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  2. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Latinisation (or Latinization) [1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation (or onomastic Latinization), is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style. [1] It is commonly found with historical proper names , including personal names and toponyms , and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences.

  3. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    KJ-52 – Hybrid name of this artist's first rap name "KJ" coupled with the New Testament Miracle of feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fish, Mark 8:1–9 and Matthew 15:32–39. [ 195 ] KMFDM – An initialism for the nonsensical and grammatically incorrect German phrase Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid , which was intended to mean ...

  4. Onomastics - Wikipedia

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    Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within populations [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and for the purpose of prosopography .

  5. List of Arabic given names - Wikipedia

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    A Abbad Abbas (name) Abd al-Uzza Abdus Salam (name) Abd Manaf (name) Abd Rabbo Abdel Fattah Abdel Nour Abdi Abdolreza Abdu Abdul Abdul Ahad Abdul Ali Abdul Alim Abdul Azim Abd al-Aziz Abdul Baqi Abdul Bari Abdul Basir Abdul Basit Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Ghani Abdul Hadi Abdul Hafiz Abdul Hai Abdul Hakim Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid Abdul Haq Abdul Hussein Abdul Jabbar Abdul Jalil Abdul Jamil Abdul ...

  6. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    State name Date first attested in original language Language of origin Word(s) in original language Meaning and notes Alabama: April 19, 1692: Choctaw/Alabama: alba amo/Albaamaha 'Thicket-clearers' [3] or 'plant-cutters', from alba, '(medicinal) plants', and amo, 'to clear'. The modern Choctaw name for the tribe is Albaamu. [4] Alaska: December ...

  7. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...

  8. List of Philippine city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Spanish for "The Pineapples"; the city's old name however is "Las Peñas" meaning "The Rocks". [22] Legazpi: Albay: Miguel López de Legazpi, the first Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Ligao: Albay: from ticao, a Bicolano word for a tree with poisonous leaves. Lipa: Batangas: from lipa, a Philippine linden tree. Lucena: none: The ...

  9. Coptic names - Wikipedia

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    Coptic has a number of compound names, made by combining ⲁⲡⲁ, a Coptic rendering of the Greek word ἀββα (abba, “abba, father”), with a personal name of a saint or a martyr, whose honorific title "abba" became a part of his name (i.e. St. Abadir, St. Abamun, St. Abanub). [4]