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Calendar year
Year 90 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Lupus (or, less frequently
90_BC
War between Rome and its Italian allies
(socii), largely from 91 to 88 BC in Italy, with some holdouts persisting until 87 BC. The war started in late 91 BC with the rebellion of Asculum. Other
Social_War_(91–87_BC)
Topics referred to by the same term
90 may refer to: 90 (number), the natural number following 89 and preceding 91 one of the years 90 BC, AD 90, 1990, 2090, etc. The international calling
90
Roman statesman and general
tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus in 100 BC.[citation needed] He was consul of the Roman Republic in 90 BC during the Social War. During the war he commanded
Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 90 BC)
Lucius_Julius_Caesar_(consul_90_BC)
Ancient Roman law
Julia or leges Juliae refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 23 BC, or to a law related to Julius Caesar. During the Social War, a conflict between
Lex_Julia
Creation spirit in some schools of philosophy
360 BC, where the demiurge is presented as the creator of the universe. The demiurge is also described as a creator in the Platonic (c. 310–90 BC) and
Demiurge
Internal conflict in the Roman Republic, c. 83-82 BC
Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 141. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 141. Lynda Telford, Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered, p. 176; Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p
Sulla's_civil_war
Philosophical system
academy, and in the 3rd century BC, Arcesilaus adopted academic skepticism, which became a central tenet of the school until 90 BC when Antiochus added Stoic
Platonism
Hipparchus (c. 190–120 BC) Agatharchides (2nd century BC) Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC) Pseudo-Scymnus (c. 90 BC) Diodorus Siculus (c. 90–30 BC) Alexander Polyhistor
List of Graeco-Roman geographers
List_of_Graeco-Roman_geographers
Roman military general and dictator (100–44 BC)
commission in 103 BC and was elected praetor some time between 92 and 85 BC; he served as proconsular governor of Asia for two years, likely 91–90 BC. Caesar's
Julius_Caesar
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 90 BC), Roman senator, killed by Gaius Marius Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 64 BC), Roman senator, uncle of Mark Antony
Lucius_Julius_Caesar
Pre-Roman civilization of Etruria (9th–1st century BC)
Roman–Etruscan Wars; Etruscans were granted Roman citizenship in 90 BC, and by 27 BC the whole Etruscan territory was incorporated into the newly established
Etruscan_civilization
Battle during Sulla's civil war, 82 BC
Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 128–142. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 143–144. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 144-145; Lynda Telford
Battle_of_the_Colline_Gate
Paropamisadae. Diomedes (95 - 90 BC)Coin Theophilos (c. 90 BC) Coin Nicias (reigned c. 90–85 BC Hermaeus (reigned c. 90–70 BC). (Yuezhi rulers) The Yuezhi
Timeline of Indo-Greek kingdoms
Timeline_of_Indo-Greek_kingdoms
is known as the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. During the time period from 90 BC to 30 BC, Yuezhi destroyed the last Hellenistic successor states and, together
History_of_Tajikistan
BC) Bahiya, King (100–98 BC) Panya Mara, King (98–91 BC) Pilaya Mara, King (91–90 BC) Dathika, King (90–88 BC) Valagamba, King (104–103, c.89–77 BC)
List of state leaders in the 1st century BC
List_of_state_leaders_in_the_1st_century_BC
Twelfth astrological sign of the zodiac
Pisces" is said to be from AD 1 until AD 2150, AD 498 to AD 2656, and 100-90 BC until AD 2680 according to the interpretations of Neil Mann, Heindel Rosicrucian
Pisces_(astrology)
Roman general and dictator (138–78 BC)
(/ˈsʌlə/, Latin pronunciation: [ˈɫuːkius kɔrˈneːlius ˈsulːa ˈfeːliːks]; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman of the late Roman
Sulla
about 3000 BC and declined rapidly 1,000 years later, following the Indo-Aryan migrations that overran the region in waves between 1500 and 500 BC. The migrating
History_of_Sindh
Roman battle of the Social War
scholars consider this battle to have been the turning point in the war. In 90 BC, following their defeat at the Battle of Firmum and the death of their commander
Siege_of_Asculum_(90–89_BC)
Town in Naples, Campania, Italy
occasions (215 and 214 BC), it was defended by Marcellus. In 90 BC it fell by treason to the Samnites during the Social War. In 89 BC, Sulla routed the rebel
Nola
Decade
90s BC is the time period from 99 BC – 90 BC. Consuls: Aulus Postumius Albinus and Marcus Antonius. Han-Xiongnu War The Han general Li Guangli marches
90s_BC
Undiscovered tomb
coffin is also mentioned by Strabo and Curtius Rufus (subsequently, in 89–90 BC the golden coffin was melted down and replaced with that of glass or crystal)
Tomb_of_Alexander_the_Great
One hundred years, from 400 BC to 301 BC
The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical
4th_century_BC
Symbol representing the heart
wall panels excavated from the ruins of Ctesiphon, the Persian capital (c. 90 BC – 637 AD). The Luther rose was the seal that was designed for Martin Luther
Heart_symbol
1st century AD Roman aristocrat and gourmet
owed his cognomen (his third name) to an earlier Apicius, who lived around 90 BC, whose family name it may have been: if this is true, Apicius had come to
Marcus_Gavius_Apicius
Stage of philosophy development
given to a revival and outgrowth of Platonic philosophy, lasting from about 90 BC – when Antiochus of Ascalon rejected the skepticism of the new Academy –
Middle_Platonism
Roman patrician family
208 BC, during the Second Punic War, when Sextus Julius Caesar was praetor in Sicily. His son, Sextus Julius Caesar, obtained the consulship in 157 BC; but
Julii_Caesares
Rank in ancient Rome
recognized imperator as Caesar's hereditary title, but this is doubtful. In 38 BC, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa refused a triumph for his victories under Octavian's
Imperator
Publius Rutilius Lupus (died 90 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 90 BC. He led a campaign against the Marsi during the Social War, ultimately
Publius Rutilius Lupus (consul)
Publius_Rutilius_Lupus_(consul)
200 BC–10 AD Greek kingdom in South Asia
BC), Heliokles II (95–80 BC), Theophilos (130 or 90 BC), Menander II (90–85 BC), Archebios (90–80 BC) and Peukolaos (c. 90 BC). The attribute of Dharmika
Indo-Greek_Kingdom
Topics referred to by the same term
Θρᾷξ "Thracian") may refer to: Historical figures: Dionysius Thrax (c. 170-90 BC), a Hellenistic grammarian Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238), Roman emperor from
Thrax
Artistic styles found in Pompeii
landscapes began to be introduced to the first style around 90 BC, and gained ground from 70 BC onwards, along with illusionistic and architectonic motives
Pompeian_Styles
Roman statesman and lawyer (106–43 BC)
Classical Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and
Cicero
Roman politician and orator (c.124–82 BC)
corpse was thrown into the Tiber river. Cicero, who heard the tribunes of 90 BC speak in the popular assemblies, identified Arvina as a second class orator
Gaius_Papirius_Carbo_Arvina
The Battle of the Tolenus River was fought on 11 June 90 BC between the Roman Republic, led by the consul Publius Rutilius Lupus, and an army of Marsian
Battle_of_the_Tolenus_River
Roman senator, orator and poet (c. 131 – 87 BC)
131 – 87 BC) was the younger son of Lucius Julius Caesar and his wife Popillia, and younger brother of Lucius Julius Caesar, consul in 90 BC. His cognomen
Gaius_Julius_Caesar_Strabo
King of Iberia
Pharnajob (Georgian: ფარნაჯომი, ფარნაჯობი; died 90 BC) was a king (mepe) of Iberia from 109 to 90 BC, the fourth in the P'arnavaziani line. He is known
Pharnajom
Ancient Roman family
Caesar in 90 BC, during the Marsic War. He was murdered by partisans of Marius in 87. He was probably father of Publius, quaestor c. 72 BC, and of Lentulus
Cornelia_gens
Province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia
(Urartu) in the 8th and 7th centuries BC. After unifying the region with his kingdom in the early 8th century BC, king Argishtis I of Urartu resettled
Sophene
Comune in Lazio, Italy
Italy, in the Latin Valley. Veroli (Verulae) became a Roman municipium in 90 BC. It became the seat of a bishopric in 743 AD, and was occupied by Spanish
Veroli
Roman senator and father of Julius Caesar
or February 90 BC. Brennan, on the other hand, has dated the governorship to the beginning of the decade. Caesar died suddenly in 85 BC, in Rome,[citation
Gaius Julius Caesar (governor of Asia)
Gaius_Julius_Caesar_(governor_of_Asia)
starvation Juba I of Numidia (46 BC), King of Numidia, double-suicide by sword with Marcus Petreius Judacilius (90 BC), Picentes general and leader, swallowed
List_of_suicides_(BC)
Roman general, consul in 89 BC, father of Pompey
Holland, Rubicon, p. 58. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 100. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 105. John Leach, Pompey the Great, p.15; Velleius
Gnaeus_Pompeius_Strabo
Roman patrician, statesman and soldier (died 90 BC)
ancient sources as starting the Social War.[dubious – discuss] Early in 90 BC, Caepio initiated a suit with Quintus Varius Severus against Marcus Aemilius
Quintus Servilius Caepio (quaestor 103 BC)
Quintus_Servilius_Caepio_(quaestor_103_BC)
Roman general and statesman (c. 157–86 BC)
Gaius Marius (Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈmariʊs]; c. 157 BC – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Marius held the office of consul seven times
Gaius_Marius
Leader of the Italian Marsi (died 88 BC)
Younger, 2. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, p. 58. Lynda Telford, Sulla, p.85. Philip Matyszak, Cataclysm 90 BC, pp 94-95; Appian, Civil Wars, 1.44. Appian
Quintus_Poppaedius_Silo
Small, flat and usually round piece of material used as money
by Eucratides (reigned 171–145 BC), the largest silver coin by the Indo-Greek king Amyntas Nikator (reigned c. 95–90 BC). The portraits "show a degree
Coin
Ancient Roman set of legal rights
[clarification needed] The Lex Iulia de Civitate Latinis (et sociis) Danda of 90 BC conferred Roman citizenship on all citizens of the Latin towns and the Italic
Latin_rights
1st century BC Tamil chiefs of the Anuradhapura Kingdom
from 103 BC to 88 BC. Before the Five Dravidians invaded the island, the Anuradhapura Kingdom was ruled by Valagamba (104–103 BC, 89–76 BC) also known
The_Five_Dravidians
Mythical northern region in Greek mythology
mention of the Hyperboreans or their spherical temple. Pseudo-Scymnus, around 90 BC, wrote that Boreas dwelled at the extremity of Gaulish territory, and that
Hyperborea
281 BC–62 AD kingdom in northern Anatolia
Mithridates obliged, and the Romans installed Ariobarzanes in Cappadocia. In 91/90 BC, while Rome was busy in the Social War in Italy, Mithridates encouraged
Kingdom_of_Pontus
back to the prehistoric era and the Helmand civilization around 3300–2350 B.C. Archaeological exploration began in Afghanistan in earnest after World War
Ancient history of Afghanistan
Ancient_history_of_Afghanistan
Series of historical mystery novels by Steven Saylor
set in circa 90 BC. "The Alexandrian Cat" from The House of the Vestals (1997) set partly in 90 BC. Raiders of the Nile (2014) — 88 BC: The young Gordianus
Roma_Sub_Rosa
1st century BCE Marsi rebel leader
Marsi during the Social War. At the Battle of the Tolenus River (11 June 90 BC), Scato and the Marsi defeated the Roman consul, Publius Rutilius Lupus
Titus_Vettius_Scato
Greèk grammarian (170–90 BC)
Thrax (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ, romanized: Dionýsios ho Thrâix, 170–90 BC) was a Greek grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace. He was
Dionysius_Thrax
Largest province of Afghanistan
was proposed by M. Tosi. This civilization flourished between 2500 BC and 1900 BC and may have coincided with the great flourishing of the Indus Valley
Helmand_Province
Ancient Roman family
Caesoninus, elder son of the consul of 15 BC. Lucius Calpurnius Piso (Frugi or Caesoninus), tribune of the plebs in 90 BC, possibly identical with a strategos
Calpurnia_gens
for over two and a half millennia, beginning as early as the 8th century BC and enduring until the 20th century AD. The earliest Iranian monarch is generally
List_of_monarchs_of_Iran
Bronze coin used in Ancient Rome
issued from other cities in Central Italy, using a cast process. After c. 90 BC, when bronze coinage was reduced to the semuncial standard, the quadrans
Quadrans
dynasty (206 BC–220 AD) of Imperial China. Chu-Han Contention (207 BC–202 BC) Han dynasty, 190 BC - kingdoms in red, commanderies in black 154 BC - Rebellion
Timeline_of_the_Han_dynasty
Hellenistic dynasty
I Demetrius III (c. 105-100 BC) Amyntas (c. 100-90 BC) Menander II (c. 105 BC) Demetrius IV (c. 80 BC) Strato II (c. 30 BC) Strato III (c. 10 AD) last
Euthydemid_dynasty
Millennium between 3000 BC to 2001 BC
BC. 30th century BC 29th century BC 28th century BC 27th century BC 26th century BC 25th century BC 24th century BC 23rd century BC 22nd century BC 21st
3rd_millennium_BC
Roman province located in modern-day Turkey
Cappadocia secured, Mithridates invaded Bithynia, defeating king Nicomedes IV in 90 BC. Nicomedes IV was forced to flee to Italy. A Senatorial delegation was sent
Cappadocia_(Roman_province)
Pontic Princess and Queen
Laodice (130 or 129 BC – c. 90 BC) was a Pontic Princess and Queen who was first wife and sister to King Mithridates VI of Pontus. She was of Persian
Laodice (sister-wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus)
Laodice_(sister-wife_of_Mithridates_VI_of_Pontus)
Ancient Roman general and statesman
Caepio was a Roman statesman and general, consul in 106 BC, and proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul in 105 BC. He was the father of Quintus Servilius Caepio and the
Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 106 BC)
Quintus_Servilius_Caepio_(consul_106_BC)
p. 317) or more precisely: May 12, 1274 BC based on Ramesses' commonly accepted accession date in 1279 BC. "Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
List_of_battles_before_301
Fertility god in Georgian mythology
Kartli (Iberia of the Classical sources). King Parnajom of Iberia (109–90 BC) is reported to have built a fortress at Mount Zedazeni to house the colossus
Zaden
Picenum, and one of the chief generals of the allies in the Social War, 90 BC. He was known to have been one of the ablest and most resolute leaders of
Judacilius
Decade
The 40s BC were the period 49 BC – 40 BC. Consuls: Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Gaius Claudius Marcellus. Caesar's Civil War commences: January 1 –
40s_BC
Ancient Roman family
of the consul of 90 BC, married Popillia, widow of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and mother of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, consul in 102 BC. Gaius Julius (C
Julia_gens
Decade
concerns the period 749 BC – 740 BC. 748 BC – Anticles of Messenia wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games. 747 BC – February 26 – Nabonassar
740s_BC
Decade
The 10s BC were the period 19 BC – 10 BC. The Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil is published after his death. The Aeneid is an epic poem in 12 books that
10s_BC
Basketball team in Miami, Florida
teams joining its league, which are Laces BC, Lunar Owls BC, Mist BC, Phantom BC, Rose BC, and Vinyl BC. Mist BC, along with the other five teams, are based
Mist_BC
Comune in Lazio, Italy
defeated and absorbed by the Romans. The city acquired Roman citizenship in 90 BC and became a resort area famed for its beauty and its good water, and was
Tivoli,_Lazio
Armenian dynasty which ruled Iberia (ancient Georgia) from c. 90 BC to 30 BC
eponymous dynasty of Armenia, ruled Iberia (ancient Georgia) from c. 90 BC to 30 BC. According to the medieval Georgian chronicles, they acquired the crown
Artaxiad_dynasty_of_Iberia
Ancient Roman family
Caecianus, triumvir monetalis in 102 BC. Gaius Cassius, praetor about 90 BC. Lucius Cassius, proconsul in Asia in 90 BC, captured the following year by Mithradates
Cassia_gens
Ancient Roman family
to obtain the consulship was Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, in 495 BC, and from that time its members frequently held the highest offices of the
Claudia_gens
Association football club in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta BC. Retrieved 29 July 2021. "ATALANTA BC PRESS RELEASE" (Press release). Atalanta BC. 19 February 2022. "The Club – ATALANTA
Atalanta_BC
Ancient Roman family
consul in 98 BC. Quintus Caecilius (L.? f.) Q. n. Metellus, surnamed Celer, a mediocre orator, probably tribune of the plebs in 90 BC and perhaps aedile
Caecilia_gens
Roman princeps senatus and consul in 115 BC
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (c. 159 – c. 89 BC) was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 115 BC. He was also a long-standing princeps senatus, occupying
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (consul 115 BC)
Marcus_Aemilius_Scaurus_(consul_115_BC)
War between Rome and Carthage (218–201 BC)
to 201 BC) was the second of three wars fought between Carthage and Rome, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the 3rd century BC. For 17
Second_Punic_War
Roman senator and general
distinguish Sextus from his cousin, Lucius Julius Caesar, who was consul in 90 BC, at the outbreak of the Social War. Julia gens Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 91 BC)
Sextus_Julius_Caesar_(consul_91_BC)
a rebel force led by Lafrenius. It took place during the Social War in 90 BC and was a Roman victory. Having been defeated by a much larger rebel force
Battle_of_Firmum
High-ranking Roman military officer
demanded the presence of legati, but the beginning of the Social War in 90 BC saw them being increasingly deployed in Italia. There were two main positions
Legate_(ancient_Rome)
Active stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy
having been burnt from another species of stone. Diodorus Siculus (c. 90 BC – c. 30 BC), another Greek writer, wrote in Book IV of his Bibliotheca Historica
Mount_Vesuvius
Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC
father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic
Cleopatra
Historical region of West Asia
recorded history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC. The rise of empires, beginning with Sargon of Akkad around 2350 BC, characterized the subsequent
Mesopotamia
Roman politician and assassin of Julius Caesar (85–42 BC)
Junius Brutus (/ˈbruːtəs/; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs juːniʊs ˈbruːtʊs]; c. 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC) was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins
Marcus_Junius_Brutus
1st century BC Samnite leader of an anti-Rome rebellion
became the consul for the southern rebel forces, known as the Samnites, in 90 BC. His fellow consul was Quintus Poppaedius Silo; the leader of a centrally
Gaius_Papius_Mutilus
(consul 90 BC) Publius Rutilius Rufus Quintus Salvidienus Rufus Gaius Scribonius Curio (consul 76 BC) Gaius Scribonius Curio (praetor 49 BC) Sejanus
List_of_Roman_generals
Topics referred to by the same term
Γωτάρζης Gōtarzēs) was the name of two Parthian kings: Gotarzes I c. 95–90 BC Gotarzes II c. 40–51 AD Goudarz, a character in the Shahnameh Goudarzi (disambiguation)
Gotarzes
Library in ancient Alexandria, Egypt
elsewhere. For example, Aristarchus' student Dionysius Thrax (c. 170 – c. 90 BC) established a school on the Greek island of Rhodes. He also wrote the first
Library_of_Alexandria
Marcus Favonius (c. 90 BC – 42 BC) was a politician during the period of the fall of the Roman Republic. Marcus Favonius (c. 90 BC – 42 BC) was a Roman politician
Favonia_gens
Roman general and statesman, consul 79 BCE
plebeian tribune in 97 BC. He held the office of praetor in 90 BC, following which he was given a propraetoreal governorship in 89 BC, with his province being
Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus
Publius_Servilius_Vatia_Isauricus
undertaken to better support the UNAIDS "90-90-90: treatment for all" targets. As part of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, BC experienced two distinct periods of
HIV/AIDS prophylaxis in British Columbia
HIV/AIDS_prophylaxis_in_British_Columbia
Structural rules of a language
effectively, written by the ancient Greek scholar Dionysius Thrax (c. 170 – c. 90 BC), a student of Aristarchus of Samothrace who founded a school on the Greek
Grammar
Capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedon
century BC and, crossed by the Via Egnatia, Pella remained a significant point on the route between Dyrrachium and Thessalonica. In about 90 BC the city
Pella
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
War between Rome and Pontus, 89–85 BC
considerably extend his realm despite constant Roman attempts to restrain him. In 90 BC, a Roman delegation headed by Manius Aquillius provoked Mithridates into
First_Mithridatic_War
90 BC
90 BC
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 : variant spelling of Nye.Chinese : from the name of Nie City, which existed during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc). It was granted to a son of a duke of the state of Qi; his descendants adopted the name of the city as their surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English frankelin ‘franklin’, a technical term of the feudal system, from Anglo-Norman French franc ‘free’ (see Frank 2) + the Germanic suffix -ling. The status of the franklin varied somewhat according to time and place in medieval England; in general, he was a free man and a holder of fairly extensive areas of land, a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.The surname is also borne by Jews, in which case it represents an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.In modern times, this has been used to Americanize François, the French form of Francis.The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated in about 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.
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 : habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English norð ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. In some cases, it is a variant of Norrington.Irish : altered form of Naughton, assimilated to the English name.Jewish (American) : adoption of the English name in place of some like-sounding Ashkenazic name.Nicholas Norton (1610–90) came from Broadway, Somerset, England, to Weymouth, MA, in 1635–37. In about 1657 he moved to Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard. He had ten children and many prominent descendants.
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 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
Hebrew
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
Girl/Female
Hebrew American English Spanish
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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
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.
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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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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.
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places, in Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.John Putnam emigrated from England to Salem, MA, before 1641, and established a family that was still prominent in Massachusetts four generations later, including the revolutionary war soldier Israel Putnam (1718–90) and his cousin Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), also a soldier, one of the first settlers in OH.
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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.
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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).
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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 and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English, Old French salvage, sauvage ‘untamed’ (Late Latin salvaticus literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’, influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural).Irish : generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O’Savin (see Savin).Americanized form of Ashkenazic Jewish Savich.A Jacob Savage, born in Exeter, Devon, England, in 1604, is recorded in Essex, NJ, by the early 1630s. Edward Savage, of Huguenot descent, emigrated from Ireland to Massachusetts in 1696. His grandson and namesake, who was born in Princeton, MA, in 1761 gained fame as an artist for his portrait of George Washington (1789–90).
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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.
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.
90 BC
90 BC
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Arabic Form of Jacob
Boy/Male
Muslim
A companion
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Name of Lord Rama who is a King
Boy/Male
Indian
Baby snake
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leach 2.English : topographic name from an Old English element læcc, lecc ‘boggy stream’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Lach Dennis or Lache in Cheshire.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Lassy in Calvados, named from a Gaulish personal name Lascius (of uncertain meaning) + the locative suffix -acum. The surname is widespread in Britain and Ireland, but most common in Nottinghamshire. In Ireland the family is associated particularly with County Limerick.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Parsi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lord of the Waters; Neptune; Intelligent; Sensible; Smart; God of Rain
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian name, possibly ZOLTÃN means "sultan."Â
Boy/Male
Tamil
Himaksh | ஹிமாகà¯à®·Â
Him Aksh (Lord Shiva)
Girl/Female
Hindu
Artistic or Goddess Parvati
90 BC
90 BC
90 BC
90 BC
90 BC
n.
A symbol representing ninety units, as 90 or xc.
n.
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.
a.
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.
n.
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.
a.
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.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
The space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. The parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.
n.
A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90¡, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
v. i.
To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant.
n.
The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.