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  2. Biswas - Wikipedia

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    Biswas (Bengali: বিশ্বাস) (pronounced in Bengali as "bish-shash") is a native Bengali surname, commonly used by the Bengali community of India and Bangladesh. The surname was an honorary title bestowed on persons who were relied upon for the work of accounts, receipts and expenditure. [1] The word Biswas means faith or trust in ...

  3. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Chinese) - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese abbreviated name, e.g. Ningwu Railway, should still be mentioned in the first sentence of the article as a secondary name of the expressway/railway, and should be made a redirect link to the article. This Chinese abbreviated name can be freely used in the article itself and in other articles. The rule above applies only to article ...

  4. The universal convention for Chinese names in English is surname first, first name last, no all-caps, unless the person has chosen a specific different English name (eg, "James Soong") which is widely used, in which case we honor their choice. -- Curps 23:02, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

  5. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    Anson is an English given name, On Sang is the given name in Chinese, Chan is the surname of Anson's husband, and Fang is her own surname. A name change on legal documents is not necessary. In Hong Kong's English publications, her family names would have been presented in small cap letters to resolve ambiguity, e.g. Anson C HAN F ANG On Sang in ...

  6. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (people) - Wikipedia

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    Also, people sometimes change their surnames, particularly on marriage. The general rule in such cases is to title the article with the name by which the person is best known. Some examples are listed below. Josep Puig i Cadafalch – Puig is the last name of his father, Cadafalch of his mother; i means 'and' (see Iberian naming customs).

  7. Name change - Wikipedia

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    In case of adoption, the adopting family cannot change the child's name unless the court ruled otherwise. In case of marriage, a person can change their last name, change back to the maiden name or add their spouse's last name to theirs at any time. A minor whom parents changed their last name gets the new last name of their parents, and a ...

  8. Naming laws in China - Wikipedia

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    Zhao C (Chinese: 赵C; pinyin: Zhào C) is a well-known example, having attracted much media attention [11] [12] due to a bizarre case regarding a forced name change by the government due to naming regulations. This case is the first of name rights in the People's Republic of China. [13]

  9. Line breaking rules in East Asian languages - Wikipedia

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    Many word processing and desktop publishing software products have built-in features to control line breaking rules in those languages. In the Japanese language, especially, the categories of line breaking rules and processing methods are determined by the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 4051 , and it is called Kinsoku Shori ( 禁則処理 ) .