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Calendar year
Year 268 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sophus and Russus (or, less frequently
268_BC
Comune in Campania, Italy
temple dedicated to the Argive Juno, which was reputedly built by Jason. In 268 BC, the Romans established a new town called Picentia in the area to accommodate
Pontecagnano_Faiano
City in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Republic of San Marino. The ancient Romans founded the colonia of Ariminum in 268 BC, constructing the Arch of Augustus and the Ponte di Tiberio at the start
Rimini
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)
Roman consul in 268 BC
Appius Claudius Russus was Roman consul in 268 BC. He triumphed over the Picentes, but died in office. Claudius was a member of the patrician gens Claudia
Appius_Claudius_Russus
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (c.316–c.270/268 BC)
Arsinoë II (Koine Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – 270 or 268 BC) was Queen consort of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by her first and second marriage, to
Arsinoe_II
Queen consort of Egypt
Berenice I (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen
Berenice_I
Civil conflicts within ancient Rome
patricians of the Roman Republic 269 BC: Revolt of the Samnites guided by Lollius - revolt suppressed 269-268 BC: Picenti revolt - revolt suppressed and
List of Roman civil wars and revolts
List_of_Roman_civil_wars_and_revolts
Confucian scholar
Fu Sheng (Chinese: 伏勝; 268–178 BC), also known as Master Fu (伏生), was a Chinese philosopher and writer. He was a Confucian scholar of the Qin and Western
Fu_Sheng_(scholar)
Name list
of Cnidus Aristagoras (writer), Greek historian on Egypt Aristagoras, c. 268 BC, member of the Amphictyonic League at Delphi for that year for the Ionians
Aristagoras_(given_name)
Decade
269 BC Attalus I Soter, ruler of Pergamon, from 241 to 197 BC. He will be the first of the Attalid dynasty to assume the title of king (d. 197 BC). 268 BC
260s_BC
(c. 340 – c. 268 BC). Atheist, Materialist. Zeno of Citium (c. 333 – 264 BC). Founder of Stoicism. Aristarchus of Samos (c. 310 – c. 230 BC). Astronomer
Timeline of Western philosophers
Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
Italian historical region
victory, the colonia of Ariminum (Rimini) was founded in southern Romagna in 268 BC, alongside the construction of the Via Flaminia, running from Rome to Ariminum
Romagna
Queen and chief consort of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka
According to Maha Bodhi Society, she was married to Ashoka during c. 270-240 BC. She was a trusted, faithful, and favourite wife of Ashoka. She is often referred
Asandhimitra
275 BC Battle of the Pyrrhic war
battle, this city still had its original name: Maleventum. Six years later (268 BC) the Romans sought to further secure the city and its area by establishing
Battle_of_Beneventum_(275_BC)
753 BC Roma Rome Italy 273 BC Cosa Orbetello Italy 268 BC Ariminum Rimini Italy 220 BC Belum Belluno Italy 218 BC Placentia Piacenza Italy 218 BC Tarraco
List of cities founded by the Romans
List_of_cities_founded_by_the_Romans
Ancient Italic people
BC. The citizenship without the right of suffrage was given to the Sabines in the same year. The right of suffrage was granted to the Sabines in 268 BC
Sabines
Comune in Marche, Italy
the Piceni (9th-3rd centuries BC). After the Roman conquest, it received the status of urbs urbana (built city) in 268 BC. In the 5th century it was captured
Monterubbiano
Ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 281 to 261 BC
In 268 BC Antiochus I laid the foundation for the Ezida Temple in Borsippa. His eldest son Seleucus had ruled in the east as viceroy from c. 275 BC until
Antiochus_I_Soter
Town in Marche, Italy
was also the name of other places. Following its defeat by the Romans in 268 BC, Asculum became a civitas foederata, a "federated" city with nominal independence
Ascoli_Piceno
Ancient Roman family
C. n. Russus, the eldest son of Appius Claudius Caecus, was consul in 268 BC, and triumphed over the Picentes. He died during his year of office. Claudia
Claudia_gens
Emperor (297–273 BC) Ashoka, Emperor (268–232 BC) Dasharatha, Emperor (232–224 BC) Samprati, Emperor (224–215 BC) Shalishuka, Emperor (215–202 BC) Devavarman
