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Mass of land that was once an island
A former island is a mass of land that was once an island, but has been joined to a mainland, another island, or engulfed by a body of water. The process
Former_island
16th-century Portuguese colony in India
The Seven Islands of Bombay (Portuguese: Ilhas de Bom Baim) were 16th-century Portuguese colonial possessions lying off the Konkan region by the mid-west
Seven_Islands_of_Bombay
This is a list of former attractions at Universal Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida. Dragon Challenge opened with the park in 1999 under
List of former Universal Islands of Adventure attractions
List_of_former_Universal_Islands_of_Adventure_attractions
Island Records or one of its associated labels. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Chaba Zahouania (Mango/Island)
List of Island Records artists
List_of_Island_Records_artists
Former island in the Aral Sea
romanized: Vozrojdeniye oroli) is a peninsula and former lake island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
Vozrozhdeniya_Island
Overview of Hong Kong islands and peninsulas
Territories, and 263 nearby islands over 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) — the largest being Lantau Island and the second-largest being Hong Kong Island. Ap Lei Chau is one
List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong
List_of_islands_and_peninsulas_of_Hong_Kong
This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and
List_of_islands_of_Scotland
Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea
invasions, Ibiza came under the control of Carthage, also a former Phoenician colony. The island produced dye, salt, fish sauce (garum) and wool. A shrine
Ibiza
Neighborhood in New York City
Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded
Coney_Island
Archipelago in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul
The Princes' Islands (Turkish: Prens Adaları; the word "princes" is plural, because the name means "Islands of the Princes", Greek: Πριγκηπονήσια, Prigkēponḗsia)
Princes'_Islands
island IJsseloog Marken Pampus Vuurtoreneiland Wieringen, Schokland and Urk are former islands, now part of a polder De Kreupel, an artificial island
List of islands of the Netherlands
List_of_islands_of_the_Netherlands
Island recorded on maps but proven nonexistent
ships shun the place. Islands portal Former island Fictitious entry List of fictional islands List of lost lands Lost city Null Island Mythical place Phantom
Phantom_island
Island in New York Harbor in the US
Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the
Ellis_Island
Group of islands in the Torres Strait between Australia and New Guinea
The Torres Strait Islands are an archipelago of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's
Torres_Strait_Islands
List of private islands List of tallest lake islands Recursive islands and lakes Lost lands Former island List of peninsulas This article includes a geography-related
Lists_of_islands
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Merritt Island is a peninsula in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the
Merritt_Island,_Florida
1811–1816 micronation in Tristan da Cunha
Islands of Refreshment was the name given to Tristan da Cunha by its self-proclaimed ruler, Jonathan Lambert, in 1811. In the early 19th century American
Islands_of_Refreshment
Bass Island Big Island Martin Island Red Island Tom Thumb Island Garden Island (no longer an island) Glebe Island (no longer an island) Goat Island, a rocky
List_of_islands_of_Australia
Island in the United States of America
Bloodsworth Island and Smith Island, six miles west of Wenona, Maryland and Southeast of another former island, Long Island. Holland Island was originally
Holland_Island
Prehistoric island
Hațeg Island was a large offshore island in the Tethys Sea which existed during the Late Cretaceous period, probably from the Cenomanian to the Maastrichtian
Hațeg_Island
themes from Kings Island that no longer exist in the park. List of Kings Island attractions Marden, Duane. "Bavarian Beetle (Kings Island)". Roller Coaster
List of former Kings Island attractions
List_of_former_Kings_Island_attractions
Former island of Lagos island
Victoria Island (VI) is an affluent area that encompasses a former island of the same name neighbouring Lagos Island, Ikoyi and the Lekki Peninsula by
Victoria_Island,_Lagos
Former island and urban park in Minnesota
Harriet Island, initially known as Wakan Island, is a former island and urban park located near downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was
Harriet_Island
Former island in present-day Romania
tree') is a former island in the Danube Delta, in Scythia Minor (present-day Tulcea County, Romania). It was about the size of the island of Rhodes. The
Peuce_Island
British television series
Love Island is a British reality show. It is a revival of the earlier celebrity series of the same name, which aired for two series in 2005 and 2006. The
Love_Island_(2015_TV_series)
North Frisian Islands Sylt Föhr Amrum Pellworm Nordstrand (former island, now peninsula) Halligen (also part of North Frisian Islands) Langeneß Norderoog
List_of_islands_of_Germany
British crown colony (1849–1866)
The Colony of Vancouver Island, officially known as the Island of Vancouver and its Dependencies, was a Crown colony of British North America from 1849
Colony_of_Vancouver_Island
Village in Maharashtra
Historically, it was an island, but land reclamations in the 20th century connected it to Malad village on Salsette Island. The former Madh Island is surrounded
Madh_Island
Former island in Paris, France
The Île des Cygnes or Île Maquerelle was an island on the river Seine in Paris. It was in the northwest part of the 7th arrondissement, between the Rue
Île des Cygnes (former island)
Île_des_Cygnes_(former_island)
Former island in Brooklyn, New York
Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part
Barren_Island,_Brooklyn
Peninsula in the Bronx, New York
Hunter Island (also Hunters Island or Hunter's Island) is a 166-acre (67 ha) peninsula and former island in the Bronx, New York City, United States. It
Hunter_Island_(Bronx)
Group of islands off the coast of Myanmar
the lighthouse. The island is accessible by boat. One of the former island keepers was brutally murdered by his boss. Slipper Island is a 0.4 km (0.2 mi)
Coco_Islands
1895 unrecognized state in Taiwan
Republic of Formosa was a short-lived unrecognized state that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 during the interregnum between the formal cession of Taiwan
Republic_of_Formosa
Dutch Caribbean island
Saba is a Caribbean island and the smallest special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. It consists largely of the dormant volcano
Saba_(island)
Island located in a lake
A lake island is any landmass within a lake. It is a type of inland island. Lake islands may form a lake archipelago. Lake islands may form in numerous
Lake_island
Island in Tristan da Cunha archipelago
Inaccessible Island is a volcanic island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, 31 km (19 mi) south-west of Tristan da Cunha. Its highest point, Swale's
Inaccessible_Island
Spanish tidal island in North Africa
entrance to Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. Former island List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco List of islands of Spain Morocco–Spain border Plazas de
Peñón_de_Vélez_de_la_Gomera
Archipelago in the Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Steers (island) – a former island created from volcanic products from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in the Sebesi Channel between Krakatoa Island and Sebesi
Krakatoa_archipelago
Topics referred to by the same term
Coney Island is a neighborhood, visitor attraction, and former island in Brooklyn, New York. Coney Island may also refer to: Coney Island, Bermuda, an
Coney_Island_(disambiguation)
is a list of islands of Singapore. Massive land reclamation works over the past centuries has merged many of Singapore's former islands and islets and
List_of_islands_of_Singapore
Submerged volcanic island south of Sicily
Graham Island (Italian: Isola Ferdinandea; French: Île Julia) is a submerged volcanic island in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily. It forms the tip of
Graham Island (Mediterranean Sea)
Graham_Island_(Mediterranean_Sea)
Area of Macau
land reclamation works started beginning in the 1990s, Coloane was a former island, separated from Taipa by the bay of Seac Pai Van, which from 1969 was
Coloane
British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific
Islands (/ˈpɪtkɛərn/ PIT-kairn; Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands
Pitcairn_Islands
Geographic features in China
The islands of Shanghai are those under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government. They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting
Islands_of_Shanghai
List of islands of Slovenia An unnamed island in Lucija, part of the marina Koper Izola Bled island An underground island in Cross Cave Downtown Ljubljana
List_of_islands_of_Slovenia
Overview of Macanese islands and peninsula
Hsiang-Shan Island Monte Ká Hó, eastnortheastern part of Coloane Coloane B Power Station Taipa Ferry Terminal Ilha Verde (former island) Area between
List of islands and peninsulas of Macau
List_of_islands_and_peninsulas_of_Macau
1869 short-lived state on Hokkaido
short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of
Republic_of_Ezo
(1819–1831) Islands of Refreshment (1811–1816) These states are now dissolved into a number of states. Greater German Reich – Dissolved in 1945, its former territory
List of former sovereign states
List_of_former_sovereign_states
Village in North Holland, Netherlands
and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist
Marken
1898–1913 autonomous Ottoman state on the Greek island of Crete
دولتی, romanized: Girid Devleti) was an autonomous state governing the island of Crete from 1898 to 1913, under de jure suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire
Cretan_State
Stratovolcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Sakurajima (Japanese: 桜島, lit. 'Cherry Blossom Island') is an active stratovolcano, formerly an island and now a peninsula, in Kagoshima Prefecture in
Sakurajima
Archipelago in the Indian Ocean
The Comoro Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the Mozambique Channel, an arm of the Indian Ocean lying between Madagascar and the African mainland
Comoro_Islands
1817 failed military adventure against Spain
would end up never returning to the island. He left behind roughly forty men including a man named Jared Irwin, a former congressman, who was left in charge
Republic_of_the_Floridas
Legendary island featured in Arthurian legend
the legend of the Holy Grail. Avalon has often been identified as the former island of Glastonbury Tor. An early and long-standing belief involves the purported
Avalon
North Korean territory bordering China
a tidal island in the Yalu River. However, due to continuous deposition of river-borne sediments, the northern portion of the former island is now permanently
Hwanggumpyong_Island
Arc-shaped volcanic archipelago
Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries. Most island arcs originate
Island_arc
measurement given Heron Island was and island and downstream islet, marsh in 1898; one island below these former two islands was 0.512 acres (0.207 ha)
Islands_in_the_River_Thames
Mare Insula Arapului Ostrovu Tătaru Ostrovul Cernovca Ostrovu Babina Ada Kaleh Haţeg Island Sacalinu Mic Island Sacalinu Mare Island List of islands
List_of_islands_of_Romania
Island and gambling complex in Cavite, Philippines
Island Cove was an online gambling complex primarily owned and controlled by Chinese nationals located on Island Cove and Animal Island in Kawit, Cavite
Island_Cove_(Cavite)
Period of Icelandic statehood from 1918 to 1944
The Kingdom of Iceland (Icelandic: Konungsríkið Ísland; Danish: Kongeriget Island) was an associated state of Denmark (prior to its invasion by Nazi Germany)
Kingdom_of_Iceland
River peninsula in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
The Freedmen's Bureau established a camp on the island for freed slaves in 1865, and about 1,500 former slaves stayed there for a time. Some years later
President's_Island
Former island in the Pacific Ocean
(Marshallese: Āllokļap, [ællʲoɡʷ(o)lˠɑpʲ]), was an island, part of the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was destroyed in the world's first full-scale
Elugelab
Spanish island in the Balearic Islands
Spanish: [foɾmenˈteɾa]) is a Spanish island located in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to the Balearic Islands autonomous community together with Mallorca
Formentera
Former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Following land reclamation, it is now attached to the Kowloon
Stonecutters_Island
Peninsula and shopping district in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown
Granville_Island
Island in Iran
Shahi Island (Persian: جزیرهٔ شاهی, Azerbaijani: شاهی آداسؽ, Armenian: Արքայից կղզի) lit. 'King Island' is the largest island in the endorheic Urmia Lake
Shahi_Island
Former island on the Danube
Adakale, meaning "Island Fortress"; Hungarian: Újorsova or Ada Kaleh; Serbian and Bulgarian: Ада Кале, romanised: Ada Kale) was a small island on the Danube
Ada_Kaleh
American dating reality series
Love Island (also known as Love Island USA outside of the United States and domestically starting with season 4) is an American dating reality show based
Love Island (American TV series)
Love_Island_(American_TV_series)
Small island off the coast of Cuba
Ernst Thälmann Island or Ernst Thälmann Cay (Spanish: Cayo Ernesto Thaelmann or Cayo Blanco del Sur; German: Ernst-Thälmann-Insel or Südliche weiße Insel)
Ernst_Thälmann_Island
This is a list of islands of West Virginia. Baker Island (Ohio River) List of islands on the Potomac River
List of islands of West Virginia
List_of_islands_of_West_Virginia
Peninsula in ǁKaras Region, Namibia
acres). Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a wide land connection that doubled its former size. It had been formerly
Shark_Island,_Namibia
natural islands: Muharraq Island, the 2nd most populated island in Bahrain, hosting its biggest port. Sitra Island, an island which hosts Bahrain's oil
List_of_islands_of_Bahrain
Former Island in Zeeland, Netherlands
Walcheren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑlxərə(n)] ) is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It
Walcheren
Index of articles associated with the same name
Tjaldavíkshólmur Trøllhøvdi Stykkishólmur Engohomme in the 11th century, former island on the Seine River at Martot, Eure département Grand-Couronne, Seine-Maritime
Holm_(island)
An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with
List_of_island_countries
Cartographical (only) marker at 0°N, 0°E
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Null Island. Null Island is the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E / 0°N 0°E
Null_Island
Island which contains a correctional facility
A prison island is an island housing a prison. Islands have often been used as sites of prisons throughout history due to their natural isolation preventing
Prison_island
Geographic feature in County Cork, Ireland
Ringarogy Island (Gaeilge: Rinn Ghearróige) is a former island in Roaringwater Bay, County Cork, Ireland that forms part of Carbery's Hundred Isles. Ringarogy
Ringarogy_Island
American reality television series
The Curse of Oak Island is a multi-season reality television series that chronicles a team of treasure hunters run by brothers Marty and Rick Lagina and
The_Curse_of_Oak_Island
Former island in Albany, New York, US
Castle Island is a former island located in the city of Albany, Albany County, New York. Over the past 400 years, Castle Island has been referred to as
Castle_Island_(New_York)
Archipelago in the Wadden Sea
The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or the Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern
Frisian_Islands
Uninhabited coral island of eastern Kiribati
Island (or Volunteer Island) is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific, and is part of the Central Line Islands of Kiribati. Its former names
Starbuck_Island
Atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean
Clipperton Island (French: La Passion–Clipperton [la pasjɔ̃ klipœʁtɔn]; Spanish: Isla de la Pasión), also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's
Clipperton_Island
Topics referred to by the same term
Bird Island or Bird Islands may refer to: Bird Island (Namibia) Bird Island, Seychelles Bird Island Airport Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa Bird Island
Bird_Island
Topics referred to by the same term
Universal's Islands of Adventure Skull Island: Rise of Kong, 2023 video game Skull Island, a former island in Tulare Lake, California, US Skull Island, name
Skull_Island
Dalupiri Island Didicas Island Fuga Island Iroo Island Maybag Island Pamoctan Island Pan de Azucar Island Panuitan Island Pinon Island Bury Island Cadlao
List of islands of the Philippines
List_of_islands_of_the_Philippines
Peninsula in Boston, Massachusetts
still an island by name, Deer Island has been connected to the mainland since the former Shirley Gut channel, which once separated the island from the
Deer_Island_(Massachusetts)
means that an island becomes a cape or headland, or a peninsula as is the case of the former island of Reersø. Denmark's second largest island, the North
List_of_islands_of_Denmark
Former small island in London, England
Thorney Island was the eyot (or small island) on the River Thames in Westminster, in Anglo-Saxon London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster
Thorney_Island_(Westminster)
Main island of the Amirante Islands, Seychelles
Desroches Island or Île Desroches is the main island of the Amirante Islands, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles. It is located 227 km southwest
Desroches_Island
Private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint James, infamously nicknamed Epstein Island, is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands southeast of Saint Thomas. It was owned
Little_Saint_James
Historical island on the west coast of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Strand (German pronunciation: [ʃtʁant] ) was an island on the west coast of Nordfriesland in Schleswig, which was a fiefdom of the Danish crown. The area
Strand_(island)
Bridge carries NY Route 7 over the island's southern tip Bear Island, a former island in Bethlehem, New York Beeren Island, southern border of the Rensselaerswyck
List_of_Hudson_River_islands
Historical and geographical region of Italy
Later, as the ice ages cycle got underway, sea levels sank and the former island was continentalized. In the cool and semiarid conditions of the Early
Gargano
Former island in Victoria, Australia
Coode Island is a former island at the convergence of the Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers, 4 km west of central Melbourne, Australia. The island was formed
Coode_Island
Bikeman Island is a submerged islet about a half-hour's canoe ride northeast of Betio, Kiribati. Due to changing currents and the construction of a causeway
Bikeman_Island
Peninsula in Mercer County, New Jersey, US
Duck Island is a peninsula and former island in the wetlands at the confluence of the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek in Mercer County, New Jersey
Duck_Island_(New_Jersey)
1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys) is an adventure and historical novel by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. It
Treasure_Island
Sevan Island (Armenian: Սևանի կղզի Sevani kğzi), now Sevan Peninsula (Armenian: Սևանի թերակղզի Sevani t'erakğzi), is a former island in the north-western
Sevan_Island
Peninsula and former island situated in Lake Biel in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
St. Peter's Island (French: Île Saint-Pierre; German: Sankt Petersinsel) is a peninsula and former island situated in Lake Biel in the canton of Bern
St._Peter's_Island
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset and Avon)
English (Somerset and Avon) : topographic name for someone living in or by a furze-covered enclosure, from Old English fyrs ‘furze’ + hæg ‘enclosure’.Americanized spelling of French Fortier.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, PORTER means "doorkeeper."
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a lazy man or a sleepyhead, from Old French dormeor ‘sleeper’, ‘sluggard’ (Latin dormitor, from dormire to sleep).English : most probably a habitational name, as medieval forms with de are found, but if so the place of origin has not been identified.Irish : when not of the same origin as 1 or 2, this is a reduced Anglicized form of the Donegal name Ó DÃorma, a reduced form of Ó DuibhdhÃormaigh ‘descendant of DuibhdhÃormach’, a personal name composed of Gaelic dubh ‘black’ + dÃormach ‘trooper’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Fulmer in Buckinghamshire or Fowlmere in Cambridgeshire, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + mere ‘lake’.German : variant of Volkmar.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Holmer in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire, both named with Old English hol ‘hollow’ + mere ‘pool’.English : topographic name for someone who lived either on a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams or where holly grew, from a derivative of Middle English holm (see Holm 1 and 2).Swedish, Danish, and North German (Schleswig-Holstein) : topographic name for someone who lived on an island (see Holm).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : reduced form of Forster.English : nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fÅstre, a derivative of fÅstrian ‘to nourish or rear’).Jewish : probably an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, such as Forster.This name was brought to North America by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Thomas Foster (1640–79) is buried in the old burial ground in Cambridge, MA. John Foster, born 1648 in Dorchester, MA, was the earliest wood engraver in America.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a village or by some other boundary, Middle English border, from Old French bordure ‘edge’.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, which could have derived from any of the following: 1) Middle English foster, FOSTER means "foster-parent," 2) forster, meaning "forester," 3) forster, meaning "shearer," or 4) fuyster, meaning "saddle-tree maker."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Horn 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a hornblower or worker in horn, from an agent derivative of Old French corne ‘horn’ (see Corne).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hand mills, from an agent derivative of Old English cweorn ‘hand mill’ (see Corn 3).English : topographic name for someone who lived on the corner of two streets or tracks, (Middle English corner, from Old French cornier ‘angle’, ‘corner’).Americanized spelling of German Körner (see Koerner) or Swiss Korner.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : from a Germanic personal name, Hrodmar, composed of hrÅd ‘renown’, ‘glory’ + mÄr ‘famous’.English : habitational name from Cromer in Norfolk, recorded in the 13th century as Crowemere, from Old English crÄwe ‘crow’ + mere ‘lake’.Variant spelling of German and Jewish Kromer.
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian variant form of Scandinavian Frode, FRODER means "wise."
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Gaelic word forba, FORBES means "district, field."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a keeper of swine, Middle English foreman, from Old English fÅr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + mann ‘man’.English : status name for a leader or spokesman for a group, from Old English fore ‘before’, ‘in front’ + mann ‘man’. The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century, but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.Czech and Jewish (from Bohemia, Moravia) : occupational name for a carter, Czech forman, a loanword from German.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a horse dealer, Middle English corser.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Colmore in Hampshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Colemere, from Old English cÅl ‘cool’ + mere ‘pool’, ‘pond’.Altered spelling of German Kollmer, an Alsatian habitational name for someone from Colmar (formerly written Kolmar), or of Gollmer, a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Golm or Golme.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English porter ‘doorkeeper’, ‘gatekeeper’ (Old French portier). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. As an American surname, this has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other European languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner) and North German Poertner.English : occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Old French porteo(u)r (Late Latin portator, from portare ‘to carry or convey’).Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch portere ‘doorkeeper’. Compare 1.Dutch : status name for a freeman (burgher) of a seaport, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adoption of the English or Dutch name in place of some Ashkenazic name of similar sound or meaning.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Farrar.German : variant of Forer or Fahrer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Middle English, Old French ferm(i)er (Late Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.Irish : Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Mac an Scolóige ‘son of the husbandman’, a rare surname of northern and western Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fulcher.German : nickname from Middle High German, Middle Low German volger ‘companion’, ‘supporter’.John Folger came from Norwich, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1635. By 1652 he was on Martha’s Vineyard. His son Peter had ten children.
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
Girl/Female
Swedish
Ing's helper.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Udall.
Female
English
English variant spelling of Spanish Dolores, DELORIS means "sorrows."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Full of Honey
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English
From the Meadow
Girl/Female
English American Hebrew
Derived from Mary, meaning bitter. Mary was the biblical mother of Christ.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Morals; Virtues
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Traditional
Sri Krishna; A Devotee of Krisna
Boy/Male
Indian Arabic Muslim
Lion.
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
FORMER ISLAND
n.
That which is forged, fabricated, falsely devised, or counterfeited.
a.
Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting.
n.
The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
a.
Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic ether.
v. t.
To drive into a corner.
n.
Alt. of Dormer window
n.
One who, or that which, forces or drives.
v. t.
To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
a.
Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars.
a.
Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
n.
One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues.
n.
Formerly, the radical methyl, CH3.
n. & v. t.
One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
a.
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
a.
Having structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.
a.
Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
n. & v. t.
Especially: One guilty of forgery; one who makes or issues a counterfeit document.
n.
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19/ to 24 cwt.; a fother.
a.
Having been formerly; former; sometime.