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Bantu languages spoken by the Nguni people
The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people. Nguni languages
Nguni_languages
Southern African Bantu cultural group
‹ The template Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › The Nguni peoples are an ethnolinguistic group of Bantu ethnic groups native to Southern
Nguni_peoples
officially), or the Nguni branch (which includes Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi and Ndebele languages officially). For each of the two groups, the languages within that group
Languages_of_South_Africa
Large language family spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus
Bantu_languages
African breed of cattle
to the south of Africa. Nguni languages Nguni shield Cowhide The Nguni Cattle Project. Archived at The Wayback Machine Nguni Cattle at Embryoplus Archived
Nguni_cattle
Topics referred to by the same term
Africa Nguni languages Nguni cattle, a cattle breed All pages with titles containing Nguni Nguni homestead, a cluster of several houses Nguni shield,
Nguni
Nguni language of southern South Africa
with other Nguni languages to a lesser extent. Nguni languages are, in turn, classified under the much larger abstraction of Bantu languages. Xhosa is
Xhosa_language
Language family
(P30) Makhuwa Koti Lomwe Chuwabu Moniga Chopi (S60) Chopi Guitonga Nguni languages (S40) Zunda Xhosa Zulu Ndebele Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe Ndebele)
Southern_Bantu_languages
Group of African language families with click consonants
all languages using clicks as phonemes are considered Khoisan. Most others are neighboring Bantu languages in southern Africa: the Nguni languages (Xhosa
Khoisan_languages
Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Botswana
with the term Matabele, is a Nguni language spoken by the Northern Ndebele people which belongs to the Nguni group of languages. Ndebele is a term used to
Northern_Ndebele_language
Southern Bantu language of Lesotho and neighbouring countries
turn closely related to the other Southern Bantu languages, including Venda, Tsonga, Tonga, Lozi, and Nguni from neighboring Southern African countries, and
Sotho_language
Language belonging to the Nguni group
Southern Ndebele is one of the twelve official languages in the Republic of South Africa. The language is a Nguni or Zunda classification (UN) spoken mostly
Southern_Ndebele_language
History of the Kingdom of Eswatini from precolonial times to the present
predominantly Nguni during and after the great Bantu migrations. People speaking languages ancestral to the current Sotho and Nguni languages began settling
History_of_Eswatini
Empire in southeastern Africa
abolition of slavery caused the Great Trek, Nguni armies, Southern (Xhosa) and especially Northern Nguni (Zulu, Swazi, Shangani, Gaza, Matabele or Ndebele
Gaza_Empire
South African television channel
Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It broadcasts programming in English and Nguni languages. SABC 1 was established in 1996 following the SABC's restructuring
SABC_1
1965 film by Cornel Wilde
There are no subtitles, and incidental music is mostly absent. It features Nguni tribal songs specifically recorded for the film. A vinyl LP The Naked Prey
The_Naked_Prey
Bantu language of the Tsonga people of Southern Africa
dental [n̪] appear in homorganic consonant clusters. Unlike some of the Nguni languages, Tsonga has very few words with click consonants, and these vary in
Tsonga_language
11 official names of South Africa
of its 12 official languages. The number is surpassed only by India. These languages include English, Afrikaans, the Nguni languages (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
List of official names of South Africa
List_of_official_names_of_South_Africa
1989 studio album by Miles Davis
released in 1989. The word Amandla holds significance in various Nguni languages, including Zulu and Xhosa, where it translates to "power." It is the
Amandla_(album)
Language of South Africa
Phuthi (Síphùthì) is a Nguni Bantu language spoken in southern Lesotho and areas in South Africa adjacent to the same border. The closest substantial living
Phuthi_language
Language isolate of north-central Tanzania
distribution is also found in Sandawe and the Nguni Bantu languages, but not in the Khoisan languages of southern Africa. Some of these words are historically
Hadza_language
Speech sounds in several African languages
southern Mozambique, they were adopted from a Tuu language (or languages) by the languages of the Nguni cluster (especially Zulu, Xhosa and Phuthi, but
Click_consonant
Click articulated at the upper teeth
