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an assumed name, a nickname (often used in a pejorative way in French). [53] soi-disant lit. "oneself saying"; so-called; self-described. soigné fashionable; polished. soirée an evening party. sommelier a wine steward. soupçon a very small amount. (In French, it can also mean "suspicion".) soupe du jour
Daisy is a feminine given name. The flower name comes from the Old English word dægeseage, meaning "day's eye". [1] The name Daisy is therefore ultimately derived from this source. Daisy is also a nickname for Margaret because Marguerite, the French version of the latter name, is also a French name for the oxeye daisy. [2] [3]
Donat Kurti (1903–1983), was an Albanian franciscan friar, educator, scholar and folklorist who was born in (then) Ottoman Empire. Donat Yosifovich Kunle, editor of Fashist, a Russian fascist publication, issued from United States. Donat Kunle, a pilot who was killed. After a month of his death, the Fashist publication ceased.
French statesman Charles de Gaulle's surname may not be a traditional French name with a toponymic particule, but a Flemish Dutch name that evolved from a form of De Walle meaning "the wall". In the case of nobility, titles are mostly of the form [title] [ particle ] [name of the land]: for instance, Louis, duc d'Orléans ("Louis, duke of ...
Guyandotte is the French spelling of the name of an Indian tribe also known as the Wyandot.) Marion County (named after Francis Marion, Revolutionary War officer of Huguenot descent) Montcalm (named for Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander in the French and Indian War). Ronceverte (Name is derived from two words meaning ...
The name may derive from Josselin, a locality in Brittany, France, and have been introduced to England after the Norman Conquest. It derives from the Germanic name Gauzlin. In French, the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".
Originally a masculine name, Esme had become a feminine name by the mid-twentieth century. [2] The name was first popularised by Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox (1542–1583), a French nobleman of Scottish origins who returned to Scotland for part of his life. However with regard to spelling (and pronunciation), on one of his surviving ...
Aimée, often unaccented as Aimee, is a feminine given name of French origin, translated as "beloved". [1] [2] The masculine form is Aimé. The English equivalent is Amy. It is also occasionally a surname. It may refer to: