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Calendar year
Year 199 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Tappulus (or, less frequently
199_BC
Millennium between 1000 BC and 1 BC
millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy:
1st_millennium_BC
5th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
199 BC. Shortly after this, Ptolemy V launched a massive southern campaign, besieging Abydos in August 199 BC and regaining Thebes from late 199 BC until
Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes
Roman general and politician (236/235 – c. 183 BC)
intended role in Roman politics, however, remained traditional. In the year 199 BC, Scipio was elected censor with Publius Aelius Paetus as his colleague.
Scipio_Africanus
War between Rome and Macedonia, 200–197 BC
support the Romans but remained neutral at this stage. In the spring of 199 BC, Sulpicius led his troops east through the territory of the Dassaretii,
Second_Macedonian_War
Topics referred to by the same term
199 is a year. 199 may also refer to: 199 BC 199 (number) FIPS 199 199 Byblis UFC 199 Jordan 199 Lectionary 199 NGC 199 199th (disambiguation) This disambiguation
199_(disambiguation)
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
Imperial cult in Hellenistic Egypt
followed in 211 BC by the "prize-bearer" priestess (athlophoros) in honour of the "Benefactor Goddess" (thea euergetis), Berenice II, and in 199 BC by a priestess
Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic_cult_of_Alexander_the_Great
Calendar year
Year 200 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Cotta (or, less frequently
200_BC
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
Cato happened at a later date, when the latter was praetor in Sardinia. In 199 BC Cato was elected aedile, and with his colleague Helvius, restored the Plebeian
Cato_the_Elder
Roman general and statesman (c. 230–174 BC)
Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 229–174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. Flamininus belonged to the
Titus_Quinctius_Flamininus
Chinese kingdom or principality (203 BC–213 AD)
Handan (邯鄲), Julu (鉅鹿), Qinghe (清河), Hejian (河間) and Changshan (常山). In 199 BC, however, because of a failed assassination attempt on the emperor by several
Zhao_Kingdom_(Han_dynasty)
King of Sparta
then Nabis. Pelops was assassinated by Nabis, who assumed the throne in 199 BC.[citation needed] He was the last of the Eurypontid Dynasty. https://www
Pelops_of_Sparta
Hellenistic-era Greek state in Egypt (305–30 BC)
Egypt by 205 BC. The Egyptian pharaoh Horwennefer was a priest who was proclaimed Pharaoh in 205 BC and ruled until his death in 199 BC. He was succeeded
Ptolemaic_Kingdom
Ancient Roman family
survive from his body of work. Publius Porcius Laeca tribune of the plebs in 199 BC, he proposed of the lex Porcia of that year. In 196, he was one of the first
Porcia_gens
UNESCO World Heritage Site
205 BC and 199 BC, another part was divided among the citizens of the new colonies of Volturnum and Liternum, established near the coast in 194 BC, but
Capua
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
(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
Ancient Roman family
consul in 205 and 194 BC, and censor in 199; Princeps Senatus. Publius Cornelius Cn. f. L. n. Scipio Nasica, consul in 191 BC. Lucius Cornelius P. f
Cornelia_gens
prior during the early republic is doubted and quaestorships prior to 446 BC might be fabricated. There are large gaps in the lists of quaestors and only
List_of_Roman_quaestors
Roman politician in the second century BC
Chaldeans from Rome Hispallus was named Pontiff in 199 BC and elected Praetor in 179 BC. In 176 BC, he was elected consul together with Quintus Petillius
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus
Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Hispallus
Lentulus was also consul in 199 BC. Gnaeus was possibly the son of L. Cornelius L. f. L. n. Lentulus Caudinus, curule aedile in 209 BC, though the presence of
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus (consul 201 BC)
Gnaeus_Cornelius_Lentulus_(consul_201_BC)
History of the use of elephants in war by and against the ancient Romans
invasion of Macedonia in 199 BC, the battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC, the battle of Thermopylae, and the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, during which Antiochus
Roman_war_elephants
Solo church cantata by J. S. Bach
version) BWV 199; BC A 120b / Sacred cantata (11th Sunday after Trinity)". Bach Digital. "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (Leipzig version) BWV 199; BC A 120c /
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199
Mein_Herze_schwimmt_im_Blut,_BWV_199
Publius Porcius Laeca (2nd-century BC) was a Roman politician. Publius Porcius Laeca was tribune of the plebs in 199 BC, when he prevented Lucius Manlius
