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Look up most, Most, móst, mōst, mošt, -most, or мост in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Most or Möst may refer to: Most, Kardzhali Province, a village
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Look up most in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MOST may refer to: MOST (Croatia), a political party in Croatia founded in 2012 Milton J. Rubenstein Museum
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The Most may refer to: The Most (band), a Swedish beat band The Most (The Cruel Sea album), 1999 The Most (Down to Nothing album), 2007 "The Most", a
The_Most
most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries Lists of most common surnames in European countries Lists of most
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives ICE Most Wanted List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords List of most wanted fugitives in Italy List of most wanted Nazi
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accounts with the most followers on the social media platform Instagram. As of June 2026[update], Instagram's own account is the most-followed with over
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Form of address
The honorific prefix "The Most Honourable" is a form of address that is used in several countries. In the United Kingdom, it precedes the name of a marquess
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its most-subscribed channels in April 2006. An early archive of the list dates to May 17, 2006. As of 2026, YouTube does not publish lists of most-subscribed
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British order of chivalry established in 1917
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises
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following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of April 2026, Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's
List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
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List of YouTube videos that have been viewed the most
keep track of the most viewed, many of which continue to exist while others are no longer available on the site. Although the most-viewed were initially
List of most-viewed YouTube videos
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Religious honorific style
The Most Reverend (abbreviated as The Most Revd or The Most Rev) is an honorific style given to certain (primarily Western) Christian clergy and ministers
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Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese. According to the CIA World Factbook, the most-spoken first languages in 2018 were: List of languages by total number of
List of languages by number of native speakers
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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, culturally, and over time. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often
List of most popular given names
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High-speed multimedia network technology used in the automotive industry
MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) is a high-speed multimedia network technology for the automotive industry. It can be used for applications inside
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US federal law enforcement most wanted list
The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The list arose from a
FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives
Studies that estimate and rank the most common words in English examine texts written in English. Perhaps the most comprehensive such analysis is one
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than one core city, the figure for their city proper should use either the most populous one (e.g. Dallas for Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex) or the best-known
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major golf championships, also known simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious events in professional golf. The competitions are the Masters
List of men's major championships winning golfers
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former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives are convicted felons that have been on the list of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
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Professional soccer league in the United States and Canada
relegation process. The LA Galaxy have the most MLS Cups, with six. They are tied with D.C. United for most Supporters' Shields, with four each. The Philadelphia
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1966 Soviet film
Most, Most, Most, Most (Russian: Самый, самый, самый, самый, romanized: Samiy, samiy, samiy, samiy) is a 1966 animated film by Soyuzmultfilm directed by
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at 8.232 billion as of 2025. Figures used in this chart are based on the most up-to-date estimates or projections by the national census authority, where
List of countries and dependencies by population
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Composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices
goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking of some of the most developed countries, such as the G7 members and others. The origins of the
Human_Development_Index
American action web television series
Most Dangerous Game is an American action television series created by Nick Santora, Josh Harmon, and Scott Elder that debuted on Quibi on April 6, 2020
Most_Dangerous_Game
As of May 2026,[update] Google Search is the world's most visited website, followed by YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. This list and its two reference
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Moster may refer to: Edmund Moster (1873–1942), a Croatian Jewish entrepreneur, industrialist, inventor and co-founder of the "Penkala-Moster Company"
Moster
Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Old Bridge (Serbo-Croatian: Stari most), also known as the Mostar Bridge, is a rebuilt 16th-century Ottoman bridge in the city of Mostar in Bosnia
Stari_Most
10 most visited cities in 2025 according to Euromonitor were: The top 10 most visited cities in 2024 according to Euromonitor were: The top 10 most visited
List of cities by international visitors
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American actor (born 1953)
Don Most (born August 8, 1953) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ralph Malph on the television series Happy Days. Most was born to a Jewish
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The following lists contain the most streamed songs and albums as well as chart records on the audio streaming platform Spotify. On this list, songs are
