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Calendar year
Year 288 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tremulus and Arvina (or, less frequently
288_BC
King of Macedon (294–288 BC)
337–283 BC) was a Macedonian Greek nobleman and military leader who became king of Asia between 306 and 301 BC, and king of Macedon between 294 and 288 BC. A
Demetrius_I_Poliorcetes
Sacred tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Emperor Asoka and founder of an order of Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. In 288 BC, this branch was ceremoniously presented to Devanampiya Tissa, one of the
Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi
King of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC
driving out Demetrius in 288 BC. In 284 BC, he was driven out of Macedon by Lysimachus. During the eponymous Pyrrhic War of 280–275 BC, Pyrrhus fought Rome
Pyrrhus_of_Epirus
Topics referred to by the same term
288 may refer to: The year 288 AD The year 288 BC The number 288 The Ferrari 288 GTO, an automobile The USS Cabrilla (SS-288), a USN submarine The USS
288_(disambiguation)
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
Dynasty of Hellenistic kings
301 BC) and his son, the future king Demetrius I Poliorcetes (r. 294 – 288 BC). After the power crisis in Macedon, which culminated in Philip III's and
Antigonid_dynasty
Banyan tree in West Bengal, India
Bodhi, a sapling/cutting of original Bodhi tree planted in Sri Lanka in 288 BC Narora Siddhi Bari banyan tree, least 450 years old in Bulandshahr district
The_Great_Banyan
Period of eastern Mediterranean history from 323 to 30 BC
and conquered Thessaly and most of central Greece (293–291 BC). He was defeated in 288 BC when Lysimachus of Thrace and Pyrrhus of Epirus invaded Macedon
Hellenistic_period
Macedonian officer of Thessalian origin (c. 360–281 BCE)
became king of Thrace in 306 BC, western Asia Minor in 301 BC and Macedon in 288 BC. Born into a Thessalian noble family, Lysimachus was one of Alexander's
Lysimachus
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
306–301 BC) and his son, the future king Demetrius I (r. 294–288 BC). Cassander besieged Athens in 303 BC, but was forced to retreat to Macedonia when Demetrius
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Subgenus of fig trees
Bodhi, a sapling/cutting of original Bodhi tree planted in Sri Lanka in 288 BC. Thimmamma Marrimanu, recognised as world's largest banyan tree with canopy
Banyan
Name list
(English) Lexis (English) Lexus (English) Lexy (English) Alexis (fl. 350s – 288 BC), 4th century poet Alexis, Ancient Greek sculptor Alexis of Russia (1629–1676)
Alexis_(given_name)
in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is 2,313 years old, having been planted in 288 BC. It is the oldest known living human-planted tree in the world. The Great
List of longest-living organisms
List_of_longest-living_organisms
Study of fungi
written about in the works of Euripides (480–406 BC). The Greek philosopher Theophrastos of Eresos (371–288 BC) was perhaps the first to try to systematically
Mycology
Ancient Greek male given name meaning "devoted to Demeter"
Great (d. 330 BC) Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BC), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BC Demetrius the
Demetrius
4th century BC Athenian comic poet
Alexis (Ancient Greek: Ἄλεξις; fl. 350s – 288 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born in Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy)
Alexis_(poet)
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
Phoenician city-state
the Carthaginians and the Romans". When Agathocles of Syracuse died in 288 BC, a large company of Italian mercenaries previously in his service found
Ancient_Carthage
4th century BC – State leaders in the 2nd century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 3rd century BC (300–201 BC). Cyrene (complete
List of state leaders in the 3rd century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_3rd_century_BC
Calendar year
Year 287 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Rutilus (or, less frequently
287_BC
Calendar year
Consulship of Priscus and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 288 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 466 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
466_BC
King of Macedonia in 281–279 BC
whose father Demetrius I Poliorcetes had been king of Macedon from 294-288 BC, attempted to seize control of Macedon, but Ptolemy Ceraunus defeated him
Ptolemy_Ceraunus
277 BC Antigonid victory over the Gauls in Greece
Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lysimachus in 288 BC. Tired of war, Demetrius surrendered himself to Seleucus I Nicator in 285 BC, leaving Antigonus as the Antigonid
Battle_of_Lysimachia
Ancient mercenaries of south Italy
who were unprepared. In this way, they claimed Messina for themselves in 288 BC. The surviving Messinians were thrown out and the property and women divided
Mamertines
Decade
This article concerns the period 289 BC – 280 BC. The tyrant of Syracuse, Agathocles, dies after restoring the Syracusan democracy on his death bed by
280s_BC
with Lysimachus after driving out Demetrius in 288 BC. During the eponymous Pyrrhic War of 280–275 BC, Pyrrhus fought Rome at the behest of Tarentum,
History_of_Greece
Decade
period 859 BC – 850 BC. 859 BC—Assurnasirpal II dies. 859 BC—Shalmaneser attacks Syria and Israel. 858 BC—Aramu becomes king of Urartu. 858 BC—Shalmaneser
850s_BC
Comune in Sicily, Italy
Pyxus. The city was sacked in 397 BC by the Carthaginians and then reconquered by Dionysius I of Syracuse. In 288 BC the Mamertines seized the city by
Messina
King of Qin, China from 307 to 251 BC
lands to Qin. In 289 BC, King Zhaoxiang sent Bai Qi and Sima Cuo to attack Wei, capturing 61 villages around Zhi. However, in 288 BC, Qin was forced to
King_Zhaoxiang_of_Qin
League of city-states in ancient Greece
the 3rd century BC to the late 3rd century AD. The League is first attested during the reign of Demetrios Poliorketes (r. 294–288 BC), but is not mentioned
Euboean_League
Calendar year
Year 285 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Canina and Lepidus (or, less frequently
285_BC
Macedonian officer, general of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
fleet and general during the short reign of Demetrius Poliorcetes (294 - 288 BC). He was considered to be the bravest as well as physically the strongest
Pantauchus
Calendar year
Year 290 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufinus and Dentatus (or, less frequently
290_BC
Anatolia during classical antiquity
predecessors. Demetrius, who eventually became King of Macedon (294 BC – 288 BC), was still at large controlling a significant naval force, raiding Lysimachus'
Classical_Anatolia
is a list of sovereign states or polities that existed in the 3rd century BC. List of Bronze Age states List of Iron Age states List of Classical Age states
List of political entities in the 3rd century BC
List_of_political_entities_in_the_3rd_century_BC
silver talents, but lost no territory in Sicily. When Agathocles died in 288 BC, a large company of Italian mercenaries who had previously been held in
History_of_Carthage
Military campaign of the Second Punic War
The Roman invasion of Africa lasted from 204 to 201 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio landed near Utica and decisively defeated the Carthaginian
Roman invasion of Africa (204–201 BC)
Roman_invasion_of_Africa_(204–201_BC)
Magnesia-on-Maeander 121st Olympiad 296 BC - Pythagoras for a second time 122nd Olympiad 292 BC - Antigonus of Macedonia 123rd Olympiad 288 BC - Antigonus for a second
List of Olympic winners of the Stadion race
List_of_Olympic_winners_of_the_Stadion_race
Eight sacred places in Sri Lanka where the Buddha visited
historical Bodhi tree under which Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC and is said to be the southern branch of the Sri Maha Bodhi Bodhgaya India
Atamasthana
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14
63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire and the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until
Augustus
Decade
V and Antipater II, co-kings of Macedon r. 297–294 BC Demetrius I, King of Macedon, r. 294–288 BC Epicurus, Greek philosopher (founder of Epicureanism)
290s_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
Philippus) was a Roman consul in 281 BC. His father was probably Quintus Marcius Tremulus, consul in 306 and 288 BC. Instead of the cognomen Tremulus he
Quintus Marcius Philippus (consul 281 BC)
Quintus_Marcius_Philippus_(consul_281_BC)
of Ireland's fairy forts. Some of these ancient mounds date back to 3000 BC, but many are buried under motorways". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-06-11
List_of_individual_trees
the future king Demetrius I of Macedon (r. 294 – 288 BC). While Cassander was besieging Athens in 303 BC, Demetrius invaded Boeotia in order to sever Cassander's
History of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
History_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Topics referred to by the same term
Min of Qi (reigned 324 or 300–284 BC), briefly proclaiming himself as Di (帝, a title higher than "king") until 288 BC Emperor Xian of Han (181–234, reigned
Emperor_Min