Publius Porcius Laeca (tribune 199 BC)
Publius_Porcius_Laeca_(tribune_199_BC)
Ancient Roman family
only Villius who obtained the consulship was Publius Villius Tappulus, in BC 199. The Villii of the Republic used a variety of praenomina, including Appius
Villia_gens
Confederation of ancient Greek city-states (280–146 BC)
207–206 BC Lysippos 202–201 BC (?) Philopoemen of Megalopolis III 201–200 BC Kykliadas of Pharae 200–199 BC Aristainos of Megalopolis 199–198 BC Nikostratos
Achaean_League
211 BC battle of the Second Punic War
declared ager publicus (Roman state domain). Parts of it were sold in 205 BC and 199 BC,[citation needed] another part was divided among the citizens of the
Siege_of_Capua_(211_BC)
King of the Seleucid Empire from 222 to 187 BC
Antíokhos ho Mégas; c. 241 BC – 3 July 187 BC) was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 BC to 187 BC. Ascending to the throne at
Antiochus_III_the_Great
Topics referred to by the same term
(consul 199 BC) Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus (consul 156 BC) Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 130 BC) Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul in 49 BC Lucius
Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus
his reign to 151–140 BC, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 210–199 BC. Dictionary of the Irish Language Compact Edition, Royal Irish Academy,
Bresal_Bó-Díbad
Roman consul in 199 BC
Roman Republic in 199 BC with Publius Villius Tappulus as his colleague. He was brother of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus, the consul of 201 BC. Cornelius Lentulus
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 199 BC)
Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus_(consul_199_BC)
200 BC. Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio and Lucius Titus Stertinius were chosen and were sent to Hispania in 199 BC. Acidinus returned to Rome in 199 BC. The
Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
Roman_conquest_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula
Broughton, 1. p. 312 Broughton, 1. p. 320 Broughton, 1. p. 324 Against 199 BC: Broughton, vol. 1, pp. 331, 332 (note 3) Livy, xxxii. 29, xxv. 39, xxxv
List_of_Roman_tribunes
Ancient Greek general
Philopoemen was appointed strategos for the Achaean League between 201 and 199 BC. In 201 BC, Nabis invaded and captured Messene. However, the Spartans were forced
Philopoemen
Topics referred to by the same term
Porcius Laeca (tribune 199 BC) (2nd-century BC), tribune of the plebs. Publius Porcius Laeca (monetalis) (2nd-century BC), in 110–109 BC, was a moneyer (monetalis)
Publius_Porcius_Laeca
Roman consul 237 BC
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus consul in 201 BC, and Lucius Cornelius Lentulus who held the consulship in 199 BC. In 237 BC, he served as consul, with Quintus Fulvius
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus (consul 237 BC)
Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus_Caudinus_(consul_237_BC)
Calendar year
Year 197 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Rufus (or, less frequently
197_BC
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
and for the supervision of some major trials in the law courts. After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after
Eponymous_archon
44 BC murder in Rome
the Roman dictator, was assassinated on the Ides of March (15 March), 44 BC, by a group of senators during a Senate session at the Curia of Pompey, located
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar
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
219–210 BC Bresal Bó-Díbad 151–140 BC 210–199 BC Lugaid Luaigne 140–135 BC 199–184 BC Congal Cláiringnech 1st century BC 135–120 BC 184–169 BC Dui Dallta
List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland
Ancient Town in Italy
serving as an important fortress guarding the Pomptine Marshes. It served in 199 BC as a place of detention for the Carthaginian hostages, and was captured
Norba
Jewish faction in Ammon (2nd-century BCE)
BC) became king of the Seleucid kingdom. Hyrcanus's father Joseph and his uncle, Onias II, also died. The high-priesthood passed to Simon II (219–199
Tobiads
century–507 BC Neapolis 507–326 BC Neapolis 326–89 BC ∟ ally of Roman Republic Roman Republic 199–89 BC ∟ municipium of Neapolis Roman Republic 89–27 BC Roman
History_of_Naples
Elephant trained and guided by humans for combat
invasion of Macedonia in 199 BC, the battle of Cynoscephalae 197 BC, the battle of Thermopylae, and the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, during which Antiochus
War_elephant
Roman Republic precursors to bills of rights
Porcia): perhaps proposed by the tribune of the plebs P. Porcius Laeca in 199 BC, it extended the right to provocatio to a further 1000 steps outside of
Valerian_and_Porcian_laws
