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  2. Greek name - Wikipedia

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    6.7 Translation name. 7 Examples of family names. ... In the modern world, Greek names are the personal names among people of Greek language and culture, ...

  3. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Humanist names, assumed by Renaissance humanists, were largely Latinised names, though in some cases (e.g. Melanchthon) they invoked Ancient Greek. Latinisation in humanist names may consist of translation from vernacular European languages, sometimes involving a playful element of punning. Such names could be a cover for humble social origins. [2]

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

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    The name may be converted into a Latinised form first, giving -ii and -iae instead. Words that are very similar to their English forms have been omitted. Some of the Greek transliterations given are Ancient Greek, and others are Modern Greek. In the tables, L = Latin, G = Greek, and LG = similar in both languages.

  5. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  6. Kyrios - Wikipedia

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    Kyrios or kurios (Greek: κύριος, romanized: kū́rios (ancient), kyrios (modern)) is a Greek word that is usually translated as "lord" or "master". [1] It is used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) about 7000 times, [2] in particular translating the name YHWH (the Tetragrammaton), [3] and it appears in the Koine Greek New Testament about 740 times ...

  7. Romanization of Greek - Wikipedia

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    The American Library Association and Library of Congress romanization scheme employs its "Ancient or Medieval Greek" system for all works and authors up to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, [3] although Byzantine Greek was pronounced distinctly and some have considered "Modern" Greek to have begun as early as the 12th century.

  8. Panagiotis - Wikipedia

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    It derives from the Greek epithet Panagia or Panayia ("All-Holy") for Mary, mother of Jesus. [1] The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα). Having 3 name days within a year (e.g. 2 February, 26 December), one of them is celebrated together with Maria, Mario, Mary, Despoina (or Despina) and all their ...

  9. Matthew (given name) - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of the name is due to Matthew the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and the traditional author of the Gospel of Matthew. [3] [4] Maiú and Maidiú were both a borrowing of the name Matthew among the Anglo-Normans settlers in Ireland. [5] Maitiú is the most common Irish form of the name.