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Calendar year
Year 327 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 Philo (or, less frequently
327_BC
Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC
(326 to 304 BC) 327 BC – The Samnites declared war. 327 BC – Start of the Roman siege of Neapolis. 326 BC – Capture of Neapolis (Naples). 325 BC – Land of
Samnite_Wars
Ancient Roman office
respectively. This was an expedient development, starting in 327 BC and becoming regular by 241 BC, that was meant to allow consuls and praetors to continue
Promagistrate
Alexander the Great's siege of Sogdian fortress (327 BC)
was captured by the forces of Alexander the Great in the early spring of 327 BC as part of his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. Oxyartes of Bactria had
Siege_of_the_Sogdian_Rock
Ancient Greek military campaign in Indus Valley
The Indian campaign of Alexander the Great began in 327 BC and lasted until 325 BC. After conquering the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the Macedonian army
Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
Indian_campaign_of_Alexander_the_Great
Ancient Iranian civilization (6th century BCE – 11th century CE)
Sogdian Rock or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress in Sogdiana, was captured in 327 BC by the forces of Alexander the Great, the basileus of Macedonian Greece
Sogdia
Conflicts of Alexander the Great (336–323 BC)
(Koinos), one Alexander the Great's generals in 328 BC, he began a new campaign to Ariana in 327 BC. He wanted to conquer the entire known world, which
Wars_of_Alexander_the_Great
Military campaign by Alexander the Great (327–326 BCE)
the Kabul Valley (Sanskrit: कुभा, romanized: Kubhā) between May 327 BC and March 326 BC. It was conducted against the Aspasioi, the Guraeans, and the Assakenoi
Cophen_campaign
King of Macedon from 336 to 323 BC
III 'the Great'. 336–323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.15 g, 1h). Tarsos mint. Struck under Balakros or Menes, circa 333–327 BC". CNG. Archived from the
Alexander_the_Great
Village in District Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Peshawar. It was the site of Alexander the Great's crossing of the Indus in 327 BC, and an important site of Gandhara ruins. It is also the site of Hund Museum
Hund,_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa
Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom (256–100 BCE)
about 230 BC. A Greek population was already present in Bactria by the 5th century BC. Alexander the Great had conquered the region by 327 BC, founding
Greco-Bactrian_Kingdom
Son of Alexander the Great (327–309 BCE)
Heracles of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς; c. 327 – 309 BC) was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of
Heracles_of_Macedon
Achieving complete domination over the former lands of the Achaemenids by 327 BC, Alexander attempted to conquer India but turned back after his weary troops
List of cities founded by Alexander the Great
List_of_cities_founded_by_Alexander_the_Great
Page to Alexander the Great
Hermolaus of Macedon (Greek: Ἑρμόλαος) was a page to Alexander the Great in 327 BC, who was executed for planning regicide. The son of hipparch Sopolis of
Hermolaus_of_Macedon
City in Punjab, Pakistan
District located in Punjab, Pakistan. Hafizabad is an old settlement. In 327 BC, during Alexander's invasion of Punjab, the territory of the Sandal Bar
Hafizabad
Chinese general (d. 229 BCE)
‹See RfD› Lian Po (Chinese: 廉頗; c. 327 BC – 243 BC), was a prominent General of the Zhao state in the Warring States period of Chinese history. He is
Lian_Po
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
A Second Samnite War began in 327 BC. The war ended with Samnite defeat at the Battle of Bovianum in 305 BC. By 304 BC, Rome had annexed most Samnite
Roman_Republic
327 BC battle during the Second Samnite War
The Capture of Neapolis took place during the Second Samnite War in 327 BC, when the Romans seized the city of Neapolis from the Samnites, an ancient Italic
Capture_of_Neapolis
Part of the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
under Bessus and Spitamenes in 328 BC, he began a new campaign to further extend his empire towards India in 327 BC. After fortifying Bactria with 10,000