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)
Calendar year
Year 196 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Purpureo and Marcellus (or, less frequently
196_BC
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, in which all these regions were under the influence of
Hellenistic_period
Imperial Chinese vassals
201 BC and replaced by Liu Jiao, brother of Gaozu) Zhao – Zhang Ao (son of independent rebel who surrendered to Han, demoted to marquis in 199 BC and
Kings_of_the_Han_dynasty
Ancient fortified settlement in Illyria
the northern route had already been under Roman rule since Sulpicious' 199 BC campaign through the allied Parthini's control of the Genusus valley. Therefore
Pelion_(Illyria)
District and municipality in Antalya, Turkey
neighboring Seleucid kingdom in 199 BC, but was loyal to the pirate Diodotus Tryphon when he seized the Seleucid crown from 142 to 138 BC. His rival Antiochus VII
Alanya
Army of Macedon under the Antigonids
period when it was ruled by the Antigonid dynasty from 294 BC to 288 BC and from 276 BC to 168 BC. It was seen as one of the principal Hellenistic fighting
Antigonid_Macedonian_army
Calendar year
Year 201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Paetus (or, less frequently
201_BC
Calendar year
Year 202 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Geminus and Nero (or, less frequently
202_BC
Roman general and statesman
at least 46 BC, in the person of Metellus Scipio (who was adopted into the Caecilii Metelli family). Hispallus was named Pontiff in 199 BC and elected
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Calvus
Decade
759 BC – 750 BC. 756 BC—Founding of Cyzicus. c. 756 BC—Founding of Trabzon. 755 BC—Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria. 755 BC—Aeschylus
750s_BC
Calendar year
year 555 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 199 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 555 BC for this
555_BC
King of Pergamon, reigned 241–197 BC
269–197 BC), was the ruler of the Greek polis of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama, Turkey) and the larger Pergamene Kingdom from 241 BC to 197 BC. He was
Attalus_I
Period from c. 8000 to 1000 BC in North America
the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period
Archaic period (North America)
Archaic_period_(North_America)
Roman general and statesman, consul in 207 BCE
BC, he was praetor in 212 BC, propraetor in 211 BC during the siege of Capua, before being sent to Spain that same year. He became consul in 207 BC.
Gaius_Claudius_Nero
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire during the period 264 to 146 BC. Three such wars took place, involving a total of forty-three years of warfare
Punic_Wars
King of Macedonia from 221 to 179 BC
Φίλιππος, romanized: Philippos; 238 BC – 179 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked
Philip_V_of_Macedon
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
adoptions, particularly so-called "testamentary adoptions" (famously in 59 BC when the patrician Clodius Pulcher was adopted into a plebeian gens in order
List_of_Roman_laws
Topics referred to by the same term
(101–110) The period from 199 to 100 BC, synonymous with the 2nd century BC The period from 109 to 100 BC, known as the 100s BC (decade) 100mm cigarettes
100s
BC (?) Philopoemen of Megalopolis III 201 - 200 BC Kykliadas of Pharae 200 - 199 BC Epirus (complete list) – Pyrrhus I, King (307–302 BC, 297–272 BC)
List of state leaders in the 3rd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_3rd_century_BC
Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)
July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until
Julius_Caesar
Calendar year
Year 198 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Catus and Flamininus (or, less frequently
198_BC
City in Macedonia, Greece
in reference to the events of 199 BC. Celetrum surrendered to Publius Sulpicius Galba during the Roman war (200–197 BC) against Philip V of Macedon. The
Kastoria
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
kingdom of Assyria, which was founded in the late 21st century BC and fell in 609 BC. For much of its early history, Assyria was little more than a city-state
List_of_Assyrian_kings
203 BC. In 200 BC, he served as an aedile. In the year 199 BC, while serving in the capacity of praetor, Baebius was defeated by the Insubri. In 186 BC,
Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus (consul)
Gnaeus_Baebius_Tamphilus_(consul)
Ancient Roman family
274, and censor in 272. Manius Curius (M'. n.), tribune of the plebs in 199 BC, he and his colleague, Marcus Fulvius, opposed the candidacy of Titus Quinctius
Curia_gens
Strategos of the Achaean league
Aristaenos of Dyme, son of Timocades or Damocades, who was hipparch 208/07 BC. Others hold that they were two different people. Johann Gottfried Schweighäuser
Aristaenus
Country in West Asia
