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-wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat) [citation needed]-wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name [citation needed]-wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name [citation ...
A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. " PhD ", " CCNA ", " OBE ").
List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin words with English derivatives; List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes; Latin names of cities
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This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use. The study of place names is called toponymy ; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland .
For a comprehensive and longer list of English suffixes, see Wiktionary's list of English suffixes. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Contemporary patronymics, however, have a substantive suffix -ich for masculine and the adjective suffix -na for feminine. For example, the proverbial triad of most common Russian surnames follows: Ivanov (son of Ivan), Petrov (son of Peter), Sidorov (son of Sidor). Feminine forms of these surnames have the ending -a: Ivanova (daughter of Ivan),
The names of several other towns and cities in Europe and the Middle East have contained the suffix -polis since antiquity or currently feature modernized spellings, such as -pol. Notable examples include: Adrianopolis or Adrianople ("Hadrian's city"), present-day Edirne, Turkey; Alexandropol ("Alexandra's city"), currently Gyumri, Armenia