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District in Ladakh, India
Changthang district is one of the 7 districts in the Union Territory of Ladakh in India. The town of Nyoma is its administrative headquarters. On 27th
Changthang_district
North-west Tibet geographic highland
northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as Changthang district in southeastern Ladakh of India, with highlands and lakes. From eastern
Changtang
Town in Ladakh, India
Hanle is a Town in the Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Hanle River valley on an old branch of the ancient
Hanle,_Ladakh
Lake in Ladakh, India
and a Ramsar wetland site in the remote Changthang Plateau (literally: northern plains) in the Changthang district of the union territory of Ladakh in India
Tso_Moriri
Settlement in Ladakh, India
Chushul is a town in Tangtse tehsil in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the area known as "Chushul Valley", south of the Pangong
Chushul
Protected area in Ladakh, India
high-altitude wildlife sanctuary in the Ladakhi adjunct of the Changthang plateau in Leh district of Indian Union Territory of Ladakh, is one of the 3 largest
Changthang_Wildlife_Sanctuary
Village in Ladakh, India
Moriri lake, is a village in the Rupshu region and a block of the Changthang district in Ladakh, India. Karzok is among the highest permanent settlements
Karzok
Village and Tehsil in Ladakh, India
tehsil in Changthang district, Ladakh in northern India on the banks of the Indus River. Chumathang is among the first habitation in the Changthang region
Chumathang
Town in Ladakh, India
Nyoma town, the headquarters of Changthang district. and an eponymous subdivision, tehsil, community development block and Indian Air Force Base in Ladakh
Nyoma
Ramsar wetland in India
its size and depth situated in the Rupshu Plateau and valley in Changthang district in the southern part in Union Territory of Ladakh in India.It is
Tso_Kar
Village in Ladakh, India
8km 5miles Koyul Koyul is a village in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Anlay tehsil, on the banks of the Koyul Lungpa
Koyul
Village cluster in Ladakh, India
Kargyam is a village in Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Tangtse tehsil (subdistrict), in the Long Parma
Kargyam
Village in Ladakh, India
Durbuk or Darbuk, is a town in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in Tangtse tehsil. It is located between Chang La mountain pass
Durbuk
Village in Ladakh, India
Man Pangong is a village in the Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Tangtse tehsil, near the Pangong Tso
Man_Pangong
District of Ladakh, India
Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27. "Ladakh Gets 5 New Districts: Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved
Nubra_district
Town in Ladakh, India
and China. It is administered as part of the Anlay tehsil in the Changthang district of Ladakh by India, and claimed by China as part of the Tibet Autonomous
Demchok,_Ladakh
Settlement in Ladakh, India
rtse, THL: drang tsé) is a village and one of the tehsil in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. Traditionally, it was regarded as the border between
Tangtse
Districts of Ladakh, Indian-administered Kashmir
region consists of 7 notified districts. They include Kargil (with 80 revenue villages), Drass (19), Sham (27), Changthang (24), Nubra (30), Leh (44) and
List_of_districts_of_Ladakh
A district (zila), also known as a revenue district, is an administrative division of an Indian state or union territory. In some cases, districts are
List_of_districts_in_India
District of Ladakh, India
Districts: Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27. "Residents seek district tag for Drass". Tribune India. 14 Jan 2024
Drass_district
registration. These are broken down to states or union territories and their districts. These RTO offices, governed by the respective state and union territory
List of Regional Transport Office districts in India
List_of_Regional_Transport_Office_districts_in_India
Village in Ladakh, India
Shachokol is a village in Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Tangtse tehsil. According to the 2011 census
Shachokol
Town in Ladakh, India
Kerey (also called Kiāri) is a Town in Changthang district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According
Kerey
Village and Tehsil in Ladakh, India
Anlay is a village and one of the tehsil in the Changthang district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. According to the 2011 census of India, Anlay
Anlay
District in Ladakh, India, established in 2026
ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-26. "Ladakh Gets 5 New Districts: Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27. Singh, Vijaita
Sham_district
Village in Ladakh, India
Kharnak is a village in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Nyoma tehsil. According to the 2011 census of India, Kharnak has
Kharnak
Village in Ladakh, India
Mood is a village in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Nyoma tehsil. According to the 2011 census of India, Mood has 127
Mood,_Ladakh
District in Himachal Pradesh, India
It used to witness participation from traders and herders from Lahaul, Changthang, Tibet, Zangskar, Spiti, and Kullu, alongside Khampas and Gaddis. Many
Lahaul_and_Spiti_district
Military Base in Ladakh, India
helipad ALG, entirely contained within a 40 by 70 meter area in Changthang district, Ladakh in northern India, 48 km west of Demchok village on the Line
Ukdungle
Village in Ladakh, India
Kungyam is a village in the Changthang district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the rong block chumathang, which is primarily
Kumgyam
Mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir
(also known as Mig Pass) is a high-altitude mountain pass located in the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh, India. The pass is notable for being the location of
Mig_La
Village in Ladakh, India
Liktse is a village in Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011 census
Liktse
Village in Ladakh, India
Himya is a village in the Changthang district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011 census
Himya
Village in Ladakh, India
Tukla is a village in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011 census of India, Tukla has
Tukla,_Ladakh
Village in Ladakh, India
Samad Rakchan is a village in the Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Nyoma tehsil. According to the 2011
Samad_Rakchan
Village in Ladakh, India
Skitmang is a village in the Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011
Skitmang
District of Ladakh, administered by India
The new districts include the Buddhist-majority districts of Sham, Changthang, Nubra, Leh, and Zanskar, alongside the Muslim-majority districts of Kargil
Leh_district
Union territory administered by India
seven districts. In August 2024, the Government of India announced the creation of five new districts—Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang—with
Ladakh
Village in Ladakh, India
Tarchit is a village in the Changthang district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011
Tarchit
Village in Ladakh, India
Teri is a village in the Changthang district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Chumathang tehsil. According to the 2011 census of India, Teri has
Teri,_Ladakh
National park in India
sanctuaries in Ladakh, others being Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary, and Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary. It is the largest notified protected area
Hemis_National_Park
Tibetic language spoken in Ladakh, India
and which unlike the others is tonal, Nubra, spoken north of Leh, the Changthang language, spoken in the Changtang region by the Changpa people, and the
Ladakhi_language
Group of people native to the Ladakh in India
census. In 2024, 5 new districts were created. Currently Buddhism is the majority faith in five of the districts-Leh, Changthang, Zanskar, Sham and Nubra;
Ladakhis
Valley in the Himalayas
in. Retrieved 27 August 2024. "Ladakh Gets 5 New Districts: Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra And Changthang". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 August 2024. Agni and Amrita
Sham_Valley
Town in Ladakh, India
(IAO) at Hanle and various lakes of Salt Valley in Rupshu sub-plateau of Changthang plateau, such as the Ryul Tso, Kyun Tso (Chilling Tso), Tso Moriri, etc
Chumar
Region administered by India
Asamese, Telugu, Tamil, Maithali, Kannada, Bateri, Bhadarwahi, Brokskat, Changthang, Ladakhi, Sheikhgal, Spiti Bhoti Bhattiyali, Chambeali, Churahi, Gaddi
Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)
Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)
Mountain range in Ladakh
Ladakhi Purgi Balti Zangskari Changthang Brokskat Festivals Bono-na festival Tourism and wildlife Wildlife Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary Hemis National
Zanskar_Range
Species of small wild cat
elevation of 5,073 m (16,644 ft) in the vicinity of Tso Lhamo Lake. In Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Pallas's cats were sighted close by riverbanks at
Pallas's_cat
Species of large felid
density ranging from about 0.2 individuals per 100 km2 (39 sq mi) in Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary to about two individuals per 100 km2 (39 sq mi) in
Snow_leopard
Wetlands in India as per Ramsar list
vegetation including floating and emergent types. Results were organised at district, state, and topographic map sheet levels using Geographic Information System
List_of_Ramsar_sites_in_India
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
crossed Western Tibet, the South-West with Gyirong County, and the Northern Changthang. In 1948, Harrer became a salaried official of the Tibetan government
Heinrich_Harrer
Military unit
Mountain Brigade, usually stationed at Dras, and 192nd Mountain Brigade. The Changthang Prahar Exercise, an Integrated Exercise of all Arms in Super High Altitude
XIV_Corps_(India)
tributaries, is represented in all parts of Ladakh and Kargil districts, including Zanskar, Changthang and Nubra. However, the rock art of Ladakh at several locations
Tourism_in_Ladakh
Fine subset of cashmere wool
people known as the Changpa. These are a nomadic people and inhabit the Changthang plateau of Tibet, which has a minimum altitude of 13,500 feet (4,100 m)
Pashmina_(material)