first unified under the Medes in the 7th century BC and reached its territorial height in the 6th century BC, when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid
Iran
Topics referred to by the same term
Athens Heracleides of Tarentum, an officer of Philip V of Macedon c. 213–199 BC Heracleides of Gyrton, a Thessalian cavalry commander in the army of Philip
Heraclides
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
Cotton & Yakobson (2002, pp. 199–200) discusses the possibility of this happening with the "second settlement" of 23 BC, when Augustus already had control
Augustus
Flaccus praetor 202 BC Publius Aelius Tubero praetor 201 BC Quintus Fulvius Gillo praetor 200 BC Lucius Valerius Flaccus praetor 199 BC M. Claudius Marcellus
List of Roman governors of Sicilia
List_of_Roman_governors_of_Sicilia
Overview of Roman law systems
citizens. The lex Aebutia, of an uncertain date but somewhere between 199 BC and 126 BC, is connected with the reform of civil procedure, and it can be stated
Roman_litigation
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of
Roman_Republic
Ancient Greek architect and military commander
Heracleides of Tarentum (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλείδης ὁ Ταραντῖνος) (fl. 212–199 BC) was an ancient Greek architect from Tarentum in Magna Graecia who later
Heracleides_of_Tarentum
Chinese dynasty from c. 1046 to 256 BC
years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house
Zhou_dynasty
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
Part of the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
Empire under Alexander the Great and the Pauravas under Porus in May of 326 BC. It took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River in what is now the Punjab
Battle_of_the_Hydaspes
201 BC he held the decemvirate (decemvir agris dandis adsignandis) for distributing ager publicus in Samnium and Apulia. He became consul in 199 BC and
Publius_Villius_Tappulus
of grains and cereals. The numerals of Ranjana script was developed in 199 BC. It was used until the mid-20th century in Nepal and India. It is still
Mathematics_in_Nepal
Ancient Greek city
a Roman-Pergamene fleet in 199 BC during the Second Macedonian War and then besieged, captured and sacked by Rome in 168 BC. The Romans later exploited
Akanthos_(Greece)
Topics referred to by the same term
Pennsylvania's 199th Representative District 199 (number) 199, the year 199 (CXCIX) of the Julian calendar 199 BC This disambiguation page lists articles about
199th
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
(Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was king of the ancient
Alexander_the_Great
King of Sparta from c. 489 BC to 480 BC
(/liəˈnaɪdəs, -dæs/; Ancient Greek: Λεωνίδας, Leōnídas; born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. He was the
Leonidas_I
Illyrian people
about the Roman consul Sulpicius, who during the Second Macedonian War in 199 BC, passed through the territory of the Dasaretii and supplied his army with
Dassaretii
Conglomeration of Indo-European peoples and tribes in the Balkan Peninsula
Pharos in 218 BC and flees to Macedonia., ruled B.C 222~B.C 219 Scerdilaidas: allied with Rome to defeat Macedonia in 208 BC., ruled B.C 218~B.C 206 Pinnes:
List_of_Illyrians
Ancient Roman family
practice, see filiation. Lucius Stertinius, proconsul in Hispania Ulterior in 199 BC. He returned in 196, and was appointed one of ten commissioners sent with
Stertinia_gens
War between Rome and its Italian allies
(socii), largely from 91 to 88 BC in Italy, with some holdouts persisting until 87 BC. The war started in late 91 BC with the rebellion of Asculum. Other
Social_War_(91–87_BC)
Legendary war in Greek mythology
BC, Sosibius 1172 BC, Eratosthenes 1184 BC/1183 BC, Timaeus 1193 BC, the Parian marble 1209 BC/1208 BC, Dicaearchus 1212 BC, Herodotus around 1250 BC
Trojan_War
5th-century BC Athenian historian and general
[tʰuːkydǐdɛːs]; c. 460 – c. 400 BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and
Thucydides
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south. Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom with its capital at Aigai, outside of the area
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
2nd-century BC Roman consul
in 199. Publius Aelius Paetus was apparently the elder surviving son of Quintus Aelius Paetus, a praetor who was killed at Cannae in August 216 BC. The
Publius_Aelius_Paetus
199 BC
199 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Rimington in Yorkshire, so called from the old name of the stream on which it stands (Old English Riming ‘boundary stream’) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.The American painter Frederic Remington (1861–1909) was descended from John Remington, living in MA in 1639; his father, Eliphalet Remington, was born in Suffield, CT (1793), and was a noted firearms manufacturer.