List of state leaders in the 3rd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_3rd_century_BC
Ancient Roman coin
conversion rate. A predecessor of the denarius was first struck in 269 or 268 BC, five years before the First Punic War, with an average weight of 6.81 grams
Denarius
(c. 340-c. 268 BC)[a][d] Sun Tzu, (4th century BC) Sung Hsing (or Sung Tzu), (360-290 BC)[a] Su Qin (380-284 BC) Thales, (c. 635 BC-543 BC)[a][b][c][d]
List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC
The First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on
Samnite_Wars
Personification of Earth in ancient Rome
and to the Cicero family. The temple was the result of a votum made in 268 BC by Publius Sempronius Sophus when an earthquake struck during a battle with
Terra_(mythology)
Name list
Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt Berenice Syra (c. 275 BC – 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy
Berenice
Philotera (Greek: Φιλωτέρα, born 315/309 BC-probably after 282 BC and before 268 BC) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and a Greek Egyptian princess of
Philotera
Historical region of Italy; territory of the Roman Republic/Empire
became the Ager Gallicus, part of the Ager publicus (Roman state land). In 268 BC the Romans defeated the Picentes after they had rebelled. Part of the population
Picenum
Chinese philosopher and politician (268-204 BCE
Li Yiji (酈食其; Lì Yìjī; 268–204 BC) was a Chinese scholar who served as an adviser to Liu Bang (Emperor Gaozu), the founding emperor of the Han dynasty
Li_Yiji
Geographical and cultural region of Southern Italy
Samnites in 275 BC. Maloenton was early conquered by the Romans, which renamed it Beneventum and transformed it into a colony in 268 BC. The Hirpini suffered
Irpinia
Athletic competitions in ancient Greece
mythological origin. The originating Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. The games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of
Ancient_Olympic_Games
300 BC Cynic Clinomachus 4th century BC Megarian Clitomachus 187 - 109 BC Academic skeptic Colotes 320-268 BC Epicurean Crantor born c. 350 BC Academic
List of ancient Greek philosophers
List_of_ancient_Greek_philosophers
couriers could travel 2,699 kilometres (1,677 mi) in nine days. From 268 BC to 22 BC, Ashoka built roads, edicts, water wells, education centers, rest houses
History_of_road_transport
Village Panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India
345 BC. With the artefacts having Tamil inscriptions, this could prove that Tamil was older than Prakrit which is dated to be from 268 BC to 232 BC. The
Alagankulam
the known victors of the ancient Olympic Games from the 1st Games in 776 BC up to the 264th in 277 AD, as well as the games of 369 AD before their permanent
List of ancient Olympic victors
List_of_ancient_Olympic_victors
War fought by some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian
took power and declared war on Macedon (possibly as early as the autumn of 268 BC). The first year of the conflict saw only minor confrontations which generally
Chremonidean_War
Tradition in depictions of Alexander the Great
from 275 to 268 BC. It was not for another two centuries that this practice was revived by Mithridates VI Eupator in the 1st century BC, after which
Horns_of_Alexander
Roman consul in 268 BC
Sophus was a Roman politician in the third century BC. Sempronius Sophus served as consul in 268 BC together with Appius Claudius Russus as his colleague
Publius Sempronius Sophus (consul 268 BC)
Publius_Sempronius_Sophus_(consul_268_BC)
Historical region of central Italy
and Amiternum were given full Roman citizenship (civitas optimo iure) in 268 BC. In the Augustan division of Italy, Sabina was included in the region IV
Sabina_(region)
extension of the wet-nurse function of women. Buddhist Indian ruler (268 BC to 232 BC) Ashoka erected a series of pillars, which included an edict ordering
History_of_nursing
c. 750–735 BC) Samsi (reigned c. 735–710 BC) Yatie (reigned c. 710–695 BC) Te'el-hunu (reigned c. 695–690 BC) Tabua (reigned c. 678–675 BC) Queen of Greater
List_of_female_monarchs
Ancient Carian city, present day Bodrum in Turkey
built in his honour a stoa or portico. Under Egyptian hegemony, around 268 BC, a citizen named Hermias became Nesiarch of the Nesiotic League in the Cyclades
Halicarnassus
Roman general and politician (c. 270–208 BC)
BC, beyond some general information about Marcellus' youth. Marcellus' exact birth date is unknown, yet scholars are certain he was born prior to 268 BC
Marcus_Claudius_Marcellus
Brief history of the ancient Roman monetary and weight unit symbols
steadily decreased: in 289 BC – to 1⁄2 libra, in 268 – to 1⁄6, in 217 – to 1⁄12, finally, in 89 – to 1⁄24 libra. In 268 BC, in addition to copper (bronze)
Ancient Roman symbols of monetary and weight units
Ancient_Roman_symbols_of_monetary_and_weight_units
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
UNESCO World Heritage Site
immediate neighborhood, by the consul Manius Curius Dentatus. Six years later (268 BC) they further sought to secure its possession by establishing there a Roman
Benevento
Population of Picenum, on the northern Adriatic coastal plain of ancient Italy
civitas sine suffragio (268 BC) and then civitas optimo iure (241 BC). The Romans made two more colonies to hold it: Ariminum in 268 and Firmum in 264. Between
Picentes
Comune in Apulia, Italy
6th-century BC necropolis, it became a flourishing trade town that was influenced by the nearby Greek colonies. Norba was conquered by the Romans in 268 BC and
Conversano
Olympiad 268 BC - Seleucus of Macedonia 129th Olympiad 264 BC - Philinus of Cos 130th Olympiad 260 BC - Philinus for a second time 131st Olympiad 256 BC - Ammonius
List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race
List_of_Olympic_winners_of_the_Stadion_race
Comune in Lazio, Italy
Sabines were offered Roman citizenship but without voting rights, until 268 BC in which they gained full citizenship, and were incorporated into two new
Rieti
Calendar year
Han dynasty Fu Sheng (Master Fu), Chinese Confucian scholar and writer (b. 268 BC) Liu Jiao, Chinese prince and younger brother of Emperor Gaozu of Han
178_BC
Athenian statesman and general
Aithalidai, was an Athenian 3rd century BC statesman and general. He issued the Decree of Chremonides in 268 BC, creating an alliance between Sparta, Athens
Chremonides
Galatian-Seleucid battle circa 275 BC
events. Dates have been proposed from as learly as 278–277 to as late as 269–268 BC. It has often been argued that the battle must have preceded the outbreak
Battle_of_the_Elephants
King of Qin, China from 307 to 251 BC
as to cede Nanyang (南陽). Qin attacked Wei again in 268 BC and captured Huaicheng (懷城). In 266 BC, the Wei national Fan Ju (范雎) fled to Qin after being
King_Zhaoxiang_of_Qin
Decade
This article concerns the period 769 BC – 760 BC. 763 BC—June 15—A solar eclipse at this date (in month Sivan) is used to fix the chronology of the Ancient
760s_BC
Coinage of Cales, Italy
short distance from the town. The city minted coins in the period between 268 BC and the Second Punic War. The coins of Cales are included among those issued
Coinage_of_Cales
[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
Decade
This article concerns the 200 BC decade, that lasted from 209 BC to 200 BC. The Romans under Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus capture Tarentum (modern
200s_BC_(decade)
Italic people of ancient Italy
in 310 BC and settled Latin colonies there in 299 BC, 268 BC and 241 BC. They had completed their conquest of Umbria by approximately 260 BC. The Via
Umbri
Calendar year
Year 265 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gurges and Vitulus (or, less frequently
265_BC
Calendar year
during the Chu-Han Contention Li Yiji, Chinese politician and adviser (b. 268 BC) Long Ju, Chinese general and Grand Marshal Ptolemy IV Philopator, king
204_BC
Ancient Samnitic tribe
exact period when the Romans subjugated them, but it must have been before 268 BC, when the Romans established their colony at Beneventum, a position that
Hirpini
Roman general, politician, and rebel (d. 73/72 BC)
Quintus Sertorius (c. 126 BC – 73 or 72 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion against the Roman Senate on the Iberian Peninsula
Quintus_Sertorius
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
p. 57; Goldsworthy 2014, pp. 265–268. Eck & Takács 2003, p. 187, calling it a "settlement" with the Senate in 23 BC; Goldsworthy 2014, p. 272, calling
Augustus
Monument in Rimini, Italy
268 BC. Excavations in the 1980s recovered coins suggesting that the earliest yellow sandstone walls surrounding the arch dated to the 3rd century BC
Arch_of_Augustus_(Rimini)
Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sport
number of horses used. Synoris succeeded tethrippon in 384 BC. Tethrippon was reintroduced in 268 BC. The remains of the hippodrome lie under several metres
Chariot_racing
Calendar year
Year 270 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Clepsina and Blasio (or, less frequently
270_BC
Ancient Roman family
Sophus, consul in 304 BC and censor in 300, triumphed over the Aequi. Publius Sempronius P. f. P. n. Sophus, consul in 268 BC, and censor in 252. Gaius
Sempronia_gens
of Philippi 304 BC Tethrippon Olympics Antigonus 292 and 288 BC Stadion Olympics Seleucus 268 BC Stadion Olympics Belistiche 264 BC Tethrippon and Synoris
List_of_ancient_Macedonians
Municipality in Marche, Italy
around the 8th century BC as Cluana by the Piceni Italic tribe, at the mouth of the Chienti river. The Romans captured it in 268 BC, and, in 50 AD, founded
Civitanova_Marche
King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, 284–246 BC
Sparta in 269 BC. In late 268 BC, Chremonides declared war on Antigonus II. The Ptolemaic admiral Patroclus sailed into the Aegean in 267 BC and established
Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
National personification or allegory of Italy
("painted Italy") at the Temple of Tellus in ancient Rome, dating back to 268 BC; this painting has not survived, it could have been either a map or an allegorical
Italia_turrita
Sieges in Roman History
during the three Punic Wars. Rome, after the ouster of the last king in 509 BC, was besieged by the Etruscan lucumo, Porsena, who had been called by Tarquinius
Siege_warfare_in_ancient_Rome
History of the municipality of Benevento, Italy
Roman hands by 275 BC, when they definitively subdued their enemies following the victory over Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, there. In 268 BC, it became a Roman
History_of_Benevento
Ancient Greek philosopher
Lampsacus (Greek: Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός, Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos; c. 320 – after 268 BC) was a pupil of Epicurus. He wrote a work to prove "That it is impossible
Colotes
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
Archaeological site in Tamil Nadu, India
Brahmi Script) of Ashokan Edicts, which is stated to be dated from 268 BC to 232 BC. These claims have been challenged. It is not clear whether the potsherds
Keezhadi_excavation_site
Comune in Marche, Italy
catacomb and place for prayers. From the 3rd century BC, with the Roman conquest of the Piceno area in 268 BC, Septempeda became one of the first colonies of
San_Severino_Marche
Ancient Gallic tribe in Italy
colony of Sena Gallica was established on the coast, followed by Ariminum in 268 BC. The Roman tradition holds that the Senones were expelled or destroyed and
Senones_(Cisalpine_Gaul)
Calendar year
Year 266 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pera and Pictor (or, less frequently
266_BC
2008 film by Roland Emmerich
10,000 BC is a 2008 American action-adventure film, directed by Roland Emmerich, and written by Emmerich and Harald Kloser. The cast includes Steven Strait
10,000_BC_(film)
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
Calendar year
Year 269 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Pictor (or, less frequently
269_BC
Coinage of the Picenum region
unsuccessful and was quelled by the Romans in two separate campaigns, in 269 and 268 BC. As a result, part of the Picente population was deported to Campania, near
Coinage_of_Picenum
Calendar year
become known as "the sword of Rome" (b. 268 BC) Li Si, Chinese philosopher and politician (assassinated) (b. 280 BC) Hung, Hing Ming (2011). The Road to
208_BC
Region in northern Sudan and southern Egypt
which lasted from around 2500 BC until its conquest by the New Kingdom of Egypt under Pharaoh Thutmose I around 1500 BC. Egyptian heirs subsequently ruled
Nubia
Calendar year
Year 271 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudus and Clepsina (or, less frequently
271_BC
Greek philosopher, historian, and soldier (c.430–355/354 BC)
born into a rich but politcally inactive family around 430 BC". Sacks & Murray 1995, p. 268: "Born into a rich, aristocratic family at Athens [...] he
Xenophon
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
Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites
as the First Dynasty (c. 3100 – c. 2890 BC), Anubis was also an embalmer. By the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055–1650 BC) he was replaced by Osiris in his role
Anubis
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
Town in West Attica, Greece
to deploy naval ships to aid in the Aegean War which the Greeks won in 268 B.C. In 2017, the area was badly hit from catastrophic floods, that resulted
Mandra
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 name for the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar
Asia Minor in 278/277 BC, and their defeat at the hand of Antiochus I during the so-called 'Battle of the Elephants' (likely 268 BC), the Celts settled
Pessinus
5000 BC – 4500 BC: Rowing oars in China 4500 BC – 3500 BC: Lost-wax casting in Palestine or the Indus Valley 4400 BC: Fired bricks in China. 4000 BC: Probable
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Publius Sempronius Sophus, who would himself be consul in 268 BC and Censor in 252 BC. In 310 BC, Sempronius attained his first known political position
Publius_Sempronius_Sophus
Comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy
leading to the foundation of the colonia of Ariminum (modern Rimini) in 268 BC and the construction of the Via Flaminia, running from Rome to Ariminum
Riccione
Calendar year
Viscellinus and Rutilus (or, less frequently, year 268 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 486 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
486_BC
Capital city of British Columbia, Canada
other communities in BC through their local bicycle advocacy groups, all supported by the Bike to Work BC Society. The Bike to Work BC Society was formed
Victoria,_British_Columbia
268 BC
268 BC
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Amos, of uncertain origin, in some traditions connected with the Hebrew verb amos ‘to carry’, and assigned the meaning ‘borne by God’. This was the name of a Biblical prophet of the 8th century bc, whose oracles are recorded in the Book of Amos. This was one of the Biblical names taken up by Puritans and Nonconformists in the 16th–17th centuries, too late to have had much influence on surname formation, except in Wales.English : variant of Amis, assimilated in spelling to the Biblical name. It occurs chiefly in southeastern England.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : there are two sources for this character for Wen, which also means ‘warm’. One is a territory named Wen, and the other an area named Wenyi. Descendants of rulers of these areas adopted Wen as their surname.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘literature’. Its origin, however, is from the given name of an ancient personage called Wen.Chinese : from a character that also means ‘hear’. During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), in the state of Lu there existed a man who has a supplementary name, Wenren. His descendants adopted the first character of his name, Wen, as their surname.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish
English, Scottish, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish : from the Hebrew personal name Gavriel ‘God has given me strength’. This was borne by an archangel in the Bible (Daniel 8:16 and 9:21), who in the New Testament announced the impending birth of Jesus to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:26–38). It has been a comparatively popular personal name in all parts of Europe, among both Christians and Jews, during the Middle Ages and since. Compare Michael and Raphael.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name of uncertain origin. The surname is common in London, and may be derived from Alsa (formerly Assey) in Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex (recorded as Alsiesheye in 1268).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Wren.Dutch (de Ren) : origin unexplained.Variant spelling of German Renn.Swedish : soldier’s name, from ren ‘reindeer’.Chinese : from the name of Rencheng ‘Ren City’, which was granted to Yu Yang, the 25th son of the Emperor Huang Di (2697–2595 bc). Some of his descendants later adopted the place name as their surname.
