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Calendar year
Year 446 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Barbatus and Fusus (or, less frequently
446_BC
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
Lake Regillus in 496 BC, the Battle of Ariccia in 495 BC, the Battle of Mount Algidus in 458 BC, and the Battle of Corbio in 446 BC. But it suffered a significant
Roman_Republic
Battle between Syracuse and Acragas
The Battle of the Himera River was fought in 446 BC between Syracuse and Acragas near the Himera river. The latter had declared war on Syracuse because
Battle of the Himera River (446 BC)
Battle_of_the_Himera_River_(446_BC)
List of links describing conflicts Rome was involved in
495 BC – Battle of Aricia – consul Publius Servilius Priscus Structus defeats the Aurunci. Wars with the Volsci and the Aequi (495 - 446 BC) 493 BC – Battle
List of Roman external wars and battles
List_of_Roman_external_wars_and_battles
Thirty Years Peace (446 BC/445 BC) - treaty between the ancient Greek city-states Athens and Sparta Peace of Antalcidas (387 BC) - King Artaxerxes II
List_of_ancient_treaties
Decade
Sounion. 448 BC Bardyllis, king of Dardania (d. 358 BC)[citation needed] 446 BC Aristophanes, Greek playwright (approximate year) (d. c. 385 BC) Marcus Furius
440s_BC
5th-century BC Scythian king
Octamasades) was a Scythian king, the son of King Ariapeithes, who lived around 446 BC. He came to power after he deposed and replaced his half-brother Scyles
Octamasadas
5th century BC Agiad King of Sparta
still a minor in 458 BC, so his uncle Nicomedes acted as regent. His first recorded action was the invasion of Athens in 446 BC as part of the First Peloponnesian
Pleistoanax
office prior during the early republic is doubted and quaestorships prior to 446 BC might be fabricated. There are large gaps in the lists of quaestors and
List_of_Roman_quaestors
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
Name list
Miletus Aristagoras of Tenedos, c. 446 BC, a person of athletic note mentioned in an ode of Pindar Aristagoras, 4th century BC, son of Eudoxus of Cnidus Aristagoras
Aristagoras_(given_name)
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
372 BC - Astydamas 3?? BC - Aphareus (? = exact year not preserved) 486 BC - Chionides 472 BC - Magnes 458 BC - Euphonius 450 BC - Crates 446 BC - Callias
Dionysia
City wall in ancient Athens
attacks only from the direction of Phaleron. After the naval challenges of 446 BC, Athens was no longer the complete dominant power of the sea, so the Middle
Long_Walls
Ancient Greek war (460–445 BC)
war flared up again in 448 BC with the start of the Second Sacred War. In 446 BC, Boeotia revolted and defeated the Athenians at Coronea and regained their
First_Peloponnesian_War
Pythion of Megara (died c. 446 BC) was a citizen of Megara who was commemorated for his courage in battle and for saving three Athenian tribes from death
Pythion_of_Megara
Roman victory over the Aequi and Volsci tribes (446 BC)
The Battle of Corbio took place in 446 BC. General Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus and legatus Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis led Roman troops
Battle_of_Corbio
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
Town in Euboea, Greece
Eretria and other cities of Euboea rebelled unsuccessfully against Athens in 446 BC. During the Peloponnesian War Eretria was an Athenian ally against her Dorian
Eretria
Ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period
Wei and Marquess Wu of Wei. The third ruler, King Hui of Wei (reign 369–319 BC), declared himself an independent sovereign and concentrated on economic developments
Wei_(state)
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
(/ˌærɪˈstɒfəniːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC) was an Ancient Greek comic playwright from Athens. He wrote forty
Aristophanes
Military history
458 BC, the Aequi and Volsci in 446 BC, in the Battle of Corbio, in 446 BC the Aurunci in the Battle of Aricia, the Capture of Fidenae in 435 BC and the
Campaign history of the Roman military
Campaign_history_of_the_Roman_military
5th-century BC Athenian playwright of Old Comedy
Eupolis (Ancient Greek: Εὔπολις; c. 446 – c. 411 BC) was an Athenian poet of the Old Comedy, who flourished during the time of the Peloponnesian War.
