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For example, the names Elley (Эллэй), Manchaary (Манчаары), Tuyaara (Туйаара), Nyurgun (Ньургун), and Künney (Күннэй) are the names of mythological or historical heroes and are quite common among Sakha people. Present-day original Sakha names are derived from the names of "positive" objects.
The name T'set'sa'ut, meaning "those of the Interior", was used by the Nisga'a and Gitxsan in reference to their origin as migrants into the region from somewhere farther inland; their use of the term is not to the Tsetsaut alone but also can refer to the Tahltan and the Sekani.
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Several different explanations are given for the common name Ojibwe.. from ojiibwabwe (/o/ + /jiibw/ + /abwe/), meaning "those who cook\roast until it puckers", referring to their fire-curing of moccasin seams to make them waterproof, [1] though some sources instead say this was a method of torture the Ojibwe implemented upon their enemies.
Mike Cameron, minister and politician; member of Georgia House of Representatives [1] [2]; Archie Campbell, writer, television performer; Fred Cash, singer; Ryan Casteel, catcher for the Atlanta Braves
A horse name is a secondary noble title or a popular name for members of Ethiopian royalty; in some cases the "horse names" are the only name known for a ruler. They take the form of "father of X", where "X" is the name of the person's warhorse. Some known horse names of Ethiopian nobility include:
Chantek (December 17, 1977 – August 7, 2017), [1] born at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Georgia, was a male hybrid Sumatran/Bornean orangutan [2] who demonstrated a number of intellectual skills, including the use of several signs adapted from American Sign Language (ASL).
The more credible proposals on the external relations of Eskaleut all concern one or more of the language families of northern Eurasia, such as Chukotko-Kamchatkan just across the Bering Strait. One of the first such proposals, the Eskimo–Uralic hypothesis, was suggested by the pioneering Danish linguist Rasmus Rask in 1818, upon noticing ...