Political history topic
Pydna, Demetrius I of Macedon (r. 294 – 288 BC) had one at Pella, and Antigonus II Gonatas (r. c. 229 – 222 BC), while serving as a general for Demetrius
Government of Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Government_of_Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Calendar year
Year 286 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corvus (or Potitus) and Paetus (or,
286_BC
King of Macedonia from 277 BC to 239 BC
Lysimachus, and Pyrrhus, who immediately formed an alliance. In the spring of 288 BC Ptolemy's fleet appeared off Greece, inciting the cities to revolt. At the
Antigonus_II_Gonatas
Labraid's accession to Christmas Eve, 307 BC, and also synchronises his reign to that of Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–222 BC). The chronology of Keating's Foras
Labhraidh_Loingseach
Historical region of West Asia
recorded history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC. The rise of empires, beginning with Sargon of Akkad around 2350 BC, characterized the subsequent
Mesopotamia
War between Rome and Carthage (218–201 BC)
(218–201 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
deposed 288 BC. Meleager (king), King of Macedon 278 BC, deposed in that same year. Pyrrhus, King of Macedon and Epirus, deposed 285 BC, restored 274 BC. Antigonus
List of monarchs who lost their thrones before the 13th century
List_of_monarchs_who_lost_their_thrones_before_the_13th_century
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
262 BC naval battle between Carthage and Rome
262 BC the Romans attacked the city to prevent the Carthaginians from holding it and using it as a staging ground for an attack on Rome. In 288 BC, the
Battle_of_Agrigentum
Military unit
program was halted when following his seven year reign he lost his throne in 288 BC, at which point Ptolemy I took this chance to return to the matters of Greek
Ptolemaic_navy
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
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
3rd-century BC tyrant of Syracuse
from 288-279 BC. He rose to power following the death of Agathocles of Syracuse. He defeated his rival to the west, Phintias of Agrigentum, in 285 BC, but
Hicetas_(tyrant_of_Syracuse)
Indian air drop in Sri Lankan Civil War
Buddhists & it houses the world's oldest living human-planted tree, planted in 288 BC. This was followed by a massacre through the town. At least 150 civilians
Operation_Poomalai
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
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 3300 to 1900 BC
the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the 5th and 4th millennium BC. Like nearby Elam, it is one of the cradles of civilization, along with Egypt
Sumer
Calendar year
Year 291 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Megellus and Brutus (or, less frequently
291_BC
Ancient Mesopotamian city in Iraq
to the First Millennium B.C. Cuneiform Texts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. IV. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 288–290. ISBN 978-1-57506-327-0
Babylon
Buddhist temple in Bellanwila, Colombo District, Sri Lanka
saplings to be planted in their ruling areas. Sri Maha Bodiya was planted in 288 BC which is 2300 years back. The thirty-two saplings including "Bellanwila
Bellanwila_Rajamaha_Viharaya
Ancient city in Médenine Governorate, Tunisia
abundant harvest: wheat and barley; it is a fertile island. Theophrastus (d. 288 BC, Eresos) reports an important fact: the army of Ophelas, on its march towards
Meninx_(town)
Military investment of Amphipolis by Sparta (422 BC)
was fought in 422 BC during the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. It was the culmination of events that began in 424 BC with the capture of
Battle_of_Amphipolis
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
Late 4th/early 3rd century BC Roman politician and general
Arvina and Rutilus conducted the census, counting 262,321 Roman citizens. In 288 BC, Arvina was elected consul for a second time, once again with Quintus Marcius
Publius_Cornelius_Arvina
Midpoint day in the Roman month of March
Gregorian calendar. It was marked by several major religious observances. In 44 BC, it was the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar, which made it a turning
Ides_of_March
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
tensions rapidly rose after the departure of the Epirote king. Between 288 and 283 BC, Messina in Sicily was taken by the Mamertines, a band of mercenaries
Roman_Republic
Calendar year
Year 289 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corvus and Noctua (or, less frequently