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.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the medieval French form of the Latin personal name Sabinus or its feminine form Sabina, originally an ethnic name for a member of an ancient Italic people of central Italy, whose name is of uncertain origin. According to legend, in the 8th century bc the Romans slaughtered the Sabine menfolk and carried off the women. More influential as far as name-giving is concerned was the existence of several Christian saints bearing this name. The masculine name was borne by at least ten early saints (martyrs and bishops), but as a given name the feminine form was always more popular.Jewish : probably also an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Horace, Latin Horatius, a Roman family name of unknown origin, associated chiefly with the name of the poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 bc).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Pink.Chinese : there are two sources of this name, which also means ‘peace’. One is the name of a senior minister of the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), who was posthumously named Yan Pingzhong. The other source is a city called Ping in the state of Han during the Warring States period (403–221 bc). It was granted to a marquis whose descendants adopted the place name as their surname.
Male
Hebrew
(×ֲבִיש×Ö·×™) Hebrew name ABIYSHAY means "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift." In the bible, this is the name of the eldest son of David's sister Zeruiah. He was the only one to accompany David when he went to the camp of Saul (1 Sam. 26:5-12). Also spelled Avishai.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, possibly a variant of Litchfield. The surname is not found in current English records, but of the 52 bearers recorded in the 1881 British Census, 28 were born in Kent, suggesting that a different, unidentified source could be involved.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
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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.
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English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk, so named from Old English hlinc ‘hillside’, or from either of two places in Norfolk and Lincolnshire named Ling, from Old Norse lyng ‘ling’, ‘heather’. There is also a Lyng in Somerset, so named from Old English lengen ‘long place’.German : variant of Link.Chinese : from a word meaning ‘ice’. In ancient times, the imperial palace was able to enjoy ice in the summer by storing winter ice in a cellar, entrusting its care to an official called the iceman. This post was once filled during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) by a descendant of Kang Shu, the eighth son of Wen Wang, who had been granted the state of Wei soon after the establishment of the Zhou dynasty. Descendants of this particular iceman adopted the word for ice, ling, as their surname.
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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’.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Aza'zel, AZAZEL means "entire removal" and "scapegoat." In the bible, this word is found in the law of the day of atonement (Leviticus 16:8, 10, 26). It refers to a goat used for sacrifice for the sins of the people. In modern times, Azazel was interpreted as a Satanic, goat-like demon. The name has even been used for the "Angel of Death."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Abiyshay, ABISHAI means "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift." In the bible, this is the name of the eldest son of David's sister Zeruiah. He was the only one to accompany David when he went to the camp of Saul (1 Sam. 26:5-12).
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Hindu
Glance
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British, English, Greek
Wise
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English : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Garneys, itself a variant of Garniss (see Garness 2).Name of unknown etymology found among people of Indian origin in Guyana and Trinidad.
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Indian
As beautiful as a picture
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Mount Hirah named after the mountain where the Holy Qur'an was
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Australian, British, English, French, Greek, Polish
Gift without Limits; Good Gift
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Hindu, Indian
Brother-in-law of Vasudev
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Muslim
Abshamiyahs daughter
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Tamil
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English
English : variant of Sargent.
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The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel.
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The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23¡ 28'; the inclination of two rays of light.
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Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
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A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels.
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A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
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A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
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One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.
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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.
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A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
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The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
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A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
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One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
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The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264.
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A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
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The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
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A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23¡ 28'. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.
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A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years.
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A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.