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  2. Manele - Wikipedia

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    The difference between old and modern (contemporary) manea rhythmic pattern. Manele is a mixture of "oriental" Romanian folk and contemporary pop music with bases on Balkan influences The lyrics usually refer to themes of love, enemies, money, alcoholism and difficulties of life in general, or some of the songs are specifically dedicated to parties, weddings, funerals, etc. Manele style ...

  3. Ancient Greek personal names - Wikipedia

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    The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.

  4. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Latinisation (or Latinization) [1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation (or onomastic Latinization), is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style. [1] It is commonly found with historical proper names , including personal names and toponyms , and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences.

  5. Anglicisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Others indicated the town or village of a family's origin, sometimes disguised as an ancestor's name as in Ó Creachmhaoil, which prefixes a toponym as though it was the name of a person. As with other culturo-linguistic groups, other types of surnames were often used as well, including trade-names such as MacGhobhainn , Mac a'Ghobhainn or Mac ...

  6. Manuel (name) - Wikipedia

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    Manuel is a masculine given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanuel (עִמָּנוּאֵל ‎), which means "God with us." [1] [better source needed] It was reportedly brought from the Byzantine Empire (as Μανουήλ) to Western Europe, mainly Germany, Portugal and Spain, where it has been used since at least the 13th century. [2]

  7. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    Given names used by African-American people are often invented or creatively-spelled variants of more traditional names. Some names are created using syllables; for example, the prefixes La- or De- and the suffixes -ique or -isha. Also, punctuation marks such as apostrophes and dashes are sometimes used, though infrequent. [11]

  8. List of Hebrew exonyms - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of traditional Hebrew place names. This list includes: Places involved in the history (and beliefs) of Canaanite religion, Abrahamic religion and Hebrew culture and the (pre-Modern or directly associated Modern) Hebrew (and intelligible Canaanite) names given to them. Places whose official names include a (Modern) Hebrew form.

  9. Costi Ioniță - Wikipedia

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    Following Valahia's dissolution in 2002, he started a solo career, concentrating on manele. In this period he collaborated with several well known manele singers. [2] His success is considered unusual, as he is one of the few ethnic Romanians in a genre perceived as Romani. Unlike some Romani counterparts, Costi Ioniță does not use a nickname.