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He edited The Imperial Bible Dictionary (London, 1864–6, 2 vols.), contributing many important articles, and for Clark's Biblical Cabinet and Foreign Theol. Library he translated in whole or in part several works from the German — Hengstenberg's Commentary on the Psalms and Commentary on the Revelation, etc. [3]
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary suggests the first pronunciation. Similarly, this pronunciation markup guide will choose the most widely used form. NOTE: This guide is designed to be simple and easy to use. This can only be achieved by giving up scope and freedom from occasional ambiguity.
The English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD) was created by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and was first published in 1917. [1] It originally comprised over 50,000 headwords listed in their spelling form, each of which was given one or more pronunciations transcribed using a set of phonemic symbols based on a standard accent.
Harper's Bible Dictionary: 1952 Madeleine S. and J. Lane Miller The New Bible Dictionary: 1962 J. D. Douglas Second Edition 1982, Third Edition 1996 Dictionary of the Bible: 1965 John L. McKenzie, SJ [clarification needed] The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible: 1970 Henry Snyder Gehman LDS Bible Dictionary: 1979 Harper's Bible Dictionary ...
The first native (not learner's) English dictionary using IPA may have been the Collins English Dictionary (1979), and others followed suit. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (OED2, 1989) used IPA, transcribed letter-for-letter from entries in the first edition, which had been noted in a scheme by the original editor, James Murray.
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Fairbairn was born in Kailua, Hawaii, to John and Rochelle Fairbairn. [2] Since he was a kid, he has gone by the name Kaʻimi, forgoing John Christian. In Hawaiian, his name means 'seeker of wisdom'. [3] "The meaning of your name is your life," Fairbairn said. "Hawaiians have a long ancestry. It's really meaningful for me to go by my Hawaiian ...
Esmé Collings (1859–1936), English photographer, miniaturist and early film pioneer; Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939), British diplomat, Ambassador to the United States; Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971), English historian and writer; Esme Percy (1887–1957), British actor; Esme Haywood (1900–1985 ...