Wildlife Sanctuaries in Ladakh Sanctuary Declared Area (km2) District Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary 1987 4000 Leh Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary
List of wildlife sanctuaries of India
List_of_wildlife_sanctuaries_of_India
Wildlife sanctuary
Tibetan snowfinch, Lammergeier (bearded vulture), etc. Hemis National Park Changthang Cold Desert Wildlife Sanctuary Geography of Ladakh Tourism in Ladakh "Protected
Karakoram_Wildlife_Sanctuary
Region of Pakistani-administered Kashmir
1840. Baltistan and Ladakh were administered jointly under one wazarat or district, Ladakh Wazarat, of the state. The region retained its identity in this
Baltistan
Disputed region between China and India in Ladakh and Tibet
there are only two zamindars." Bhattacharji, Ladakh (2012), Chapter 9: "Changthang: The High Plateau". India, China admit to intrusion by Chinese herdsmen
Demchok_sector
December 2017). "Doorway of the gods: Himalaya crosses five countries". The Hindu. "Official website of District Administration - Places of interest".
List of mountain passes of India
List_of_mountain_passes_of_India
Astronomy station in Hanle, India
Tibetan Refugee habitation within 1073 km2, part of the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Changthang plateau. The extremities of the preserve are between
Indian Astronomical Observatory
Indian_Astronomical_Observatory
Football league
clubs: JNV Leh Ladakh FSA Leh FC Unified Ladakh FC Imamiya Mission School Changthang FI Hydra FC Baroo Humas FC The clubs registered for the inaugural editions:
Ladakh Women's Football Premier League
Ladakh_Women's_Football_Premier_League
Mountain range
Ladakhi Purgi Balti Zangskari Changthang Brokskat Festivals Bono-na festival Tourism and wildlife Wildlife Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary Hemis National
Rimo_Muztagh
Lingzi Thang Plains. Changthang plateau Rong Valley Chumathang hot springs on "Upshi-Nyoma Road". Rupshu plateau - subsection of Changthang plateau Puga Valley
Geography_of_Ladakh
Subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan languages
Ladakh and Zanskar, of the Northwest Indian Border Area (Lahaul and Spiti district and Uttarakhand), and of Zanda County (westernmost Tibet) Central Tibetan
Tibetic_languages
River in India and Pakistan
Values and Land Tenure for Planning Rationalization of boundaries for Changthang and Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuaries, Ladakh (PDF) (Report). Dehradun: Wildlife
Shyok_River
Tibetan politician and physician (born 1974)
access and resources in Tibetan settlements in remote areas from Ladakh Changthang to North East India and to Nepal including rational, feasibility and need
Tsering_Wangchuk
inhabited along the river banks of different valleys namely Indus, Nubra, Changthang, and Zanskar. Women in Ladakh enjoy high status in comparison to rest
Culture_of_Ladakh
German sinologist and film maker (born 1950)
had heard of the traders who travelled each year to the salt lakes in Changthang area to gather salt and she managed to get clearance to film in Tibet
Ulrike_Koch
Massif in the eastern Karakoram
Ladakhi Purgi Balti Zangskari Changthang Brokskat Festivals Bono-na festival Tourism and wildlife Wildlife Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary Hemis National
Rimo_Massif
Small river on the border between China and India
The entire area surrounding the Charding Nullah is referred to as the Changthang plateau. It consists of rocky mountain heights of Ladakh and Kailas ranges
Charding_Nullah
Sigh) See: Mountain passes of England List of hill passes of the Lake District Mountain passes of Scotland Mountain passes of Wales Anderson Pass – Alaska
List_of_mountain_passes
Valley in Ladakh, India
east of Tso Moriri, incorporating some of the Ladakhi portion of the Changthang Plateau area in which Tso Moriri is found. North of Rupshu area is the
Rupshu
(2010-08-04). "Pashmina production and socio-economic changes in the Indian Changthang: Implications for natural resource management". Natural Resources Forum
List of exercises of the Indian Army
List_of_exercises_of_the_Indian_Army
Overview of and topical guide to Ladakh
Ladakhi Purgi Balti Zangskari Changthang Brokskat Festivals Bono-na festival Tourism and wildlife Wildlife Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary Hemis National
Outline_of_Ladakh
Plains at the north of Aksai Chin divided between China and India
conservation of Tibetan Antelope in Chang Chenmo Valley and Daulat beg Oldi, Changthang, Ladakh, India". Gnusletter. 34 (2): 16–20. Bhalla, Abhishek (19 September
Depsang_Plains
Indian government project to develop border roads
"Arunachal Pradesh: BRO builds strategic road in remote Arunachal Pradesh district". The Times of India. PTI. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022
India–China_Border_Roads
Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, India
Ladakhi portion of the Changthang plateau amidst snow peaks that are the source of water to the lake. The Rupshu -Changthang area is a unique landscape
Korzok_Monastery
Place in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
