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SI unit of time
The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day, first into 24 hours, then into 60 minutes, and lastly into 60 seconds, for
Second
Global conflict from 1939 to 1945
World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers
World_War_II
1968 studio album by Steppenwolf
The Second is the second studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released in October 1968 on ABC Dunhill Records. The album contains one
The_Second
Temple in Jerusalem (c. 516 BCE–70 CE)
The Second Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי, romanized: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠēnī, lit. 'Second House of the Sanctum') was the temple in Jerusalem
Second_Temple
2000–2005 Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation
The Second Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الثانية, romanized: al-Intifāḍa aṯ-Ṯāniya, lit. 'The Second Uprising'; Hebrew: האינתיפאדה השנייה, romanized: ha-Intifada
Second_Intifada
Junior commissioned officer military rank
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces. The lowest officer rank, it is usually placed below lieutenant or
Second_lieutenant
2003 online virtual world platform
Second Life is a multi-user virtual world that allows people to create an avatar for themselves and then interact with other users (known as 'Residents')
Second_Life
Christian and Islamic belief that Jesus will eventually return to Earth
The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is the Christian and Islamic belief that Jesus Christ will return to Earth after
Second_Coming
Intermittent adjustment to UTC
Leap seconds or intercalary seconds were one-second adjustments occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) between 1972 and 2016, to accommodate
Leap_second
1147–1149 Christian holy war
The Second Crusade (1147–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County
Second_Crusade
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up second sight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second sight, or extrasensory perception, is an alleged vision of remote or future events. Second Sight
Second_Sight
Roman political entity (43–32 BC)
The Second Triumvirate was an extraordinary commission and magistracy created at the end of the Roman republic for Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian to
Second_Triumvirate
U.S. presidential administration since 2025
Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump
Second presidency of Donald Trump
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1974 studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Second_Helping
German state from 1871 to 1918
(German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany
German_Empire
Former group of states aligned with the Soviet Union
The Second World was one of the "Three Worlds" during the Cold War, which described those countries aligned with the Soviet Union and allies in the Warsaw
Second_World
American improvisational theatre troupe
The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise. It is the oldest improvisational theater troupe to be continuously based in Chicago, with training
The_Second_City
1904 declaration by Joseph F. Smith renouncing polygamy in the LDS Church
The "Second Manifesto" was a 1904 declaration made by Joseph F. Smith, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), in
Second_Manifesto
Founding Father, U.S. president 1797 to 1801
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency
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Language spoken in addition to one's first language
A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language
Second_language
International socialist organization (1889–1914)
The Socialist International, commonly known as the Second International, was a political international of socialist and labour parties formed in Paris
Second_International
1953 novel by Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation is the third novel of the Foundation Trilogy, the third published of the Foundation Series by the American writer Isaac Asimov, and the
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1683 battle between the Christian European States and the Ottomans
Muḥāṣarası, lit. 'Siege of Beç'; Turkish: İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit. 'Second Siege of Vienna' or Almandağı Meydan Muharebesi "Battle of The German Mountain"
Battle_of_Vienna
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Look up second city or Second City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A second city is the second-most important city in the urban hierarchy of a country
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Eschatological concept in Judaism and Christianity
The second death, also known as eternal death, is an eschatological concept in various religious and esoteric traditions, prominently featured in Judaism
Second_death
Country in Northern Europe
currently Latvia. The influx of German crusaders especially increased in the second half of the 13th century following the decline and fall of the Crusader
Latvia
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February Second of March Second of April Second of May Second of June Second of July Second of August Second of September Second of October Second of November
Second_(disambiguation)
Mathematical operation
calculus, the second derivative, or the second-order derivative, of a function f is the derivative of the derivative of f. Informally, the second derivative
Second_derivative
2002 sports film
Second String is a direct-to-TV film directed by Robert Lieberman which originally aired in 2002 on TNT. The plot is about the Buffalo Bills football team
Second_String
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Second Chance, A Second Chance, The Second Chance, or 2nd Chance may refer to: Second Chance (1947 film), an American film noir Second Chance (1950 film)
Second_Chance
1949 book by Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex (French: Le Deuxième Sexe) is a 1949 book by the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the
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1864 American Civil War battle
The Second Battle of Newtonia was a battle of the American Civil War fought on October 28, 1864, near Newtonia, Missouri, between cavalry commanded by
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1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Unit of action or angular momentum
(J), and an SI base unit, the second (s). The joule-second is a unit of action or of angular momentum. The joule-second also appears in quantum mechanics
Joule-second
Baseball fielding position
baseball and softball, second baseman, abbreviated 2B, is a fielding position in the infield, between second and first base. The second baseman often possesses
Second_baseman
Opinion on a matter disputed by two or more parties
A second opinion is an opinion on a matter disputed by two or more parties. In legal cases, a second opinion which contradicts the opinion of a jointly
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Look up second fiddle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A second fiddle is a fiddle that supplements the first fiddle in the string section of an orchestra