Eupolis
Marble sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens
was certainly Phidias. They were carved between 447 or 446 BC, or at the latest 438 BC, with 442 BC as the probable date of completion. Most of them are
Metopes_of_the_Parthenon
Important city of Magna Graecia
two expeditions. In 446/445 BC Athens sent its expedition to reinforce the existing population of Sybaris. In the summer of 445 BC the collision between
Sybaris
Roman conquest of Italy from 588 BC to 7 BC
BC and in the battle of Corbio in 446 BC, the Volsci in the battle of Corbione and in the conquest of Anzio in 377 BC, the Aurunci in the battle of Ariccia;
Roman_expansion_in_Italy
5th-century BC Spartan general
BC; he was the son of Cleandridas, who was the adviser of King Pleistoanax and had been expelled from Sparta for accepting Athenian bribes in 446 BC and
Gylippus
Roman consul in 446 BC
Agrippa Furius Fusus was a Roman statesman who served as Consul in 446 BC. After the fall of the despotic Decemvirs, internal sedition broke out again
Agrippa_Furius_Fusus
Athenian statesman and general (c.-495,-429)
(winter of 446–445 BC), in which Athens relinquished most of the possessions and interests on the Greek mainland which it had acquired since 460 BC, and both
Pericles
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
5th-century BC Roman statesman, general and consul
Quinctius. Caeso Quinctius had been exiled in 461 BC by Volscius and his colleague, Aulus Verginius. In 446 BC, Titus Quinctius was elected consul for the fourth
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
Titus_Quinctius_Capitolinus_Barbatus
Greek island in the Ionian Sea
Zakynthos during the First Peloponnesian War, some time between 459 and 446 BC. In 430 BC, the Lacedaemonians led a force of about 1,000 heavy infantry, led
Zakynthos
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
(the Eurypontid king of Sparta from 476 BC through 427 BC), Sparta, in the late summer or early autumn of 446 BC, concluded the Thirty Years Peace with
Classical_Greece
360s BC. Eugammon of Cyrene Eumelus of Corinth Euphorion of Chalcis (3rd century BC) Eupolis (c. 446 BC – c. 411 BC) Euripides (c. 480 BC – c. 406 BC), one
List_of_ancient_Greek_poets
Magistrates in ancient Sparta
process. (served in 432 BC). Cleandridas: Known for abandoning the invasion of Athens and returning to Peloponnese in 446 BC. He went voluntarily into
Ephor
Genre of ancient Greek literature
years. The most important Old Comic dramatist is Aristophanes (born in 446 BC). His works, with their pungent political satire and abundance of sexual
Ancient_Greek_comedy
Eurypontid king of Sparta from 469/8 to 427/6 BC
occasion of the great earthquake of 464 BC, but this story must be regarded as at least doubtful. In 446 BC he reached agreement with Pericles on the
Archidamus_II
Roman senator, consul in 461 BC
Camerinus Cornutus (fl. c. 461–446 BC) was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC, consul in 461 BC and decemvir in 451 BC. He was the son of Quintus Sulpicius
Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul 461 BC)
Servius_Sulpicius_Camerinus_Cornutus_(consul_461_BC)
Sicilian battle fought in 450 BC
executing Ducetius. This would result in the Battle of the Himera River (446 BC)[page needed] in which Syracuse won, becoming the dominant power in Sicily
Battle_of_Nomae
by requiring its conferral by the comitia curiata. Shortly thereafter in 446 BC, quaestors, administrators with wide terms of reference, were first elected;
Constitution of the Roman Republic
Constitution_of_the_Roman_Republic
– c. 400 BC) Aerope Alcmaeon Anthos (or The Flower) Mysoi (or Mysians) Telephos (or Telephus) Thyestes Aristophanes (c. 446 BC – c. 386 BC)[citation
List_of_lost_literary_works
Ancient town in Italy
After this it does not appear in history, and we hear soon afterwards (446 BC) of a dispute between Ardea and Aricia about some land which had been part
Corioli
Ancient Greek city state in Sicily
Amazonomachy, 460 BC Bell crater, red figure, bull sacrifice, 440-400 BC Tetradrachm of Akragas 410 BC Silver Tetradrachm, Akragas, 465-446 BC Bagnall, Roger
Akragas_(metropolis)
First-century BC Roman history by Livy
is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". The
History_of_Rome_(Livy)
5th-century BC Roman senator and consul
Potitus (fl. c. 450–446 BC) was a patrician who, together with Marcus Horatius Barbatus, opposed the second decemvirate in 449 BC when that body showed
Lucius Valerius Poplicola Potitus
Lucius_Valerius_Poplicola_Potitus
446/445 BC treaty between Athens and Sparta
Sparta in 446/445 BC. The treaty brought an end to the conflict commonly known as the First Peloponnesian War, which had been raging since c. 460 BC. The purpose
Thirty_Years'_Peace
5th-century BC Athenian politician
and not to be confused with his brother of the same name), born circa 446 BC, was an Athenian statesman. Charmides appears in the Platonic dialogue bearing
Charmides
