Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology
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Georg Curtius, Person, Deceased Person
Georg Curtius (April 16, 1820–August 12, 1885), German philologist, was born at Lübeck. He was the brother of the historian and archeologist Ernst Curtius. After an education at Bonn and Berlin he was for three years a schoolmaster in Dresden, until (in 1845) he returned to Berlin University as privat-docent....
Ljiljana Crepajac, Person
Ljiljana Crepajac (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ????????) (born 1931) - Serbian classical scholar, philologist, a full professor at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade on subject: Historical grammar of Old Greek; she is the head of the Department of Classical Sciences (since 1994), and she has been a full...
Konrad Duden, Person, Deceased Person
Konrad Alexander Friedrich Duden (January 3, 1829 – August 1, 1911) was a Gymnasium (high school) teacher who became a philologist. He founded the well-known German language dictionary bearing his name Duden. After receiving his Abitur (advanced high school degree) in 1846 in Wesel, Duden studied history,...
Megalith, Topic
A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. Megalithic means made of such stones, but uses an interlocking system without the use of mortar or cement. The word megalith comes from the Ancient Greek µ??a? megas meaning great,...
Ludwig Döderlein, Person, Deceased Person
Johann Christoph Wilhelm Ludwig Döderlein (December 19, 1791 - November 9, 1863), German philologist, was born at Jena. His father was Johann Christoph Döderlein, professor of theology at Jena. Ludwig Döderlein, after receiving his preliminary education at Windsheim and Schulpforta (Pforta), studied...
Seid, Topic
Seid or seiðr is an Old Norse term for a type of sorcery or witchcraft which was practiced by the pre-Christian Norse. Sometimes anglicized as "seidhr", "seidh", "seidr", "seithr" or "seith", the term is also used to refer to modern Neopagan reconstructions or emulations of the practice. Seid involved...
Douarnenez, Topic
Douarnenez, Breton: douar (land) an enez (the island) or land of the island, is a fishing-port in Brittany, north-western France, in the département of Finistère. It lies at the mouth of the Pouldavid Estuary on the southern shore of Douarnenez Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, 25 km (15 mi) north-west of Quimper....
Semantic change, Topic
In diachronic (or historical) linguistics, semantic change is a change in one of the meanings of a word. Every word has a variety of senses and connotations which can be added, removed, or altered over time, often to the extent that words of one time period mean quite different things to the same words...
Richard von Schaukal, Person, Deceased Person, Poet
Richard (von) Schaukal (May 27, 1874, Brno - October 10, 1942, Vienna) was a Moravia-born Austrian poet. ...
Etymology, Topic
Etymology is the study of the history of words - when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. In languages with a long written history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time. However,...
Etymology of Kamboja, Topic
Kamboja (or Kambuja) is the name of an ancient Indo-Iranian tribe who spoke a language in the Indo-European family of languages. They are believed to have been located originally in Pamirs and Badakshan in Central Asia. The Sanskrit name Kamboja is also sometimes found written as Kambuja, e.g. in Vedic...
Etymology of the word Jew, Topic
This article focuses on the etymology of the word Jew. The Jewish ethnonym in Hebrew is ?????? Yehudim (plural of ????? Yehudi) which is understood to be the ultimate origin of the English word Jew. The Hebrew name is derived from the region name Judah (Yehudah ?????). Originally the name referred to...
Folk etymology, Topic
Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways: The term "folk etymology", as referring both to erroneous beliefs about derivation and the consequent changes to words, is derived from the German Volksetymologie. Similar terms are found in other languages, e.g. Volksetymologie itself in Danish and...
Placename etymology, Topic
This is a list of the etymologies of continent names. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) --- for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. The origin of Afer may be the Phoenician afar, dust; the Afridi tribe,...
Etymology of India, Topic
The name India may refer to either the region of Greater India (the Indian subcontinent), or to the contemporary Republic of India contained therein. The term is derived from the name of the Indus River and has been in use in Greek since Plutarchus (1st century AD). The term appears in Old English in...
