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Calendar year
Year 427 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahala and Mugillanus (or, less frequently
427_BC
King of Sparta in 445–426 and 408–395 BC
Sparta; the son of Pleistoanax. He ruled Sparta from 445 BC to 427 BC and again from 409 BC to 395 BC. He was the leader of the faction in Sparta that opposed
Pausanias_(king_of_Sparta)
Eurypontid king of Sparta from 469/8 to 427/6 BC
Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Archídāmos; died 427/6 BC) was a king of Sparta who reigned from approximately 469/8 BC to 427/6 BC. His father was Zeuxidamus (called
Archidamus_II
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
of Cumae in Italy falls to the Samnites. 427 BC: The leaders of the Mytilenian revolt are executed. 427 BC: Platea surrenders to the Spartans, who execute
5th_century_BC
550–515 BC) Demaratus, King (c.515–491 BC) Leotychidas, King (c.491–469 BC) Archidamus II, King (c.469–427 BC) Agis II, King (c.427–401/400 BC) Agesilaus
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Incident during the Peloponnesian War (428–427 BC)
in on land. Although Sparta finally dispatched a fleet in the summer of 427 BC, it advanced with such caution and so many delays that it arrived in the
Mytilenean_revolt
Siege during Peloponnesian War (429–427 BC)
The siege of Plataea took place in 429–427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. At the beginning of the conflict, the Thebans attacked the city of Plataea
Siege_of_Plataea
Roman senator and consul in 427 BC
Mugillanus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 427 BC, consular tribune in 422 BC and censor in 418 BC. Papirius belonged to the patrician Papiria gens
Lucius Papirius Mugillanus (consul 427 BC)
Lucius_Papirius_Mugillanus_(consul_427_BC)
Festivals of Dionysus in ancient Athens
Callias 43? BC - Cratinus 437 BC - Pherecrates 435 BC - Hermippus 427 BC - Unknown; Aristophanes took 2nd place with The Banqueters 426 BC - Aristophanes
Dionysia
Predetermined course of events
laprensa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2025. Sophocles (1978) [427 BC]. Stephen Berg; Diskin Clay (eds.). Oedipus the King. New York: Oxford UP
Destiny
Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)
Daitaleis, 427 BC) Babylonians (Βαβυλώνιοι Babylonioi, 426 BC) Farmers (Γεωργοί Georgoi, 424 BC) Merchant Ships (Ὁλκάδες Holkades, 423 BC) Clouds (first
Aristophanes
5th century BC Agiad King of Sparta
Archidamus II in 427 enabled his return to Sparta, while the city was again at war against Athens in the Second Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC). Pleistoanax
Pleistoanax
5th-century BC Roman statesman and senator
Structus; fl. c. 427–417 BC) was a Roman aristocrat and statesman during the early Republic. He held the senior executive offices of consul in 427 BC and consular
Gaius_Servilius_Axilla
Decade
429 BC Ateas, king of Scythia (d. 339 BC) 428 BC Archytas, Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and strategist (d. 347 BC) 427 BC Plato
420s_BC
Historic town in Greece
democracy on two occasions. The first was between 427 BC, when there was a democratic uprising, and 424 BC, when a narrow oligarchy was installed (Thuc. 3
Megara
BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Epidaurus (430 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Plataea (429–427 BC) – Peloponnesian War Siege of Mytilene (428–427 BC)
List_of_sieges
One hundred years, from 400 BC to 301 BC
381 BC: Sparta increases its hold on central Greece by re-establishing the city of Plataea, which Sparta formerly destroyed in 427 BC. 381 BC: Wu Qi
4th_century_BC
City in Boeotia, Greece
431 BC, were firm allies of Sparta, which in turn helped them to besiege Plataea and allowed them to destroy the town after its capture in 427 BC. In
Thebes,_Greece
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
(the Eurypontid king of Sparta from 476 BC through 427 BC), Sparta, in the late summer or early autumn of 446 BC, concluded the Thirty Years Peace with
Classical_Greece
Siege engine originating in ancient times
condita, History of Rome, Book II, Chapter 17 The second known use was in 427 BC, when the Spartans besieged Plataea. The first use of rams within the Mediterranean
Battering_ram
Assembly of the Peloponnesian War, 427 BCE
control over Lesbos during the Peloponnesian War. The debate occurred in 427 BC. In the immediate aftermath of the revolt, the Athenians had decided to