Battle_of_the_Hydaspes
Exclusion of a person from official records and accounts
of his name. At Delphi, an honorific inscription erected between 337 and 327 BC for Aristotle and his nephew Callisthenes, two philosophers who were closely
Damnatio_memoriae
Index of articles associated with the same name
war may refer to: Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC–327 BC), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Macedonian Empire Muslim conquests
War_in_Afghanistan
Historical region of Italy
first Greek city to be absorbed into the Roman Republic was Neàpolis in 327 BC. At the beginning of the 3rd century, Rome was a great power but had not
Magna_Graecia
of the Sogdian Rock (327 BC) – Wars of Alexander the Great Siege of Neapolis (c. 327 BC) – Samnite Wars Siege of Massaga (327 BC) – Wars of Alexander
List_of_sieges
Macedonian general, Diadochus, and founder of the Seleucid Empire
BC, as a young man of about twenty-three, Seleucus accompanied Alexander into Asia. By the time of the Indian campaigns beginning in late in 327 BC,
Seleucus_I_Nicator
5th century BC – State leaders in the 3rd century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 4th century BC (400–301 BC). Carthage
List of state leaders in the 4th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_4th_century_BC
Navigational template showing Odrysian kings
Alexander son of Aeropus (335–334 BC), Memnon (334–327 BC), Zopyrion (327–325 BC). After Philip's death in 336 BC, several Thracian tribes revolted against
Seuthes_III
Decade
and satrap (fl. 389 BC) 327 BC Callisthenes of Olynthus, Greek historian, great nephew and pupil of Aristotle (b. c. 360 BC) 326 BC Coenus, son of Polemocrates
320s_BC
Greek: Φίλιππος; died 318 BC) was satrap of Sogdiana. He was first appointed to this position by Alexander the Great in 327 BC. He retained his post, as
Philip_(satrap)
Relationships of Alexander the Great
There is speculation that he may have fathered a child, Heracles, of her in 327 BC. Mary Renault, however, was sceptical of such a story: No record at all
Personal relationships of Alexander the Great
Personal_relationships_of_Alexander_the_Great
2nd-century AD work by Arrian of Nicomedia
Philotas and Parmenion (331–329 BC). Book 4: This book begins with describing the long Sogdian campaign of 329–327 BC against Bessus, Spitamenes, and
Anabasis_of_Alexander
Military history
to Roman rule for the next 200 years. The Second Samnite War, from 327 BC to 304 BC, was a much longer and more serious affair for both the Romans and
Campaign history of the Roman military
Campaign_history_of_the_Roman_military
Governor of a province in the Roman republic
to command. Quintus Publilius Philo was one of two consuls for the year 327 BC. When his term expired at the end of the year, his army was in the midst
Proconsul
Sostratus (Ancient Greek: Σώστρατος, Sostratos), son of Amyntas, was an aristocratic Macedonian youth who served Alexander the Great. Sostratus was implicated
Sostratus_of_Macedon
Macedonian nobleman and general (c. 356–324 BC)
Hephaestion (Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστίων Hēphaistíōn; c. 356 BC – 324 BC), son of Amyntor, was an ancient Macedonian nobleman of probable "Attic or Ionian
Hephaestion
disorders and madness it brought with it (e.g. Pentheus or Lycurgus). In 327 BC Alexander the Great began his foray into Punjab. King Ambhi, ruler of Taxila
Indo-Greek_Wars
Town in Naples, Campania, Italy
defend Naples against the Romans (Paleopolis/Neapolis) in 327 BC. The Romans took Nola in 313 BC after setting fire to buildings near the city walls. Under
Nola
Variety of ethnic and cultural clothing worn by the people of India
important centre of kimkhwāb production. When Alexander invaded Gandhara in 327 BC, block-printed textiles from India were noticed. According to the Greek
Clothing_in_India
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
construct a similar boat-bridge at the Indus river in India in the spring of 327 BC. During the reign of Cyrus II and Darius I, and as long as the seat of government
Achaemenid_Empire
Sogdian or Bactrian princess who married Alexander the Great
fortress of Chorienes. The marriage between Roxana and Alexander took place in 327 BC, and according to the majority of the sources it was held in the Macedonian
Roxana