289_BC
Roman general and politician (236/235 – c. 183 BC)
Cornelius Scipio Africanus (/ˈs(k)ɪp.i.oʊ/, Latin: [ˈskiːpioː]; 236/235–c. 183 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's
Scipio_Africanus
School of philosophy in Ancient Greece
the school is as follows (all dates BC): Aristotle (c. 334 – 322) Theophrastus (322–288) Strato of Lampsacus (288 – c. 269) Lyco of Troas (c. 269 – 225)
Peripatetic_school
Historical region in Central Anatolia, Turkey
Nevşehir province. According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revolt (499 BC), the Cappadocians were reported as occupying a region from the Taurus Mountains
Cappadocia
Buddhist monastery in Singapore
from the cutting of Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree (planted at Anuradhapura in 288 BC, by king Ashoka's eldest daughter Sangamitta) after taking a sapling cutting
Foo_Hai_Ch'an_Monastery
Queen regent of the Ardiaei
Illyria, who reigned approximately from 231 BC to 228/227 BC. Following the death of her spouse Agron in 231 BC, she assumed the regency of the Ardiaean
Teuta
One hundred years, from 400 BC to 301 BC
The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical
4th_century_BC
Neolithic Turkish statue
Upper Mesopotamia, in the southeast of modern Turkey. It is dated c. 9000 BC to the period of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, and was considered as "the oldest
Urfa_Man
Buddhist sacred places in Sri Lanka
up to the end of "the Mahavansa" or Great dynasty: Vijaya to Maha Sena, B.C. 543 to A.D.302. Asian Educational Services. p. 182. ISBN 978-81-206-1271-6
Solosmasthana
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
Classical Greece was a period of around 200 years (the 5th and 4th centuries BC) in Ancient Greece, marked by much of the eastern Aegean and northern regions
Classical_Greece
European archaeological culture, 2800–1800 BC
used at the beginning of the European Bronze Age, arising as early as 2800 BC. The term was first coined as Glockenbecher by German prehistorian Paul Reinecke
Bell_Beaker_culture
Sulla's coup against the Roman Republic
The March on Rome of 88 BC was a coup d'état by the consul of the Roman Republic Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who seized power against his enemies Marius and
March_on_Rome_(88_BC)
14th-century BCE Egyptian clay tablet
of the mid 14th century BC Amarna letters. The scribe of his six letters to Egypt were penned by the "Jerusalem scribe"; EA 288 is a moderately long, and
Amarna_letter_EA_288
Roman politician and Stoic (95–46 BC)
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ("of Utica"; /ˈkeɪtoʊ/ KAY-toe; 95 BC – April 46 BC), also known as Cato the Younger (Latin: Cato Minor), was an influential
Cato_the_Younger
Roman patrician, statesman and soldier (died 90 BC)
American Philosophical Society. 130 (3): 251–288. JSTOR 986827. Matyszak, Philip (2014-11-30). Cataclysm 90 BC: The Forgotten War That Almost Destroyed Rome
Quintus Servilius Caepio (quaestor 103 BC)
Quintus_Servilius_Caepio_(quaestor_103_BC)
King of Qi
powerful states in China at his accession, if not the most powerful. In 288 BC. King Min took the title of Di of the East (東帝), and his ally King Zhaoxiang
King_Min_of_Qi
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
occupation of the region and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic Egypt" is traditionally defined as
Prehistoric_Egypt
480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
The Battle of Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/) was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an alliance of Greek
Battle_of_Thermopylae
Ancient state in West Asia
Yarshater, E. (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. 2, Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 288–96, ISBN 978-0-933273-67-2 Lanfranchi, Giovanni B.; Roaf, Michael; Rollinger
Median_kingdom
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
BC. In the 7th century BC, the Scythians crossed the Caucasus Mountains and often raided West Asia along with the Cimmerians. In the 6th century BC,
Scythians
National god of the Babylonians
millennium BC, Marduk slowly rose to prominence before being enshrined as leader of the Mesopotamian pantheon under Nebuchadnezzar I in the 2nd millennium BC. In
Marduk
Pharmaceutical compound
PubChem CID 141803940 Chemical and physical data Formula C17H24N2O2 Molar mass 288.391 g·mol−1 3D model (JSmol) Interactive image SMILES
NBoc-DMT
Classification of eukaryotes
to land plants". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288 (1963) 20212168. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.2168. PMC 8611356. PMID 34814752.