Carthage-Rome engagement, 149–146 BCE
Carthage (148–146 BC)". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 430–446. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4
Siege of Carthage (Third Punic War)
Siege_of_Carthage_(Third_Punic_War)
One of the seven hills of Rome, Italy
the reign of Servius Tullius, Rome' sixth king, in the 6th century BC. In 446 BC, a temple was dedicated on the Quirinal in honour of Sancus, and it
Quirinal_Hill
Calendar year
Year 444 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Atratinus, Siculus and Luscus and the
444_BC
Battle between Athens and Sparta (457 BC)
Fernando Echeverría (January 2017). "2017, "The First Peloponnesian War, 460-446 BC"". M. Whitby and H. Sidebottom, Eds., the Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles
Battle_of_Tanagra_(457_BC)
5th century BCE military conflict between Athens and the island of Samos
tribute after rebelling from Athens twice, once in the 450s and again in 446 BC; Samos, meanwhile, was one of only three remaining fully independent states
Samian_War
Topics referred to by the same term
fought in Sicily: Battle of Himera (480 BC), fought near the city Himera Battle of the Himera River (446 BC), fought near either of the two rivers called
Battle_of_Himera
Town near the north coast of ancient Euboea
towns, became subject to Attica. In the revolt of Euboea from Athens in 446 BC, we may conclude that Histiaea took a prominent part, since Pericles, upon
Oreus
Index of articles associated with the same name
senator who fought for Mark Antony Lucius Valerius Poplicola Potitus (fl. 450-446 BC), a patrician who opposed the Second Decemvirate Lucius Vipstanus Poplicola
Poplicola_(cognomen)
Calendar year
Year 449 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Third year of the decemviri and the Year of the Consulship of
449_BC
Comune in Sicily, Italy
The date given by Diodorus is 446 BC, but in another passus the same author says that Ducetius colonised Kale Akte in 440 BC, the same year he died. In addition
Caronia
Roman senator and general (died 439 BC)
Corbio, in which the Aequians and Volscians were defeated in 446 BC. He died in 439 BC and was replaced in his priesthood by Quintus Servilius Priscus
Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis (consul 466 BC)
Spurius_Postumius_Albus_Regillensis_(consul_466_BC)
King of Sparta in 445–426 and 408–395 BC
Sparta; the son of Pleistoanax. He ruled Sparta from 445 BC to 427 BC and again from 409 BC to 395 BC. He was the leader of the faction in Sparta that opposed
Pausanias_(king_of_Sparta)
Decade
Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse (b. 430 BC) 365 BC Marcus Furius Camillus, Roman soldier and statesman. (b. c. 446 BC) Eurydice II, Macedonian queen and mother
360s_BC
Calendar year
statesman. (b. c. 446 BC) Eurydice II, Macedonian queen and mother of Philip II of Macedon Antisthenes, Athenian philosopher (b. c. 445 BC) Grun, Bernard
365_BC
Surname list
pitcher Gan Jiang (干將), swordsmith of the Spring and Autumn period (c. 771–446 BC) Gan Ji (干吉; died 200), Eastern Han dynasty Taoist priest Gan Bao (干寶; fl
Gan_(surname)
City of Magna Graecia, situated on the Tarentine gulf
Thurii is assigned by Diodorus to the year 446 BC; but other authorities place it three years later, 443 BC, and this seems to be the best authenticated
Thurii
Roman praetor in 208 BC
Sextus Julius Caesar was a Roman praetor in 208 BC, during the Second Punic War. He is thought to be the ancestor of all of the later Julii Caesares who
Sextus Julius Caesar (praetor 208 BC)
Sextus_Julius_Caesar_(praetor_208_BC)
Period in ancient Greek sculpture
an aspect of eternity and perennial youth. Almost at the same time, in 446 B.C. Phidias, leading the group of sculptors decorating the Acropolis, left
Classical_Greek_sculpture
5th-century BC Roman consul and dictator
consular tribune in 438 BC and dictator three times in 437, 434, and 426 BC. Prior to gaining the imperium Aemilius was, in 446 BC, elected quaestor together
Mamercus_Aemilius_Mamercinus
Calendar year
Year 448 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Coritinesanus and Caeliomontanus (or
448_BC
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and the
Han_dynasty
Calendar year
Year 445 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augurinus and Philo (or, less frequently
445_BC
Calendar year
Year 447 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macerinus and Iullus (or, less frequently
447_BC
Roman Republican consular tribune in 403 BC
BC with members such as Marcus Furius Camillus and Lucius Furius Medullinus. Furius seems to have been the son of Agrippa Furius Fusus, consul 446 BC
Marcus_Furius_Fusus
One of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
Arkesilaus from Cyrene won at the chariot racing (4th and 5th Pythionikoi). In 446 B.C. Aristomenes of Aegea won the boys' wrestling contest (8th Pythianicus)
Pythian_Games
Ancient Roman family
Fusus, consul in 446 BC. Lucius Furius S. f. Medullinus Fusus, the father of Camillus, was consular tribune in 432, 425, and 420 BC. Lucius Furius L.
Furia_gens
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)
Topics referred to by the same term
Himera River may refer to: Battle of the Himera River (311 BC) Battle of the Himera River (446 BC) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
Battle_of_the_Himera_River
Ancient Roman cognomen
Camerinus Cornutus (fl. c. 500–463 BC), Roman consul Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul 461 BC) (fl. c. 461–446 BC), Roman politician Quintus Sulpicius
Camerinus
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
History of the Greek island
Zakynthos during the First Peloponnesian War sometime between 459 and 446 BC. In 430 BC, the Spartans made an unsuccessful attack upon Zakynthos. The Zakynthians
History_of_Zakynthos
War between Rome and Carthage (149–146 BC)
of Carthage (148–146 BC)". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 430–446. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4
Third_Punic_War
War between Rome and Carthage (218–201 BC)
of Carthage (148–146 BC)". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 430–446. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4
Second_Punic_War
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until
Augustus
Ancient Greek city
Sybaris. This new colony was founded together with other Greek settlers in 446/445 BC. Soon a conflict arose between the two groups and most of the Sybarites
Sybaris_on_the_Traeis
War between Athens and Sparta (431–404 BC)
Thirty Years' Peace, signed in the winter of 446/5 BC. The Thirty Years' Peace was first tested in 440 BC, when Athens's powerful ally Samos rebelled from
Peloponnesian_War
Epic poem attributed to Homer
first composed in Homeric Greek around the 8th or 7th century BC; by the mid-6th century BC, it had become part of the Greek literary canon. In antiquity
Odyssey
3100 BC, with several times of fragmentation and foreign rule. The specific title of "pharaoh" (pr-ꜥꜣ) was not used until the New Kingdom, c. 1400 BC, but
List_of_pharaohs
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
BC. In the 7th century BC, the Scythians crossed the Caucasus Mountains and often raided West Asia along with the Cimmerians. In the 6th century BC,
Scythians
Aspect of Chinese military history
various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi
History of the Great Wall of China
History_of_the_Great_Wall_of_China
American historian and writer (born 1948)
Classical Sparta, 478-446 B.C. (Yale University Press, 2019) Sparta's Second Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 446-418 B.C. (Yale University
Paul_A._Rahe
were allies of Megara beginning c. 459 BC, and built two long walls connecting Megara with Nisaea. In 446 BC, the Megarians returned to the Peloponnesian
Nisaea
Region in the ancient Near East
the late 2nd millennium BC. Canaan had significant geopolitical importance in the Late Bronze Age Amarna Period (14th century BC) as the area where the
Canaan
Ancient stoa in Athens
and witnesses in trials. After the suppression of a revolt in Chalcis in 446 BC, the Athenians confiscated the Chalcideans' land and leased it out. The
Stoa_Basileios
Military campaign of the Second Punic War
of Carthage (148–146 BC)". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 430–446. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4
Roman invasion of Africa (204–201 BC)
Roman_invasion_of_Africa_(204–201_BC)
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
the winter of 446/445, ending the conflict. Despite the treaty, Athenian relations with Sparta declined again in the 430s, and in 431 BC the Peloponnesian
Ancient_Greece
1975 studio album by Judith Blegen and Frederica von Stade
François-Benoît Hoffman (1760–1828), after Lysistrata (411 BC) by Aristophanes (circa 446 BC-circa 386 BC); Judith Blegen, Charles Wadsworth (piano) and Gervase
Judith Blegen & Frederica von Stade: Songs, Arias & Duets
Judith_Blegen_&_Frederica_von_Stade:_Songs,_Arias_&_Duets
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
Language family native to Eurasia
a first language—by far the most of any language family. There are about 446 living Indo-European languages, according to an estimate by Ethnologue, of
Indo-European_languages
Calendar year
Year 98 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nepos and Didius (or, less frequently
98_BC
Roman consul
member of the Julii Caesares to hold the consulship, which he attained in 157 BC. From his filiation, we know that Sextus' father was also named Sextus, and
Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 157 BC)
Sextus_Julius_Caesar_(consul_157_BC)
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
of Carthage (148–146 BC)". In Hoyos, Dexter (ed.). A Companion to the Punic Wars. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley. pp. 430–446. ISBN 978-1-1190-2550-4
Punic_Wars
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south. Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom with its capital at Aigai, outside of the area
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Giants from Greek myth
Greek foot soldiers) fully human in form. Later representations (after c. 380 BC) show Gigantes with snakes for legs. In later traditions, the Giants were
Giants_(Greek_mythology)
446 BC
446 BC
Girl/Female
Hebrew American English Spanish
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Surname or Lastname
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.
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 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
English
English : voiced variant of the habitational name Crowden. This form appears to have arisen from the place in Devon, 44 of the 49 bearers listed in the 1881 British census having been born in Cornwall or Devon.
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.
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 (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.
Surname or Lastname
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.
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 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).
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
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).
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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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Hebrew
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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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.
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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.
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English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France, such as Belleu (Aisne), named in Old French with bel ‘beautiful’ + l(i)eu ‘place’, or from Belleau (Meurthe-et-Moselle), which is named with Old French bel ‘lovely’ + ewe ‘water’ (Latin aqua), or from Bellou (Calvados), which is probably named with a Gaulish word meaning ‘watercress’. Compare French Beaulieu.In 1651 a Major William Bellew was granted 406 acres of land in Henrico Co., VA. In 1652 Lieut. Col. Bellew (possibly the same man), with another, was granted 1050 acres in James City Co.
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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
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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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Blossom; Wise
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English Latin American
Follower of Christ.
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Uncommon; Special
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Hindu, Indian
Lord of Light
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Indian
Breath
Male
Hebrew
(בּוּז) Hebrew name BUWZ means "contempt." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Nachor.
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American, British, English
Born at Easter
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Indian
A narrator of Hadith
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Muslim/Islamic
Jewel gem
Male
Native American
Native American Hopi name CHOCHOKPI means "throne for the clouds."
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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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A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
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Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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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 unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts.
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The song of the Virgin Mary, Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
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The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.
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A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149.
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A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
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The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.
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A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
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An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side. N () the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 243-246.
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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.