Mytilenean_Debate
28th BC – 27th BC – 26th BC – 25th BC – 24th BC – 23rd BC – 22nd BC – 21st BC – 20th BC – 19th BC – 18th BC – 17th BC – 16th BC – 15th BC – 14th BC – 13th
Timeline_of_ancient_history
Plato, (c. 427 BC-c. 347 BC)[a][b][c][d][e] Polyaenus of Lampsacus, (died 278 BC) Posidonius, (c. 135-51 BC)[d] Prodicus, (c. 450-399 BC)[d] Protagoras
List of philosophers born in the centuries BC
List_of_philosophers_born_in_the_centuries_BC
Myths related to longevity
calendars. Emperor Kōan, according to Nihon Shoki, lived 137 years (from 427 BC to 291 BC). Dangun, the first ruler of Korea, is said to have been born in 2333
Longevity_myths
Ancient Greek city on the island of Corfu
assistance against Corinth, which belonged to the Peloponnesian League. In 427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, there was a revolution and civil war in Corcyra
Corcyra_(polis)
nothing; and if all men were just, there would be no need of valor". Or 427 – 400 BC And again, after the Carnean festival. Consisting of 10 Spartans. I.e
List_of_kings_of_Sparta
Live entombment usually until death
Thucydides goes into great detail on the revolution that broke out at Corfu in 427 BC: Death thus raged in every shape; and, as usually happens at such times
Immurement
Legendary emperor of Japan
reign allegedly began in 393 BC, he had one wife and two sons and reigned for more than 100 years until his death in 291 BC at the age of 137. One of his
Emperor_Kōan
Place and deity in Greek mythology
to the other inhabitants not to despise the gods. According to Plato (c. 427 BC), Rhadamanthus, Aeacus and Minos were the judges of the dead and chose who
Tartarus
Ancient city in southeastern Boeotia, Greece
attacked the Plataea before Athens could respond. Unlike the attack in 427 BC, this time the Thebans expelled the Plataeans rather than killing them -
Plataea
416 BC event of the Peloponnesian War
particular, it was after the massacre committed by the Spartans at Plataea in 427 BC that the Athenians habitually massacred their own prisoners. Even so, the
Siege_of_Melos
Politician or orator who panders to fears and emotions of the public
the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2020. Thucydides (427 BC). History of the Peloponnesian War, book 6, §37ff Archived 2016-10-20 at
Demagogue
Athenian military expedition to Sicily during the Peloponnesian War (415–413 BC)
aid to the Peloponnesians—as well as a venue for possible conquests. In 427 BC, Athens had sent twenty ships, under the command of Laches, in response
Sicilian_Expedition
Greek philosopher and sophist (483–375 BC)
played in the politics in his native Leontinoi, but it is known that, in 427 BC, when he was around sixty years old, he was sent to Athens by his fellow-citizens
Gorgias
Legal concept
subject. Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) thought private property created divisive inequalities, while Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) thought private property
Ownership
Conversation between two or more people
from the late third millennium BC, Rigvedic dialogue hymns, and the Mahabharata. In the West, Plato (c. 427 BC – c. 348 BC) has commonly been credited with
Dialogue
Period of Sicilian history
Peloponnesian War had broken out in mainland Greece in 431 BC, heavily involving the colonies on Sicily. In 427 BC groups of Siculi became involved again, this time
History_of_Greek_Sicily
Term defining Bronze-age port cities and colonies in the Aegean
Megara was named after the king Minos and was conquered by the Athenians in 427 BC": Fraser, J.G. Commentary, (1913) Pausanias's Description of Greece: Book
Minoa
Structural element that transmits weight from above to below
fact, the oldest known Corinthian capital was found in Bassae, dated at 427 BC. It is sometimes called the feminine order because it is on the top level
Column
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
Year 428 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cossus and Cincinnatus or Cincinnatus
428_BC
its failed rebellion in 427 BC against Athenian domination, but appears to have re-acquired a peraia by the mid-4th century BC. the Rhodian Peraia, the
Peraia
evident in its later Medieval name: the mensa Pythagorica. Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) is important in the history of mathematics for inspiring and guiding
History_of_mathematics
Eurypontid king of Sparta from 427 to 400/399 BC
succeeded his father Archidamus II in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 26 years. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponnesians and their
Agis_II
executed Fall of Plataea 427 BC Plataea 200 Sparta 200 Plataean and Athenian POWs executed First massacre of Corcyran oligarchs 427 BC Corcyra Unknown Corcyran
List_of_massacres_in_Greece
Government regime in ancient Athens
assembly and was sometimes given to large groups (e.g. Plateans in 427 BC and Samians in 405 BC). However, by the 4th century, citizenship was given only to
Athenian_democracy
Genre of ancient Greek literature
colonies of Magna Graecia by the late 4th century BC. The philosopher Aristotle wrote in his Poetics (c. 335 BC) that comedy is a representation of laughable
Ancient_Greek_comedy
(427 BC) Babylonians (426 BC) The Clouds (first version 423 BC) Amphiaraus (414 BC) Plutus (first version 408 BC) Cocalus (387 BC) Aiolosicon (387 BC)
List_of_lost_literary_works
Calendar year
Year 424 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Crassus, Fidenas, Rutilus and Iullus
424_BC
5th–4th century BC group of Greek speakers
Corax, along with his pupil, Tisias, began a formal study of rhetoric. In 427 BC, another Sicilian named Gorgias of Leontini visited Athens and gave a speech
Attic_orators
Greek island in the Ionian Sea
opponents (427 BC and 425 BC). During the Sicilian campaigns of Athens, Corcyra served as a supply base; after a third abortive oligarchic rising in 410 BC, it
Corfu
5th century BC Roman consul
Mugillanus, the consul of 427 BC, and possibly himself the father of Lucius Papirius Mugillanus, the consular tribune in 382, 380 and 376 BC. Papirius first held
Marcus_Papirius_Mugillanus
Biased application of justice by the victors of an armed conflict
throughout history. A well-known ancient example is the Siege of Plataea in 429–427 BC, during the Peloponnesian War. The town of Plataea, a staunch ally of Athens
Victor's_justice
writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going back to 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the time from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the beginning
Timeline_of_prehistory
Calendar year
Year 429 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tricipitinus and Fidenas (or, less
429_BC
Calendar year
reestablishing the city of Plataea, which Sparta formerly destroyed in 427 BC. The district of Tusculum is pacified after a revolt against Rome, and then
381_BC
5th century BC consular tribune of the Roman Republic
in between the consuls of 428 BC, Aulus Cornelius Cossus and Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus, and the consuls of 427 BC, Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (consular tribune)
Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus_(consular_tribune)
(Cincinnatus?) and A. Sempronius (Atratinus?) between the consuls of 428 and 427 BC, perhaps misplacing them from the college of 425. Ogilvie 1965, pp. 566
List_of_Roman_consuls
Ancient Greek goddess of good health and cleanliness
recognized her, after the devastating Plague of Athens (430–427 BC), and in Rome after the 293 BC plague there. The poet Ariphron, from the Greek city-state
Hygieia
Comune in Sicily, Italy
Gorgias of Leontini which led to the abortive Athenian expedition of 427 BC. In 422 BC, the Greek city-state of Syracuse supported the oligarchs against
Lentini
History of the municipality of Syracuse, Italy
overthrow Greek power in Sicily (460 BC), Syracuse was embroiled in the Peloponnesian War from 427 BC to 413 BC. Initially, Athens, now a rival to Sparta
History_of_Syracuse,_Sicily
Πειθίας), was a democratic leader of Corcyra during the Peloponnesian War. In 427 BC he was killed together with "... sixty others, senators and private persons;
Peithias
Comedy by Aristophanes
Pericles. 427 BC: The Banqueters, the first play by Aristophanes, was produced. There was a recurrence of the plague at about the same time. 426 BC: The Babylonians
The_Acharnians
Platonism can be said to have begun when Plato founded his academy c. 385 BC. Ancient Platonism went on to last until the end of the last remaining pagan
List_of_ancient_Platonists
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
Calendar year
mathematician and statesman (or 350 BC) (b. 428 BC) Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens (b. c. 427 BC) Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek philosopher