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American rock musician (born 1964)
comes to mind most often while listening to songs like 'Honey' and 'For Once in Your Life'. The latter track is, in fact, one of Love's most raw and vulnerable
Courtney_Love
year". Stats F1. Retrieved 5 July 2026. "Most races without leading a lap". Stats F1. Retrieved 8 March 2026. "Most laps led without a win". Stats F1. Retrieved
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Ranking of U.S. cities
(primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United
List of United States cities by population
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produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), estimates the ten most spoken languages (L1 + L2) in 2022 as follows: UN official languages are
List of languages by total number of speakers
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Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
records for most goals (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals (14) and assists (8) in the European Championship, and most international
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British order of chivalry associated with Scotland
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the order was founded in
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and environment, education and infrastructure. Copenhagen was ranked the most liveable city in 2025, while Damascus was ranked the least liveable. Cities
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Kamenný Most may refer to places: Kamenný Most (Kladno District), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic Kamenný Most (Nové Zámky District)
Kamenný_Most
The world's most valuable sports teams, as ranked annually by the American magazine Forbes, includes teams from the National Football League (NFL), National
Forbes list of the most valuable sports teams
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Website providing torrent files and magnet links
addition of magnet links. The Pirate Bay has consistently ranked as one of the most visited torrent websites in the world. Over the years the website has faced
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2019 Czech TV series or program
Most! is a Czech comedy TV series. It was made in collaboration between Petr Kolečko and Jan Prušinovský. It was their sixth work. The series premiered
Most!
the most expensive video games ever developed, with a minimum total cost of US$50 million and sorted by the total cost adjusted for inflation. Most game
List of most expensive video games to develop
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following is a list of National Basketball Association (NBA) players who won the most championships. The NBA is a major professional basketball league in North
List of NBA players with most championships
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Superfrauen. 11. Feminismus und Familie. Probst. ISBN 978-3-935718-03-5. "World's most fertile woman who had 44 children by 36 stopped from having more babies"
List of people with the most children
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2024 animated film by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is a 2024 British animated comedy film produced by Aardman Animations for the BBC and Netflix. It was directed by
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
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An index of lists of most expensive things. List of most expensive paintings List of most expensive sculptures List of most expensive artworks by living
Lists of most expensive items by category
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It is not clear which film is the most expensive ever made, due to the secretive nature of Hollywood accounting. Star Wars: The Force Awakens holds the
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This is a list of cities with most skyscrapers. For the purposes of this article, a skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building
List of cities with the most skyscrapers
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This article lists the tennis players who have won the most tour-level professional tournament titles since the Open Era began in 1968. The current top-level
List of tennis title leaders in the Open Era
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most-liked Instagram posts contains the top 20 posts by number of likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked
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Country within the United Kingdom
England. Entry to most museums and galleries is free. London is one of the world's most visited cities, regularly taking the top five most visited cities
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2023 studio album by New Found Glory
Make The Most Of It is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band New Found Glory, released on January 20, 2023, as their only album through Revelation
Make_the_Most_of_It
Software application designed to run on mobile devices
CSS, and HTML5 and function like web apps disguised in a native container. Most mobile devices are sold with several apps bundled as pre-installed software
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Two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1
interest. They are the most widely used of the country codes published by ISO (the others being alpha-3 and numeric), and are used most prominently for the
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been translated into 85 languages, placing Harry Potter among history's most translated literary works. The last four books in the series consecutively
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companies, that have the largest market capitalization or "market value". Most or all of these companies would be categorized as megacap stocks. Market
List of public corporations by market capitalization
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Measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness
are most peaceful according to GPI, and most of them are western or central European democracies. Swanson noted in 2022 that five of the 10 most “peaceful”
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Deloitte Football Money League Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams List of the most valuable football clubs in the Americas List of professional
Forbes list of the most valuable football clubs
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Country in Central Europe
with Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The most watched and most attended sport in the Czech Republic are football and ice hockey. The most watched sporting events are