Commercially, Gartok had the advantage of being equidistant between the Changthang, whose shepherds brought pashmina wool for sale, and their buyers in Ladakh
Gartok
Indian ecologist and professor
Himalayan National Park, Hemis National Park, Karakorum Wildlife Sanctuary, Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary, Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary, Pin Valley National Park
Chandra_Prakash_Kala
Indian border checkpost in Ladakh, India
established over an area of 24.2 ha (242,000 m2) at Tsogtsalu within the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary for the Indian Army. Within India, it is reachable
Tsogtsalu
Peace agreement between Ladakh and Tibet
subdivided into two subclauses, for Guge and the northern plain of Tibet (Changthang); A clause fixing the Ladakh–Tibet frontier at the Lhari stream at Demchok
Treaty_of_Tingmosgang
Historical village between Ladakh and Tibet
Western Himalaya (2001), p. 160; Bhattacharji, Ladakh (2012), Chapter 9: "Changthang: The High Plateau" Lhari peak and the Demchok villages, OpenStreetMap
Demchok_(historical_village)
Species of mammal
(Ochotona ladacensis) and the Nubra pika (Ochotona nubrica) from the Changthang, Ladakh, India". Journal of Mammalogy. 105 (6): 1245–1254. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae038
Nubra_pika
travel, tourism, insurance
CHANGTHANG DISTRICT
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Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : regional name for someone from the district north of Paris known in Old French as Gohiere.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Gouy (from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gaudius + the locative suffix -acum), with the addition of the Anglo-Norman French suffix -er.English : from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder.Welsh : from the peninsula in southern Wales, of which the Welsh name is Gŵyr.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gauer.
Female
Chinese
flourishing.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of ten or more minor places known as ‘the king’s land’, such as Kingsland in South Molton, Devon, or Kingsland in Hackney, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), both named from Middle English kingis ‘of the king’+ land ‘land’.English : habitational name from Kingsland in Herefordshire near Leominster, which is named as ‘the king’s estate in Leon’. Leon is the old Celtic name for the district, meaning ‘at the streams’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish
Americanized spelling of the French topographic name Garrigue (see Garrigues).Scottish : variant of Garioch, a habitational name from the district in Aberdeenshire so named.English : habitational name from Garwick in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Gǣra + Old English wīc ‘(dairy) farm’.The name is closely associated with the Huguenots. The English actor-manager David Garrick (1717–79) was the grandson of David de la Garrique, who fled Bordeaux in 1685, changing his family name to Garric on arrival in England. Other Garricks (Garicks) were in SC in the 1820s.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old Norse and Middle English personal name Ing(a), a short form of various names with the first element Ing- (see Ingle).English : habitational name from an Essex place name, Ing, which survives with various manorial affixes in the names Fryerning, Ingatestone, Ingrave, and Margaretting, and which is probably from an Old English tribal name Gēingas ‘people of the district’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : nickname from Yiddish ing ‘young’.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 1.Chinese : possibly a variant of Wu 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the southern English county so called, which derives its name from Hampton (i.e. the port of Southampton) + Old English scīr ‘division’, ‘district’.English : regional name from the area of Hallamshire in southern Yorkshire, named from Hallam + Middle English schir ‘division’, ‘administrative region’ (Old English scīr). The surname is most common in Yorkshire, where this second derivation is most likely to be the source.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city in West Yorkshire, or the place in Kent. The former is of British origin, appearing in Bede in the form Loidis ‘People of the LÄt’, (LÄt being an earlier name of the river Aire, meaning ‘the violent one’). Loidis was originally a district name, but was subsequently restricted to the city. The Kentish place name may be from an Old English stream name hlÌ„de ‘loud, rushing stream’.Daniel Leeds (1652–1720) was born in England, probably in Nottinghamshire, and emigrated to America with his father, Thomas, some time in the third quarter of the 17th century. The family settled in Shrewsbury, NJ, in 1677. Daniel made almanacs and was surveyor general of the Province of West Jersey in 1682. He was married four times and had numerous children.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the district so called near Liverpool, consisting of Uplitherland and Downlitherland. The place name is derived from Old Norse hlÃðar, genitive of hlÃð ‘slope’ + land ‘land’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the cathedral city on an island in the fens north of Cambridge. It is so named from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + gē ‘district’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Eley.Nathaniel Ely was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : regional name for someone from the district of France of this name, which is of unexplained origin.French : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with wid ‘leader’.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands)
