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The Appaloosa is "a breed defined by ApHC bloodline requirements and preferred characteristics, including coat pattern". [1] In other words, the Appaloosa is a distinct breed from limited bloodlines with distinct physical traits and a desired color, referred to as a "color preference". Appaloosas are not strictly a "color breed". All ApHC ...
The origin of the name "Appalousa" is unknown but speculated to be Choctaw, with "aba" meaning "above" or "api" meaning "body" or "leg" followed by "lusa", meaning "black." The meaning of Opelousa changes depending on which Choctaw elements are correct, "aba" and lusa have translations to "black hair" but using "api" and "lusa" translates to ...
Eskimo (definition) From Old Montagnais aiachkimeou ([aːjast͡ʃimeːw]; modern ayassimēw), meaning "snowshoe-netter" (many times incorrectly claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning "eaters of raw [meat]"), and originally used to refer to the Mikmaq. [16] [17] Hickory (definition) From Powhatan <pocohiquara>, "milky drink made with hickory ...
The term Appaloosa is probably a derivation of the term "A Palouse horse." They bred the horses for their distinct markings. They bred the horses for their distinct markings. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the United States Army captured and slaughtered hundreds of tribal horses to cripple the tribe during the Indian Wars .
Appaloosa (band), a French electronic duo "Appaloosa," a single from Gino Vannelli's 1978 album Brother to Brother; Appaloosa oil field, an offshore oil field; Appaloosa Interactive, a video game company "Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess", a card in the Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game; Appaloosa Management, an American hedge fund; Appaloosa bean, a ...
Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2008. Jaan Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. 10 vols. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1984–present. Hungarian. Gábor Zaicz. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes ...
Peacock, a type of bird; from Old English pawa, the earlier etymology is uncertain, but one possible source is Tamil tokei (தோகை) "peacock feather", via Latin or Greek [37] Sambal, a spicy condiment; from Malay, which may have borrowed the word from a Dravidian language [38] such as Tamil (சம்பல்) or Telugu (సంబల్).
Onomastics (or onomatology in older texts) is the study of proper names, including their etymology, history, and use. An alethonym ('true name') or an orthonym ('real name') is the proper name of the object in question, the object of onomastic study. Scholars studying onomastics are called onomasticians.