Valley in Central Asia
Sogdian Rock or Rock of Ariamazes, a fortress in Sogdiana, was captured in 327 BC by the forces of Alexander the Great; after an extended campaign putting
Fergana_Valley
Bactrian nobleman
with the utmost distinction. The nuptials of his daughter with the king in 327 BC were celebrated with a magnificent feast. Alexander's marriage to her marks
Oxyartes
Roman conquest of Italy from 588 BC to 7 BC
were forced to submit to Roman power. The Second Samnite War, from 327 to 304 BC, represented a more serious and lengthy affair, both for the Romans
Roman_expansion_in_Italy
Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
BC Place, currently known as BC Place Vancouver for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located
BC_Place
Alloy of iron and carbon
may have been taken by the Arabs from Persia, who took it from India. In 327 BC, Alexander the Great was rewarded by the defeated King Porus, not with gold
Steel
Town in Bangladesh
worshiping this temple during the Mahabharata era. Alexander invaded India in 327 BC. At the time of his invasion of India, the mention of an independent state
Satkhira
Roman consul in 327 BC and dictator 320 BC
century BC. Lentulus, who was the progenitor of the Lentulii Branch of the Cornelia gens, served as consul with Quintus Publilius Philo in 327 BC, and fought
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus (consul 327 BC)
Lucius_Cornelius_Lentulus_(consul_327_BC)
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
Calendar year
Greek historian (d. 327 BC) Lysimachus, Macedonian diadochus (d. 281 BC) Pyrrho of Elis, Greek skeptic philosopher (d. c. 270 BC) Agesilaus II, Eurypontid
360_BC
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. Bryce, Trevor (2005). The Kingdom of the
List_of_wars:_before_1000
Marcellus was consul in 331 BC with Gaius Valerius Potitus. His son, also named Marcus Claudius Marcellus, was consul in 287 BC. In 327 BC, consul Lucius Cornelius
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 331 BC)
Marcus_Claudius_Marcellus_(consul_331_BC)
Town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Macrophase 2b, from c.400 to 250 BC, and Macedonian siege to Barikot (Bazira) occurred within this period, in autumn of 327 BC. Also during Macrophase 2b,
Barikot
Ancient Greek kingdom in the southern Balkans
oracle at Siwah in the Libyan Desert (in modern-day Egypt) in 331 BC. His attempt in 327 BC to have his men prostrate before him in Bactra in an act of proskynesis
Macedonia_(ancient_kingdom)
Ancient Macedonian soldiers
Pelagonia. In 334 BC Alexander the Great took six battalions of pezhetairoi with him to Asia. By the time the army moved into India in 327 BC, a seventh battalion
Pezhetairos
Character in Greek mythology
of Pythonax, surnamed Pheidon, was one of the Hetairoi of Alexander. In 327 BC, when the King attempted to introduce proskynesis, Demetrius is alleged
Demetrius_(son_of_Pythonax)
Country in Central Asia
satrapies. Historical Iranian texts later record the region as Turan. In 327 BC, Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire provinces
Uzbekistan
Privilege of asking the Pythia before simple consultants
the Sphinx of the Naxians in Delphi, there is an inscription dated to 328–327 BC, renewing the promanteia for the inhabitants of Naxos: ΔΕΛΦΟΙ ΑΠΕΔΩΚΑΝ ΝΑΞΙΟΙΣ
Promanteia
District in Punjab, Pakistan
district, Hafizabad, known for strengthening the administration of Punjab. In 327 BC, when Alexander the Great invaded the territory that is now Pakistan, the
Hafizabad_District
Ruler of Taxila from 326 to 316 BCE
cautious by the sight of Ambhi's forces on his first descent into India in 327 BC and ordered his own forces to form up. Ambhi hastened to relieve Alexander
Taxiles
Practice of ruling dynasties of different continents marrying into each other
king of Macedon, and his three wives, Roxana, Stateira and Parysatis. in 327 BC, during his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire, Alexander the Great fell
Transcontinental royal intermarriage
Transcontinental_royal_intermarriage
beginning c. 1200 BC, and in Europe beginning in 793. It is taken to end with the beginning of Classical Antiquity, in about the 6th century BC, although in
List_of_Iron_Age_states
City in Qashqadaryo Region, Uzbekistan
