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Named
1947 play by Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams which was first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences
A_Streetcar_Named_Desire
One or more words used to refer to something
existence. Examples of named entities include Barack Obama, New York City, Volkswagen Golf, or anything else that can be named. Named entities can simply
Name
Overview of sovereign states
countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme List of country-name etymologies List of governments in exile List of international rankings List
List_of_sovereign_states
Country in the Horn of Africa
Lemma, Gebisa Ejeta, and Melaku Worede. Computer scientist Timnit Gebru, named one of Time's most influential people in 2022, was born in Ethiopia. Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Country in North Africa
huptiōs), meaning "Below the Aegean". Another tradition claims that it was named after the legendary king Aegyptus. The actual derivation is thought to be
Egypt
Island country in Southern Europe
Valletta, named in honour of Valette, was built. They also established watchtowers along the coasts – the Wignacourt, Lascaris and De Redin towers – named after
Malta
Public university in Chennai, India
is in Guindy. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after C. N. Annadurai, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Anna University
Anna_University
Taxonomic rank above species and below family
Ornithorhynchus although George Shaw named it Platypus in 1799 (these two names are thus synonyms). However, the name Platypus had already been given to
Genus
Country in North Africa
northeastern coast, Tunis is the capital of the country, which is itself named after Tunis. The official language of Tunisia is Arabic. The vast majority
Tunisia
Indian cricketer (born 1988)
first child, a daughter, who was named Vamika. On 15 February 2024, the couple welcomed their second child, a son named Akaay. In 2018, Kohli disclosed
Virat_Kohli
Privacy-focused online search engine and web browser
company focused on online privacy whose flagship product is a search engine named DuckDuckGo. Founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008, its later products include
DuckDuckGo
Autonomous territory of Denmark
area and settling there, he named it Grœnland (translated as "Greenland"), supposedly in the hope that the pleasant name would attract settlers. The Saga
Greenland
Island in the Mediterranean, region of Italy
1946 Italian institutional referendum. The name Sicilia was given to the Roman province in 241 BC. It is named after the Sicels, who inhabited the eastern
Sicily
Identification for a good or service
product directions. Thus the name Unisys originated in 1986 when Burroughs bought and incorporated UNIVAC; and the newly named International Business Machines
Brand
Continent
assumed that Asia was named after the wife of Prometheus, but that Lydians say it was named after Asies, son of Cotys, who passed the name on to a tribe at
Asia
Capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina
palace ("Saray"), which gave the city its present name in conjunction with “evo”. The mosque was named "Careva Džamija" (the Emperor's Mosque) in honor
Sarajevo
Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
from Azerbaijan were killed on the front. More than 130 Azerbaijanis were named heroes of the Soviet Union. Azerbaijani Major-General Azi Aslanov was twice
Azerbaijan
Prophet in Abrahamic religions
a tip from Jochebed (Moses' mother). The Egyptian princess who named Moses is not named in the book of Exodus. However, she was known to Josephus as Thermutis
Moses
Species naming system
the binomial name of the annual phlox (named after botanist Thomas Drummond) is now written as Phlox drummondii. Often, after a species name is introduced
Binomial_nomenclature
Island nation in the Atlantic Ocean
was originally named Ichirouganaim. It was claimed for the Crown of Castile by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century, who named it "Barbudos", and
Barbados
Extraction of named entity mentions in unstructured text into pre-defined categories
Named-entity recognition (NER) (also known as (named) entity identification, entity chunking, and entity extraction) is a subtask of information extraction
Named-entity_recognition
number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from
List of places named after people
List_of_places_named_after_people
Caribbean Nation
Spain, under the name Santiago, until 1655, when England (part of what would become the Kingdom of Great Britain) conquered it and named it Jamaica. It
Jamaica
Group of stars on the celestial sphere
example, consists of a number and the genitive form of the constellation's name. Other star patterns or groups called asterisms are not constellations under
Constellation
Indo-Aryan language
Shahjahan's time, the Capital was relocated to Delhi and named Shahjahanabad and the Bazar of the town was named Urdu e Muallah. In the Akbar era, the word Rekhta
Urdu
People in files on Jeffrey Epstein
lifelong friends. The compilation of these names in this list neither establishes wrongdoing by those named nor should it be interpreted as evidence that
List of people named in the Epstein files
List_of_people_named_in_the_Epstein_files
Class of arthropods