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Arabic phrase
corporeal substance, and in estimation or rank or dignity, and more, or most, advanced in age, older, and oldest" (p. 2587) Archived October 7, 2016,
Takbir
reached triple figures. Ronaldo has also finished as the top scorer for the most individual seasons in the competition's history, doing so seven times. The
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and losses List of public corporations by market capitalization List of most indebted companies List of largest manufacturing companies by revenue List
List of wealthiest religious organizations
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Operating system for mobile devices
most widely used version is primarily developed by Google. First released in 2008, Android is the world's most widely used operating system; and most
Android_(operating_system)
Team sport played with a ball
players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws
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Egyptian football manager (born 1966)
brother Ibrahim also played professional football, and they shared teams for most of their extensive careers. Hassan represented the national team in the 1990
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West Germanic language
the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second‑language speakers than native speakers. However, English is only the third‑most spoken
English_language
Country primarily in Western Europe
996 people, France is the 20th most populous country in the world, the third-most populous in Europe, and the second most populous in the European Union
France
This is a list of the most-visited museums in the world in 2024. Primary sources include annual attendance statistics in the "Art Newspaper" (March 2025}
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2007 American film by Jason Reitman
Page commented, "What I get most frustrated at is when people call it a pro-life movie, which is just absurd ... The most important thing is the choice
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This is a list of cities in Peru by population. For metropolitan areas see List of metropolitan areas of Peru. List of metropolitan areas of Peru List
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Special administrative region of China
a 1,114-square-kilometre (430 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony
Hong_Kong
most distant astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified. An alternative to the most commonly
List of the most distant astronomical objects
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This is a list of the fifty golfers who have won the most official (or later deemed historically significant) money events on the PGA Tour. It is led by
List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins
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This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social media platform X, formerly and commonly known as Twitter. As of March 2026[update]
List of most-followed X accounts
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American hip-hop group
the earliest and most significant figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential acts in
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American football player (born 1972)
football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), most notably for the Green Bay Packers.. He attended the Baltimore Polytechnic
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1924 short story by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game," also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff," is a short story by American author, screenwriter, and journalist Richard Connell
The_Most_Dangerous_Game
Casino operated on an internet platform
play casino games without downloading software to their local computer. Most online casinos allow gameplay through an HTML interface, previously this
Online_casino
Lebanese-American former pornographic film actress (born 1993)
website xHamster reported that she was the most-searched-for pornographic actress of 2016. In 2018, she became the most-searched-for actress on Pornhub. After
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Indian playback singer (b. 1966)
worked predominantly in Hindi cinema from 1980s to mid 2010s. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades
Alka_Yagnik
2021. "France's 70-Day Heatwave Of 1911 Killed 41,000 In 'Crushing Heat', Most Were Infants". mothernature.news. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original
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English record producer and musician (1938–2003)
Mickie Most (born Michael Peter Hayes; 20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003) was an English record producer behind acts such as the Animals, Herman's Hermits, the
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following table lists the Earth's 125 most topographically prominent summits. Of these, Indonesia has the most, with 13. Close behind it are China and
List of mountain peaks by prominence
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Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021. "5 most popular Instagram accounts". The New Zealand Herald. September 25, 2015.
List of best-selling music artists
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Most populous city in the United States
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New
New_York_City
Twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet
is most commonly used to represent the voiceless alveolar plosive, a sound it also denotes in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is the most commonly
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U.S. state
Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach. With a population of 8.8 million, it is the 12th-most populous and 15th-most densely populated
Virginia
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed. The title characters
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winning 27 – the most championship appearances and most victories by any MLB team. The Dodgers and the Yankees are tied for the most losses with 14 each
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operations. The Late Bronze Age collapse occurs around 1200 BC, extinguishing most Bronze-Age Near Eastern cultures, and significantly weakening the rest. This
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These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan)
List of common Chinese surnames
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Natural number
following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of decimal numeral systems, the most common systems for denoting numbers in both spoken and written language.
