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The Dwyka River is located in the Karoo region, in South Africa. It flows from the North-west, joining the Gamka River as a tributary at the Gamka Dam
Dwyka_River
Topics referred to by the same term
Dwyka may refer to: Dwyka River, a river in the Karoo region of South Africa Dwyka Group, a group of sedimentary geological formations in Southern Africa
Dwyka
River in South Africa
and the Dwyka River from the North West. Both rivers flow into the Gamka Dam from there the Gamka river flows south and becomes the Gourits River at Calitzdorp
Gamka_River
Geological group in the Karoo Supergroup from South Africa
The Dwyka Group is one of four geological groups that compose the Karoo Supergroup. It is the lowermost geological group and heralds the commencement
Dwyka_Group
Mountain range in South Africa
stretches from Verlatenkloof Pass to near the Dwyka River gorge. A tributary of the Gourits River, the Dwyka originates in the Komsberg. Komsberg Pass goes
Komsberg
Semi-desert region in South Africa
loneliness experienced by blockhouse soldiers at Ketting station on the Dwyka River while guarding the Karoo railway track, a lifeline during the South African
Karoo
British explorer and naturalist
Gamka River, Burke captured several eland and noted that some of his other animals had died. They crossed the Dwyka River on 3 May and the Hex River Pass
Joseph_Burke_(botanist)
River in South Africa
2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-04-08. Canadian War Museum - Battle of Harts River "Dwyka Diamonds - Newlands Kimberlite Mine". Archived from the original on 2007-04-06
Harts_River
Late Paleozoic-early Mesozoic stratigraphic unit in Africa
Theory of Continental Drift. In South Africa the layer is known as the Dwyka Group. It is the earliest and lowermost of the Karoo Supergroup of sedimentary
Karoo_Supergroup
Geological formation in Southern Africa
Carboniferous (Gzhelian) to Early Permian (Artinskian) geologic formation of the Dwyka Group in the ǁKaras Region of southeastern Namibia and the Northern Cape
Ganigobis_Formation
Historic site in Northern Cape, South Africa
Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic-age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, (some 300 million years ago) where the glacially
Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements
Nooitgedacht_Glacial_Pavements
Geological strata in southern Africa
geological strata in southern Africa. It mainly follows conformably after the Dwyka Group in some sections, but in some localities overlying unconformably over
Ecca_Group
Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
Glacial Pavements, upstream along the Vaal River between Barkly West and Kimberley, with evidence of the Dwyka glaciation some 300 million years ago. Much
Barkly_West
Group at Fossilworks.org Dwyka Formation at Fossilworks.org N. Bertram. 1971. A New Dinosaur Fossil Locality in the Kadsi River Area of the Zambesi Valley
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Zimbabwe
List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Zimbabwe
Genus of Late Permian and Early Triassic dicynodont therapsids
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Lystrosaurus
Extinct genus of therapsids
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Alopecognathus
Jurassic-Cretaceous geological formation in the Uitenhage Group of South Africa
greenish (sometimes calcareous) mudstone, overlaying the Ecca Group and the Dwyka. Between Robertson and Ashton, it exists mainly as micaceous or quartzitic
Enon_Formation
which in its initial phase is characterized by glacial sediments of the Dwyka Group. This type of rocks is well-distributed in the Kaokoveld of northwest
Geology_of_Namibia
Igneous rock which sometimes contains diamonds
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Kimberlite
Geological formation in the Uitenhage Group of the Algoa Basin in South Africa
The Sundays River Formation is a geological formation found in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces in South Africa. It is the second youngest of the
Sundays_River_Formation
Extinct genus of Devonian vascular plants
Evidence indicates that Archaeopteris preferred wet soils, growing close to river systems and in floodplain woodlands. It would have formed a significant
Archaeopteris
Large early layered igneous intrusion
and atmospherically, then further concentrated into soils and rivers such as the Hex River which flows directly into Rustenburg, the most populated municipality
Bushveld_Igneous_Complex
Paleozoic fold and thrust belt in South Africa
numerous animal tracks. The Witteberg Group is truncated by the overlying Dwyka sediments of glacial origin. The latter forms part of the Karoo Supergroup
Cape_Fold_Belt
Ridge of erosion-resistant rock in South Africa
erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning 'white
Witwatersrand
Extinct genus of dinosaur from the early Jurassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Heterodontosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles from the early Jurassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Litargosuchus
Extinct genus of dinosaur of the Jurassic from South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Aardonyx
Extinct species of fox of the early Pleistocene
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Vulpes_skinneri
Extinct genus of temnospondyl from the early Triassic
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Broomistega
Extinct genus of cynodonts
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Thrinaxodon
Extinct genus of dicynodonts
surrounding numerous relatively straight (i.e. not meandering) streams and rivers, interspersed with localised wetlands surrounding perennial lakes. Lystrosauravus
Lystrosauravus
Geological formation in the Beaufort Group of South Africa
Winterberg and Sneeuberg mountain ranges near Cradock, the Baviaanskloof river valley, Graaff-Reniet and Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape, and in the
Balfour_Formation
Depression in rock filled with cool magma
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Pothole_(geology)
Geologic stage of southern Africa, 4-3 or 3.5-2.8 Ga
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Swazian
Early Permian geological formation in South Africa
present-day South America, although other interpretations of the tuffs of the Dwyka and Ecca Groups propose a general source along the southern Panthalassian
Whitehill_Formation
Law that regulates corporations formed under the Companies Act 2006
Ltd [1968] Ch 17 Re Bugle Press Ltd [1961] Ch 270 Fiske Nominees Ltd v Dwyka Diamond Ltd [2002] EWHC 770; 2 BCLC 123 [1987] QB 815 ex parte Guinness
British_company_law
Recognised geological strata of the region
Formation Permian Volksrust Formation Permian Emakwezini Formation Permian Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Gzhelian-Artinskian Witteberg Group Weltevrede
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Africa
List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_South_Africa
Jurassic geological group in Lesotho and South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Drakensberg_Group
Late Ordovician lagerstatte formation in South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Soom_Shale
Extinct genus of reptiles from the Early Triassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Proterosuchus
suggest that it was originally deposited as migrating sand bars in broad river channels. The Pakhuis Formation tillite (a lithified glacial outwash gravel)
Geology_of_Cape_Town
Extinct genus of Devonian spiny sharks
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Angelacanthus
Extinct genus of therapsid from the Middle Permian of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Pristerognathus
Site in South Africa with a wide range of fossils from high-latitudinal Gondwana
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Waterloo_Farm_lagerstätte
Extinct genus of therapsid from Late Permian South Africa and China
part of a series of Late Permian river and lake deposits in Inner Mongolia, which were deposited by braided rivers, floodplains, and floodplain lakes
Euchambersia
Extinct genus of therapsids from the Permian
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Trochorhinus
Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Scaloposaurus
Extinct genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Ictidochampsa
Geological formation in southern Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Clarens_Formation
Extinct genus of therapsids
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Hofmeyria
Extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsids from South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Leontosaurus
Extinct genus of temnospondyls from the Early Triassic
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Lydekkerina
Stratigraphic unit in northern South Africa and southern Botswana
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Transvaal_Supergroup
Extinct genus of dinosaur from the Jurassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Dracovenator
Bed of auriferous conglomerate
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Banket_(mining_term)
Layer of igneous rock in the Bushveld igneous complex, South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Merensky_Reef
Geological formation of the Stormberg Group in Transvaal, South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Bushveld_Sandstone
Extinct genus of reptile from the early Permian of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Mesosaurus
Extinct genus of dinosaur from the early Jurassic of southern Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Abrictosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles from early Middle Triassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Mesosuchus
Extinct genus of cynodonts from the early Triassic of South Africa
high-sinuosity river channels made up of greenish-gray siltstones and mudstones. While the Palingkloof Member shows meandering river channels in reddish-brown
Platycraniellus
Extinct genus of ornithischian dinosaur
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Lesothosaurus
Stromatolite-containing geological formation in South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Fig_Tree_Formation
Permian biozone in South Africa
of the Great Escarpment, and preserve the depositional environments of rivers and lakes. The EAZ overlaps with the Capitanian mass extinction event and
Endothiodon_Assemblage_Zone
Late Permian geological formation that forms part of the Beaufort Group of South Africa
occurrences preserve evidence of deposition on point bars in a meandering river system. Seasonal waning flood level events are indicated by the fining upward
Teekloof_Formation
Private game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
area was covered by sediments of the Karoo Supergroup. These include the Dwyka Group, which preserves glacial diamictites from ice ages in southern Gondwana
Babanango_Game_Reserve
Genus of therapsids from the Early Triassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Bauria
Overview of ore deposits and extraction
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Titanium_in_Africa
glaciated pavement shows striae on Table Mountain sandstone at the base of the Dwyka tillite of the Karoo System and is approximately 300 million years Old.
List of heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal
List_of_heritage_sites_in_KwaZulu-Natal
Genus of synapsid from late Permian and early Triassic South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Moschorhinus
Sauropodiform dinosaur genus from Early Jurassic South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Antetonitrus
Extinct genus of therapsids from Permian South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Theriodesmus
Extinct genus of temnospondyls
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Uranocentrodon
Extinct cat species from South African Pleistocene
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Panthera_shawi
Department of the national government of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa)
Department_of_Mineral_Resources_(South_Africa)
Geological formation in the Beaufort Group of the Karoo Supergroup in South Africa
environment, meaning that the fast flowing braided rivers were steadily replaced by slower flowing, meandering river channels. The environment was still semi-arid
Katberg_Formation
Genus of therapsid from the Middle Triassic of southern Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Microgomphodon
Extinct family of therapsids
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Lycosuchidae
Archeological site in South Africa
covered with thin, weakly developed, lime-rich sandy gravel soils above Dwyka and Ecca sandstones, silts and shales of the Karoo Supergroup. Rock components
Bundu_Farm_site
Genus of therapsids from the Late Permian of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Choerosaurus
Cretaceous geological formation in the Uitenhage Group
Kirkwood Formation underlies the Buffelskloof Formation and not the Sundays River Formation. The Kirwood Formation was formed along the southern section of
Kirkwood_Formation
Geological feature found in Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Steep_structure
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Pegomastax
Permian cartilaginous fish
of sediments from the Karoo Supergroup. Dwykaselachus was named based on Dwyka Group, the group of sedimentary geological formation in the southeastern
Dwykaselachus
Extinct genus of dinosaur from early Jurassic South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Eocursor
Extinct lamprey from late Devonian South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Priscomyzon
Extinct genus of amphibian from the early Triassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Micropholis_(amphibian)
Permian mountain forming tectonic event
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Gondwanide_orogeny
Extinct genus of reptiles from the Permia/Triassic of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Paliguana
Extinct genus of trilobites of the Devonian
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Deltacephalaspis
Overview of ore deposits and extraction
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Platinum_in_Africa
Extinct genus of dicynodont therapsid from the late Permian
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Pristerodon
3.475 billion year old rock formation in South Africa
billion year old Paleoarchean rock formation, named after the nearby Komati River in South Africa. It is the type locality for komatiite, a high temperature
Komatii_Formation
Geological group in South Africa
Dominated by fine to medium-grained sandstones. Alluvial fan and braided river environmental facies. Burgersdorp Formation: Very mudstone-rich which are
Beaufort_Group
Volcanic rock formations in South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Onverwacht_Group
the Orange River likely losing a drainage area in the Kalahari Basin, the Limpopo River losing interior drainage areas to the Zambezi River and the west-draining
Geology_of_South_Africa
Group of rock formations within the Cape Supergroup sequence of rocks
numerous animal tracks. The Witteberg Group is truncated by the overlying Dwyka sediments of glacial origin. The latter forms part of the Karoo Supergroup
Table_Mountain_Sandstone
Extinct genus of therapsids
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Homodontosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles from the earliest Triassic deposits of South Africa
Moodies Group Onverwacht Group Transvaal Supergroup Paleozoic Carboniferous Dwyka Group Ganigobis Formation Waaipoort Formation Devonian Bokkeveld Group Table
Noteosuchus
Genus of dicynodont therapsid from the late Triassic of South Africa
meandering river channels on a floodplain. The relatively narrow width (tens of metres) of the sandstone channels indicate that the river channels were
Pentasaurus
DWYKA RIVER
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King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl...
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English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and southern Cumbria, named in Old English as Lunesdæl, from the river name Lune + dæl ‘valley’. This ancient British river name is the same as in the first element in Lancaster, through which city the river runs.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The place name is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder), or from Old Norse lauðr ‘froth’, ‘foam’ + á ‘river’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Louth in Lincolnshire, so called from its position on the river Lud (Old English Hlūde, meaning ‘the loud one’).Irish : when not of English origin (see 1), probably a reduced and altered form of McLeod. Compare McLouth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the (river) Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old English as ‘Lēofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Lēofa’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.Common Americanized form of French Larivière. ire.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : shortened form of McMeans.English : habitational names from East and West Meon in Hampshire, which take their names from the Meon river. The word is Celtic but of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘swift one’.nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior in rank’, ‘of low degree’ (from Old English gemǣne), or from Middle English mene ‘moderate in behaviour’ (from Old French mëen, mean).
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from the Old English river name HlÅ«de (from hlÅ«d ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) referring to the Teme river + hlÄw ‘hill’. See also Laidlaw.Dutch : from the personal name Ludolph.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
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River
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Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway, named with Old Norse lón ‘calm, deep pool (in a river)’.English : variant of Lane.Muslim : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
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English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
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English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
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English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
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English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
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English : habitational name from places so named in Cumbria, probably so named from an Old English river name Hlóra nmeaning ‘the roaring one’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
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English (now found mainly in northern Ireland)
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland) : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Northamptonshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere. The one in Northamptonshire is Old English Ludingtūn ‘settlement (tūn) associated with Luda’ (a personal name of uncertain origin); that in Cornwood, Devon, is Old English Ludantūn ‘Luda’s settlement’; that in Lincolnshire is ‘pool settlement’, from Old English luh ‘pool’, and Lutton in North Yorkshire is ‘settlement on the river Hlūde’ (see Loud) or ‘Luda’s settlement’.
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