Online Etymology Dictionary, Company, Employer
The Online Etymology Dictionary is a dictionary that describes the origins of English language words. According to worldstart.com “...This site is all about a love of language, and will teach you how it all began for each word.” Douglas Harper originally founded the online dictionary as a website where...
Etymology of Rus and derivatives, Topic
Originally Rus (????, Rus’) was a medieval country and state that comprised mostly Early East Slavs. The territories of that Rus are today distributed among Belarus, northern Ukraine and a part of the European section of the Russian Federation. "Rus" as a state had no proper name; by its inhabitants...
False etymology, Topic
A false etymology is an assumed or postulated etymology which is incorrect from the perspective of modern scholarly work in historical linguistics. Erroneous etymologies can exist for many reasons. Some are simply outdated. For a given word there may often have been many serious attempts by scholars...
Etymological dictionary, Topic
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the OED and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. Although useful tools, etymological dictionaries must be used with some caution, as research...
Etymological fallacy, Topic
An etymological fallacy is a linguistical misconception based on the idea that the etymology of a word or phrase is its actual meaning. For example, the meaning of the word prevent may be thought to signify "to go before" based on its etymology: from the Latin prae + venire. This falsely deduced meaning...
Etymology of Istanbul, Topic
The city of Istanbul has been known through the ages under a large number of different names. Besides its modern Turkish name, the most notable are Byzantium, Constantinople and Stamboul, but there are also others. Each of them is associated with different phases of its history and with different languages....
Family name etymology, Topic
Articles on the etymology and evolution of family names: ...
Shi'a etymology, Topic
Shi'a ("follower" or "partisan) as an Islamic term traces its etymology to the very first century of Islam. The singular/adjective form of Shi‘ah (Arabic: ????) is Shi‘i (Arabic: ????). The apostrophe frequently used (e.g. Shi'a) is technically incorrect, since the Arabic letter is the ayin (?), standardly...
Hindustani word etymology, Topic
Hindustani also known as "Hindi-Urdu," is a term used by linguists to describe several closely related idioms in the northern, central and northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. It encompasses two standardized registers in the form of the official languages of Hindi and Urdu language, as well...
German family name etymology, Topic
In etymology, German family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area. Usually, such family names are derived from nicknames. They are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and geographical...
Etymology of Moldova, Topic
Moldova is the Romanian name of a medieval Principality (Moldavia) which included territories in Eastern Romania, the Republic of Moldova and parts of Southern Ukraine. The principality was probably named after its earliest capital, "Târgul Moldovei" (nowadays Baia, Suceava County), a market town on...
Bulgarian placename etymology, Topic
Bulgarian placename etymology is characterized by the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Balkans through the ages and the position of the country in the centre of the region. While typical Bulgarian placenames of Slavic origin vastly dominate, toponyms which stem from Greek, Thracian, Latin and Turkish...
Etymology of Romania, Topic
Romanians are a people living in Central and South-Eastern Europe speaking a Romance language. The name of "România" (Romania) comes from "Român" (Romanian), which is a derivative of the Latin adjective "Romanus" (Roman). During the transition from Vulgar Latin to Romanian, there were some phonetical...
German placename etymology, Topic
Placenames in the German language area can be classified by the language from which they originate, and by their age. Some of today's place names do not reflect the actual earlier historical names such as Hesbaye, but when one searches for older names, one can still find the old Gouwe (Gau), such in...
Etymology, Musical Track
Etymology, Musical Track
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Book
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology is a notable etymological dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. Also published by OUP: ...
Medieval etymology, Topic
Medieval etymology is the study of the history of words as conducted by scholars in the European Middle Ages. Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Before the beginnings of large-scale modern lexicography in the 16th century and the discovery of the comparative method in the 18th, a scientific...
Etymology of Sarajevo, Topic
The earliest name for a major city on the region of today's Sarajevo is Vrhbosna. To claim however that Sarajevo and Vrhbosna are one and the same would be faulty, considering that the latter seems to have been destroyed well before the Ottomans occupied the region. Rather, the city of Sarajevo as we...
Etymology of Sweden, Topic
Sweden was originally a plural form of Swede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English Sweoðeod, which meant "people of the Swedes" (Old Norse Svíþjóð, Latin Suetidi). This word is derived from Sweon/Sweonas (Old Norse Sviar, Latin Suiones). As the name for the country itself, Sweden is borrowed...
Etymology of ham radio, Topic
Ham is an informal term for an amateur radio operator, and, by extension, "ham radio" refers to amateur radio in general. This use of the word first appeared in the United States during the opening decade of the twentieth century — for example, Robert A. Morton in "Wireless Interference", from...
Chemistry, Topic
In the history of science, the etymology of the word chemistry is a debatable issue. It is agreed that the word “alchemy” is a European one, derived from Arabic, but the origin of the root word, chem, is uncertain. Words similar to it have been found in most ancient languages, with different meanings,...
Berber, Person
The term Berber is but a variation of the Latin original word Barbarian, earlier in history applied by Romans specifically to their Northern hostile neighbors from Germanica (modern Germany). The variation is a French one when spelled Berbere and English when spelled Berber. The term appeared 1st in...
Russian etymology, Topic
1. The most comprehensive work on Slavic etymology was written by Max Vasmer: Etymological dictionary of the Russian language (Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 4 volumes, Heidelberg, 1950-58; Russian translation 1964-73). 2. Terence Wade, Russian etymological dictionary, Duckworth Publishing, 1996...
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Etymology of the Korean currencies, Topic
Won is the currency of both North and South Korea. Won is a cognate of the Chinese currency unit, yuan and the Japanese currency unit, yen, meaning "round object". The won is subdivided into 100 jeon (?; ?; McCune-Reischauer: chon; Revised Romanization: jeon). Yang is a former Korean currency. It is...
Etymology of Mexico, Topic
The toponymy of Mexico entails the origin, history, and use of the name Mexico, which dates back to 14th century Mesoamerica. Mexico was named after its capital, Mexico City, whose original name was Mexico-Tenochtitlan, in reference to the name of the Nahua Aztec tribe, the Mexica. The Nahuatl word Mexiko...
Etymology of the word Arab, Topic
The proper name Arab or "Arabian" (and cognates in other languages) has been used to translate several different but similar sounding words in ancient and classical texts which do not necessarily have the same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is of course closely linked to that of the place...
Etymology of the name of Julius Caesar, Topic
The name Caesar probably originated from a dialect of Latium which did not share the rhotacism of the Roman dialect. Using the Latin alphabet as it existed in the day of Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) (i.e., without lower case letters, "J", or "U"), Caesar's name is properly rendered GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR...
Etymology of Kolkata, Topic
This article describes several theories on Etymology of Kolkata, (erstwhile Calcutta) the capital of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The rent-roll of Akbar, a sixteenth-century Mughal emperor, and the work of a Bengali poet, Bipradaas, of the late fifteenth century, both make mention of the...
Etymology of Assam, Topic
The Etymology of Assam is an issue that often comes up for debate in the Indian state of Assam. In the latest instance, the Government of Assam under the Indian National Congress has sought to change the name of the state from Assam to Asom. This move has been opposed by a wide range of people, triggering...
Etymology of Cumbrian place names, Topic
The county of Cumbria in the north west of England has a long and complex history of human settlement. Geographically, Cumbria is situated right between the four major countries of the British Isles. Historically, the contrasting landscapes between the mountains and the fertile coastal areas and the...
Etymology of Kalamazoo, Topic
Kalamazoo is the name of several places in the U.S. state of Michigan: All are named after the river, but there is uncertainty concerning the origin of the river's name. A number of etymologies (some of them folk etymologies) have been proposed, all of which suggest that the name was derived from the...
Etymology of Edinburgh, Topic
The Etymology of Edinburgh shows that the origin of the city's name is understood to come from the Brythonic Din Eidyn (Fort of Eidyn) from the time when it was a Gododdin hillfort. In the 1st century the Romans recorded the Votadini as a Brythonic tribe in the area, and about 600 A.D. the poem Y Gododdin,...
Etymology of Aberdeen, Topic
The Etymology of Aberdeen (which is the meaning / origin of the word) is that of the name first used for the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the original, which then gave its name to other Aberdeens around the world as Aberdonians left Scotland to settle in the New World and other colonies. Aberdeen,...
Etymology of Iran, Topic
The term Iran derives immediately from Middle Persian Eran, Pahlavi 'yr'n, first attested in the inscription that accompanies the investiture relief of Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rustam. In this inscription, the king's Middle Persian appellation is ardašir šahan šah eran while in the Parthian language inscription...
Etymology of Brazil, Topic
The first names used for the new-found-land were Ilha de Vera Cruz ("Vera Cruz Island") and Terra de Santa Cruz ("Santa Cruz Land"). Soon after "Brazil" was adopted. Named after the brazilwood tree, so-named because its reddish wood resembled the color of red-hot embers (brasil in Portuguese). In Tupi...
Lindsay etymology, Topic
The name Lindsay is a common English and Scottish name, meaning linden trees near the water. There are approximately 96,725 people in the United States with the first name Lindsay, which makes it the 536th most popular first name in the United States.[citation needed] People with the given name...
Etymology of "history", Topic
The word history ?st?? is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European*wid-tor-, from the root*weid- ("to know, to see"), also present in the English word wit, the Latin words vision and video, the Sanskrit word veda, and the Slavic word videti and vedati, as well as others. (The asterisk before a word indicates...
Esperanto, Human Language
Esperanto (help·info) is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. The name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof first published the Unua Libro in 1887. The word itself means 'one who hopes'. Zamenhof's goal was to create an easy and...
Etymology of Cooch Behar, Topic
The name "Cooch-Behar" is derived from the name of the Koch tribe that is indigenous to this area. The word "Behar" is the Sanskrit word "bihar" (to travel) which means the land through which the "Koch" Kings used to travel or roam about ("bihar"). The name "Cooch-Behar" is derived from the name of the...
Explanation of the names of Burma/Myanmar, Topic
The renaming of Burma to Myanmar in the English language, decided by the Burmese military regime in 1989, has been controversial. The following is a detailed explanation of the names of Burma/Myanmar as used in the Burmese and English languages. In the Burmese language, the country Burma/Myanmar is known...
Etymology (The Language of Love), Musical Track
Latin spelling and pronunciation, Topic
The Roman alphabet or Latin alphabet was adapted from an Etruscan alphabet, to represent the phonemes of the Latin language. The Etruscans, in turn, had taken their alphabet from the Greeks, who adapted it from the Phoenicians. This article deals with modern scholarship's best guess at classical Latin...
List of computer term etymologies,
This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms (i.e. a list of computer term etymologies). It relates to both computer hardware and computer software. Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an...
Mayan languages, Language Family
The Mayan languages (alternatively: Maya languages) form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, and Belize. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name,...
Middleton Priors, Topic
Middleton Priors is a village in Shropshire. The etymology is doubtful. The name was recorded as Mittilton circa 1200. Dictionary of English Place-Names, A.D. Mills, 2002 ...
Afghan, In a political sense, the term Afghan refers to the citizens of Afghanistan. From a more limited, ethnological point of view, Afghan is the term by which ethnic Pashtuns are designated by Persian-speakers. Additionally, the language of the Pashtuns is known as Pashto or Afghan language. The term ...
Cummertrees, City/Town, Location
Cummertrees is a village in Dumfries and Galloway. It is a rural, primarily residential village with a name of doubtful etymology. Coordinates: 54°59'N, 3°21'W ...
Russian, Russian may refer to one of the following:
Ranggung LRT Station, Topic
Ranggung LRT station (SE5) is a LRT station on the East Loop of the Sengkang LRT Line in Singapore. It was opened in January 2003. It is operated by SBS Transit. The ranggung is a species of stork which lives along the Punggol seashore. The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Sengkang...
Lohar, Topic
Lohar is a caste found in Hindus in Northern India and also in Pakistan. The word Lohar comes from the Hindi word, Loha (Iron).The members of this group are traditionally blacksmiths. Lohars are blacksmiths. According to HA Rose and Denzil Ibbetson, Lohars are descended from Rajputs and Jats. Although...
Thianella, Topic
Thianella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, T. disjuncta, occurs only on Java. The genus name is an alteration of the salticid genus Thiania, the species name is from Latin disjunctus "separated". ...
Šurany, City/Town, Location
Šurany (Hungarian: Nagysurány) is a town and a railroad hub in Nové Zámky District, Slovakia. The town was first mentioned in 1138 under name villa Suran. Coordinates: 48°05'N, 18°11'E ...
Bagan Ajam, City/Town, Location
Bagan Ajam is a small town in Penang, Malaysia. It is best known for its morning market, where most residents will be, especially on weekends. Pantai Bagan Ajam is a beach here that is popular among the locals. Bagan Ajam and the whole of Butterworth have gone through changes with construction of the...
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Farmway LRT Station, Topic
Farmway LRT station (SW2) is a LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It is currently not open for service due to little development around the area. It is operated by SBS Transit. Reminiscent of its history as a farming area, Farmway formed part of old road names in the area, such...
Kupang LRT Station, Topic
Kupang LRT station (SW3) is a LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It is currently not open for service due to little development around the area. It is operated by SBS Transit. Kupang fishing was a source of livelihood for the villagers in the past. ...
Layar LRT Station, Topic
Layar LRT station (SW6) is a LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. Layar means "sail" in Malay and relates to travel. ...
Renjong LRT Station, Topic
Renjong LRT station (SW8) is a LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. The station is located near the old Lorong Renjong. Renjong means "tall' or "to raise" in Malay. The following...
Cove LRT Station, Topic
Cove LRT station (PE1) is a LRT station on the Punggol LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Sengkang LRT West Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. Taken from the name of Cove Residents’ Committee (RC) located near the station. The following bus services pass...
Meridian LRT Station, Topic
Meridian LRT station (PE2) is a Light Rapid Transit station on the Punggol LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Sengkang LRT West Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. Taken from the name of Meridian Residents’ Committee (RC) located near the station. The following...
Coral Edge LRT Station, Topic
Coral Edge LRT station (PE3) is a LRT station on the Punggol LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Sengkang LRT West Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. Taken from the name of the precinct, comprising a cluster of HDB blocks near the station. The following...
Riviera LRT Station, Topic
Riviera LRT station (PE4) is a LRT station on the Punggol LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened in January 2005 together with the Sengkang LRT West Loop. It is operated by SBS Transit. The name was picked to reflect the seaside theme. The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Punggol...
Oasis LRT Station, Topic
Oasis LRT station (PE6) is a LRT station on the Punggol LRT Line East Loop in Singapore. It was opened on 15 June 2007, more than 2 years after the rest of the line opened (except Damai) in January 2005 after more residents had moved into the HDB blocks adjacent to the station. Previously, residents...
Soo Teck LRT Station, Topic
Soo Teck LRT station (PW7) is a Light Rapid Transit station on the Punggol LRT Line West Loop in Singapore. It is currently not open for service due to little development around the area. It is operated by SBS Transit. The name is taken from a former primary school that used to be in the area. ...
Nasaud, City/Town, Location
Nasaud (German: Nassod, Nußdorf; Hungarian: Naszód) is a town in Bistrita-Nasaud County in Romania located in the historical region of Transylvania. The name Nasaud is possibly derived from the Slavic nas voda, meaning "near the water". Another etymology is from Nußdorf (Nussdorf, "walnut tree village"),...
Anaurus, Topic
Anaurus is a genus of the jumping spiders. Probably from Anavros, a small stream near the ancient Greek city of Iolkos. ...
Caribattus, Topic
Caribattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with the single described species C. inutilis. It occurs on Jamaica. The genus name is combined from Caribbean and the common ending for salticid genera -attus. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless". ...