Protist_classification
Ancient Iranian civilization (6th century BCE – 11th century CE)
and then was annexed by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian
Sogdia
One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
fifth-century BC play by Euripides, a chorus of satyrs offers comic relief based on the encounter of Odysseus and Polyphemus. The third-century BC poet Callimachus
Cyclopes
Jewish social movement and school of thought
with the first deportation in 597 BC, and continuing after the fall of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple in 587 BC—resulted in dramatic changes to
Pharisees
East Asian ethnic group
successive periods of Chinese history, for example the Qin (221–206 BC) and Han (202 BC – 220 AD) dynasties, leading to a demographic and economic tilt towards
Han_Chinese
Canadian Major League Soccer team
Langford, BC Cavalry FC Pacific FC 1 Cavalry FC 3 Montreal, QC CF Montréal 5 Calgary Blizzard SC 0 CF Montréal Langley, BC Vancouver
2026_CF_Montréal_season
288 BC
288 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ostensibly a topographic name containing Middle English cott, cote ‘cottage’ (see Coates). In fact, however, it is generally if not always an alteration of Alcock, in part at least for euphemistic reasons.Louisa May Alcott (1832–88), author of Little Women (1869), was the daughter of Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888), who had changed the family name from Alcox. The family trace their descent from an Alcocke family who emigrated from England to MA with John Winthrop in 1629.
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 : 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).
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
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 (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.
Girl/Female
Hebrew
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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.
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
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 : habitational name from Stockport in Greater Manchester, formerly known as Stopford. The place name is recorded in the 12th century as Stokeport, probably from Old English stoc ‘hamlet’, ‘dependent settlement’ + port ‘marketplace’ (see Port). The confusion of the second element with ford appears in 1288, and the form Stopford is recorded in 1347.German : occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German stoppen ‘to repair’.German : Sorbian short form of Christopher.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the Middle English, Old French personal name Crispin, Latin Crispinus, a family name derived from crispus ‘curly-haired’ (see Crisp). This name was especially popular in France in the early Middle Ages, having been borne by a saint who was martyred at Soissons in ad c. 285 along with a companion, Crispinianus (whose name is a further derivative of the same word).English and French : diminutive of Crisp.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : from the common Norman personal name, T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), composed of the unattested Germanic element þeudo- ‘people’, ‘race’ + rÄ«c ‘power’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was often taken as a derivative of Greek TheodÅros (see Theodore). There was an Anglo-Norman family of this name in County Cork.Irish : Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley).Southern French : occupational name for a potter, from Occitan terrin ‘earthenware vase’ (a diminutive of terre ‘earth’, Latin terra).
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
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
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
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
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’.
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Jugnu
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Sun, Ray of light
Girl/Female
Hindu
Female
Hebrew
(×¤Ö¼Ö°× Ö´× Ö¼Ö¸×”) Hebrew name PENINNAH means "coral" or "pearl." In the bible, this is the name of a wife of Elkanah.Â
Girl/Female
Indian
Not stealing
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Soft Lion
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
One who gives protection
Girl/Female
Indian
Fast, Free flowing, The holy and purifying river ganges
Boy/Male
French
Powerful; strong ruler.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hursey in Dorset, so named from the Old English personal name HeorstÄn + Old English (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.
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a.
Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance.
a.
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.
n.
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.
n.
One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.
n.
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
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.
n.
Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.
n.
That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283.
n.
A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.
n.
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.
n.
A term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng; with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch, -- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.
n.
The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
a.
Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23¡ 28/. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.
n.
One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23¡ 28/, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic.
n.
The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
n.
A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured.
a.
A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.