Second_Fiddle
Umayyad-era Muslim civil war (680–692)
The Second Fitna was the second civil war in the Islamic community during the early Umayyad Caliphate. It followed the death of the first Umayyad caliph
Second_Fitna
Formulation of the quantum many-body problem
Second quantization, also referred to as occupation number representation, is a formalism used to describe and analyze quantum many-body systems. In quantum
Second_quantization
Company owned or controlled by another company
descriptions of larger corporate structures, the terms "first-tier subsidiary", "second-tier subsidiary", "third-tier subsidiary", etc. describe multiple levels
Subsidiary
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Second Apocalypse can refer to: The Second Apocalypse, a series of fantasy novels by R. Scott Bakker. The Second Apocalypse of James, one of the Gnostic
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Unit of length
The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels
Light-second
Queen of England from 1533 to 1536
1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and execution
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Filmmaking team
A second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second
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Look up second person in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second person can refer to the following: A grammatical person (you, your and yours in the English
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Canadian coffee shop chain
Second Cup is a Canadian coffeehouse chain and retailer of specialty coffee headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario. Its stores sell hot and cold beverages
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Second Empire may refer to: Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783 Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
Second_Empire
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Look up second-order in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second-order may refer to: Second order approximation, an approximation that includes quadratic
Second-order
SI derived unit of impulse
The newton-second (also newton second; symbol: N⋅s or N s) is the unit of impulse in the International System of Units (SI). It is dimensionally equivalent
Newton-second
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(France) Second Army (Hungary) 2nd Army (Italy) Second Army (Japan) Second Air Army (Japan) Second Area Army, Japan Second General Army, Japan Second Army
Second_Army
American author and podcast host (born 1968)
Yourself Over. Her books include Stop Saying You're Fine (2011), The 5 Second Rule (2017), The High 5 Habit (2021), and The Let Them Theory (2024). She
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Incarnation of a fictional character from Doctor Who
The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor
Second_Doctor
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in
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2001 American film by John Farrell
Richard the Second is a 2001 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Richard II, directed by John Farrell. Farrell used Fort Strong, an abandoned
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Exercise phenomenon
Second wind is a phenomenon in endurance sports, such as marathons or road running, whereby an athlete who is out of breath and too tired to continue (known
Second_wind
1812–1815 conflict in North America
States, the war has sometimes been remembered as the "Second War of American Independence" or the "Second American Revolution". Historians of public memory
War_of_1812
Response to a powerful first nuclear strike
In nuclear strategy, a retaliatory strike or second-strike capability is a country's assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear
Second_strike
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Look up second childhood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second childhood may refer to: Senile dementia Second Childhood, a 1976 album by Phoebe Snow
Second_childhood
Method of cheating in card games
Second dealing (also known as dealing seconds) is a method of manipulating a deck of cards during a card game by way of dealing the second, rather than
Second_dealing
Second-highest authority within a certain organisation
Second-in-command (2i/c or 2IC) is a title denoting that the holder of the title is the second-highest authority within a certain organisation. In the
Second-in-command
The notion of a second Holocaust refers to the belief or claim that the Holocaust – or an event comparable in scale, intent, or destructive potential –
Second_Holocaust
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Look up second nature in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second Nature may refer to: Second Nature (Atom Heart, Tetsu Inoue and Bill Laswell album), 1994
Second_Nature
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Look up second-generation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second generation or variants may refer to: Second generation immigrant Nisei, one of the
Second_generation
Christian apostle and missionary (c. 5 – c. 64/65)
small, was not a result of his conversion as is commonly believed but a second name for use in communicating with a Greco-Roman audience. According to
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up split second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Split Second may refer to: Split Second (1953 film), an American film noir Split Second (1992 film)
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Look up second skin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second skin may refer to: Second Skin (1999 film), a Spanish romantic drama film Second Skin (2008
Second_skin
Indian general election and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister. Her second term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she
List of prime ministers of India
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Head of the Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
women, and a celibate clergy, and although he supported the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he was seen as generally conventional in their interpretation
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American singer (1979–2001)
Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album, One in a Million (1996), which sold three million copies in the US
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Musical interval
music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (Play). A second is a musical interval
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Second line may refer to: Second Line (album), a 2021 album by American singer-songwriter Dawn Richard. Second line (ice hockey), an offensive unit generally
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Unit of frequency
The inverse second or reciprocal second (s−1), also called per second, is a unit defined as the multiplicative inverse of the second (a unit of time).