Empanda, Topic
Empanda is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). From the Roman goddess Empanda. ...
Idastrandia, Topic
Idastrandia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, I. orientalis, is endemic to Singapore. Kálmán Szombathy described a single male in 1915. The genus is probably named after a relative of first describer Strand. ...
Jajpurattus, Topic
Jajpurattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Combined from Jajpur and the common ending for salticid genera -attus. ...
Lechia, Topic
Lechia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Lechia is an old name for Poland. ...
Marchena, Topic
Marchena is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The genus name is probably derived from the Spanish city of the same name (province Sevilla). Coordinates: 37°20'N, 5°25'W ...
Monomotapa, Topic
Monomotapa is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Monomotapa was a medieval kingdom (400-1629) located in Southern Africa. ...
Opisthoncana, Topic
Opisthoncana is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its sole described species, O. formidabilis, has only been found on New Ireland, near New Guinea. The genus name is a variation of the salticid genus Opisthoncus. ...
Paradescanso, Topic
Paradescanso is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). From Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Descanso. ...
Paraharmochirus, Topic
Paraharmochirus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). From Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Harmochirus. ...
Paraneaetha, Topic
Paraneaetha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). From Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Neaetha. ...
Parasaitis, Topic
Parasaitis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The single described species P. femoralis is only found on Jamaica. The genus name is derived from Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Saitis. ...
Parathiodina, Topic
Parathiodina is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). From Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Thiodina. ...
Pseudocorythalia, Topic
Pseudocorythalia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species P. subinermis is found in Guatemala. The genus name is a combination of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Corythalia. ...
Pseudoplexippus, Topic
Pseudoplexippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Plexippus. ...
Tanna, Topic
Araneotanna is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with only one species, A. ornatipes, that occurs only on the New Hebrides. The genus was named Tanna until 2006, when it had to be replaced due to a conflict with a genus of the same name in the Homopteran family Cicadidae, Tanna...
Thianitara, Topic
Thianitara is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species, T. spectrum, is only found on Sumatra. The genus name is a combination of the salticid genera Thiania and Tara. ...
Vailima, Topic
Vailimia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only species occurs only in Borneo. Vailima is the name of the last residence of Robert Louis Stevenson and the village where it is situated. The genus was renamed to Vailimia in 2006 due to a conflict with a fish genus, Vailima....
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Chavín, Chavin refers to two different things: "Flavini": latin genitive of Flavinus.
Wharton's jelly, Topic
Wharton's jelly is a gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord. Wharton's jelly is a rich source of stem cells, and also provides some measure of protection to the blood vessels in the umbilical cord. It is named for the English physician and anatomist Thomas Wharton (1614-1673) who first described...
Launch, Topic
Launch means a motorboat with an open or half open deck. The name is derived from the largest boat carried by a man-of-war. The etymology of the word is as follows: Spanish lancha, from Portuguese lancha, from Malay lancha, lancharan, "boat," from lanchar "velocity without effort," "action of gliding...
Moldova River, River, Body Of Water, Location
The Moldova River is a river of the Moldavia region of Romania, which rises from the Obcine of Bukovina in Suceava County. It joins the Siret River near the city of Roman in the Neamt County. The river gave its name to the principality of Moldavia, its first capital, Târgul Moldovei, now Baia, being...
Canteen, Canteen has several different meanings:
Yamakasi, Film
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a person injured copying...
Guruvayoorappan, Topic
Guruvayurappan (Malayalam: ???????????????, Devanagari ?????????????) or Guruvayoorappan (transliterated guruvayurappan) is a form of Vishnu worshipped and held in reverence by Hindus, predominantly in South India. Although many temples to Guruvayurappan exist, the oldest and most famous of them all...
Çanakkale, City/Town, Location
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A collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog, typically authored by an individual, does not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content.
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"Wiki wiki" means "quick" in Hawaiian. The first "wiki" was created by Ward Cunnigham in 1995.