chose to spend his winters and met his wife Roxanna in the area around 328–327 BC. Between 567 and 658 AD, rulers of Kesh paid taxes to khagans of Turkic
Shahrisabz
the fact that his son, Hermolaus, served as one of Alexander's Pages in 327 BC. Ariston of Macedon Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great by Waldemar
Sopolis_of_Macedon
Ancient Iranian kingdom (c. 323 BC – 226 AD)
loyalty to Alexander. In 328-327 BC, Alexander appointed him governor of Media. Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the Macedonian's conquests
Atropatene
Indo-Aryan ethnic group in Northern Pakistan
Greek historians in the Dir region during Alexander the Great's invasion in 327 BC. The invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni in the 11th century and the defeat of
Gawri_people
First Greek king of Bactria
between 329 and 327 BC and he settled a number of his veterans in the region. In the wars which followed Alexander's death in 323 BC, the region was largely
Diodotus_I
Calendar year
Year 326 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Visolus and Cursor (or, less frequently
326_BC
Hephaestion – Chiliarch (after 327 BC) Perdiccas – Chiliarch (after 324 BC) Seleucus I Nicator – Chiliarch (after 323 BC) Aristonous of Pella Arybbas (somatophylax)
List_of_ancient_Macedonians
BC) was admitted by the king into the number of his somatophylakes, in the place of Balacrus, who was promoted to the satrapy of Cilicia. In 331 BC,
Menes_of_Pella
Calendar year
Year 330 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Crassus and Venno (or, less frequently
330_BC
states of the Byzantine Empire, Kingdom of Greece and Greece between 3000 BC and the present day. It is not exhaustive. ( * ) The Greek Kingdom of Pergamon
List_of_wars_involving_Greece
2012 Chinese TV series or program
BC. In 330 BC, the Qin state takes advantage of internal conflict in the Yiqu state to attack them and force them to surrender by 327 BC. In 318 BC,
The_Qin_Empire_II:_Alliance
Builder of Alexandria on the Indus
Φίλιππος; died 325 BC), son of Machatas and brother of Harpalus, was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great, who in 327 BC was appointed by Alexander
Philip_(son_of_Machatas)
This is a list of known royal consorts of ancient Egypt from c. 3100 BC to 30 BC. Reign dates follow those included on the list of pharaohs page. Some
List of ancient Egyptian royal consorts
List_of_ancient_Egyptian_royal_consorts
Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC
involving various Greek city-states and the Achaemenid Empire from 499 BC to 449 BC. The precipitating collision between the fractious political world of
Greco-Persian_Wars
Study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism
like Lysias (440–380 BC), Isocrates (436–338 BC), Plato (427–327 BC), Aristotle (384–322 BC), Cicero (106–43 BC), and Sallust (86–34 BC), who all considered
Postcolonialism
Calendar year
Decianus (or, less frequently, year 425 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 329 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno
329_BC
Decade
Greek historian (d. 327 BC) Lysimachus, Macedonian diadochus (d. 281 BC) Pyrrho of Elis, Greek skeptic philosopher (d. c. 270 BC) 369 BC Amyntas III, king
360s_BC
Calendar year
Year 324 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Dictatorship of Cursor (or, less frequently, year
324_BC
City in Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan
population is 32,300 (2016). Nurota was founded as the ancient town Nur, in 327 BC by Alexander the Great. The remains of his military fortress in the south
Nurota
Achaemenid province
and by other chroniclers many centuries after the event. In the winter of 327 BC, Alexander invited all the chieftains in the remaining five Achaemenid satraps
Gandāra
Illyrian king from 393 BC to 358 BC
"Dassaretis" later in Roman times. A fragment of Callisthenes (c. 360 – 327 BC) which places Bardylis' realm between Molossis and Macedonia, well determines
Bardylis
4th-century BC Greek philosopher
a flatterer, among them Plutarch, who tells a story that at Bactra, in 327 BC in a debate with Callisthenes, Anaxarchus advised all to worship Alexander
Anaxarchus
importation of these animals. Europeans came in contact with live elephants in 327 BC, when Alexander the Great descended into India from the Hindu Kush, but
