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Calendar year
Year 490 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camerinus and Flavus (or, less frequently
490_BC
492–490 BC phase of the Greco-Persian Wars
The first Persian invasion of Greece took place from 492 BC to 490 BC, as part of the Greco-Persian Wars. It ended with a decisive Athenian-led victory
First Persian invasion of Greece
First_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
490 BC battle in the Greco-Persian Wars
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea
Battle_of_Marathon
Series of conflicts in the 5th century BC
before several mishaps forced an early end to the rest of the campaign. In 490 BC, another Persian force was sent to Greece—this time across the Aegean Sea—under
Greco-Persian_Wars
490 BC Greek runner from Marathon to Athens
from Athens to Sparta (and back to Athens) before the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), in order to seek Spartan help against the Persians in the upcoming battle
Pheidippides
Art museum in Munich, Germany
(460 BC), the so-called Munich King (460 BC), who probably represented Hephaestus, the Statue of Diomedes (430 BC), the Medusa Rondanini (440 BC), the
Glyptothek
Agiad King of Sparta from c. 524 BC to c. 490 BC
Cleomenes I (/kliːˈɒmɪniːz/; Greek Κλεομένης; died c. 490 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from c. 524 to c. 490 BC. One of the most important Spartan kings, Cleomenes
Cleomenes_I
Tyrant of Athens from 527 to 510 BC
Greek: Ἱππίας, romanized: Hippías; c. 570 BC – 490 BC) was the last tyrant of Athens, ruling from 527 to 510 BC. He was one of the Peisistratids, a group
Hippias_(tyrant)
Town in Euboea, Greece
Darius made a point of punishing Eretria during his invasion of Greece. In 490 BC the city was sacked and burned by the Persians under the admiral Datis.
Eretria
Personification of victory in Greek mythology
building. Nike images also appear on small bronzes (from c. 550 BC), and coins (from 510/490 BC). Nike frequently appears in scenes depicting victorious deeds
Nike_(mythology)
Tyrant of Cumae, Magna Graecia (c.550–c.490 BC)
Aristodemus (Greek: Ἀριστόδημος; c. 550 – c. 490 BC), nicknamed Malakos (meaning "soft" or "malleable" or possibly "effeminate"), was a strategos and then
Aristodemus_of_Cumae
480 BC engagement of the Greco-Persian Wars
been initiated by Darius I and ended in 490 BC by an Athenian-led Greek victory at the Battle of Marathon. By 480 BC, a decade after the Persian defeat at
Battle_of_Thermopylae
Tumuli in Greece
houses the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The other houses the inhumed bodies of the Plataeans who fell during that
Marathon_tumuli
Ancient Greek goddess
570–560 BC) by the C Painter Attic red-figure kylix of Athena Promachos holding a spear and standing beside a Doric column (c. 500-490 BC) The Mourning
Athena
Military rebellions by Greek cities in Asia Minor against Persian rule (499 BC–493 BC)
progress was halted by a naval disaster. A second expedition was launched in 490 BC under Datis and Artaphernes, son of the satrap Artaphernes. This amphibious
Ionian_Revolt
Athenian polemarch at Battle of Marathon in 490 BC
the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon, which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus, he was from the Attica deme of Aphidna. As polemarch
Callimachus_(polemarch)
480–479 BC phase of the Greco-Persian Wars
delayed, response to the defeat of the first Persian invasion of Greece (492–490 BC) at the Battle of Marathon, which ended Darius I's attempts to subjugate
Second Persian invasion of Greece
Second_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
An extensive list of important battles and influential leaders, from -490 BC to present times. Winstanley, M.A., Every Battle in History. A List of every
Lists_of_battles
Iron age bog body from Denmark
of a woman preserved in a bog in Jutland, Denmark, and dating from about 490 BC (pre-Roman Iron Age). Workers found the body in 1835 while excavating peat
Haraldskær_Woman
King of Sparta from c. 489 BC to 480 BC
married Cleomenes' daughter, Gorgo, sometime before coming to the throne in 490 BC. Leonidas was heir to the Agiad throne (successor of Cleomenes I) and a
Leonidas_I
Athenian general and brother of Aeschylus (died 490 BC)
Greek: Κυνέγειρος, romanized: Kunégeiros or Κυναίγειρος, Kunaígeiros; died 490 BC) was an ancient Greek general of Athens. His two brothers were the playwright
Cynaegirus
Decade
This article concerns the period 499 BC – 490 BC. After a failed attack on the rebellious island of Naxos in c. 501 BC (on behalf of the Persians), Aristagoras
490s_BC
Greek mythological character
hold my marriage feast." (Robert Fagles translation) Homer. "19". Iliad. p. 490 (Robert Fagles translation). Agamemnon—was it better for both of us, after
Briseis
One hundred years, from 500 BC to 401 BC
in the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. 492 BC: Ajatashartu overthrows his father Bimbisara to become king of Magadha. 491 BC: Leotychidas succeeds his cousin
5th_century_BC
Greek mythical figure
fifth century BC, with Phoenix being a prominent figure. A dozen or so Attic vases depict the scene. The earliest of these, c. 490 BC, is a red-figure
Phoenix_(son_of_Amyntor)
Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)
(/proʊˈtæɡərəs, -æs/ proh-TAG-ər-əs, -ass; Greek: Πρωταγόρας; c. 490 BC – c. 420 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher and rhetorical theorist. He
Protagoras
Bronze statue of Nike
monument to the fallen of the Battle of Marathon, a battle that took place in 490 BC against the Persian invaders. The large bronze statue of Nike was sculpted
Nike_of_Marathon
the Dionysia, which honoured the god Dionysus. Tragedy (late 500 BC), comedy (490 BC), and the satyr play were the three dramatic genres emerged there
Theatre_of_ancient_Greece
(519–477 BC) Yuan, King (476–469 BC) Zhending, King (468–441 BC) Cai (complete list) – Zhao, Marquis (518–491 BC) Cheng, Marquis (490–472 BC) Sheng, Marquis
List of state leaders in the 5th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_5th_century_BC
Early 5th-century BC queen of Sparta
child of Cleomenes I, Leonidas' half-brother and King of Sparta (r. 520–490 BC). Gorgo was also the mother of King Pleistarchus, her only son with King
Gorgo,_Queen_of_Sparta
Ancient Greek soldier in a phalanx
the Persians when employed by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC during the First Greco-Persian War. The Persian archers and light troops
Hoplite
Etruscan tomb in Italy known for its erotic frescoes
of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy. It is dated to approximately 490 BC and named after a fresco of two men who flog a woman in an erotic context
Tomb_of_the_Whipping
Siege in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars
The siege of Eretria took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. The city of Eretria, on Euboea, was besieged by a strong Persian
Siege_of_Eretria
Greek island, south of Athens
interval between the sending of the heralds in 491 BC and the invasion of Datis and Artaphernes in 490 BC (cf. Herod. vi. 49 with 94). There are difficulties
Aegina
Marathon running time barrier
Summer Olympics as an ode to Pheidippides' run at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Spyridon Louis won the race in 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 50 seconds, becoming
Two-hour_marathon
Unit of ancient Greek coinage
century BC) is said to have mentioned the obols of Heraion. Excavations at Argos discovered several dozen of these early obols, dated well before 800 BC; they
Obol_(coin)
Female monsters in Greek mythology
mythological lake set somewhere in westernmost North Africa. And the fifth-century BC poet Pindar has Perseus, apparently on his quest for the Gorgon head, visit
Gorgons
5th century BC Roman senator and consul
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (fl. 490–488 BC) was a Roman politician, and consul in 490 BC. He was a member of the gens Sulpicia, specifically
Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul)
Quintus_Sulpicius_Camerinus_Cornutus_(consul)
5th-century BC Median/Persian admiral
Darius the Great (522–486 BC). He is known for his role in leading the Persian amphibious expedition against Greece in 490 BC during the Greco-Persian
Datis
Devotion to a hero in ancient Greek religion
by stelae, erected by Athens to the cremated citizen-heroes of Marathon (490 BC), to whom chthonic cult was dedicated, as the offering trenches indicate
Greek_hero_cult
Martial art in ancient Greek festivals
was an unarmed combat sport introduced into the Greek Olympic Games in 648 BC. The athletes used boxing and wrestling techniques but also others, such as
Pankration
Long-distance running event of 42.195 kilometres
part in the Battle of Marathon, which took place in August or September 490 BC, he witnessed a Persian vessel changing its course towards Athens as the
Marathon
Military tactic: simultaneously attacking both sides of an enemy formation
escape. The maneuver may have first been used at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The historian Herodotus describes how the Athenian general Miltiades deployed
Pincer_movement
Type of female companion in Ancient Greece
called for a banquet. Tondo of an Attic cup with red figures. Euphronius v. 490 BC, British Museum. Drunken banqueter with a drinking dish, flirting with a
Hetaira
Goddess from Greek mythology
vase-painters of the fifth century BC began to envisage her as being beautiful as well as terrifying. In an ode written in 490 BC, Pindar already speaks of "fair-cheeked
Medusa
Sex toy, often phallic
(sing. olisbokollix), were known in Ancient Greece prior to the 5th century BC. In Italy during the 15th century, dildos were made of leather, wood, or stone
Dildo
Corpse preserved in a bog
geographically and chronologically widespread, having been dated between 8000 BC and the Second World War. The common factors of bog bodies are that they have
Bog_body
Greek god of blacksmiths
Athena to be given as his wife for releasing Hera, and an early sixth-century BC calyx krater, the François Vase, which depicts Hephaestus return to Olympus;
Hephaestus
5th century BC Greek logographer
ho Mutilēnaîos; c. 490 – c. 405 BC), was an ancient Greek logographer who flourished during the latter half of the 5th century BC. Hellanicus was born
Hellanicus_of_Lesbos
Ancient Greek god of the wilds, shepherds, and flocks
gods because he had frightened the attackers. In the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), it is said that Pan favored the Athenians and so inspired panic in the
Pan_(god)
Greek coins from the Archaic to Imperial Roman periods
500-463 BC. Archaic didrachm or stater of Chios, c. 490-435 BC. Earlier types known. Archaic Aegina stater type, "windmill pattern" incuse punch. c. 510-490 BC
Ancient_Greek_coinage
of Miletus (494 BC) – Ionian Revolt Siege of Lindos (490 BC) – part of the First Persian invasion of Greece Siege of Eretria (490 BC) – part of the First
List_of_sieges
Athenian politician and general (c. 524–459 BC)
first Persian invasion of Greece, he fought at the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), and may have been one of the ten Athenian strategoi (generals) in that
Themistocles
Ancient Greek statue created in 490 BC
Callimachus. Callimachus was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon at 490 BC. He had the last vote and voted in favour of a battle, when the ten strategoi
Nike_of_Callimachus
Golden Age of Athens, 480–404 BCE
Fifth-century Athens was the Greek city-state of Athens in the time from 500 to 401 BC. More commonly known during this time as the Golden Age of Athens, the latter
Athens_in_the_5th_century_BC
Giant in Greek mythology
West, M. L., Greek Epic Fragments: From the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries BC. Edited and translated by Martin L. West. Loeb Classical Library No. 497.
Argus_Panoptes
Small, flat and usually round piece of material used as money
550–530/20 BC. Coin of Lycia, c. 520–470/60 BC. Lycia coin, c. 520-470 BC. Struck with worn obverse die. Coin of Lesbos, Ionia, c. 510–80 BC. The Classical
Coin
6th-century BC king of Thrace
general Miltiades, who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Herodotus, 6.39.2. Herodotus, Histories, A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge
Olorus
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600 – 530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Hailing from Persis, he brought the
Cyrus_the_Great
Birds of Greek mythology
black-figure amphora, 500-490 BC Heracles killing the Stymphalian birds with his sling. Attic black-figured amphora, c. 540 BC. Said to be from Vulci. Hercules
Stymphalian_birds
Period in Greek politics and culture covering the 5th century BC
Ionian Revolt in 500 BC, that provoked the first Persian invasion of 492 BC. The Persians (called "Medes") were finally defeated in 490 BC. A second Persian
Greece_in_the_5th_century_BC
Japanese Archaeological Ceramics from the Jōmon Through Heian Periods (10,500 BC-AD 1185). Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. 1990. p. 45.
List of longest-reigning monarchs
List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs
1851 book by Edward Shepherd Creasy
describes a different battle. The fifteen chapters are: The Battle of Marathon, 490 BC Excerpt: "Two thousand three hundred and forty years ago, a council of Athenian
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
The_Fifteen_Decisive_Battles_of_the_World
5th-century Persian general and satrap
Eretria, but were beaten by the Athenians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. Ten years later, Artaphernes is recorded as being in command of the Lydians
Artaphernes (nephew of Darius I)
Artaphernes_(nephew_of_Darius_I)
BC – c. AD 600 and can be subdivided into the following periods: Greek Dark Ages (or Iron Age, Homeric Age), 1,100–800 BC Archaic period, 800–490 BC Classical
History_of_Greece
Goddess of retribution in Greek mythology
and little Nikes and was made by Pheidias after the Battle of Marathon (490 BC), crafted from a block of Parian marble brought by the overconfident Persians
Nemesis
cities in Asia Minor Beginning of the first Persian invasion of Greece 492–490 BC First Persian invasion of Greece Greeks Achaemenid Empire Inconclusive Persians
List_of_Greco-Persian_Wars
Ancient Greek royal figure
Acamas and Demophon leading Aethra, red-figure calyx-krater circa 490 BC.
Aethra_(mother_of_Theseus)
Goddess from Greek mythology, wife and sister of Zeus
volutes were wider. Selinus. The Doric temple E (temble of Hera) was built in 490 BC. It measured 25.32x67.82m at the stylobate and the number of pteron columns
Hera
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
been a vassal as early as the late 6th century BC but retained a great deal of autonomy. However, in 490 BC the Persian forces were defeated by the Athenians
Achaemenid_Empire
Calendar year
date) (b. c. 490 BC) Phidias, Greek sculptor (approximate date) (b. c. 480 BC) Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher (approximate date) (b. c. 490 BC) Mackay, Christopher
430_BC
Ruler of the Chinese state of Qi from 547 to 490 BC
Jǐng Gōng), personal name Lü Chujiu, was ruler of the Qi state from 547 BC to 490 BC. After years of unrest as two powerful ministers, Cui Zhu (崔杼) and Qing
Duke_Jing_of_Qi
245–235 BC (joined the Achaean League) Theagenes, c. 620–600 BC Scythes, c. 494 BC Cadmus, c. 494–490 BC Anaxilas, c. 490–476 BC Micythus, c. 476–467 BC (retired)
List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants
Sexual pleasure device
(sing. olisbokollix), were known in Ancient Greece prior to the 5th century BC. In Italy during the 1400s, dildos were made of leather, wood, or stone. Chinese
Sex_toy
Battle of the Sicilian Wars
Gela successfully took over both Ionian and Dorian Greek territory, and by 490 BC, Zankle, Leontini, Catana, Naxos, and Camarina, as well as neighboring Sicel
Battle_of_Himera_(480_BC)
king Darius I (r. 522-486 BC) settled the inhabitants of Eretria, after the city was taken by his admiral Datis in 490 BC. The site is commonly identified
Ardericca_in_Susiana
Battle of Marathon (490 BC). A large Persian force was destroyed and routed by a smaller Athenian force. Battle of Salamis (480 BC). A huge Persian fleet
List_of_military_disasters
Round, stylized flower design
490 BC, limestone, in situ, Persepolis, Iran Ancient Greek rosettes around a door of the Erechtheion, Athens, Greece, unknown architect, 421-405 BC Ancient
Rosette_(design)
5th-century BC Athenian Greek tragedian
The Persian Wars played a large role in Aeschylus's life and career. In 490 BC, he and his brother Cynegeirus fought to defend Athens against the invading
Aeschylus
Type of ancient Greek jug
vessels were very popular during the 5th century BC, however, many have been found dating back to 700 BC. They contained a perfumed oil which was offered
Lekythos
Democratic procedure for expelling citizens
invasion at Marathon in 490 BC were related or connected to the tyrant Peisistratos, who had controlled Athens for 36 years up to 527 BC. After his son Hippias
Ostracism
Queen of the sea and wife of Poseidon in Greek mythology
with Athena looking on (red-figure cup by Euphronios and Onesimos, 500–490 BC) Sea thiasos depicting the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite, from the
Amphitrite
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
the retaining wall. However, after the victorious Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the plan was revised and marble was used instead. The limestone phase of
Acropolis_of_Athens
Nereid of Greek mythology
Thetis is guarded in secret. In one fragmentary hymn by the seventh-century BC Spartan poet Alcman, Thetis appears as a demiurge, beginning her creation
Thetis
Region in Turkey
Weisstein, Eric W. (2007). "Pre-Classical (Archaic) Greece (ca. 750-ca. 490 BC)". ScienceWorld. Eric Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography. Wolfram
Ionia
Temple for the worship of Athena in Athens, Greece
meters). This temple was built around 570–550 BC by the Athenians. They then demolished the Hekatompedon in 490 BC after their victory over an invasion by Persians
Hekatompedon
Greek island in the Aegean Sea
seems to have been a dependency of Naxos. In the first Greco-Persian War (490 BC), Paros sided with the Persians and sent a trireme to Marathon to support
Paros
Greek mythological figure
According to some sources, this cup shows Hecamede mixing kykeon for Nestor. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup, c. 490 BC. From Vulci.
Nestor_(mythology)
Athenian statesman (c. 630 – c. 560 BC)
Solon (/ˈsoʊlən/; Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher (philosopher in an etymological
Solon
Period of ancient Greece (510 to 323 BC)
of 500 BC, the event that provoked the Persian invasion of 492 BC. The Persians were defeated in 490 BC. A second Persian attempt, in 481–479 BC, failed
Classical_Greece
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
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
Ancient city in southeastern Boeotia, Greece
history. When the Persian king Dareios sent an armada to invade Attica in 490 BC, Plataea sent 1,000 men to join Athens at the Battle of Marathon, and shared
Plataea
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
Zeno of Elea (/ˈziːnoʊ ... ˈɛliə/; Ancient Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης; c. 490 – c. 430 BC) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea, in Southern Italy
Zeno_of_Elea
Athenian general and statesman (530–468 BC)
strategos in command of his native tribe Antiochis at the Battle of Marathon of 490 BC. In consequence of the distinction which he then achieved he is said to
Aristides
Name list
Aramaic form of Yehoshua (Joshua) Joshua the High Priest, High Priest ca. 515–490 BC after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity Joshua, aka Jose
Joshua_(name)
Chinese temple
is a temple in Qufu, Jining, Shandong, China, dedicated to Yan Hui (521-490 BC), the favorite disciple of Confucius. The temple is located within the historic
Temple_of_Yan_Hui
McCullough in 2012 following Trivax's research of marathon runners. In 490 BC, during the Greco-Persian War, Persian King Darius I launched an attack
Phidippides_cardiomyopathy
Plant species in pea family
According to Pliny (died 79 AD), it was introduced to Greece in about 490 BC when the Persians invaded Greek territory. Alfalfa cultivation is discussed
Alfalfa
Alleged esoteric Sufi brotherhood based in Asia
Hammurabi (1728-1686 BC) and is connected with Zoroaster, the teacher of Pythagoras (born c. 580 BC–572 BC, died c. 500 BC–490 BC). According to the Foundation
Sarmoung_Brotherhood
490 BC
490 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’.
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 from places so called in Devon, Hampshire, Leicestershire, and Somerset. The first and last derive their name from the Celtic river name Exe, while the place in Hampshire, recorded in 940 as East Seaxnatune, is named from Old English Ēastseaxe ‘East Saxon’, and the Leicestershire place name is from Old English oxa ‘of the oxen’. In each case the final element is from Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
German
Rules all. The historical Gothic king who plundered Rome in A.D. 410.
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 : regional name for someone from Burgundy (Old French Bourgogne), a region of eastern France having Dijon as its center. The area was invaded by the Burgundii, a Germanic tribe from whom it takes its name, in about ad 480. The duchy of Burgundy, created in 877 by Charles II, King of the West Franks, was extremely powerful in the later Middle Ages, especially under Philip the Bold (1342–1404, duke from 1363).
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 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
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 : 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 : 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
English
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Tang 2.Chinese : variant of Tang 3.Chinese : from a modification of the character Zhong (). In the Xia dynasty (2205–1766 bc), there existed a senior adviser whose name was Zhonggu. Much later, in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 ad), some descendants settled along a river that became known as the Tong Family river. As the Manchus moved southwards, some took up residence by this river and they too adopted Tong as their surname.Chinese : from Lao Tong, the ‘style name’ given to a son of Zhuan Xu, legendary emperor of the 26th century bc. Two of his sons became important advisers to the next emperor, Ku. Some descendants of Lao Tong adopted a character from his style name as their surname.Chinese : see also Dong.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of tongs (Old English tang(e)), or a habitational name from one of the places named with this word (there are examples in Lancashire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire), from their situation by a fork in a road or river, considered as resembling a pair of tongs.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a tongue of land, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (Old English tunge, Old Norse tunga), for example Tonge in Leicestershire.Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Antonius (see Anthony). It could also be from Dutch tong ‘tongue’ and hence a nickname for a chatterbox or scold, or possibly a shortening of Van Tongeren, a habitational name for someone from Tongeren in the province of Gelderland.
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English
English : unexplained. Probably of Anglo-Norman French origin; it is said to be from a place called Malbanc.Peter Malbone, born in 1633, married Sarah Godfrey in Norfolk Co., VA. The name Mallabone has been in Warwickshire, England, for over 400 years.
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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.
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English
English : voiced variant of the habitational name Crowden. This form appears to have arisen from the place in Devon, 44 of the 49 bearers listed in the 1881 British census having been born in Cornwall or Devon.
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English (London)
English (London) : patronymic from the personal name Piers (see Pierce).North German : patronymic from the personal name Pier, a variant of Peer, reduced form of Peter.Born in Yorkshire, England, Abraham Pierson (1609–78) was the first pastor of the settlements at Southampton, Long Island, NY; Branford, CT, and Newark, NJ. He left his library of more than 400 books, one of the most extensive in the colonies, to his son Abraham, who was one of the first trustees of Yale College.
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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.
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English
English : nickname from Old Norse pá ‘peacock’ (see Peacock). This surname is also established in Ireland.Poe is a common surname found in the 17th and 18th centuries in VA and SC. The ancestors of the poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) were of Scotch-Irish descent, having emigrated from Ireland to Lancaster Co., PA, in about 1748.
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Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Compassionate friend
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American, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Teutonic
High-born; Brilliant; Shining; Bright; Famous; Bright Nobility
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Tamil
Tiyashini | தீயாஷீநீ
Male
Celtic
, a Belgic man.
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Italian
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Greek Pontios, PONTUS means "of the sea; seaman." Compare with another form of Pontus.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Leaf
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English
Young deer. The Greek mythological deity of fertility and nature was Fauna. She was famous for...
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Australian, French, Hebrew
Spring; Young
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Greek
Pure. Clear.
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v. i.
To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
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An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca.
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A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.
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The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.
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A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
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Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.
n.
Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
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An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
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The quarter of a circle, or of the circumference of a circle, an arc of 90¡, or one subtending a right angle at the center.
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An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6.
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Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
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A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
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The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition.
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A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0¡ C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especially at 30-40¡ C. Chemically, olein is a glyceride of oleic acid; and, as three molecules of the acid are united to one molecule of glyceryl to form the fat, it is technically known as triolein. It is also called elain.
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A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.
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A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
v. t.
The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; -- called also quarter point.
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A symbol expressing forty units; as, 40, or xl.
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A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.