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Calendar year
Year 171 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crassus and Longinus (or, less frequently
171_BC
War between Rome and Macedonia, 171–168 BC
The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon. In 179 BC, King Philip V of Macedon died
Third_Macedonian_War
Roman consul
Publius Licinius Crassus (fl. 176 to 171 BC) was Roman consul for the year 171 BC, together with Gaius Cassius Longinus. He was the son of Gaius Licinius
Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC)
Publius_Licinius_Crassus_(consul_171_BC)
Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–100 BCE)
Eucratides the Great, who seems to have seized power through a coup around 171 BC and established his own dynasty. Eucratides also invaded India and successfully
Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom
Ancient Roman family
Caninius Rebilus, praetor in 171 BC; but the first Caninius who was consul was his namesake, Gaius Caninius Rebilus, in 45 BC. The nomen Caninius may be
Caninia_gens
Spurius Carvilius was sent by Gnaeus Sicinius to Rome in 171 BC, when Perseus despatched an embassy to the Senate. The Senate ordered the ambassadors to
Spurius_Carvilius_(171_BC)
Topics referred to by the same term
171 was a common year of the Julian calendar. 171 may also refer to: 171 (number), the natural number following 170 and preceding 172 171 BC, the BC year
171_(disambiguation)
High Priest of Israel
יאסון; Greek: Ἰάσων, Iásōn) was the High Priest of Israel from around 175 BC to 171 BC during the Second Temple period of Judaism. He was of the Oniad family
Jason_(High_Priest)
(169–164 BC, 144–132/131 BC, 126–116 BC) Cleopatra III, Queen (142–131 BC, 127–101 BC) Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Pharaoh (116–110 BC, 110–109 BC, 88–81 BC) Ptolemy
List of state leaders in the 2nd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_2nd_century_BC
Macedonian victory over Rome
place in 169 BC that resulted in Macedonian victory. Before the battle of 169 BC there was another battle in the year 171 BC or 170 BC in the same town
Battle_of_Uskana_(169_BC)
Topics referred to by the same term
Lucius Cassius Longinus (consul 107 BC) Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla, consul 127 BC Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 171 BC) Cassia gens Longinus (disambiguation)
Cassius_Longinus
171 BCE battle of the Third Macedonian War
The Battle of Callinicus (Greek: μάχη του Καλλίνικου) was fought in 171 BC between Macedonia and the Roman Republic near a hill called Callinicus, close
Battle_of_Callinicus
Ancient Roman family
who was military tribune in 209 BC, he was probably his son. Gaius Decimius (Flavus), an ambassador to Crete in 171 BC. As praetor peregrinus in 169, he
Decimia_gens
List of links describing conflicts Rome was involved in
(181–179 BC) 181 BC – Battle of Manlian Pass – Romans under Fulvius Flaccus defeat an army of Celtiberians. Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) 171 BC – Battle
List of Roman external wars and battles
List_of_Roman_external_wars_and_battles
One hundred years, from 200 BC to 101 BC
The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on
2nd_century_BC
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). Although Perseus's forces were victorious against the Romans at the Battle of Callinicus in 171 BC, the Macedonian army
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Ancient Roman family
and Gaius Licinius Crassus, consuls in 171 and 168 BC. Publius Licinius P. f. P. n. Crassus Dives, censor in 208 BC and consul in 205, during the Second
Licinia_gens
Phoenician and Roman town
Laelius in the Battle of Carteia. Around 190 BC, the town was captured by the Romans. Livy records that in 171 BC, the Roman Senate was petitioned by a group
Carteia
Political history topic
the Social War of 219 BC. Due to the Roman historian Livy's accounts of the battles of Callinicus in 171 BC and Pydna in 168 BC, it is known that the
Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Government_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Greco-Bactrian king from 172/171 BC to 145 BC
(Ancient Greek: Εὐκρατίδης, Eukratídēs; Pali: Evukratida; reigned 172/171–145 BC), also known as Eucratides the Great, was one of the most important Greco-Bactrian
Eucratides_I
Ancient Roman family
171 BC, and praetor in Sicily in 169. Publius Cornelius Ser. f. Lentulus, brother of the praetor of 169, also an ambassador sent to Greece in 171 BC.
Cornelia_gens
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the
List_of_wars:_before_1000
King of the Seleucid Empire from 175 to 164 BC
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (c. 215 BC–November/December 164 BC) was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC. Notable events during Antiochus'
Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes
Wars in the Mediterranean, 229–168 BC
Messene in 214 BC. In 171 BC, the Illyrian king Gentius of the Labeatae was allied with the Romans against the Macedonians. But in 169 BC he changed sides
Illyrian_Wars
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
209 BC from Arsaces II. Arsaces II sued for peace and became a vassal of the Seleucids. It was not until the reign of Phraates I (c. 176–171 BC), that
Hellenistic_period
with the Holocene glacial retreat around 11650 years Before Present (c. 9700 BC). It is characterized by a general trend towards global warming, the expansion
Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene
Timeline_of_extinctions_in_the_Holocene
Topics referred to by the same term
(consul 171 BC), fought in the Third Macedonian War Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 96 BC), mentioned by Cicero Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 73 BC), passed
Gaius Cassius Longinus (disambiguation)
Gaius_Cassius_Longinus_(disambiguation)
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
List_of_battles_before_301
Topics referred to by the same term
Phraates I c. 176–171 BC Phraates II c. 132–127 BC Phraates III c. 69–57 BC Phraates IV c. 38–2 BC Phraates V (Phraataces) c. 2 BC–AD 4 Farad (disambiguation)
Phraates
Roman consul in 131 BC
Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC), his mother's brother, or (although improbable) by a son of the consul of 205 BC, Publius Licinus Crassus Dives
Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus
Publius_Licinius_Crassus_Dives_Mucianus
for over two and a half millennia, beginning as early as the 8th century BC and enduring until the 20th century AD. The earliest Iranian monarch is generally
List_of_monarchs_of_Iran
Historical region in Central Asia
400 BC (followed by Diodorus Siculus), alleged that the legendary Assyrian king Ninus had defeated a Bactrian king named Oxyartes in c. 2140 BC, or some
Bactria
First king of Parthia
𐭀𐭓𐭔𐭊, romanized: Aršak) was the first king of Parthia, ruling from 247 BC to 217 BC, as well as the founder and eponym of the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia
Arsaces_I_of_Parthia
Roman consul 162 BC
Roman politician in the second century BC. In 172 BC, Lentulus was sent as an ambassador to Macedonia. In 171 BC, he was a military tribune and took part
Publius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 162 BC)
Publius_Cornelius_Lentulus_(consul_162_BC)
Navigational template showing Odrysian kings
Κότυς, Kotys) was a king of the Odrysians in Thrace from before 171 until after 166 BC. He was the son of Seuthes V and succeeded either his father or
Cotys_IV
Single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Craigellachie, Moray, Scotland
single ring-ditch roundhouse in the Middle Iron Age (radiocarbon dates of 171 BC - AD 51); another small settlement between the ninth to twelfth centuries
The_Macallan_distillery
Hebrew religious text ascribed to Enoch
Priest Onias III, whose murder is described in 1 Maccabees 3:33–35 (died c. 171 BC). The "great horn" clearly is not Mattathias, the initiator of the rebellion
Book_of_Enoch
Roman general and statesman
Cornelius Scipio Nasica (born 227 BC; fl. 204 – 171 BC) (Nasica meaning "pointed nose") was a consul of ancient Rome in 191 BC. He was a son of Gnaeus Cornelius
Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (consul 191 BC)
Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_Nasica_(consul_191_BC)
Region of Greece
League (about 245 BC), Boeotia was generally loyal to Macedon, and supported its later kings against Rome. Rome dissolved the league in 171 BC, but it was revived
Boeotia
Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it
(Umbria) BC 273 Paestum (Latium) BC 273 Cosa (Etruria) BC 268 Beneventum (Samnium) BC 268 Ariminum (Aemilia) BC 268 Brundisium (Apulia) BC 264 Firmum BC 263
Colonia_(Roman)
Army of Macedon under the Antigonids
the Social War of 219 BC. Due to the Roman historian Livy's accounts of the battles of Callinicus in 171 BC and Pydna in 168 BC, it is known that the
Antigonid_Macedonian_army
Battle of the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC
Antigonid Macedonian phalanx's rigidity. The Third Macedonian War started in 171 BC, after a number of acts on the part of King Perseus of Macedon incited Rome
Battle_of_Pydna
Imperial cult in Hellenistic Egypt
was an imperial cult in ancient Egypt during the Hellenistic period (323–31 BC), promoted by the Ptolemaic dynasty. The core of the cult was the worship
Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic_cult_of_Alexander_the_Great
from their victories against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in the 140s BC (although they had ruled a smaller kingdom in the region of Parthia for roughly
List_of_monarchs_of_Parthia
Indo-European people in ancient southeast Europe
heads on their spears and rhomphaias such as in the Kallinikos skirmish at 171 BC. Strabo treated the Thracians as barbarians, and held that they spoke the
Thracians
Kingdom in North Africa, 202 to 25 BC
of barley. Then, in 171 BC, the Roman army in Macedonia received 87,540 hectoliters of wheat. In total Rome received: in 200 BC: 14,000 tonnes of wheat
Numidia
Ethnic group, 300 BC - 300 AD, east of the Carpathians
in 171 BC and after the Macedonian army was crushed at the Battle of Pydna (168 BC), Macedonia was split up into four Roman puppet-cantons (167 BC). Twenty-one
Bastarnae
Decade
This article concerns the period 179 BC – 170 BC. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus goes to Hispania as Roman governor to deal with uprisings there. The Pons
170s_BC
Book of the Bible
The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th-century BC setting. It is ostensibly a narrative detailing the experiences and prophetic
Book_of_Daniel
Illyrian King
the Dardanian king Monunius II. In 171 BC, Gentius was allied with the Romans against the Macedonians, but in 169 BC he changed sides and allied himself
Gentius
Topics referred to by the same term
Crassus may refer to: Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC) Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 97 BC) Publius Licinius Crassus (son of triumvir) Publius
Publius_Licinius_Crassus
Persian male given name
176–171 BC Farhad II Phraates II of Parthia c. 138–127 BC Farhad III Phraates III of Parthia c. 70–57 BC Farhad IV Phraates IV of Parthia c. 38–2 BC Farhad
Farhad
Iranian empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
who was rebelling against the Seleucid Empire. Mithridates I (r. c. 171 – 132 BC) greatly expanded the empire by seizing Media and Mesopotamia from the
Parthian_Empire
Roman senator
and Perseus of Macedon. In 171 BC he was sent as one of the ambassadors to Crete; and after the conquest of Macedonia in 168 BC he was one of the ten commissioners
Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus
Aulus_Postumius_Albinus_Luscus
states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day. It is not exhaustive. ( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon
List_of_wars_involving_Greece
was a Roman consul in the year 171 BCE, together with Publius Licinius Crassus. He was probably praetor urbanus in 174 BC. Cassius Longinus was not given
Gaius Cassius Longinus (consul 171 BC)
Gaius_Cassius_Longinus_(consul_171_BC)
(190-180 BC) Coins Pantaleon (190-185 BC) Apollodotus I (reigned c. 180–160 BC) Antimachus II Nikephoros (160-155 BC) Coins Demetrius II (155-150 BC) The
Timeline of Indo-Greek kingdoms
Timeline_of_Indo-Greek_kingdoms
City in Turkey
(4:30)) records the city's revolt against Antiochus IV Epiphanes in about 171 BC. The king had renamed the town Antiochia on the Cydnus although the name
Tarsus,_Mersin
Ancient city on the Ionian Sea
provide triremes for the Roman fleet in 191 BC during the war against Antiochus III the Great, and again in 171 BC during the conflict against Perseus of Macedonia
Epizephyrian_Locris
Roman family
in 171 BC, and quaestor in 168. Manlius Acidinus M. f., military tribune in 171 BC. Manlius Acidinus, an acquaintance of the younger Cicero in 45 BC. Marcus
Manlia_gens
Messene in 214 BC. During the Third Illyrian War in 168 BC the Illyrian king Gentius allied himself with the Macedonians. First in 171 BC, he was allied
Illyrian_warfare
2nd Century BC Ancient Roman Politician
offices, the Lex Villia annalis. He later became praetor peregrinus in 171 BC. Livy, xl. 44 Broughton, 1. p. 417 This article incorporates text from
Lucius_Villius_Annalis
Arsacid king of Parthia from 191 BC to 176 BC
Phraates I (r. 176 – 171 BC), who was his oldest son and successor, Mithridates I (r. 171 – 132 BC), and Artabanus I (r. 127 – 124 BC). Kia 2016, pp. 199–200
Priapatius
Historical period of Greece following Classical Greece
position. As a result of Eumenes's intrigues Rome declared war on Macedon in 171 BC, bringing 100,000 troops into Greece. Macedon was no match for this army
Hellenistic_Greece
Ancient Roman family
urbanus in 188 BC, and consul in 183. Marcus Claudius Marcellus, praetor in 185 BC. Marcus Claudius Marcellus, tribune of the plebs in 171 BC. Marcus Claudius
Claudia_gens
3289 BC 22 May 2009 BC 1280.1 6 59 7 AHT 23 3 33 -13 73 15 Mar 3278 BC 2 May 1980 BC 1298.1 7 58 8 THA 17 2 39 -12 73 6 Mar 3231 BC 22 Apr 1933 BC 1298
List of saros series for solar eclipses
List_of_saros_series_for_solar_eclipses
Ancient Roman family
Galba, praetor urbanus in 171 BC. Servius Sulpicius Ser. f. P. n. Galba, tried for his atrocities against the Lusitani in 150 BC, but was acquitted, and
Sulpicia_gens
Ancient infantry formation
During the Second Macedonian War (200–197 BC), Roman-Seleucid War (191–188 BC) and Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) against the Roman Republic, the Hellenistic
Macedonian_phalanx
Decade
This article concerns the period 199 BC – 190 BC. The Roman general Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus attacks the Insubres in Gaul, but loses over 6,700 soldiers
190s_BC
205–171 BC) – also Indo-Bactrian King Parthian Empire (complete list) – Arsaces I, King (250–246/211 BC) Tiridates I, Great King, Shah (c.246–211 BC) Arsaces
List of state leaders in the 3rd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_3rd_century_BC
Confederation of ancient Greek city-states (280–146 BC)
172–171 BC Archon of Aegeira 170–169 BC (Polybius was Hipparch) Menalkidas of Sparta 151–150 BC Diaeos of Megalopolis 150–149 BC Damokritos 149–148 BC Diaeos
Achaean_League
Historical region of Iran
been deported there from Parthia by the Parthian king Phraates I (r. 176–171 BC). At the advent of the Sasanians, the region, along with Gilan and Daylam
Tabaristan
First-century BC Roman history by Livy
is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". The
History_of_Rome_(Livy)
6th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
no longer alive. By 172 BC, preparations for war were underway. Rome and Macedon commenced the Third Macedonian War in 171 BC, lessening their ability
Ptolemy_VI_Philometor
Ancient Roman family
in 164 BC, and possibly son of Quintus, the military tribune. Gaius Cassius Longinus, grandfather of Gaius Cassius Longinus, the consul of 171 BC. Gaius
Cassia_gens
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
300/299 to 228/7 BC are taken from Michael J. Osborne, "The Archons of Athens 300/299-228/7", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 171 (2009), pp. 83-99
Eponymous_archon
Ancient capital of the Parthian Empire
'fortress of Mithradates') by Mithridates I of Parthia (reigned c. 171 BC–138 BC). The region was famous for the beauty, agility and strength of its
Nisa,_Turkmenistan
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic
Cleopatra
Greek bakers who traveled to Rome following the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). Ancient Roman bakers could make large quantities of money. This may
Baking_in_ancient_Rome
Ancient Roman set of legal rights
Roque), which was founded in Hispania in 171 BC and was the first Latin colony outside of Italy. In 122 BC, the plebeian tribune Gaius Gracchus introduced
Latin_rights
Ancient tribe by the Adriatic Sea
while the Iapodes, the northern neighbors of Liburnia, attacked Aquileia in 171 BC. These incidents did not involve Liburnian territory. The Liburnians probably
Liburnians
Ancient Greek building from Pergamon, now in Berlin
dated to 172/171 BC; the building must accordingly have been erected later. Since large amounts of money had to be spent on warfare until 166 BC, it is likely
Pergamon_Altar
studies it was created piecemeal by Philip II, appearing in the 5th century BC under the ethnic Macedonians in an inscription. The four-part structure was
List of ancient Greek alliances
List_of_ancient_Greek_alliances
3100 BC, with several times of fragmentation and foreign rule. The specific title of "pharaoh" (pr-ꜥꜣ) was not used until the New Kingdom, c. 1400 BC, but
List_of_pharaohs
Index of articles associated with the same name
and the subjugation of the Aetolian League. The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC), after which the kingdom of Macedon ceased to exist and its territory
Roman–Greek_wars
of cyclopes, the one-eyed giants featured in Homer's Odyssey (c. 800~600 BC). As early as the 1370s, scholars had noted that the skulls feature a large
Cultural depictions of elephants
Cultural_depictions_of_elephants
Ancient Roman family
military tribune in the army of the consul Publius Licinius Crassus in 171 BC, during the war against Perseus. His relationship to the two main families
Pompeia_gens
2nd-century BC Rhodian politician
Romans at the beginning of the war between Rome and Perseus of Macedon, 171 BC during the Third Macedonian War. Polybius, xxvii. 6. § 3, xxviii. 2. § 3
Agathagetus
[Tigran the Great: The Armenian Struggle Against Rome and Parthia, 94–64 B.C.] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Lusakan Publishing. p. needed. Beate Dignas; Engelbert
List of people known as the Great
List_of_people_known_as_the_Great
Calendar year
Year 168 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Macedonicus and Crassus (or, less frequently
168_BC
Calendar year
Year 170 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mancinus and Serranus (or, less frequently
170_BC
Calendar year
Year 169 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Caepio (or, less frequently
169_BC
Queen of Pontus
marriages, she had various half brothers and sisters. In the year 172 BC or 171 BC, thanks to the diplomatic efforts of her maternal half-brother Seleucid
Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus)
Nysa_(wife_of_Pharnaces_I_of_Pontus)
Calendar year
Parthia from about 171 BC who turned Parthia into a major political power and expanded the empire westward into Mesopotamia (d. 138 BC) Terence or Publius
195_BC
Rebilus praetor 171 BC Servius Cornelius Lentulus praetor 169 BC Marcus Aebutius Helva praetor 168 BC Tiberius Claudius Nero praetor 167 BC (?) P. Quinctilius
List of Roman governors of Sicilia
List_of_Roman_governors_of_Sicilia
Ancient Roman family
Dives, praetor in 171 BC. His surname originally signified someone possessing great wealth. Gaius Canuleius, tribune of the plebs in 445 BC, proposed the
Canuleia_gens
Human settlement in Scotland
single ring-ditch roundhouse in the Middle Iron Age (radiocarbon dates of 171 BC - AD 51); another small settlement between the ninth to twelfth centuries
Craigellachie,_Moray
War between Rome and Carthage (218–201 BC)
to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17
Second_Punic_War
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) was an imperial dynasty of China established by Liu Bang, and preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and the
Han_dynasty
Roman senator and general
2nd century BC) was a Roman senator and military commander. He led the conquest of Illyria during the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC). Lucius Anicius
Lucius_Anicius_Gallus
171 BC
171 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Broughill, a habitational name from Broughall in Shropshire, named in Old English with burh ‘fortified place’ + an uncertain second element, probably hyll ‘hill’.James Broughill, born at Sutton Maddock, Shropshire, England, in 1714, emigrated to Caroline County, VA, in or before 1732.
Boy/Male
Assamese, Indian
Reducing Air to Ashes; One of the 101 Names of Ahura Mazda
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : variant of Goff.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Gutsch.Several bearers of the name Gooch came from England to VA in the 17th century, with family tradition placing them in a town called Goochland. The best known of these early immigrants was VA colonial governor Sir William Gooch (1681–1751).
Female
Greek
(Χλόη) Greek name CHLOĒ means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Also spelled Khloe.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of English Calf(e), a nickname from Middle English calf ‘calf’.The name was brought to Roxbury, MA, by Robert Calfe (1648–1719), from Stanstead, England. He is buried in the Eustis Street Burying Ground in Boston.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Channon.The earliest American Channing was John, who came from Dorset, England, in 1711 with his wife. Their son John became a prosperous merchant of Newport, RI, and their grandson William Ellery was born there in 1780. William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) was a Unitarian clergyman who founded the Massachusetts Peace Society, a precursor of the modern anti-war movement.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a keeper of a lodging house, from late Old English herebeorg ‘shelter’, ‘lodging’ (from here ‘army’ + beorg ‘shelter’). (The change of -er- to -ar- is a regular phonetic process in Old French and Middle English.)Variant of French Arbour.A Harbour or Arbour, from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1671.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the village of Brattle, near Ashford in Kent.Thomas Brattle (c.1624–83) was reckoned, at the time of his death, to be the wealthiest man in New England. His son, also called Thomas Brattle (1658–1713), treasurer of Harvard College from 1693 to 1713, was a man noted for his rationality and humanism, which included opposition to the Salem withccraft trials of 1692.
Female
English
 Latin form of Greek Chloē, CHLOE means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. This is a predominantly southern name, found in TX, OK, and TN. It has died out in England.John Rippetoe was in VA by 1711.
Male
Arthurian
, a giant who trimmed his robe with the beards of 11 kings; ("warrior").
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Col. Thomas Cresap (1694–1790), Maryland surveyor, was born in 1694 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, and came to MD in 1710.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with a pock-marked face (see Greeley).Richard Gridley arrived in Boston about 1630. His fourth-generation descendant Richard (1710/11–96) was born in Boston and became a military engineer and iron smelter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and the West Midlands, all so called from Old English scīr ‘bright’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.William Shirley (1694–1771) was born in Sussex, England, and came to MA in 1731. He rose in the colonial service, was appointed governor in 1741, and was responsible for the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, in 1745.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Andrews.Swiss German and Hungarian : derivative of the personal name Andreas.Perhaps a reduced form of Greek Andronikos, Andronidis, or some other similar surname, all patronymics from Andreas.William Andros came to VA in 1617 and died there about 1655. Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714) was the British colonial governor of several provinces in America between 1674 and 1698, most notably NY (1674–81).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Haynes.Two brothers of this name were captured in New England by the French; one was married at Ange-Gardien, Quebec, in 1710.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Various proposals about the origin of the name have been put forward, the most plausible being that it is a topographic name from early Middle English atte hærn ‘at the stones’ (see Hern 5).Simon Athearn (c.1643–1714) was one of the earliest settlers on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. His family is believed to have originated in Kent, England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fry.North German : variant of Frey.Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northamptonshire)
English (Northamptonshire) : Anglo-Norman French patronymic (see Fitzgerald) from the personal name Hugh.William Fitzhugh (1651–1701), from Bedford, England, emigrated to VA about 1670 and established himself on the Potomac River in what was then Stafford Co., VA, as a planter and exporter. He also practiced law, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and served in 1687 as lieutenant colonel of the county militia.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Northumberland, and East Lothian, originally named in Old English as HwÄ«tingahÄm ‘homestead (Old English hÄm) of the people of HwÄ«ta’, a byname meaning ‘white’.Richand Whittingham and his son, also called Richard, brass founders from Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, came to New York City in 1791, where they established a successful business.
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Boy/Male
Arabic American Muslim
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Tamil
To seek, Search for, Searcher
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
A Friend
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Hill Meadow
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic, Scottish
Child; Virile
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Host; War
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Good Notion
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Story; Narration
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n.
A tree or wood of the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11).
n.
The title of the native sovereigns of Hyderabad, in India, since 1719.
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A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
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Same as Drift, 11.
a.
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
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The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
n.
Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.
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A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.
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A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.
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A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.
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The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
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A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
v.
Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
n.
A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
a.
Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
n.
See Fit a song. G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
n.
See Koran. R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.
n.
The ancient title of emperors of Germany assumed by King William of Prussia when crowned sovereign of the new German empire in 1871.
n.
See Charge, n., 17.
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A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.