the pelagic zone, marine environments as well. They comprise over 110,000 named species, of which 51,000 are species of spiders. The term is derived from
Arachnid
Capital and largest city of Ukraine
tribe (Eastern Polans), brothers Kyi (the eldest, after whom the city was named), Shchek, Khoryv, and their sister Lybid, who founded the city (See the
Kyiv
City in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Italy
established, though: President Truman's stipulations, later named the Truman Doctrine, in all but name had sealed the status quo, formalised only in the above-mentioned
Trieste
President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004
wife gave birth in a Paris hospital to a daughter, named Zahwa after Arafat's mother. Arafat's full name was Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa
Yasser_Arafat
A birth name is the name a person is given when they are born. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the full name. Where births
Birth_name
Country in South America
Valley in Peru, where there was a town and valley named Chili. Other theories say Chile may derive its name from a Native American word meaning either 'ends
Chile
Hereditary portion of a personal name
named Álvaro Rodríguez. His son, Juan, would not be named Juan Rodríguez, but Juan Álvarez. Over time, many of these patronymics became family names,
Surname
contains a list of episodes from the American animated television series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo which ran on ABC from 1988 until 1991. This is the eighth incarnation
List of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episodes
List_of_A_Pup_Named_Scooby-Doo_episodes
System to identify resources on a network
Institute (now SRI International) maintained a text file named HOSTS.TXT that mapped host names to the numerical addresses of computers on the ARPANET.
Domain_Name_System
Israeli heavy armoured personnel carrier
Namer (Hebrew: נָמֵר, pronounced [naˈmeʁ]; meaning "leopard," and also a syllabic abbreviation of "Nagmash" (APC) and "Merkava") is an Israeli armoured
Namer
Capital and largest city of Mongolia
R. Ryskulov, who previously had no connection to Mongolia, the city was named Ulan Bator Khoto ("City of the Red Hero").[citation needed] After the vote
Ulaanbaatar
are named in honor of Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), who made many important discoveries and innovations. Many of these items named after
List of topics named after Leonhard Euler
List_of_topics_named_after_Leonhard_Euler
Pharaoh of Egypt from 1279 to 1213 BC
granite sarcophagus had been reused by a high priest of the 21st Dynasty named Menkheperre, around 1000 BC but its original owner was unknown until Frédéric
Ramesses_II
2002 fantasy novel by Marianne Curley
Named is a 2002 fantasy novel written by Marianne Curley. The first novel in the Guardians of Time Trilogy, it follows Ethan, a member of The Named,
The_Named
List of animals
animals by number of neurons Largest and heaviest animals List of animals named after other animals List of domesticated animals List of herbivorous animals
Lists_of_animals
Peninsula of Turkey in Western Asia
rivers are the longest in the Eastern Anatolia region. The English-language name Anatolia derives from the Greek Ἀνατολή (Anatolḗ) meaning "the East" and
Anatolia
Capital and largest city of Estonia
from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023. Cite error: The named reference Cidade-irmã was invoked but never defined (see the help page)
Tallinn
Two or three letter codes that represent each country
representation of names of countries and their subdivisions. The ISO 3166 standard contains three parts: ISO 3166-1 – Codes for the representation of names of countries
List of ISO 3166 country codes
List_of_ISO_3166_country_codes
Ancient Semitic deity in the Levant
in 70 CE, the original pronunciation of the name was forgotten entirely. The four-letter form of the name is commonly called the Tetragrammaton. Philip
Yahweh
Marvel Comics character
girl named Sandy Pierce, the daughter of wealthy businessman Henry Pierce. During this time, Namor would also meet his cousin Namora, who was named after
Namor
Word consisting of two words
combine the meanings of the source words but "to suggest a resemblance of one named person to the other"; the effect is often derogatory, as linguist Benjamin
Portmanteau
American singer (born 1978)
London-Sire Records signed the group to a recording contract before the band was named and had finalized its membership, due to the hours of network television
Nicole_Scherzinger
Dam in Nevada and Arizona, US
Herbert Hoover), but the Roosevelt administration named it Boulder Dam. In 1947, Congress restored the name Hoover Dam. Since about 1900, the Black Canyon
Hoover_Dam
Portuguese explorer (1480–1521)
Magellan named the Pacific Ocean (which was sometimes referred to as the Sea of Magellan, in his honor, until the 18th century) and lends his name to the
Ferdinand_Magellan
Historical capital and largest city of Silesia, located in southwestern Poland
2019, it was named a UNESCO City of Literature. The origin of the city's name is debated. It was long believed that the city was named after Duke Vratislav
Wrocław
Method of inter-process communication
A named pipe, however, can last as long as the system is up, beyond the life of the process. It can be deleted if no longer used. Usually a named pipe
Named_pipe
