capitolinus Barbatus, consular tribune in 405 BC.
Quinctia_gens
Period of ancient Egyptian history (1700–1550 BC)
During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-87-7289-421-8. Saretta, Phyllis (2017-05-18). Asiatics in Middle
Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
Second_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt
Calendar year
Year 419 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Lanatus, Rutilus, Tricipitinus and Axilla
419_BC
Lost tragedy by Sophocles
some time between 435 and 429 BC (428 BC being the date the second Hippolytus was made), and surely no later than 421 BC. Ancient Greece portal Mythology
Phaedra_(Sophocles_play)
Ancient sanctuary in Greece
Reconstruction of the Pandroseion as it would have looked around 421 BC
Pandroseion
British Museum dating to 430 BC, shows a seated woman juggling two balls.[citation needed] In his Symposium, set in 421 BC, the Greek historian Xenophon
History_of_juggling
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)
During the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 978-87-7289-421-8. Shaw, Ian, ed. (2003) [2000]. The Oxford History
List_of_pharaohs
Historical period in Belize, to 2000 BC
first Palaeoindians during 20000 BC – 11000 BC, and ended with the Maya development of ceramics during 2000 BC – 900 BC. During the pre-Columbian era, Belize
Preceramic_period_in_Belize
Edith Hall and Fiona Macintosh (OUP, 2005) Aristophanes in Performance, 421 BC to AD 2007: Peace, Birds, and Frogs, edited by Edith Hall and Amanda Wrigley
Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama
Archive_of_Performances_of_Greek_and_Roman_Drama
oligarchs 425 BC Corcyra Unknown Corcyran popular party Corcyran oligarchs executed by the popular party Destruction of Scione 421 BC Scione All of Scione's
List_of_massacres_in_Greece
First printed edition of a work that was previously only in manuscripts
2010, p. 261. E. Hall & A. Wrigley (eds.), Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds, and Frogs, Oxford, MHRA, 2007, p. 312. Jacopo Sannazzaro
Editio_princeps
British actress (1862–1937)
2011 Edith Hall and Amanda Wrigley (editors), Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC–AD 2007 Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing Legenda:
Gertrude_Kingston
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
4th century BC Greek political concept
Years' Peace of 446/5 BC between Athens and Sparta was named for the period of time it was expected to last. The Peace of Nicias of 421 BC was meant to last
Common_Peace
temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean
List_of_ancient_Greek_temples
Ancient Egyptian dynasty
the Second Intermediate Period, C. 1800-1550 B.C. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 303–304. ISBN 978-87-7289-421-8. Shaw, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford History
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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
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Country in West Asia
first unified under the Medes in the 7th century BC and reached its territorial height in the 6th century BC, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid
Iran
First edition works in Greek
ISBN 978-1-905670-18-5. E. Hall & A. Wrigley (eds.), Aristophanes in Performance 421 BC-AD 2007: Peace, Birds, and Frogs, Oxford, MHRA, 2007, p. 312. (in Italian)
List of editiones principes in Greek
List_of_editiones_principes_in_Greek
5th-century BC Athenian playwright of Old Comedy
sophists and parasites. This play won first prize in the City Dionysia of 421 BC, defeating Aristophanes' Peace. Maricas, an attack on Hyperbolus, the successor
Eupolis
Roma (154-83 a.C.)" [The impact of the conquest of Hispania on Rome (154-83 BC)]. Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (in Spanish). Orosius, Histories
List of wars involving ancient and medieval Spain
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Gravelle 17,668 38.70% Mark McAllister 975 2.14% Michel D. Ethier (Mar.) 421 0.92% Raymond Bonin Mathieu Péron (PC) 1,044 2.29% Steve Rutchinski (M-L)
Results of the 2006 Canadian federal election by riding
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Legendary first emperor of Japan
to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu,
Emperor_Jimmu
421 BC
421 BC
Male
Hebrew
(שָׂרָף) Hebrew name SARAPH means "burning one" or "serpent." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Shelah. It is also the name of a species of venomous serpents mentioned in Numbers 21:6, and the name of an order of six-winged angels mentioned by Isaiah who attend upon God.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cheshire)
English (Cheshire) : habitational name from any of various minor places named with Old English ēcels ‘additional part of an estate’, from ēcan ‘to increase’. Compare Etchells.The earliest record of this surname is in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England, in 1566, when John, son of Thomas Eachus, was baptized. Peter Eachus married Margaret Pownall in Church Minshull on 21 April 1594.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Daniel Brainerd came to Hartford, CT, in 1649 at around the age of eight. There is a widespread belief that he came from Braintree, Essex, England, and that his surname may be an altered form of that place name, but there is no documentation to support this. In 1662, at the age of 21, he became one of the founders of Haddam, CT.
Surname or Lastname
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’.
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).
Surname or Lastname
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.
Female
Hebrew
(מַקֵּדָה) Hebrew name MAQQEDAH means "place of shepherds." In the bible, this is the name of a place in Judah, near Beth Horon, mentioned in Joshua 15:41. Â
Surname or Lastname
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.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
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.
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
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).
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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.
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Jewish
Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Amos, of uncertain origin, in some traditions connected with the Hebrew verb amos ‘to carry’, and assigned the meaning ‘borne by God’. This was the name of a Biblical prophet of the 8th century bc, whose oracles are recorded in the Book of Amos. This was one of the Biblical names taken up by Puritans and Nonconformists in the 16th–17th centuries, too late to have had much influence on surname formation, except in Wales.English : variant of Amis, assimilated in spelling to the Biblical name. It occurs chiefly in southeastern England.
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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.
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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.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Maqqedah, MAKKEDAH means "place of shepherds." In the bible, this is the name of a place in Judah, near Beth Horon, mentioned in Joshua 15:41. Â
Female
English
English name derived from the season name, "spring," (Mar. 21 thru Jun. 21), derived from the verb spring, "to burst forth," from Proto-Indo-European *sprengh-, SPRING means "rapid movement."Â
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English
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
With Good Qualities
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Arabic
Exalted; Highest Social Standing
Boy/Male
Norse
Son of Viking.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hithiksa | ஹிதீகà¯à®¸à®¾
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Hindu, Indian
Having Long Life
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Biblical
Deliverance, flight.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
World's Attraction
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Hebrew American Aramaic Biblical
Bitter.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Strong; Solid; Firm; Sharp
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of German Otto, OTTÓ means "wealthy."
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a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.
v. i.
The time of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
n.
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.
n.
The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
n.
The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.
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The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendemiaire.
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The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire.
n.
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.
a.
Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c.
n.
A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
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A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
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A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.
n.
Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.