Boy/Male
Muslim
One of the 99 names of God, Forgiving
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly from a reduced form of the personal name Dominick.Chinese : from the name of Meng Mingshi, a senior minister of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). His descendants adopted the first character of his given name, which means ‘bright’, as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Bertram.A Bertrand from La Rochelle, France, is documented in Cap Rouge, Quebec, in 1666; another, from the Saintonge region, is documented in Charlesbourg in 1685. A bearer of the name from Normandy was recorded with the secondary surname Saint Arnaud in Batiscan in 1697. Another is documented from the Poitou region in 1697, and one from Guyenne is recorded in Laprairie, Quebec, in 1699 with the secondary surnames Raymond and Toulouse.
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English
(Hebrew ×Ö²×œÖ¶×›Ö°Ö¼×¡Ö·× Ö°×“Ö¶×¨): Anglicized form of Latin Alexandrus (Greek Alexandros), ALEXANDER means "defender of mankind." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a son of Simon, a relative of the high priest, a Jew in Acts 19:33, and a coppersmith who opposed Paul.
Boy/Male
Irish
The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “â€works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.â€â€
Surname or Lastname
Southern French and German
Southern French and German : from Occitan astor ‘goshawk’ (from Latin acceptor, variant of accipiter ‘hawk’), used as a nickname characterizing a predacious or otherwise hawklike man. The name was taken to southwestern Germany by 17th-century Waldensian refugees from their Alpine valleys above Italian Piedmont.English : variant spelling of Aster.Astor is the name of a famous American family of industrialists and newspaper owners. John Jacob Astor I (1763–1848) was born at Walldorf near Heidelberg, Germany, the son of a butcher. He followed his brother Henry to New York and made a fortune in the fur trade, which was greatly increased by his descendants in industry, hotels, and newspapers. They built the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. The great-grandson of John Jacob I, William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), moved to England in 1890, becoming an influential newspaper proprietor and taking British citizenship in 1899. In 1917 he was created Viscount Astor of Hever. His son, the 2nd Viscount (1879–1952), married Nancy Shaw (née Langhorne) (1879–1964), daughter of a VA planter. She became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons as a member of Parliament.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire called Bingham, from an unattested Old English clan name, Binningas, or an Old English word bing ‘(a) hollow’ + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.Jewish (American) : Americanized form of various like-sounding habitational names such as Bingenheimer.The Bingham family of Melcombe Bingham in Dorset can trace their descent back to Robert de Bingham, recorded in 1273, who probably came from Bingham in Nottinghamshire. His descendants included the Earls of Lucan. A branch of the family was established in Ireland, where they gave their name to Binghamstown in County Mayo. Sir Richard Bingham (c.1528–99) was Marshal of Ireland. Charles Bingham (1735–99) was created earl of Lucan in 1795.
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English and North German
English and North German : variant of Bertram.William Bartram, a Quaker, had a large farm near Darby, PA, when his eldest son, John, the first American botanist, was born in 1699. John conducted botanical experiments at his own farm in Kingsessing, PA, near Philadelphia.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from Daw 1.German (Däwes) : either a patronymic from a personal name Davo, or a variant spelling of Tewes.William Dawes (1745–99) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and rode with Paul Revere to warn colonists of the British invasion in 1775. He is buried in Boston’s King’s Chapel Burying Ground.
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probably Spanish
probably Spanish : unexplained. In Spain this name is mainly found in Andalusia.English : variant spelling of Paine.Southern French : from Latin paganus ‘country dweller’, hence a nickname for a country-born person, or from its later sense of ‘pagan’, ‘heathen’, given to a child not yet baptized. Compare Paine.A Payan, also called Saintonge, from the Saintonge region of France, is documented in Quebec City in 1699.
Boy/Male
Irish
The Irish version of James. Many well-known Irishmen have been called Seamus including the 1995 Nobel poet laureate Seamus Heaney. The Nobel prize in Literature was awarded for his “â€works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past.â€â€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Alvred, Old English Ælfrǣd ‘elf counsel’. This owed its popularity as a personal name in England chiefly to the fame of the West Saxon king Alfred the Great (849–899), who defeated the Danes, keeping them out of Wessex, and whose court was a great center of learning and culture.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Generous; A Friend; The Koran Lists Generosity as One of 99 Qualities of God
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Wen 2.Chinese : from a character in the personal name of Hu Gongman, a retainer of Wu Wang. After the latter established the Zhou dynasty in 1122 bc, he granted the state of Chen to Hu Gongman, whose descendants adopted the second character of his given name, Man, as their surname. This character also means ‘Manchurian’, but the name does not appear to be related to this meaning.Chinese : variant of Wen 3.Chinese : variant of Wan 1.English and Jewish : variant spelling of Mann.Dutch : from Middle Dutch man ‘man’, ‘husband’, ‘vassal’, ‘arbiter’.French : from the Germanic personal name Manno (see Mann 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Man, derived from Yiddish ‘man’.
Female
English
Altered form of Irish Prunty, a form of Gaelic Ó Proinntigh, BRONTE means "descendant of Proinnteach," a personal name that was originally a byname meaning "banquet hall (denoting a "generous person")." In Prunty's altered form (Bronte), the name is identical to the Sicilian place name and the name of a mythological horse of the Sun, meaning "thunder." But Prunty was probably purposely altered to Bronte by bearers of the name who admired Lord Nelson who was awarded the title of Duke of Bronte in 1799 by Ferdinand, King of the Two Sicilies.Â
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long’, ‘tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus).Irish (Ulster (Armagh) and Munster) : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan).Chinese : from the name of an official treasurer called Long, who lived during the reign of the model emperor Shun (2257–2205 bc). his descendants adopted this name as their surname. Additionally, a branch of the Liu clan (see Lau 1), descendants of Liu Lei, who supposedly had the ability to handle dragons, was granted the name Yu-Long (meaning roughly ‘resistor of dragons’) by the Xia emperor Kong Jia (1879–1849 bc). Some descendants later simplified Yu-Long to Long and adopted it as their surname.Chinese : there are two sources for this name. One was a place in the state of Lu in Shandong province during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). The other source is the Xiongnu nationality, a non-Han Chinese people.Chinese : variant of Lang.Cambodian : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Irish
Is the Irish form of Old English ead “â€richâ€â€ + mund “â€guardianâ€â€, and implies “â€guardian of the riches.â€â€ In more recent times the name has been given to honor Eamon De Valera who was President of Ireland for 14 years, the maximum allowed, from 1959 to 1973.
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199 BC
Boy/Male
Muslim
Greatness
Boy/Male
Tamil
Shevantilal | ஷேவநà¯à®¤à¯€à®²à®¾à®²Â
A chrysanthemum
Girl/Female
Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Armenian
Biblical
strong; my sign; a plowshare;God is with me;
Female
Finnish
Finnish name derived from the word hiljaisuus, HILJA means "silence."
Girl/Female
African, Arabic
Healthy; Peace
Girl/Female
Ukrainian
Graceful.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Rama
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Son of Lord Krishna; Son of Krishna and Rukmini
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199 BC
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n.
The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendemiare.
n.
A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.
v. i.
Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
n.
The fourth month of the French republican calendar [1792-1806]. It commenced December 21, and ended January 19. See VendEmiaire.
n.
A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.
a.
Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
n.
The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendemiaire.
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.
a.
The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See Vend/miaire.
n.
A fricative consonant letter or sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-206, etc.
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.
a.
Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.
n.
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.
n. pl.
Same as Base, n., 19.
n.
A symbol for nineteen units, as 19 or xix.
n.
One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
n.
A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
a.
Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.
n.
The seventh month of the French republican calendar [1792 -- 1806]. It began March 21 and ended April 19. See VendEmiaire.
a.
Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.