History of Earth 4600–539 million years ago
Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of the Phanerozoic Eon, which is named after Cambria, the Latinized name for Wales
Precambrian
Empire in West Africa from c. 1235 to 1610
traditions agree with Ibn Khaldun in indicating that a son of Sunjata, named Yerelinkon in oral tradition and Wali in Arabic, took power as Sunjata's
Mali_Empire
ISO standard unique string identifier for a digital object
further subdivided with periods, like 10.NNNN.N. For example, in the DOI name 10.1000/182, the prefix is 10.1000 and the suffix is 182. The "10" part of
Digital_object_identifier
American animated television series
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It is the eighth incarnation of the studio's
A_Pup_Named_Scooby-Doo
Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)
to have emigrated to the Americas was a similarly named minor Spanish governmental official named Simón de Bolívar, who had been a notary in Spain's
Simón_Bolívar
Topics referred to by the same term
Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play by Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire may also refer to: Media based on the play: A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (disambiguation)
A_Streetcar_Named_Desire_(disambiguation)
Name for a resident of a particular geographical area
various names for their homeworld), and the Sangheili from the Halo franchise, (also known as Elites in the game by humans, as well as players) named after
Demonym
French football player and manager (born 1972)
In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé, and in the same year was named the best European
Zinedine_Zidane
Mythical personification of evil
he describes that in his book "whenever diabolos is used as the proper name of Satan", he signals it by using "small caps". The Oxford English Dictionary
Devil
Component of a personal name based on the given name of one's male ancestor
living man named Giovanni; Francesco fu Pietro Verdi meant that Francesco Verdi is the son of a deceased man named Pietro. When the father's name was unknown
Patronymic
Island country in Melanesia
Islands archipelago but did not name the archipelago at that time, only certain individual islands. Though not named by Mendaña, the islands were subsequently
Solomon_Islands
Song by Shel Silverstein, Johnny Cash
Silverstein's recording was released the same year as "Boy Named Sue", a single from the RCA Victor album Boy Named Sue (and His Other Country Songs), produced by
A_Boy_Named_Sue
Fictitious name used for a particular purpose
named') or alias (/ˈeɪli.əs/) is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym)
Pseudonym
additional 20 names were approved in the NameExoWorlds 2022 campaign, bringing the total to 471 named stars. Since 2024, newly approved names have appeared
List_of_proper_names_of_stars
List of indices to lists on a topic
etymologies Lists of North American place name etymologies Lists of U.S. county name etymologies Lists of things named after places Lists of ISO 639 codes Lists
List_of_lists_of_lists
Capital city of Syria
explanations for the city's name Damaskós (Δαμασκός). According to one, it was named for the giant Ascus (Ἄσκος). Another says it was named after Damaskos, the
Damascus
Russian state from 1547 to 1721
its name in Russian became common by the 15th century. The vernacular Rus' was transformed into Rus(s)iya or Ros(s)iya (based on the Greek name for Rus')
Tsardom_of_Russia
Country in Southeast Asia
Translated by Peter Harris. Silkworm Books. ISBN 978-1628401721. Cite error: The named reference sitham was invoked but never defined (see the help page). Higham
Thailand
Germanic god associated with thunder
such place names were apparently restricted to Saxon and Jutish territory and not found in Anglian areas. In what is now Germany, locations named after Thor
Thor
Municipality in central Vietnam
Another name given to Da Nang was Cửa Hàn (lit. 'mouth of the Han [river]'). The name used by the French, Tourane, is said to derive from this name, by way
Da_Nang
Country in Southeast Europe
The state's name derives from the Greek word Μακεδονία (Makedonía), a kingdom (later, region) named after the ancient Macedonians. Their name, Μακεδόνες
North_Macedonia
Large, round non-stellar astronomical object
given names from creation myths. Most of the trans-Neptunian objects are named after gods and goddesses from other cultures (e.g. Quaoar is named after
Planet
Set of letters used to write a given language
with the Anglo-Frisian Fuþorc and Younger Fuþark that descend from it, are named after the first 6 runes typically found in inscriptions that list the runes
Alphabet
these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female. Some of the Scottish Gaelic surnames
List of Scottish Gaelic surnames
List_of_Scottish_Gaelic_surnames
Historic county of England
administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after the city of York. The south-west of Yorkshire includes the cities
Yorkshire
A Named Lecture is an academic lecture associated with a name of a person of outstanding significance to the subject the lecture is concerned with. They
Named_lecture
1950 short story by Armin Joseph Deutsch
archived from the original on March 31, 2012. A Subway Named Mobius at Faded Page (Canada) A Subway Named Mobius title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction
A_Subway_Named_Mobius
Fictional creature and deity
epithets The Unspeakable One, The King in Yellow, Him Who Is Not to be Named, Assatur, Xastur, H'aaztre, Fenric, or Kaiwan) is a deity of the Cthulhu
Hastur
Municipality in Andalusia, Spain
again in 1897, and has remained virtually unchanged since that time. It is named after General Francisco Espoz y Mina, a hero of the war of independence
Cádiz
Fictional character from Harry Potter
wizard dares not utter his name and refers to him instead with such monikers as "You-Know-Who", "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named", or The Dark Lord. Voldemort's
Voldemort
Topics referred to by the same term
script Ho (Korean name), a family name, given name, and an element in two-syllable given names Heo, also romanised as Hŏ, a Korean family name Ho (Korean: 호;
Ho
American basketball player (born 1989)
freshman year, Harden was named first-team All-Pac-10 and was named to the conference all-freshman team. He was also named first team All-District by
James_Harden
TLS extension to serve multiple HTTPS sites
Server Name Indication (SNI) is an extension to Transport Layer Security (TLS) where a client indicates which hostname it is attempting to connect to at
Server_Name_Indication
Substance used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease
US, Named Patient Programs provide controlled, pre-approval access to drugs in response to requests by physicians on behalf of specific, or "named", patients
Medication
American superhero comic book series
#66". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved May 3, 2012. 2008 Eisner Award Nominees Named Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (press release), Newsarama
The_Boys_(comics)
Italian composer and music producer (born 1940)
9 June 2014, Adult Swim released a new Hi-NRG Disco single by Moroder (named "Giorgio's Theme"). Moroder also remixed Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's rendition
Giorgio_Moroder
Adherents of Christianity
literature include Josephus, referring to "the tribe of Christians, so named from him;" Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan; and Tacitus
Christians
This is a list of named alloys grouped alphabetically by the metal with the highest percentage. Within these headings, the alloys are also grouped alphabetically
List_of_named_alloys
artist's named Conchita. The artist has also explained that conchita is Spanish slang for vagina and Wurst is German slang for penis. Coriky – Named after
List of musician and band name etymologies
List_of_musician_and_band_name_etymologies
Part of a personal name
until the arrival in the 17th century of French queens named Marie. Most common given names in English (and many other European languages) can be grouped
Given_name
Christian prayer attributed to Jesus
prevail on him. When we say: "Hallowed be your name", we are reminding ourselves to desire that his name, which in fact is always holy, should also be
Lord's_Prayer
Military unit
48th Separate Assault Battalion named after "Noman Chelebijihan", also known as the Noman Çelebicihan Battalion, is a battalion of the Ukrainian Ground
48th Assault Battalion (Ukraine)
48th_Assault_Battalion_(Ukraine)
Names of numbers in English
unofficial names is milli-millillion, which was coined as a name for 10 to the 3,000,003rd power. The googolplex was often cited as the largest named number
English_numerals
the free dictionary. Look up Türk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The name for the country Turkey is derived (via Old French Turquie) from the Medieval
Name_of_Turkey
Internet top-level domain
.name is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for use by individuals for representation of their
.name
California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number. This count omits Santa Cruz ("Holy Cross") County, not named for a saint; Merced
List of counties in California
List_of_counties_in_California
Proposed internet architecture
data they need, named content, rather than having to reference a specific, physical location where that data is to be retrieved from, named hosts. The motivation
Named_data_networking
NAMED
NAMED
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria and Cumbria)
English (Northumbria and Cumbria) : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, named in Old English as ‘millstream’, from mylen ‘mill’ + burna ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Milby in North Yorkshire, named in Old Norse as ‘Mildi’s homestead’, from the personal name Mildi + býr ‘homestead’, ‘village’ (Old Danish by).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places in West Yorkshire, or minor places in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘midge glade’, from micg(e) ‘midge’ + lēah ‘wood’; ‘clearing’, ‘glade’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mitcham in Surrey, so named from Old English micel ‘big’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Myer.Spanish : habitational name from a village in Santander province, so named from mies ‘ripe grain’, ‘harvest time’ (Latin messis aestiva ‘summer harvest’).Dutch : nickname from mier ‘ant’; perhaps denoting an industrious person.Dutch and Belgian (van de Mier) : topographic name from a Brabantine form of moere ‘bog’, ‘marsh’ (modern moeras), or a habitational name from Moere in West Flanders.
Surname or Lastname
Respelling of German Brücker or Brügger, habitational names for someone from any of numerous places in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland named Bruck or Brugg, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge (see Brucker).Altered spellin
Respelling of German Brücker or Brügger, habitational names for someone from any of numerous places in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland named Bruck or Brugg, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge (see Brucker).Altered spelling of German Brücher, a topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp, from Middle High German bruoch ‘swamp’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.English (Somerset) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Brooker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Northumbria and Wiltshire, named in Old English as ‘mill stream’ (see Milburn).
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : habitational name from any of numerous places, for example in Derbyshire, Devon, Hampshire, Norfolk, Staffordshire, and Surrey, named in Old English as ‘mill ford’, from mylen ‘mill’ (see Mill) + ford ‘ford’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair ‘descendant of Maolgfhoghmhair’, a personal name meaning ‘chief of harvest’. The Gaelic name was first Anglicized as Mullover, which was later assimilated to Milford.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mixon in Staffordshire, named from Old English mixen ‘dungheap’, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a dungheap.English : patronymic from a pet form of Michael.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous and widespread places so called. The majority of these are named with Old English middel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; a smaller group, with examples in Cumbria, Kent, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, and Staffordshire, have as their first element Old English mylen ‘mill’.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Kobern, a habitational name from Kowarren, the German form of a place in Lithuania called Kavarskas, named in Lithuanian from kovoti ‘to forge’.English
Americanized spelling of German Kobern, a habitational name from Kowarren, the German form of a place in Lithuania called Kavarskas, named in Lithuanian from kovoti ‘to forge’.English : possibly a variant spelling of Cockburn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mobberley in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘clearing with a fortified site where assemblies are held’, from (ge)mÅt ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’ + burh ‘enclosure’, ‘fortification’ + lÄ“ah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Milwich in Staffordshire, so named from Old English myln ‘mill’ + wīc ‘dairy farm’; ‘(trading) settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Cheshire and East Yorkshire, so named from Old English mylen ‘mill’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from Welsh mynydd ‘hill’ + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Milstead in Kent, perhaps so named from Middle English middel ‘middle’ + stede ‘place’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for a miller, who lived ‘at the mill house’ (Middle English mille + hus; compare Mullis), or possibly a habitational name from any of various places so named.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place named as ‘the wood with a mill in it’.English : variant of Millward.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mileham in Norfolk, so named from Old English myln ‘mill’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.
NAMED
NAMED
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chintya | சிஂதà¯à®¯à®¾
Worthy of thought
Boy/Male
Tamil
Musical
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Freel.
Girl/Female
African, Arabic, Australian, Muslim, Swahili
Bless; Good Luck; Good Fortune; Success
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, Swedish
Rock; Female Version of Peter; Stone; Jehovah Increases; Golden Eagle; Strong
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Surname
Male
Celtic
, Lord of Belinus; war-lord.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear’, or ‘javelin’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Liatháin (see Lehane).Southern French : variant of Laine.Possibly also a variant of Southern French Lande.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Modern
Focussed; Who Knows Direction
Male
English
Habitational surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements bryne, BRENTON means "fire, flame," and tun "enclosure, settlement, town," hence "fire town."
NAMED
NAMED
NAMED
NAMED
NAMED
a.
Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.
n.
The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.
n.
An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
n.
A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
n.
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol.
p. p.
Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.
n.
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
n.
A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet.
a.
A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.
n.
Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
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A deity corresponding to Odin, the supreme deity of the Scandinavians. Wednesday is named for him. See Odin.
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Pertaining to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of Germany.
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Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
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Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
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A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.
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A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail.
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One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple.