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Academic discipline
Middle Eastern studies, sometimes referred to as Near Eastern studies, West Asian Studies or South Western Asian studies, is a name given to a number of
Middle_Eastern_studies
Academic journal
Middle Eastern Studies is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of Middle-Eastern studies. It was established in 1964 by Elie Kedourie, who served
Middle Eastern Studies (journal)
Middle_Eastern_Studies_(journal)
Department of the University of Oxford
The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, formerly the Faculty of Oriental Studies, is an academic department of the Humanities Division at the
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Faculty_of_Asian_and_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Topics referred to by the same term
Center for Middle Eastern Studies may refer to: Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Lund
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Center_for_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Transcontinental geopolitical region
countries. Today, the bulk of Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the Arab world. The three most populous Middle Eastern countries are Egypt, Iran
Middle_East
Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American"
Middle_Eastern_Americans
Middle Eastern religions are those religions asserted to have originated in or arisen to prevalence within the geography of the Middle East, and are typically
Middle_Eastern_religions
Study of Asian history and culture
of Middle Eastern studies and Asian studies. Traditional Oriental studies in Europe is today generally focused on the discipline of Islamic studies; the
Oriental_studies
Academic journal
of Middle Eastern Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge on behalf of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies. It
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
British_Journal_of_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Society for Middle Eastern Studies is a learned society formed in 1989 that is devoted to the promotion of the academic study of the Middle East in the
Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies
Nordic_Society_for_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Public research university in New Jersey
on the New Brunswick campus. They serve traditional grill fare and Middle-Eastern specialties. Three Rutgers Grease Trucks remain on the College Avenue
Rutgers_University
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Turkish: Ortadoğu Araştırmaları Merkezi), also known as ORSAM, is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank in Ankara
Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies
Center_for_Middle_Eastern_Strategic_Studies
US public policy think tank and cultural center
in Egypt, and the Visitors Committee of the Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He was also a member of the American Institute of Architects and
Middle_East_Institute
Israeli think tank
Middle Eastern and African Studies is an Israeli think tank based in Tel Aviv, Israel, focused on the contemporary study and analysis of the Middle East
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
Moshe_Dayan_Center_for_Middle_Eastern_and_African_Studies
The Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies, commonly referred to as YCMES and formerly known as Yemen Language Center, is a private college located in
Yemen College of Middle Eastern Studies
Yemen_College_of_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Relative size of Christian traditions in the Middle East & North Africa. Catholic (43.5%) Eastern/Oriental Orthodox (43.0%) Protestant (13.5%) Other Christian
Christianity in the Middle East
Christianity_in_the_Middle_East
Learned society
for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) is an American learned society, dedicated to promoting research and teaching in Middle Eastern and African
Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
Association_for_the_Study_of_the_Middle_East_and_Africa
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago is a National Resource Center for the study of a region extending from Morocco in the
Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
Center_for_Middle_Eastern_Studies_at_the_University_of_Chicago
Learned society
Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) is a British organization whose purpose is to encourage and advance the study of the Middle East in the United
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies
British_Society_for_Middle_Eastern_Studies
Learned society
Middle East Studies Association (often referred to as MESA) is a learned society, and according to its website, "a non-profit association that fosters
Middle East Studies Association
Middle_East_Studies_Association
Hawwa: The Making of a Radical Muslim Thinker in Modern Syria". Middle Eastern Studies. 29 (4): 603. doi:10.1080/00263209308700969. Hawwa, Sa`id (1987)
Saʽid_Ḥawwa
Academic discipline pertaining to Mandaeans and Mandaeism
Aramaic studies, Semitic studies, Middle Eastern studies, and Oriental studies. Related disciplines include Syriac studies, Assyriology, Iranian studies, Jewish
Mandaean_studies
genres of Egyptian music in general. It is widely regarded that some Middle-Eastern musical styles have influenced Central Asia, as well as the Balkans
Middle_Eastern_music
the Portuguese colonised Bahrain in 1521, making Bahrain the first Middle Eastern country to be fully colonised by a European power, it opened up pathways
History_of_the_Middle_East
British-Pakistani anthropologist (born 1932)
and Middle Eastern Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His prolific body of work mainly focuses on religiosity, Middle Eastern
Talal_Asad
history of the Middle East is the subject of research within the fields of human population genomics, archaeogenetics and Middle Eastern studies. Researchers
Genetic history of the Middle East
Genetic_history_of_the_Middle_East
Associate professor based at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at the Al Maktoum Centre for Middle Eastern Studies in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Trinity College
Martin_Worthington_(academic)
Area studies focused on China
the context of area studies, the European and the American usages may differ. In Europe, sinology is usually known as "Chinese studies", whereas in the United
Sinology
Political theorist and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University
political theorist and student of the Arab world. He is a professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University. He was previously Professor of Politics
Timothy_Mitchell
Academic journal
of Middle East Studies is a scholarly journal published by the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), a learned society. Middle East
International Journal of Middle East Studies
International_Journal_of_Middle_East_Studies
Pro-Arabist organization in the US
material designed to broaden understanding in the United States of Middle Eastern peoples, their problems, and progress. 2. “To send representatives to
American Friends of the Middle East
American_Friends_of_the_Middle_East
Culinary tradition
Middle Eastern cuisine includes a number of cuisines from the Middle East. Common ingredients include olives and olive oil, pitas, honey, sesame seeds
Middle_Eastern_cuisine
Conclusion of British responsibility for administration of Palestine
Decision to Give the Palestine Question to the United Nations". Middle Eastern Studies. 17 (2): 241–248. doi:10.1080/00263208108700469. JSTOR 4282830.
End of the British Mandate for Palestine
End_of_the_British_Mandate_for_Palestine
British political adviser and former actor (born 1991)
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (2011–2012); and in senior year the EG Browne Prize in Oriental Studies. He spent his third year studying in Lebanon
Skandar_Keynes
wide range of specialization within Middle Eastern Studies.[citation needed] The Center for Middle Eastern studies (CMES) was founded in 2007 on behalf
Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University
Center_for_Middle_Eastern_Studies,_Lund_University
Iranian-American political scientist
Iranian-American political scientist and professor emeritus of Politics and Middle Eastern Studies at New York University (NYU). He is known for his research on political
Farhad_Kazemi_(academic)
1978 book by Edward W. Said
development of literary theory, cultural criticism, and the field of Middle Eastern studies, especially with regard to how academics practice their intellectual
Orientalism_(book)
American historian of Central Asia (born 1941)
history, Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. He has written many books and articles on Turkic and Central Asian studies, such as An Introduction
Peter_Benjamin_Golden
Dutch orientalist
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St Catharine's College and previously served as Chair of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Van de Ven
Hans_van_de_Ven
Interdisciplinary field
Iranian studies is broader than Persian studies, which is the study of the Persian language and literature specifically. The discipline of Iranian Studies focuses
Iranian_studies
Natural mummy from the Taklamakan Desert
Zaghunlug" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (44). Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania: 1–3. Skinner, Tomás. "The Mummies of
Cherchen_Man
Private Catholic university in Tokyo, Japan
and Middle Eastern Studies". dept.sophia.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-06-05. "Publications | The Sophia University Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern
Sophia_University
Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Cambridge University
history and culture of the Maghreb at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies of the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow of Magdalene College
Amira_Bennison
Academic publisher at Indiana University
Jewish, Holocaust, Middle Eastern studies, Russian and Eastern European, and women's and gender studies; anthropology, film studies, folklore, history
Indiana_University_Press
Jordanian academic and professor (born 1963)
specializing in Middle Eastern studies, who is Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian
Joseph_Massad
Palestinian-American academic (1935–2003)
discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies. Born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, in 1935, Said was a United
Edward_Said
Israeli Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. He is also a senior researcher at the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University
Uzi_Rabi
Academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism
the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history (especially Jewish history), Middle Eastern studies, Asian
Jewish_studies
Lebanese-British historian (1915–1993)
Lebanese British historian, specialising in the history of the Middle East and Middle Eastern studies. Hourani was born in Manchester, England, the son of Soumaya
Albert_Hourani
Elite program in the Israel Defense Forces
The first major is a unique compilation of different courses in Middle Eastern studies, political science and sociology. The cadets are free to choose
Havatzalot_Program
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
embarked upon a post-war career as a scholar and part-time lecturer in Middle Eastern studies and Semitic languages. Prince Mikasa married Yuriko Takagi in 1941
Takahito,_Prince_Mikasa
Academic journal
priorities was "[t]he editing and publishing of an authoritative journal on Middle Eastern affairs." Accordingly, the first issue of the journal appeared in January
The_Middle_East_Journal
American historian (1940-July 30, 2024)
the Islamic Middle East and was an expert on Iranian culture. Mottahedeh served as the director of Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies from 1987
Roy_Mottahedeh
British publisher (1930–2007)
journals, beginning with Middle Eastern Studies in 1964. He later published Business History, The Journal of Peasant Studies, The Journal of Commonwealth
Frank_Cass
Regional imperial polities since antiquity
Adam Sabra; Petra Sijpesteijn (2010). Histories of the Middle East: Studies in Middle Eastern Society, Economy and Law in Honor of A.L. Udovitch. p. 148
Middle_Eastern_empires
British-American historian (1916–2018)
School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and was appointed to the new chair in Near and Middle Eastern history. In 2007, Lewis was
Bernard_Lewis
Christian minority in Israel
Population Registry. According to interviewees in a 2022 article in Middle Eastern Studies, 2,500 Israelis had registered as Arameans at the Israeli Ministry
Arameans_in_Israel
Military unit
1920.” Middle Eastern Studies v. 29 (July 1993) p 487–504. Eldar, D. “French policy towards Husayn, Sharif of Mecca.” Middle Eastern Studies v. 26 (July
Sharifian_Army
Academic field
Aramaic studies are scientific studies of the Aramaic languages and literature. As a specific field within Semitic studies, Aramaic studies are closely
Aramaic_studies
Media research and translation nonprofit
Putin's Russia through MEMRI's 'Russian Media Studies Project.' Like MEMRI's studies of Middle Eastern media, MEMRI-Russia provides a lot more than propaganda
MEMRI
American international security expert
Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute based in Washington, D.C. He was Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, at the Council on
Steven_Simon
DNA analysis of Jewish populations
genetic studies on the topic. Such research has identified genotypic common denominators of Jewish people, but while certain detectable Middle Eastern genetic
Genetic_studies_of_Jews
Kurdish leader (1887–1930)
case of Simko, pp. 3-5. Middle Eastern Studies, doi:10.1080/00263206.2017.1341409 Islam and Competing Nationalisms in the Middle East, 1876-1926, Kamal
Simko_Shikak
Swedish historian of medieval Japan
Keidanren Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a Fellow of Trinity College,
Mikael_Adolphson
Czech historian
Historical Studies at the New School for Social Research in New York, United States. Studying in the History, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies departments
Isa_Blumi
Pro-Israel American think tank in Washington D.C.
Policy Keskin, Tugrul (2018). Middle East Studies after September 11: Neo-Orientalism, American Hegemony and Academia. Studies in Critical Social Sciences
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The_Washington_Institute_for_Near_East_Policy
American political economist and scholar
economist and scholar. She is a Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Roy's research and over 100 publications
Sara_Roy
Qajar princess (1884–1936)
life and her writing and her role as a feminist is a subject of Middle Eastern studies in universities from Tehran University to Harvard. In 2015, Harvard
Tadj_al-Saltaneh
Indian historian, biographer and academic (born 1935)
politician and research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. His paternal grandfather
Rajmohan_Gandhi
Kurdish leader (1878–1956)
"Ottoman Kurds and emergent Kurdish nationalism". Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies. 13 (3): 383–387. doi:10.1080/1066992042000300701. S2CID 220375529
Mahmud_Barzanji
1517 battle between Portuguese and Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Cairo in the later Middle Ages. Published by the Middle East Documentation Center on behalf of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago
Siege_of_Jeddah
Nationalism in Al-Qaddhafi's Ideology". Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. 2: 13. Deeb, Marius K. (Winter 1978). "Islam and Arab Nationalism
Libyan_nationalism
Dislike of people from the Middle East
Anti–Middle Eastern sentiment is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against people who belong to or originate from the various ethnic groups
Anti–Middle_Eastern_sentiment
Political party in Turkey
The Compliant Ally? Turkey and the West in the Middle East 1954–58, Ayşegül Sever. Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 34, No. 2 (April, 1998), pp. 73–90. Published
Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960)
Democrat_Party_(Turkey,_1946–1960)
Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies is an interdisciplinary education and research organization founded in 2001, devoted to the regional study of the
The Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
The_Fares_Center_for_Eastern_Mediterranean_Studies
Academic journal
Middle East Critique is a peer-reviewed Middle Eastern studies journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal ranks 26/182 in Area Studies, thus firmly
Middle_East_Critique
Ethnic cleansing, expulsion, and flight of Palestinians during the 1948 Palestine war
Dispersion of a Major Palestinian Community" in Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 37, Number 4/ 1 October 2001. ""Middle East Source Documents – Haifa – British
1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight
1948_Palestinian_expulsion_and_flight
Lebanese–American academic (1945 – 2014)
June 22, 2014) was a Lebanese-born American professor and writer on Middle Eastern issues. He was a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
Fouad_Ajami
Israeli historian (1910–1970)
served as professor of history of the Middle Ages and founded and directed the Department of Middle-Eastern Studies. Later on, he also taught in the Department
Abraham_Polak
Founding ideology of the Republic of Türkiye
“Pro-Islamic Public Education in Turkey: The Imam-Hatip Schools.” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 45, no. 5, 2009, pp. 825–846. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40647155
Kemalism
Ruler of Mecca from 1908 to 1924
vision of the post-Ottoman order: from chieftaincy to suzerainty". Middle Eastern Studies. 34 (1): 103–122. doi:10.1080/00263209808701212. ISSN 0026-3206
Hussein,_King_of_Hejaz
Palestinian academic
Studies and a former co-ordinator of the Cambridge Arab Media Project (CAMP) at the University of Cambridge. He is also professor of Middle Eastern studies
Khaled_Hroub
Former Egyptian center-right political party
Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 1984), p. 18 Deeb, Marius. "Labour and Politics in Egypt, 1919–1939." International Journal of Middle
Wafd_Party
Lebanese confessionalist agreement
Reconstruction of Lebanon" (PDF). Durham Middle East Papers (59). University of Durham Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. ISSN 1357-7522. Archived from
National_Pact
Cold War military alliance (1955–1979)
the Middle East after the Second World War." Middle Eastern Studies 43.5 (2007): 725–748. Cohen, Michael J. "Fighting World War Three from the Middle East:
Central_Treaty_Organization
British Islamic scholar (born 1943)
St Andrews. She is the Vice-President of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies and a Member of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics. Hillenbrand
Carole_Hillenbrand
Jewish diaspora of Africa and Asia
of modernization: The case of the Mizrahim". Critique: Critical Middle Eastern Studies. 6 (10): 3–18. doi:10.1080/10669929708720097. Shohat, Ella (1992)
Mizrahi_Jews
Study of cultures that used cuneiform writing
known as Cuneiform studies or Ancient Near East studies, is the archaeological, anthropological, historical, and linguistic study of the cultures that
Assyriology
American professor of Middle Eastern studies (born 1940)
Middle Eastern and religious studies, and scholar of Islamic studies, who serves as professor of religion, international affairs, and Islamic studies
John_Esposito
American historian
religion and biblical studies from Hunter College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University's Department of Middle Eastern Studies. He speaks multiple
Mark_LeVine
Interdisciplinary fields of research
also under Middle Eastern studies) Abkhaz studies Armenology (Armenian studies) Chechen studies Dagestan studies Avar studies Georgian studies (Kartvelian
Area_studies
Iraqi academic (1909–2007)
founded the SAIS Middle Eastern Studies program and served until 1970. From 1960 to 1980, he served as director of Center for Middle East Studies. It was there
Majid_Khadduri
1908 restoration of constitutional rule in the Ottoman Empire
2019). "The Young Turk revolution: comparisons and connections". Middle Eastern Studies. 55 (4): 481–498. doi:10.1080/00263206.2019.1566124. The Encyclopædia
Young_Turk_Revolution
Interdisciplinary academic field focusing on the study of the region of Palestine
Palestine studies or Palestinian Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art
Palestine_studies
H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in the Middle Eastern studies program. He is coauthor of the book Myths, Illusions, & Peace with
David_Makovsky
Public university in Hesse, Germany
few centres that conduct research on the Middle East, the CNMS (Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies). The university's research is illustrated
Marburg_University
American historian (born 1969)
Watenpaugh is an American historian. A native of Lebanon, she specializes in Middle Eastern visual culture and wrote the books The Image of an Ottoman City (2004)
Heghnar_Zeitlian_Watenpaugh
Academic journal
publication of Arabic texts as well as studies devoted to Islam, Arabic language and literature, and Middle Eastern history. The journal was established
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
Jerusalem_Studies_in_Arabic_and_Islam
Department of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) is dedicated to the study of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
Rutgers University Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures
Rutgers_University_Department_of_African,_Middle_Eastern,_and_South_Asian_Languages_and_Literatures
American historian (born 1949)
Washington) is an American historian who specialises in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies. He graduated (BA) in History from the University of Washington
Khalid_Yahya_Blankinship
MIDDLE EASTERN-STUDIES
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Surname or Lastname
English (eastern England)
English (eastern England) : variant of Beaton.
Surname or Lastname
English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : apparently a variant of German.
Girl/Female
American, British, English
Born at Easter
Surname or Lastname
English (eastern)
English (eastern) : variant of Raymond.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Master. Reaney notes the medieval example atte Maysters (1327), and suggests this might have denoted someone who lived at a master’s house, a master’s servant or perhaps an apprentice.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
Born at Easter; Goddess of the Dawn; Easter Time
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Riddle.
Surname or Lastname
English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone living to the east of a main settlement, from Middle English easter ‘eastern’, Old English ēasterra, in form a comparative of ēast ‘east’ (see East).English : habitational name from a group of villages in Essex, named from Old English eowestre ‘sheepfold’.English : nickname for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time (Old English ēastre, perhaps from the name of a pagan festival connected with the dawn).Translation of the German family name Oster.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps a hypercorrected form of Easter.
Surname or Lastname
English (eastern counties)
English (eastern counties) : unexplained. Possibly a variant of Masset (see Massett).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Castor.Americanized spelling of German Kaster.
Boy/Male
American, British, Chinese, English
Eastern Settlement; From East Town
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : unexplained; perhaps a variant of Paster or Pastor.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname from Middle High German agelster ‘magpie’, which was known especially in the Middle Ages for mischievous tricks.English : perhaps a variant of Easter.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : variant of Pastor 2.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : occupational name from Polish pasterz ‘shepherd’.English : generally a variant of Pastor, but possibly in some cases an occupational name for a baker, from an agent derivative of Old French paste ‘paste or dough’.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German stern, German Stern ‘star’, a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a star, or a Jewish ornamental name.English : nickname for a severe person, from Middle English stern(e) ‘strict’, ‘austere’.
Female
Finnish
Finnish form of Persian Esther, ESTERI means "star."
Surname or Lastname
English (northern and eastern)
English (northern and eastern) : variant spelling of Milner.
Male
English
English unisex name derived from the holiday name "Easter," which is related to Old English Eosturmónaþ/Eastermónaþ, EASTER means "April."
MIDDLE EASTERN-STUDIES
MIDDLE EASTERN-STUDIES
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Golden Gem; Precious
Boy/Male
Arabic
The Magnificent of the Faith
Male
Scottish
Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Lachlann, LACHIE means "lake-land."
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Origin; birth. Genisis is the name of the first book in the Bible. 'Genisia' - the Virgin Mary of...
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Ocean
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized form of a Jewish surname, spelled in various ways, derived from modern German Diamant, Demant ‘diamond’, or Yiddish dime(n)t, going back to Middle High German dÄ«emant (via Latin from Greek adamas ‘unconquerable’, genitive adamantos, a reference to the hardness of the stone). The name is mostly ornamental, one of the many Ashkenazic surnames based on mineral names, though in some cases it may have been adopted by a jeweler.English : variant of Dayman (see Day). Forms with the excrescent d are not found before the 17th century; they are at least in part the result of folk etymology.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Diamáin ‘descendant of Diamán’, earlier DÃomá or Déamán, a diminutive of DÃoma, itself a pet form of Diarmaid (see McDermott).
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Charitable; Beneficent
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Craving for Bravery
Boy/Male
Native American
Lives in the woods.
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
Moon
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a.
Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age.
a.
Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
v. t.
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
imp. & p. p.
of Fiddle
v. t.
To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
v. t.
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
adv.
In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
a.
Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
imp. & p. p.
of Riddle
imp. & p. p.
of Piddle
imp. & p. p.
of Muddle
imp. & p. p.
of Meddle
n.
A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.
v. t.
To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
a.
Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.
n.
See Aristotle's lantern.
n.
One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.
v. i.
To play on a fiddle.
n.
The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day.