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Calendar year
year 554 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 200 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 554 BC for this
554_BC
6th-century BC Sicilian leader
Telemachus was the mythical leader of a 554 BC general uprising in the Greek city-state of Acragas, Sicily, Magna Graecia, which culminated in the overthrow
Telemachus_(Acragas)
Sicilian despot, 570 to 554 BC
Akragas (now Agrigento) in Sicily in Magna Graecia, from approximately 570 to 554 BC. Phalaris was renowned for his excessive cruelty. Among his alleged atrocities
Phalaris
(617–595 BC) Xuan, Duke (594–578 BC) Cheng, Duke (577–555 BC) Wu, Duke (554–528 BC) Ping, Duke (527–524 BC) Dao, Duke (523–515 BC) Sheng, Duke (514–510 BC) Yin
List of state leaders in the 6th century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_6th_century_BC
Buddhist temple in Mandalay, Myanmar
holds that the Buddha himself visited the Dhanyawadi city of Arakan in 554 BC. King Sanda Thuriya requested that an image be cast of him. Once complete
Mahamuni_Buddha_Temple
282. Amory, Patrick (1997). People and Identity in Ostrogothic Italy, 489–554. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-51152-306-9
List of heads of state and government who were assassinated or executed
List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_who_were_assassinated_or_executed
Greece. Daphnis, c. 500 BC under Darius I (pro-Persian) Philiscus, c. 368–360 BC (assassinated) Iphiades, 360–? BC Phalaris, 570–554 BC (overthrown and roasted)
List_of_ancient_Greek_tyrants
Calendar year
Consulship of Maximus and Cotta (or, less frequently, year 554 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 200 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval
200_BC
Calendar year
year 551 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 203 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 551 BC for this
551_BC
Ruler of Qi, ancient China, 581 to 554 BC
reigning from 581 BC to 554 BC. He succeeded his father, Duke Qing, and was in turn succeeded by one of his sons, Duke Zhuang II. In 572 BC, Duke Dao of the
Duke_Ling_of_Qi
3rd-century BC Roman general and statesman
Atilius Regulus (fl. 267 – 255 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. Much of his career was spent
Marcus Atilius Regulus (consul 267 BC)
Marcus_Atilius_Regulus_(consul_267_BC)
Ethnic group in Myanmar
visited the city of Dhanyawadi during his travels to spread Buddhism in 554 BC. The remnants of Dhanyawadi's architecture and artifacts offer insights
Rakhine_people
748 BC Titus Tatius, Sabine King Killed in Rome. 579 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Etruscan king of Rome Killed in Rome by the sons of Ancus Marcius. 554 BC
List of assassinations in Europe
List_of_assassinations_in_Europe
Battle of the Sicilian Wars
of Akragas (570–554 BC), to rule over it. Theron emulated Phalaris when he deposed Terillus and added Himera to his domain in 483 BC. Terillus had come
Battle_of_Himera_(480_BC)
BC) this siege is semi or entirely mythical. Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC)
List_of_sieges
Calendar year
year 555 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 199 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 555 BC for this
555_BC
Phalaris (died 555 or 554 BC), tyrant of Akragas Theron (c. 535–472 BC), tyrant of Akragas Diocles of Syracuse (5th century BC), legislator and military
List_of_people_from_Sicily
Topics referred to by the same term
Phalaris was the tyrant of Akragas in Sicily (570–554 BC). Phalaris may also refer to: Phalaris (album) by Dir En Grey Phalaris (horse), a Thoroughbred
Phalaris_(disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
Duke Ling of Jin (died 607 BC) Duke Ling of Qi (died 554 BC) Duke Ling of Wey (died 492 BC) Duke Ling of Qin (died 415 BC) King Ling (disambiguation)
Duke_Ling
Decade
This article concerns the period 559 BC–550 BC. Carthage conquers Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. 559 BC—King Cambyses I of Anshan dies and is succeeded
550s_BC
Ruler of the Chinese state of Qi from 547 to 490 BC
control of power in the neighbouring State of Lu. When his father died in 554 BC, his older half-brother Duke Zhuang succeeded Duke Ling and killed Crown
Duke_Jing_of_Qi
Track and field event
describes the Tailteann Games held at Telltown, County Meath from 1829 BC until at least 554 BC...included in these events...were the geal-ruith (triple jump)
Triple_jump
Building in Agrigento, Sicily
capitals. This time period lines up with the tyrant Phalaris (ruled 570 to 554 BC), in the era archeologists call the Phalarian architectural period. However
Temple_of_Heracles,_Agrigento
Agiad king of Sparta from c.560 to c.524 BC
his embassy to form an alliance with "the mightiest of the Greeks" (about 554 BC), the war with Tegea, which during the reigns of previous Spartan kings
Anaxandridas_II
Babylonian princess
supposedly inspired to restore the office after a partial lunar eclipse in 554 BC, which he interpreted as an omen, and the find of a stele created by Nebuchadnezzar
Ennigaldi-Nanna
Calendar year
year 556 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 198 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 556 BC for this
556_BC
Chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
and for the supervision of some major trials in the law courts. After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after
Eponymous_archon
Topics referred to by the same term
Capua may refer to: Battle of Capua (212 BC) was between Hannibal and two Roman consular armies Battle of Capua (554) was an engagement between the Byzantine
Battle_of_Capua
Calendar year
year 557 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 197 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 557 BC for this
557_BC
Calendar year
year 552 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 202 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 552 BC for this
552_BC
Calendar year
year 553 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 201 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 553 BC for this
553_BC
Statue of the Greek god Helios
Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was constructed to celebrate
Colossus_of_Rhodes
Period of Roman history (c. 509 – 27 BC)
the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of
Roman_Republic
succession of Rome. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st–2nd Centuries: 7th BC · 6th BC · 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st BC · 1st · 2nd · 3rd · 4th · 5th · 6th ·
Timeline_of_Roman_history
Ruler of Lu
predecessor's release and death, invaded Lu in 556 BC. As a response, Jin arrested him during a meeting in 554 BC. Jin then arbitrated that the land west of the
Duke_Xiang_of_Lu
City in Bago Region, Myanmar
three replica of the Maha Myat Muni Buddha statue, believed to date back 554 B.C. when the king Sandar Thuriya ruled. To the southeast of pyay, about 7
Pyay
Canadian provincial election
opposition BC United (formerly the BC Liberals) withdrew from the race a little over a month before the election to avoid splitting the vote. BC United formally
2024 British Columbia general election
2024_British_Columbia_general_election
family tree of Chinese monarchs during the Warring States period. In 771 BC, a coalition of feudal lords and the Western Rong tribes overthrew King You
Family tree of Chinese monarchs (Warring States period)
Family_tree_of_Chinese_monarchs_(Warring_States_period)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Duilio (C 554) was an Andrea Doria-class helicopter cruiser launched in 1962 and decommissioned in 1990. Italian destroyer Caio Duilio (D 554) is an Horizon-class
Italian_ship_Caio_Duilio
Calendar year
Year 300 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corvus and Pansa (or, less frequently
300_BC
Writing system of the ancient Near East
script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the 1st century BC. Cuneiform scripts are marked by and named for the characteristic wedge-shaped
Cuneiform
Duke of Qi
mother of Prince Huan Sons: Prince Huan (公子環; d. 554 BC), ruled as Duke Ling of Qi from 581 to 554 BC Sima Qian. 齐太公世家 [House of Duke Tai of Qi]. Records
Duke_Qing_of_Qi
700–601 BC Alban war with Rome 685–668 BC Second Messenian War 669–668 BC Sparta–Argos War 600–265 BC Greek–Punic Wars 595–585 BC First Sacred War 560 BC Second
List_of_conflicts_in_Europe
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
final division of the Stone Age in Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BC to c. 2,000 BC). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments
Neolithic
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
Calendar year
Year 301 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Dictatorship of Corvus (or, less frequently, year
301_BC
Calendar year
Year 271 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudus and Clepsina (or, less frequently
271_BC
1st King of Paekche (r. 18 BC – AD 28)
Onjo (Korean: 온조; Hanja: 溫祚; ?–28, reigned c. 18 BC – AD 28) was the founding monarch of Paekche, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. According to the
Onjo_of_Paekche
Ruler of State of Qi from 455 to 405 BC
Lü Ji, was from 455 BC to 405 BC the monarch of the Qi state. Duke Xuan succeeded his father, Duke Ping of Qi, who died in 456 BC after 25 years of reign
Duke_Xuan_of_Qi
Ruler of Qi from 484 to 481 BC
was duke of the Qi state from 484 BC to 481 BC. Duke Jian succeeded his father, Duke Dao of Qi, who was killed in 485 BC after four years of reign. Duke
Duke_Jian_of_Qi
Ministry for Justice R. v. Rodgers, 2006 SCC 15 (CanLII), [2006 1 SCR 554] B.C. Civil Liberties Association Privacy Handbook § The National DNA Data bank
DNA Identification Act (Canada)
DNA_Identification_Act_(Canada)
Yellow citrus fruit
uncertain, but some evidence suggests lemons originated during the 1st millennium BC in what is now northeastern India. Some other citrus fruits are called lemon
Lemon
Ruler of the Chinese state of Qi from 488 to 485 BC
was from 488 BC to 485 BC the monarch of the Qi state. Prince Yangsheng was a middle son of Duke Jing of Qi. In the summer of 490 BC, the 58th year
Duke_Dao_of_Qi
Volturnus (554) Byzantine–Lombard wars (568–750) 113–101 BC, Germanic Collision with the Roman Republic, Cimbrian War, Beginning of Germanic Wars. 112 BC, Battle
Chronology of warfare between the Romans and Germanic peoples
Chronology_of_warfare_between_the_Romans_and_Germanic_peoples
Social class in ancient Rome
legion). Around 400 BC, 12 more centuriae of cavalry were established and these included non-patricians (plebeians). Around 300 BC the Samnite Wars obliged
Equites
Calendar year
Year 397 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Iullus, Albinus, Medullinus, Maluginensis
397_BC
Documents 479 BC Spring and Autumn Annals (~18,000 characters) compiled by Confucius 468 BC Zuo zhuan (196,845 characters) by Zuo Qiuming 451 BC Guoyu (book)
Timeline_of_Chinese_texts
Calendar year
year 548 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 206 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 548 BC for this
548_BC
Ruler of Qi, ancient China, 553 to 548 BC
at the request of his favorite concubine Rong Zi. In the fifth month of 554 BC, Duke Ling died after 28 years of reign, and the powerful minister Cui Zhu
Duke_Zhuang_II_of_Qi
One-eyed giants in Greek and Roman mythology
fifth-century BC play by Euripides, a chorus of satyrs offers comic relief based on the encounter of Odysseus and Polyphemus. The third-century BC poet Callimachus
Cyclopes
Ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health
2686–2181 BC) to the Roman period (30 BC – 641 AD). Pairs of Horus eyes were painted on coffins during the First Intermediate Period (c. 2181–2055 BC) and
Eye_of_Horus
Calendar year
year 612 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 142 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 612 BC for this
612_BC
Calendar year
year 547 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 207 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 547 BC for this
547_BC
Imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei
Government Monarchy • 535–551 Emperor Wen of Western Wei • 552–554 Emperor Fei of Western Wei • 554–557 Emperor Gong of Western Wei Historical era Southern and
Western_Wei
Destroyer of the Italian Navy
Duilio is marked by hull number D 554 according to NATO classification. The ship takes her name from the 3rd century BC Roman leader and admiral Gaius Duilius
Italian_destroyer_Caio_Duilio
4th-century BC Theban gay military unit
force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC. It was first organised under commander Gorgidas in 378 BC and later Pelopidas, and played a crucial role
Sacred_Band_of_Thebes
Ruler of the Chinese state of Qi in 489 BC
(Chinese: 晏孺子; pinyin: Yàn Rúzǐ), personal name Lü Tu, was for 10 months in 489 BC the ruler of the Qi state. He was subsequently killed by Viscount Xi of Tian
An_Ruzi
Calendar year
Year 272 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Maximus (or, less frequently
272_BC
Ancient Korean kingdom (18 BCE – 660 CE)
Palaeolithic 700,000–8000 BC Neolithic 8000–1500 BC * Jeulmun Bronze Age 1500–300 BC * Mumun * Liaoning dagger Ancient period Gojoseon 2333–108 BC * Tan'gun * Kija
Paekche
Italy during the Ancient Rome era
that changed its form of government from Kingdom (ruled, between 753 BC and 509 BC, by seven kings) to Republic, and then grew within the context of a
Roman_Italy
Region of Italy
beginning of the first millennium BC, the region of Apulia was inhabited by the Iapygians, while during the 8th century BC its coastal areas were populated
Apulia
century BC, the Romans were at first outclassed by Carthage at sea, but by 256 BC had drawn even and fought the wars to a stalemate. In 55 BC Julius Caesar
Ships_of_ancient_Rome
Socratic dialogue written by Plato
of legal self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC. Specifically, the Apology of Socrates is a defence
Apology_(Plato)
Country in northwestern Europe
pressure". International Journal of Constitutional Law. 2 (3): 545–627, 553–554. doi:10.1093/icon/2.3.545. Notwithstanding substantial differences among
United_Kingdom
Ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia
2500/2000–1800 BC Shamsi-Adad's kingdom c. 1800–1775 BC Independent c. 1775–1550? BC Kingdom of Mitanni c. 1550–1300 BC Assyrian Empire c. 1300–610 BC Babylonian
Harran
Ancient Assyrian city
largest city in the world for approximately fifty years until the year 612 BC when, after a bitter period of civil war in Assyria, it was sacked by a coalition
Nineveh
Limestone statue of a reclining sphinx
of the Old Kingdom during the reign of Khufu (c. 2590–2566 BC) or Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC). Scholars and Egyptologists believe the face of the Sphinx
Great_Sphinx_of_Giza
King of Dhanyawaddy
was dwelling in Veluvana Monastery in Rajagaha. It is recorded that in 554 B.C., Lord Buddha, accompanied by 500 disciples, visited the city of Dhannyawadi
Sanda_Thuriya_of_Dhanyawadi
540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550,001–575,000 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573
List of minor planets: 6001–7000
List_of_minor_planets:_6001–7000
Semitic language
Contextualized: A Festschrift for Jan Retsö. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 554–68. Tezel, Sina (2015). "Neologisms in Ṣūrayt/Ṭūrōyo". Neo-Aramaic in Its
Aramaic
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol
and Popular Expressions. S. Academiae Upsaliensis. pp. 29–38. ISBN 978-91-554-2433-6. Fischer, Henry G. (1972). "Some Emblematic Uses of Hieroglyphs with
Ankh
Type of antique Venus
late 1st century BC. The lost Greek original on which it is based is thought to have been bronze, and to have been executed around 300 BC, towards the beginning
Venus_Callipyge
5th–6th-century Germanic ethnic group
weakened the kingdom. In 535, Emperor Justinian I launched the Gothic War (535–554), aiming to restore imperial authority in the West. The Ostrogoths, revitalized
Ostrogoths
Religious beliefs of the Kushites
seen in the elaborate burials of the Classic Kerma Period (ca. 1750-1450 BC). In the New Kingdom Period, Nubia fell under Egyptian control, but later
Kushite_religion
Ruler of the Chinese state of Qi from 480 to 456 BC
Lü Ao, was from 480 BC to 456 BC the duke of the Qi state. Duke Ping was a younger son of Duke Dao of Qi, who was killed in 485 BC after four years of
Duke_Ping_of_Qi
1st century BC King of Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty
was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty who ruled Egypt for a few days in 80 BC. He was a son of Ptolemy X Alexander I and Cleopatra Selene. Ptolemy XI was
Ptolemy_XI_Alexander_II
Ancient Greek war (395–387 BC)
The Corinthian War (395–387 BC) was a conflict in ancient Greece which pitted Sparta against a coalition of city-states comprising Thebes, Athens, Corinth
Corinthian_War
Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
Ottoman Maritime Wars, 1416–1700. Istanbul: The Isis Press. ISBN 978-975-428-554-3. Uyar, Mesut; Erickson, Edward (2009). A Military History of the Ottomans:
Ottoman_Empire
Eldest son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome
(1975). "The Tarquin dynasty". Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 24 (4): 539–554. ISSN 0018-2311. JSTOR 4435467. Stemma Tarquiniorum Ancestry
Titus_Tarquinius
c. 2000 BC) allowed for high agricultural production yields and rise of Chinese civilization during the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1050 BC). Later inventions
List_of_Chinese_inventions
March, s.v. Hygieia, p. 406. Tripp, s.v. Hygieia, p. 309. Croissant 1990, p. 554. Grimal, s.v. Hypnus, p. 222. Hard, p. 29. Gantz, p. 5. Tripp, s.v. Hypnos
List_of_Greek_deities
Maharajadhiraja of Gauda from 554 to c. 590
Jayanaga was the king of the Gauda kingdom in somewhat after 554 CE, said to be the predecessor of the most prominent king of Gauda, Shashanka. Jayanaga
Jayanaga
Canadian multinational corporation
Corporation. For the fiscal year 2019, Telus Corporation reported earnings of CA$5.554 billion, with an annual revenue of CA$14.658 billion, an increase of 8.8%
Telus_Corporation
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
pneumonia-associated respiratory syndrome". Cellular & Molecular Immunology. 17 (5): 554. doi:10.1038/s41423-020-0372-4. PMC 7091741. PMID 32024976. Chan JF, Yuan
COVID-19_pandemic
Ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region
Tale Southern Cushites entered the Great Lakes region sometime before 800 BC and were pastoralists who relied only on their livestock and conceivably grew
Tutsi
493–553 kingdom centered in Italy
Eastern Roman Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom was fought from 535 until 554 in Italy, Dalmatia, Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica. It is commonly divided
Ostrogothic_Kingdom
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural
Aristotle
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to any of a number of conflicts: The Social War (91–87 BC) The Gothic War (535–554) The Italian Wars of 1494–1559 The Italian Wars of Independence
Italian_War_(disambiguation)
prime ministers of Italy. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st–2nd · 3rd Centuries: 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st BC · See also · Bibliography Centuries: 1st ·
Timeline_of_Italian_history
Warm weather period, 250 BC to AD 400
and the North Atlantic that ran from approximately 250 BC to AD 400. Theophrastus (371 – c. 287 BC) wrote that date trees could grow in Greece if they were
Roman_Warm_Period
554 BC
554 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 Dutch
English and Dutch : from the medieval personal name Benedict (Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict of Norcia (c.480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries.
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 : habitational name for someone from Dunster in Somerset, recorded in 1138 as Dunestore ‘craggy pinnacle (Old English torr) of a man named Dun(n)’.Henry Dunster emigrated to MA in 1640 from Bury, Lancashire, England, and was made the first president of Harvard College (1640–54) almost immediately upon arrival in MA.
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 : 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 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 : 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
English : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (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
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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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 and French
English and French : from the medieval personal name Boniface (see Bonifacio). Among the noted bearers of the name was an early Christian saint (c. 675–754) who was born in Devon and martyred in Friesland after evangelical work among Germanic tribes.
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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.
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German Scottish
Rules the people; powerful ruler. Famous Bearers: explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) and...
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English
English : probably an early variant of Doughty.Edward Doty (c.1600–55) was one of the passengers on the Mayflower, a servant of Stephen Hopkins. He became comparatively wealthy and moved to Duxbury MA, where he left nine children.
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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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Chinese
Chinese : from the place name Pan, which existed in the state of Wei during the Zhou dynasty. Bi Gonggao, fifteenth son of the virtuous duke Wen Wang, was granted a state named Wei when the Zhou dynasty came to power in 1122 bc (see Feng 1). Bi Gonggao in turn granted the area called Pan to one of his sons, whose descendants eventually adopted Pan as their surname. This name is also Romanized as Poon, Pun, and Pon.Korean : There are two Chinese characters for this surname; only one of them, however, is common enough to warrant treatment here. There are three clans which use this character: the KisÅng (also called the KÅje), the Kwangju, and the Namp’yÅng. The founding ancestors of these clans were KoryÅ (918–1392) figures, and it is widely believed that they were related.Spanish and southern French (Occitan) : metonymic occupational name for a baker or a pantryman, from Spanish and Occitan pan ‘bread’ (Latin panis).English and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who cast pans, from Middle English, Middle Dutch panne ‘pan’.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish pan ‘lord’, ‘master’, ‘landowner’, hence a nickname for a haughty person.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling or translation of German Pfann (North German Pann).
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English
English : 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).
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Irish
St. Jarlath (born c. 550 AD) was noted for his piety and his ability as a teacher. In old age he decided to found a monastery where he could end his days. He asked one of his pupils, St. Breandan the Navigator, to drive his chariot east and when the chariot broke a wheel at Tuam in County Galway he took it as a sign that that was where he should end his journey, founding a church that became a great center of learning and art. The name is still popular in this part of Ireland.
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554 BC
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Sikh
Pleasing, Lord Krishna
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Muslim
Guest, Helper, Assistant, Shining, Luminous
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vidwath | விதà¯à®µà®¾à®¤
Highly qualified, Most brilliant
Female
Hebrew
(ש×ִירָי) Hebrew name SHIRI means "my song."
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Of an Eye as in a Blink of an Eye
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Hindu, Indian
A Gem
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Sun
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Intensely Glowing Ray of the Sun; Skilled
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English
English : nickname from the Norman term of address beu sire ‘fine sir’, given either to a fine gentleman (perhaps ironically), or to someone who made frequent use of this term of address. Compare Bonser.Americanized spelling of German Bauser.
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Hindu
One of the kauravas
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n.
A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.
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At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
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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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See Koran. R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.
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A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
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The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.