History of elephants in Europe
History_of_elephants_in_Europe
King of Qin, China from 307 to 251 BC
helping to quell Yiqu's chaos. They were able to subject Yiqu to Qin rule. In 327 BC, Qin attacked and seized the city of Yuzhi (郁郅), forcing Yiqu to again swear
King_Zhaoxiang_of_Qin
Calendar year
Year 325 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Scaeva (or, less frequently
325_BC
Barque used as a sail training ship for the US Coast Guard Academy
USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly Horst Wessel and also known as Barque Eagle, is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers
USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)
Siege by Alexander the Great against the Illyrians (335 BC)
forces when crossing to Asia in 334 BC, with an additional 3,000 Illyrian reinforcements joining Alexander in 327 BC. Vujčić 2021, pp. 524–525. Dodge, 201
Siege_of_Pelium
Ancient Greek sculpture
its peak period, i.e. in the sixth century B.C. On the base there was an inscription dated to 328-327 B.C., renewing the promanteia for the Naxians: ΔΕΛΦΟΙ
Sphinx_of_Naxos
Administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia passed through this route to India in 327 B.C, attacking the biggest cities of the area, Massaga (Chakdara), Bazira (Barikot)
Malakand_Division
Process of printing patterns on textiles
describing representations of various animals. When Alexander invaded India in 327 BC, there were reportedly block-printed textiles produced there. Pliny the
Woodblock printing on textiles
Woodblock_printing_on_textiles
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
4th-century BC Macedonian general
in Tarsos circa 333–327, under the rule of either Balacrus or Menes. Coin of Balacrus, as Satrap of Cilicia. Tarsos, 333-323 BC. Baaltars in Aramaic
Balakros
Decade
This article concerns the period 309 BC – 300 BC. Ptolemy I Soter personally commands a fleet that takes the coastal regions of Lycia and Caria from Antigonus
300s_BC_(decade)
Calendar year
of Ahala and Mugillanus (or, less frequently, year 327 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 427 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
427_BC
4th-century BC Greek physician
named Peucestas, of a wound incurred during a bear hunt probably around 327 BC. Plutarch, Alex. 41.3. Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Alexippus"
Alexippus
Putative archaic Roman executive magistracy
he later stated clearly that the Romans did not use promagistrates until 327 BC... Dionysius... does the same thing, identifying extra [commanders] as proconsuls
Consular_tribune
kingdoms and republics that often competed and feuded with one another. In 327 BC, Alexander the Great advanced through Bactria and crossed into northwestern
History_of_Asia
City in Karnataka, India
period many emperors had ruled the Gokak areas: Shatavahanas ruled it during 327 BC to 229 CE, the Western Chalukyas ruled it during 550 CE to610 CE, then it
Gokak
Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
Marcus Antonius (14 January 83 BC – 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical
Mark_Antony
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
327 BC
327 BC
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval personal name, Latin Constantinus, a derivative of Constans (see Constant). The name was popular in Continental Europe, and to a lesser extent in England, as having been borne by the first Christian ruler of the Roman Empire, Constantine the Great (?280–337), in whose honor Byzantium was renamed Constantinople. In some cases the name may be an Americanized form of one of the many cognates in other languages, in particular Greek Konstantinos.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name or regional name for someone from Cotentin (Coutances) in Manche, France (see Constance 2).
Male
Greek
(ἸοÏλιος) Greek form of Latin Iovilius, IOULIOS means "descended from Iovis (Jove)." In the bible, this is the name of a Roman centurion mentioned in Acts 27:1,3.
Girl/Female
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Fire; Heat; Fourth of 27 Wives of Lord Chandra (Moon); Lotus that Blooms in Moonlight; A Star; Name of Nakshatra; Lord Chandra (Moon)
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’.