10
2002 American TV series or program
The Most Extreme is a documentary television series on the American cable television network Animal Planet. It first aired on July 7, 2002. Each episode
The_Most_Extreme
European association football tournament
knockout rounds, and a single-leg final. It is the most-watched club competition in the world and the third most-watched football competition overall, behind
UEFA_Champions_League
treated with caution. For example, the Paris metropolitan area is the fourth most populous in Europe, but the strict definition of the administrative limits
List of European cities by population within city limits
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List of wildfires in the U.S. State of Colorado
This is a list of the largest, most destructive, and deadliest Colorado wildfires that have occurred in modern history. During the severe 2002 Colorado
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Microstate in Southern Europe
Gothic Line. During World War II, San Marino temporarily became one of the most densely populated areas in Europe, as it provided refuge to approximately
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World currencies
most traded currency globally. Euro, the currency used by the most countries and territories, the second-largest reserve currency and the second-most
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Rupture in a planet's crust where material escapes
volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging, and because most of Earth's plate boundaries are underwater, most volcanoes
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Surname or Lastname
Americanized form of the Latin personal name Januarius or its Italian derivative Gennaro, which was borne by a number of early Christian saints, most famously a 3rd-century bishop of Benevento who became the patron of Naples.English
Americanized form of the Latin personal name Januarius or its Italian derivative Gennaro, which was borne by a number of early Christian saints, most famously a 3rd-century bishop of Benevento who became the patron of Naples.English : altered form of Janeway.In New England, a translation of French Janvier.
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English (most common in the West Country)
English (most common in the West Country) : nickname from Middle English swete ‘sweet’, ‘pleasant’, ‘agreeable’. The Old English bynames Swēt(a) (masculine) and Swēte (feminine) derived from this word survived into the early Middle English period, and may also be sources of the surname.Translation of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess.In New England, a translation of French Ledoux.
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English (mostly Lancashire)
English (mostly Lancashire) : probably a variant of Sale.German : older form of Seiler.Dutch : from Middle Dutch salië, sailge ‘sage’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold herbs.
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English (most frequent in northern Ireland)
English (most frequent in northern Ireland) : from Middle English fe(i)th ‘belief (especially Christian belief)’, ‘faithfulness’, ‘loyalty’. This may have been a nickname for a trustworthy person, but was more probably bestowed on one who used ‘Faith!’ frequently as a mild oath or exclamation.
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English
English : habitational name from any of the various places so called, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Wiltshire. For the most part the first element is either Old English (ge)mǣne ‘common’, ‘shared’ (see Manley, Manship), or the Old English byname Mann(a) (see Mann). However, in the case of Manton in Lincolnshire the early forms show clearly that it was Old English m(e)alm ‘sand’, ‘chalk’, with reference to the poor soil of the region. The second element is in each case Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.Irish (Cork) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Manntáin ‘descendant of Manntán’, a personal name derived from a diminutive of manntach ‘toothless’.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
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English
English : habitational name from Mimms (North and South Mimms) in Hertfordshire, most probably derived from an ancient British tribal name, Mimmas.
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English (mostly East Anglia)
English (mostly East Anglia) : unexplained.Vietnamese (Ông) : unexplained.Chinese : variant of Wang 1.Indonesian : unexplained.Filipino : unexplained.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : most probably an altered form of Welsh Meredith (which is found as Meriday in 16th and 17th century English sources), or possibly of English Mayhew.
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English (Devon and Cornwall)
English (Devon and Cornwall) : unexplained; most probably a pet form of Luke. See also Leakey.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so named in Staffordshire and Sussex. The former was named in Old English as ‘open country (feld) where madder (mæddre) grows’, while the latter was named as ‘open country where mayweed (mægðe) grows’. The surname is now most common in Nottinghamshire.
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English and Irish
English and Irish : of uncertain origin; most probably an altered form of Mowbray. It is also found as Maybury, which has the form of an English habitational name. There is a place near Woking in Surrey so called; however, this is not recorded until 1885 and is probably derived from the surname. In England this surname is found mainly in the West Midlands; it has also spread into Wales. In Ireland this form is common in Ulster; MacLysaght records that it was taken there from England in the 17th century.
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English (but most common in Wales)
English (but most common in Wales) : from Lowis, Lodovicus, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements hlod ‘fame’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Ludovicus and Chlodovechus (the latter form becoming Old French Clovis, Clouis, Louis, the former developing into German Ludwig). The name was popular throughout France in the Middle Ages and was introduced to England by the Normans. In Wales it became inextricably confused with 2.Welsh : from an Anglicized form of the personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn).Irish and Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.Americanized form of any of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Lewis was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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English (now most common in northern Ireland)
English (now most common in northern Ireland) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, most likely somewhere in Lancashire or Yorkshire.
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English (most common in East Anglia)
English (most common in East Anglia) : from Middle English reeve, an occupational name for a steward or bailiff, the precise character of whose duties varied from place to place and at different periods.
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Loingsigh ‘descendant of Loingseach’, a personal name meaning ‘mariner’ (from long ‘ship’). This is now a common surname in Ireland but of different local origins, for example chieftain families in counties Antrim and Tipperary, while in Ulster and Connacht there were families called Ó Loingseacháin who later shortened their name to Ó Loingsigh and also Anglicized it as Lynch.Irish (Anglo-Norman) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Linseach, itself a Gaelicized form of Anglo-Norman French de Lench, the version found in old records. This seems to be a local name, but its origin is unknown. One family of bearers of this name was of Norman origin, but became one of the most important tribes of Galway.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a slope or hillside, Old English hlinc, or perhaps a habitational name from Lynch in Dorset or Somerset or Linch in Sussex, all named with this word.This name was brought independently from Ireland to North America by many bearers. Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to SC shortly after the first settlement of that colony in 1670. His grandson Thomas Lynch, born in 1727 in Berkeley Co., SC, was a member of both Continental Congresses, and his great-grandson, also called Thomas Lynch, born 1749 in Winyaw, SC, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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English (Gloucestershire and South Wales)
English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : most probably from the Norman personal name Luce (a vernacular form of Latin Lucia or Lucius). This is generally a female name, although male bearers are found in France. It was borne by a young Sicilian maiden and an aged Roman widow, both of whom were martyred under Diocletian and are venerated as saints.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : Alternatively, the surname may be a variant of Lewis.English (Gloucestershire and South Wales) : American bearers of this surname are descended from Henry Luce (1640–c.1688), who came to Scituate, MA, from south Wales in or before 1666, and moved to Martha’s Vineyard, MA, in about 1670. He had many prominent descendants.
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English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
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English
English : possibly a habitational name from a lost place in Derbyshire or South Yorkshire, where the name is now most frequent.
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English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
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German, Greek
Light
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Biblical
Nourished by Jupiter.
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Arabic
Smart
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Parsi, Telugu
Lord of Vital Breaths; Lord Krishna
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Polish
Active.
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English
English : variant of Parsley.Scottish : variant of Paisley. Black suggests also that some examples of Pasley and Paisley may be derived from a place known as Pasley or Howpasley, in the Borders region.Possibly an altered spelling of German Pasler, a variant of Basler, or of Pässler, an occupational name, from an agent derivative of basteln ‘to do handicraft’.
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English (East Midlands)
English (East Midlands) : habitational name from either of two places called Hickling, in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk, from the Old English tribal name Hicelingas ‘people of Hicel(a)’, a personal name or byname of unknown origin.English (East Midlands) : pet form of Hick.
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British, English, French, German
Bright Fame; Small Robin
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Hindu, Indian, Mythological, Punjabi, Sikh, Traditional
King of Gods; Lord Indra
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American, British, English, French, Greek, Latin
Fate; Destiny; Certain Fortune; The Mythological Greek God of Fate
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n.
A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
n.
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
a.
Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it.
n.
The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
n.
A little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.
n.
Alt. of Mostick
a.
Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers.
adv.
For the most part.
n.
A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.
n.
The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
n. pl.
An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians.
a.
Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous.
n.
A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.
a.
Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
n.
Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched.
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One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature.
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Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
adv.
For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main.