English (chiefly southern Yorkshire and East Midlands) : regional name from the district in southern Yorkshire around Sheffield and Ecclesfield called Hallam, or a habitational name from a place of this name in Derbyshire. The Derbyshire name is from Old English halum, dative plural of halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ (see Hale 1). The Yorkshire district, sometimes called Hallamshire, is possibly of the same derivation or alternatively from hallum, dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone’, ‘rock’, Old Norse hallr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the coastal district of eastern Yorkshire (now Humberside), the origin of which is probably Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl, + nes ‘nose’, ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (Aberdeen)
English and Scottish (Aberdeen) : regional name from a district in Lancashire called The Fylde, from Old English (ge)filde ‘plain’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Cheshire and West Yorkshire, called Ledsham. The first is named with the Old English personal name LÄ“ofede + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’ and the second is recorded in Domesday Book as Ledesham ‘homestead within the district of Leeds’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, named in Old English as ‘homestead at a (district) boundary’, from mearc ‘boundary’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.Irish : English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach (see Markey). This is a Galway surname, which is sometimes ‘translated’ as Ryder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : regional name from the district on the south coast of Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), earlier Fuðarnes, so named from the genitive case (Fuðar) of Old Norse Fuð, meaning ‘rump’, the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district + Old Norse nes ‘headland’, ‘nose’.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms, particularly in Møre og Romsdal, named Furnes, from Old Norse fura ‘pine’ + nes ‘headland’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : topographic name from Middle English lees ‘fields’, ‘arable land’, plural of lee (see Lee), or from Middle English lese ‘pasture’, ‘meadow’ (Old English lǣs).English : habitational name from Leece or Lees in Lancashire, or Leese in Cheshire, all named from Old English lēas ‘woodland clearings’ (plural of lēah), or from Leece in Cumbria, which was probably named with a Celtic word, lïss ‘hall’, ‘court’, ‘the principal house in a district’.English : variant spelling of Leece 1.Scottish : reduced form of Gillies.Scottish and Irish : reduced and altered form of McLeish.Dutch : variant of Leys.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French
English, Scottish, Dutch, and French : variant of Henry 1. In Scotland this surname is common in the Ayr and Fife districts; in northern Ireland it is usually from the Scottish variant Hendrie, though some examples of the name were originally as at Henry 3.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places named in Old English as ‘long ford’, from lang, long ‘long’ + ford ‘ford’, except for Langford in Nottinghamshire, which is named with an Old English personal name Landa or possibly land, here used in a specific sense such as ‘boundary’ or ‘district’, with the same second element.
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n.
A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.
n.
Villages; a district of villages.
n.
The district in which a thane anciently had jurisdiction; thanedom.
n.
An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district.
n.
The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
imp. & p. p.
of District
n.
The district under a Roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
v. t.
To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.
n.
Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains.
n.
A district in charge of an excise officer.
n.
A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
n.
The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
a.
Of or pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal intellect.
n.
A white wine made in the district of Sauterne, France.
n.
A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of District
n.
In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
n.
The district or territory of a town.
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A periodical sale of ore in the English mining districts; -- so called from the tickets upon which are written the bids of the buyers.
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