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 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
English : habitational name of Norman origin from Caien, France (earlier recorded as Cahou, 1195), a lost place near Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France.English : habitational name from Kew in Greater London (earlier Cayho, 1327), which is probably named with Old English cÇ£g ‘key’ (used here in the sense ‘projecting land’) + hÅh ‘hill spur’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Master. Reaney notes the medieval example atte Maysters (1327), and suggests this might have denoted someone who lived at a master’s house, a master’s servant or perhaps an apprentice.
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.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : unexplained. It may be a variant of Gover, but early examples with a definite article, e.g. Richard le Gofiar (Somerset 1327), point to an origin as an occupational name or perhaps a nickname, from an unknown element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lerner.English : In the case of a Suffolk family who bore this name by the 16th century, ancestors are recorded in the forms Lawney (1381) and de Lauuenay (1327); this is therefore probably a variant of Delaney.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a large or stout person, Middle English bigge + unexplained -s.English : records of names such as William de Bigges (Cambridgeshire 1327) and Laurentia atte Bigge (Somerset 1327) suggest that it must also have a topographic or habitational origin, but the etymology is obscure.Scottish and northern Irish : variant of Beggs.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Name of a Nakhatra out of 27 Nakhatras
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the English form of the medieval personal name, Latin Ambrosius, from Greek ambrosios ‘immortal’, which was popular throughout Christendom in medieval Europe. Its popularity was due in part to the fame of St. Ambrose (c.340–397), one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church, the teacher of St. Augustine. In North America this surname has absorbed Dutch Ambroos and probably other cognates from other European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
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.
Female
Greek
(Κανδάκη) Greek name of foreign origin, KANDAKE means "prince of servants." In Acts 8:27 of the New Testament bible, a queen of Ethiopia is referred to by this name. But it was not actually a personal name, but the name of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens.Â
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Kandake, which is of foreign origin, CANDACE means "prince of servants." In Acts 8:27 of the New Testament bible, a queen of Ethiopia is referred to by this name. But it was not actually a personal name, but the name of a dynasty of Ethiopian queens.Â
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for a person with a sunny temperament. Compare Merryweather. There is a legend that a Scottish family of Highland origin assumed this name in punning allusion to Job 37:22, ‘Fair weather cometh out of the north’. At the present time the surname is most frequent in East Anglia.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : variant of Hupple, recorded in 1327 as Uppehull, a topographic name for someone who lived ‘up the hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone thought to resemble a curlew in some way, Anglo-Norman French curleu, Old French corlieu. The spelling Corlew is recorded in Sussex in 1327, but now appears to have died out in the British Isles, replaced by the modern form Curlew.
327 BC
327 BC
Surname or Lastname
English (Cumbria)
English (Cumbria) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Boy/Male
Indian
Respected
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Lupus, LOPE means "wolf."
Girl/Female
Hindu
A rose bud (Gulab ki Kali)
Boy/Male
Gaelic Scottish
Crooked mouth; and of Cameron: Bent nose; crooked river.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Charming, Infatuating, Beautiful, An Apsara or celestial nymph, An Apsara or celestial nymph
Girl/Female
African, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Swahili
Luck or be Lucky; Good Fortune
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Bead Like Lamp; Ruby
Girl/Female
Indian
Cloudlet
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sun
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327 BC
327 BC
327 BC
327 BC
n.
Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27.
a.
Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.
n.
A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.
n.
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
n.
A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.
n.
A measure of capacity equal to a cubic meter, or a thousand liters. It is equivalent to 35.315 cubic feet, and to 220.04 imperial gallons, or 264.18 American gallons of 321 cubic inches.
n.
A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.
n.
An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ Fahr.
v. t.
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. It is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. In some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, Ghent, Ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.
n.
A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.
n.
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.)
a.
Of or in the Christian church or era, anterior to the first council of Nice, held a. d. 325; as, antenicene faith.
n.
A book composed of sheets so folded that each one makes thirty-two leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 32mo, or 32¡, and called thirty-twomo.
n.
One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.
n.
A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
n.
The fifth power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.
a.
Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).