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2003 novel by Harlan Coben
No Second Chance is a thriller released in 2003 and is the fifth stand-alone novel written by Harlan Coben. It was the first international Book of the
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1775–1781 convention of the Thirteen Colonies
The Second Continental Congress (1775–1781) was the meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolution and
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Worker who supports first responders
A second responder is a worker who supports first responders such as police, fire, and emergency medical personnel. They are involved in preparing, managing
Second_responder
Programmable machine that processes data
became the world's first commercial computer; after initial delay due to the Second World War, it was completed in 1950 and delivered to the ETH Zurich. The
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Period of Jewish immigration to Palestine (1904–1914)
The Second Aliyah (Hebrew: העלייה השנייה, romanized: HaAliyah HaShniya) was an aliyah (Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel) that took place between
Second_Aliyah
1956 British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt
The Suez Crisis, also known as the second Arab–Israeli war, the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli
Suez_Crisis
1953 novelette by Philip K. Dick
"Second Variety" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953, with
Second_Variety
Meal eaten after breakfast, but before lunch
Second breakfast (German: zweites Frühstück; Polish: drugie śniadanie; Slovak: desiata; Hungarian: tízórai) is a meal eaten after breakfast, but before
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Look up second wind in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Second Wind may refer to: Second wind, an exercise phenomenon Second wind (sleep), a sleep phenomenon
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to: Second Class, a rank in Boy Scouts of America Second-class citizen 2.-class torpedo boat, Scandinavian ships Second class honours, ranking second in
Second_class
Officer on a merchant ship
A second mate (2nd mate) or second officer (2/O) is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship holding a Second Mates Certificate of Competence
Second_mate
Natural number
number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number, second smallest prime number, and the only prime preceding a square number. It
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2003 film by Tim McCanlies
$12,900,000 in 3,013 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking second behind Underworld. The film grossed $42,070,939 domestically and $6,178
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Airport in Badgerys Creek, New South Wales, Australia
after Stage 1, and will include an expanded or additional terminal and a second parallel runway. This will allow the airport to handle approximately 82 million
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Second Rome most commonly refers to Constantinople, which was the capital of the Roman Empire from 330 onwards, lasting as the capital for the subsequent
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Belgian electronic body music band
A Split-Second is a Belgian new beat and electronic body music (EBM) band established in 1985. The band is seen as one of the pioneers of EBM and their
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Video game franchise
conflict or interact with various Norse deities and figures. Laufey, Kratos's second wife and Atreus's mother, will be introduced as a main protagonist in the
God_of_War_(franchise)
French psychology term
État second (French for Second State) refers to the state of mind into which some French authors go when writing short stories. It mixes abstraction and
État_second
Type of undergraduate qualification
first-class degree, followed by an upper second-class degree (usually referred to as a 2:1), a lower second-class degree (usually referred to as a 2:2)
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Unit of length in astronomy
first measurement is taken from the Earth on one side of the Sun, and the second is taken approximately half a year later, when the Earth is on the opposite
Parsec
SI derived unit of power
radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The
Watt
PC demo by Future Crew (1993)
Second Reality (originally titled Unreal ][ – The 2nd Reality) is an IBM PC compatible demo created by the Finnish group Future Crew. It debuted at the
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Index of articles associated with the same name
The Second Commandment of the Ten Commandments may refer to: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"
Second_Commandment
Government of Spain, 1931–1939
The Spanish Republic (Spanish: República Española), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (Spanish: Segunda República Española), was the democratic
Second_Spanish_Republic
Regional football league in England
when the Isthmian League Second Division split into North and South Divisions. These were restructured yet again to Second and Third Divisions in 1991
Isthmian_League
Temporary assignment of a member to another organization
Secondment is the temporary assignment of a member of one organization to another organization, or, in the case of an internal secondment, within an organisation
Secondment
2026 studio album by Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
Second Song is the fiftieth studio album by Neil Young, released on September 18, 2026, by Reprise Records. Recorded at Shangri La in Malibu and produced
Second_Song
1937–1945 conflict in East Asia
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan and its puppet states between 1937 and 1945, following a
Second_Sino-Japanese_War
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English : habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Cilebi. It was probably originally named with the Old English elements cild (see Child) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Compare Chilton. The second element was then replaced some time after the Danish invasions by the Old Norse form býr.Christopher Kilby (1705–71), merchant and government contractor of the colonial era, was born in Boston, MA, as was his father, John. According to family tradition, his grandfather John was born in 1632 in Hertfordshire, England.
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English : nickname from Middle English loveles ‘loveless’, ‘without love’, probably in the sense ‘fancy free’.English : some early examples, such as Richard Lovelas (Kent 1344), may have as their second element Middle English las(se) ‘girl’, ‘maiden’.
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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 : habitational name from any of the various places so called, for example in Devon, Kent, and West Yorkshire. According to Ekwall, the first element of these place names is respectively Old English (ge)mǣre ‘boundary’, myrig ‘pleasant’, and mearð ‘(pine) marten’. The second element in each case is Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname was taken to Ireland by a Northumbrian family who settled there in the 17th century.
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English : habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, as for example those in Dorset, Norfolk, Rutland, and Suffolk, were named from Old English lang ‘long’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘enclosure’; but one in Essex is recorded in Domesday Book as Laingaham, from Old English LÄhhingahÄm ‘homestead of the people of Lahha’, and one in Lincolnshire originally had as its second element Old Norse holmr ‘island’.
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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
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English : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.According to family lore, this name was brought to the southern States by a certain Isaac I. Kirksey in the second half of the 17th century. He is believed to have been born in about 1660, probably in one of the midland counties of England.
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Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
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English : habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn ‘maple’ as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain līn ‘flax’. The second element in each case is Old English ford ‘ford’.
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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’.
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English (now mainly East Midlands) and Scottish
English (now mainly East Midlands) and Scottish : topographic name for someone who lived on land belonging to the Church, from northern Middle English kirk ‘church’ + land ‘land’. There are several villages named with these elements, for example in Cumbria, and in some cases the surname will have arisen from these. Exceptionally, Kirkland in Lancashire has as its second element Old Norse lundr ‘grove’.
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English : habitational name from a place called Ketton in Durham or one in Rutland or from Keaton in Ermington, Devon. The first is named from the Old English personal name Catta or the Old Norse personal name Káti + Old English tūn ‘settlement’; the second is probably from an old river name or tribal name Cētan (possibly a derivative of Celtic cēd ‘wood’) + Old English ēa ‘river’; and the last possibly from Cornish kee ‘hedge’, ‘bank’ + Old English tūn.
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English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire. The early forms, from Domesday Book to the early 13th century, show the first element uniformly as Mam-, and it is therefore likely that this was a British hill-name meaning ‘breast’ (compare Manchester), with the later addition of Old English feld ‘pasture’, ‘open country’ (see Field) as the second element. The surname is now widespread throughout Midland and southern England and is also common in Ireland.Irish : when not an importation of 1, this is an altered form of the Norman name Manville (see Mandeville).Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Mansfeld, a habitational name for someone from a place so called in Saxony.
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English : habitational name from any of various places so named, for example in Devon, Greater London (formerly Middlesex), and Suffolk. All have as the second element Old English tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’. The first element of the place in Devon is a pre-English river name; the place in London is named with the Old English personal name Cēna; and the place in Suffolk is named either with Cēna or more probably with Old English cyne- ‘royal’.
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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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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).
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English
English : perhaps a deliberate alteration of Leatherhead, a habitational name from Leatherhead in Surrey, which is named from Celtic lēd ‘gray’ + rïd ‘ford’, or alternatively a habitational name from Lythwood in Shropshire, which is named from Old English hlið ‘slope’ + wudu ‘wood’.Zachariah Leatherwood, son of John Leatherwood, was born in Prince William Co., VA, about 1735. After the revolutionary war, he settled in Spartanburg Co., SC, with his second wife, Jane Calvert, and many of his fourteen children.
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English
English : habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire. The first element is uncertain, but may be Old English hlēo ‘shelter’ or (ge)lǣt ‘watercourse’ (modern English ‘leat’). The second element is Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
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English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire, recorded as Caworde in Domesday Book; the first element is thought to be from a personal name, the second from Old English worð ‘enclosure’.
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English and German (also found in Alsace)
English and German (also found in Alsace) : variant of English Luke, German Lukas.German (also Lück) : from a short form of Lüdeke, a pet form of Ludolph (compare Liedtke 2) or occasionally from Ludwig or Lucas.Dutch (van Luck) and English : habitational name from Luik, the Dutch name of the Belgian city of Liège.Translation of the French Canadian secondary surnames Lachance and Lafortune.
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