347_BC
Calendar year
Year 425 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Atratinus, Medullinus, Cincinnatus and
425_BC
the Hellespontine district in 427 BC following the Mytilenaean revolt and first appearing in the tribute lists of 425/4 BC. Achilleion Hamaxitus Antandros
Members_of_the_Delian_League
Ancient Greek city state in Sicily
alliance, as opposed to Syracuse and the other Doric cities of Sicily Thus, in 427 BC, when the Leontini were hard pressed by their neighbours of Syracuse, their
Naxos_(Sicily)
Ancient Roman family
Papirius L. f. Mugillanus, consul in 427 BC, and consular tribune in 422. As interrex for holding the comitia in 420 BC, he authored a law permitting the
Papiria_gens
Ancient Greek city of the Troad
in 478 BC if it is this Kolonai rather than 'Lampsacene' Kolonai which is meant by Thucydides. Following the end of Mytilenaean control in 427 BC, it became
Kolonai
5th-century BC Greek sophist
references to Thrasymachus, in a passing joke from a lost play dated to 427 BC. Nils Rauhut of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy concludes from this
Thrasymachus
5th century BC diplomatic meeting
to Athens. The Athenians sent twenty ships to support Leontini in 427 BC. By 426 BC, a wide-ranging conflict had broken out including many Greek cities
Congress_of_Gela
Ancient Greek city state in Sicily
427 BC against Syracuse, while Gela was an ally of Syracuse. In the Sicilian wars that followed, Camarina and Gela concluded an armistice in 425 BC.
Kamarina,_Sicily
Calendar year
Year 426 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Cincinnatus, Albinus, Fusus and Cossus
426_BC
424 BCE battle between Athens and Megara
oligarch sympathizers still in Megara, the oligarchs returned to Megara in 427 BC, and democracy collapsed. It is suspected that Athens prevented food supplies
Battle_of_Megara
5th century BC Roman consular tribune and consul
427 BC, Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala and Lucius Papirius Mugillanus. It is possible that they were suffect consuls replacing the college of 428 BC or
Aulus Sempronius Atratinus (consular tribune 425 BC)
Aulus_Sempronius_Atratinus_(consular_tribune_425_BC)
Comedy by Aristophanes
many thousands of Athenians, including leading citizens such as Pericles. 427 BC: Aristophanes produced his first play The Banqueters at the City Dionysis
The_Knights
Siege during the Sicilian Wars
eventually led to the Carthaginian intervention of 409 BC. Syracuse and Leontini stated a war in 427 BC, while Leontini was aided by Naxos, Catana, Camarina
Siege_of_Segesta_(397_BC)
Region and city-state in ancient Greece
in Trachis" (Heraclea Trachinia) by the Spartans, who sent a garrison in 427 BC to guard the Trachinian plain against the marauding highland tribes of Oeta
Trachis
civilization had already lost to living memory by his time. 427 BC. Plato (Greek, 427–347 BC) held that animals existed to serve man, but they should not
Timeline_of_zoology
Philosophical problem
of social judgment. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Plato: (427 B.C. – 347 B.C.). 2004. Farlex, Inc. 15 Mar. 2006. <http://plato.thefreelibrary.com>
Plato's_problem
Decade
mathematician and statesman (or 350 BC) (b. 428 BC) Plato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens (b. c. 427 BC) Eudoxus of Cnidus, Greek philosopher
340s_BC
1950 book by Harold Innis
technique that produced discussion and debate. His student, Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC), elaborated on these Socratic conversations by writing dialogues
Empire_and_Communications
Play by Euripides
Plataea came to Athens as suppliants after the destruction of their city in 427 BC, a few years before the performance of this play. They were allowed to stay
The_Suppliants_(Euripides)
Topics referred to by the same term
Mytilene may refer to: Battle of Mytilene (406 BC), fought between Athens and Sparta Battle of Mytilene (427 BC), fought between Mytilene and Athens Battle
Battle_of_Mytilene
5th-century BC Spartan admiral
appointed to lead 40 allied ships in the Spartan expedition to Mytilene in 427 BC. This was part of a double movement meant to hinder the Athenians from sending
Alcidas
1936) George Orwell (1903–1950) Greg Palast (born 1952) Plato (c. 427 BC – c. 347 BC) Carleton Putnam (1901–1998) Roberto Quaglia (born 1962) John Rawls
List_of_political_authors
Decade
reestablishing the city of Plataea, which Sparta formerly destroyed in 427 BC. The district of Tusculum is pacified after a revolt against Rome, and then
380s_BC
Ruined temple in the Ancient Agora of Athens
Plague of Athens in 427 BC, but this is hard to reconcile with other evidence which places his floruit in the mid-fifth century BC. Pausanias says these
Temple_of_Apollo_Patroos
Calendar year
Consulship of Lentulus and Philo (or, less frequently, year 427 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 327 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
327_BC
Calendar year
Year 430 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 Iullus (or, less frequently
430_BC
(1743–1789), German professor and botanist Ulmaceae St Platonia Plato (427 BC – 347 BC), philosopher and writer Clusiaceae Bu Platyschkuhria Christian Schkuhr
List of plant genera named after people (K–P)
List_of_plant_genera_named_after_people_(K–P)
based on the presence of the four humors in the body. Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician; his idea of a healthy
Nutrition in classical antiquity
Nutrition_in_classical_antiquity
Topics referred to by the same term
Archidamus I (c. 600–575 BC) Archidamus II (469–427 BC) Archidamus III (360–338 BC) Archidamus IV (305–275 BC) Archidamus V (228–227 BC) Archidamus (speech)
Archidamus
5th-century BC Athenian politician
proposal of Cleon – leader of the radical, imperialist faction in Athens – in 427 BC to kill all adult Mytilenean males and to enslave their women and children
Diodotus_(son_of_Eucrates)
Name list
Diodotus (son of Eucrates), ancient Athenian who opposed Cleon's proposal in 427 BC to kill all adult Mytilenean males and to enslave their women and children
Diodotus
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 Roman family
consular tribune from 419 to 417 BC. Gaius Servilius Q. f. C. n. Axilla, consul in 427 BC, consular tribune in 419, 418 and 417 BC, and magister equitum in 418
Servilia_gens
Cyrene (c. 440 – 366 BC). A Cyrenaic. Advocate of ethical hedonism. Xenophon (c. 427 – 355 BC). Historian. Plato (c. 427 – 347 BC). Famed for view of the
Timeline of Western philosophers
Timeline_of_Western_philosophers
427 BC
427 BC
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
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 (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 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 : 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.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Name of a Nakhatra out of 27 Nakhatras
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 : 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
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 : 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 : 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.
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.
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.
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
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 : 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
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 : 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).
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’.
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Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Shimiy, SHIMEA means "famous, renowned." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Highborn, Respected, Noble
Boy/Male
English American German
Polite; courteous.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Quick
Boy/Male
English French
Counselor.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chandrakali | சநà¯à®¤à¯à®°à®•à®²à¯€
/th of the Moon
Male
French
French form of Scottish Bryce, BRICE means "pied, spotted, speckled."Â
Boy/Male
British, English
Very Brilliant
Girl/Female
Indian
Rain
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Dream
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n.
A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York.
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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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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.
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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.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.