clicks are common in Khoisan languages and the neighboring Nguni languages, such as Zulu and Xhosa. In the Nguni languages, the tenuis click is denoted
Dental_click
Country in Southern Africa
from about the 4th century. People speaking languages ancestral to the current Sotho and Nguni languages began settling no later than the 11th century
Eswatini
a Zunda Nguni language and official language of South Africa, is spoken by 18,000 people in Lesotho. Speakers of these minority languages typically
Languages_of_Lesotho
Ethnic descriptor
strongly deviating languages, although both are Southern Bantu languages, and the different settlement types and relationships. In the Nguni settlements villages
Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa
Bantu language of South Africa
Sotho, and Phuthi languages meet at the Orange River and the southern point of Lesotho. The scattered Hlubi people speak several languages, including Swazi
Hlubi_language
Name list
Gugu is a given name derived, from the Nguni word igugu, meaning "treasure/pride". Notable people with the name include: Gugu Dlamini (1962–1998), South
Gugu_(given_name)
Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa
Africa, and South Africa's Mpumalanga province. EmaSwati are part of the Nguni-language speaking peoples whose origins can be traced through archaeology to
Swazi_people
Title of the male monarch of Eswatini
tiNgweniyama), meaning "the king". Ngwenyama is also a surname in Nguni languages. In Eswatini, executive authority is vested in the King, who serves
King_of_Eswatini
South African linguistic register
general populace of South Africa. UkuSabela means to respond in various Nguni languages. Sabela inherits most of its vocabulary, phonology, and syntax from
Sabela
Province in South Africa
means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique
Mpumalanga
Consonantal sound
rare for a language to distinguish /kʼ/ and /kxʼ/, though several of the Nguni languages do so, as well as the Northeast Caucasian language Karata-Tukita
Velar_ejective_affricate
Nguni ethnic group
Zulu kaMalandela. In the Nguni languages, iZulu means heaven or weather. At that time, the area was occupied by many large Nguni communities and clans (also
Zulu_people
Name list
Busisiwe is a feminine given name derived from the Nguni word busisa, meaning "to bless". Notable people with the name include: Busisiwe Mavuso (born
Busisiwe
Southern African philosophy
dictionary. Traditional African religions African philosophy Bantu peoples Nguni languages Africanization Decolonisation Ethics Ethic of reciprocity Harambee
Ubuntu_philosophy
Emotion of uninterest in surroundings
well, making the ride more tedious despite being over sooner. In some Nguni languages such as Zulu, boredom and loneliness are represented by the same word
Boredom
Twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
'televixin', and not for all speakers). In Nahuatl, ⟨x⟩ represents /ʃ/. In Nguni languages, ⟨x⟩ represents the alveolar lateral click /ǁ/. In Norwegian, ⟨x⟩ is
X
Royal title in Southern Africa
originates in the Nguni languages, including Zulu, Xhosa, Swati and Southern Ndebele. Related titles used in other Southern African languages and societies
Inkosi
Largest city in South Africa
Beit Emanuel. 32% of Johannesburg residents speak Nguni languages at home, 24% speak Sotho languages, 18% speak English, 7% speak Afrikaans and 6% speak
Johannesburg
Type of maize meal made in Africa
in Shona Soured milk natural yogurt (known as amasi in Ndebele or Nguni languages in South Africa, mukaka wakakora in Shona, or lacto) Soya chunks Soups
Ugali
Latin-based alphabet of the Sotho language
division used for writing the language, in contrast with some Bantu languages such as the South African Nguni languages. This issue is investigated in
Sesotho_orthography
Topics referred to by the same term
Africa Sumayela Ndebele language (isiNdebele sesumayela) or Transvaal ndebele, spoken in South Africa Nguni languages, the language family to which all of
Ndebele_language
Nguni language of eastern South Africa and neighbouring countries
ZOO-loo), also known by its endonym isiZulu, is a Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in, and indigenous to, Southern Africa with about
Zulu_language
gives an overview of the shape of the augment in various languages: The Tekela Nguni languages have the augment only in some noun classes, but with a relatively
Augment_(Bantu_languages)
Language spoken in South Africa
Although it is a Tekela Nguni language, for sociological reasons it is often considered a dialect of Zulu (a Zunda Nguni language), whereas it differs quite
Lala_language_(South_Africa)
Ethnic group in Southern Africa
(where "Boer" refers roughly to any Afrikaans-speaking white person) in Nguni languages while thousands of his supporters cheered in approval while pointing
Afrikaners
Sotho-Tswana language spoken in South Africa
process of such sounds spreading from Nguni languages. Like most other Niger–Congo languages, Sesotho is a tonal language, spoken with two basic tones, high
Northern_Sotho
Sounds and pronunciation of the Sotho language
loanwords from the Khoisan and Nguni languages, though they also exist in various words which don't exist in these languages and in various ideophones. These
Sotho_phonology
Name list
Gugulethu is a feminine given name derived, from the Nguni word igugu lethu, meaning "our treasure/pride". Notable people with the name include: Gugulethu
Gugulethu_(name)
Endangered Cushitic language of Kenya
mechanisms found in human language: clicks, ejectives, and implosives, as well as the universal pulmonic sounds. Nguni languages such as Xhosa and Zulu also
Dahalo_language
History of the Khumalo clan
son, Mzilikazi. The Ndwandwes are amaNguni aseMbo, though all spoke a very similar language (all Nguni languages are similar). When Mashobane did not
Khumalo_clan
Variant of a language
dialects Korean dialects Varieties of Malay Malayalam languages Norwegian dialects Nguni languages Dialects of Polish Portuguese dialects Romanian dialects
Dialect
Bantu language spoken in Eswatini and South Africa
Swati or Swazi, also know natively as siSwati, is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and South Africa by the
Swazi_language
Type of phonation
contrast among nasals (voiced, breathy). The Nguni languages within the southern branch of the Bantu languages, including Phuthi, Xhosa, Zulu, Southern Ndebele
Breathy_voice
Lingua franca of Pretoria and Tshwane
contributions from Northern Sotho and minor contributions from Southern Sotho, Nguni languages, Afrikaans, and English. Though it is most commonly used in informal
Pretoria_Sotho
Traditional Nguni song
an Nguni song that was sung by gold miners in South Africa. It is a mix of Zulu and Ndebele words, and can have various other South African languages thrown
Shosholoza
Shona dialect of central Mozambique and Zimbabwe
click consonant [ᵏǃ]. These sounds have been acquired from neighboring Nguni languages. In 1922, C. Kamba Simango, a Vandau ethnographer, working together
Ndau_language
South African politician (born 1981)
(where "boer" refers roughly to any Afrikaans-speaking white person) in Nguni languages while thousands of his supporters cheered in approval while pointing
Julius_Malema
Surname list
surname, common in South Africa and Zimbabwe, originating from the Nguni languages and prevalent among the Ndebele and Zulu people. Notable people with
Ndlovu
Nguni-speaking community of southern Africa
for merging. › Embo-Nguni is a historiographical term used to describe a cluster within the broader Embo identity of historic Nguni-speaking community
Embo-Nguni
Calendar used by the Zulu people
The Zulu calendar is the traditional lunisolar calendar used by the Zulu people of South Africa. Its new year begins at the new moon of uMandulo (September)
Zulu_calendar
Name list
Mbalenhle is a feminine given name, derived from the Nguni word mbali, meaning "flower." Notable people with the name include: Mbali Khumalo, South African
Mbalenhle
South African ethnic group
other Bantu speakers of southern Africa. Their language shows a merger of South Sotho and Nguni languages. They also practice totemism (the Kholokoe tribe
Kholokoe_people
Bantu language of South Africa
closely related to Swazi. The Nhlangwini/Ntlangwini people are the largest Nguni ethnic group in KZN South Coast - Highflats, KwaZulu-Natal - Mzimkhulu and
Nhlangwini_language
Name list
Nomvula is a feminine given name, derived from the Nguni word mvula, meaning "rain". Notable people with the name include: Nomvula Hlangwana (born 1951)
Nomvula
Name list
Nonhlanhla (Nhlanhla unisex) is a feminine given name, derived from the Nguni word nhlanhla, meaning "luck". Another meaning includes the Goddess of Luck
Nonhlanhla
Name list
Luyanda Gender feminine or masculine Language Zulu Origin Meaning It is growing Region of origin Africa
Luyanda
Braille alphabets used in South Africa
basic braille with additional letters to render the diacritics. The Nguni languages – Ndebele, Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu – have no diacritics and will not
South_African_braille
Traditional sound-based art forms developed by sub-Saharan African peoples
and several of southern Mozambique. They have several sub-groups; Nguni languages include Xhosa, Zulu and Northern Ndebele. Zulu music has contributed
Sub-Saharan African music traditions
Sub-Saharan_African_music_traditions
Ngoni is a Bantu language of Mozambique. It is not an Nguni language, but only retains the name. It is only marginally mutually intelligible with Tanzanian
Ngoni_language_(Mozambique)
Zulu-based pidgin of South Africa
strung-together Nguni forms fana-ga-lo meaning "like + of + that" and has the meaning "do it like this", reflecting its use as a language of instruction
Fanagalo
Low-cost airline of South Africa (2001–2022)
Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The name 'Kulula' comes from the Nguni languages of Zulu and Xhosa, meaning It's easy. Kulula suspended operations on
Kulula.com
Argot used by homosexuals of South Africa and Zimbabwe
in the language itself) is an argot used by homosexuals of South Africa and Zimbabwe who speak Bantu languages, as opposed to Gayle, a language used by
IsiNgqumo
Name list
Nomthandazo is a feminine given name derived from the Nguni word thandaza, meaning "pray". Shortened familiar versions include Thandi or Thandie. Notable
Nomthandazo
Ethnic group in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
forms of all modern-day Nguni languages. This is evident in the wealth of Nguni words in the Ndau language, including Nguni names and surnames. In the
Ndau_people
South African given names
Lindiwe (Lindani male) is a feminine given name derived from the Nguni word linda, meaning "wait". Lindiwe Hendricks (born 1957), South African politician
Lindiwe
Species of tree belonging to the cashew and sumac family
Khelobedu, the names is motshakhutshakhu and mushakaladza in Venda. Among Nguni languages the name umhlakotshane in Zulu and Xhosa is used and in Swati the name
Searsia_lancea
Consonant that lowers the tone of its or adjacent syllables
consequence of the phonation (type of voicing) of the consonant. The Nguni languages of South Africa are well known for the lowering effects of certain
Depressor_consonant
West Germanic language spoken in South Africa
certain subject, i.e. He is a language fundi. lobola, meaning bride price, from (and referring to) lobolo of the Nguni languages mahem, the grey crowned crane
Afrikaans
has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong
Languages_of_Africa
being Ouma Rusks). Vetkoek (fat cake, doughnut, Amagwinya (in various Nguni languages))—deep-fried dough balls, typically stuffed with meat or served with
South_African_cuisine
Xhosa anti-apartheid political slogan
Amandla in the Nguni languages Xhosa and Zulu means "power". The word was a popular rallying cry in the days of resistance against apartheid, used by
Amandla_(power)
early contribution to the study of non-standard Nguni languages, specifically of a Tekela Nguni language. This was followed in 1957 by a doctoral degree
Archibald_Campbell_Jordan
Bantu language of South Africa
saseNyakatho". Northern Ndebele. 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2019-09-30. "South African Languages | Northern Ndebele". Salanguages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30. v t e
Sumayela_Ndebele_language
"east", or more literally, "the place where the sun rises", in several Nguni languages, among them Swazi, Xhosa, and Zulu. Refers to the province's location
List of etymologies of administrative divisions
List_of_etymologies_of_administrative_divisions
as "Awuleth' Umshini Wami" (English, Bring My Machine [Gun]), is a Nguni language struggle song used formerly by members of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military
Umshini_wami
Ethnic group
za, accessed 24 November 2025 Beyer, Greg South African Languages and Their Histories (Nguni-Tsonga Group), TheCollector, 2 October 2022. Accessed 24
Tembe-Thonga
Name list
Zanele is a feminine given name, derived from the Nguni word anele, meaning "enough". Notable people with the name include: Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi (1962–2021)
Zanele
covered on Wikipedia at Category:South African films. List of Afrikaans-language films "MST3K: Space Mutiny *Eccentric Cinema, Winnwe". Archived from the
List_of_South_African_films
Name list
Nomzamo Gender Female Language Nguni languages Other gender Masculine Mzamo Origin Meaning Endeavour, Trial, Effort, Other names Variant form Zama Short
Nomzamo_(given_name)
Nguni ethnic group of Southern Africa
dialect closely related to the Swati language, one of the Tekela languages in the Nguni branch of the Bantu language family. The Hlubi (AmaHlubi) dialect
Hlubi_people
Name list
Nondumiso Gender Female Language Nguni Other gender Masculine Ndumiso Origin Meaning "Praise/ Psalm" Region of origin Southern Africa Other names Nickname
Nondumiso
Bantu ethnic group in Africa
as Shangani and there is a wealth of Nguni names and words in their language which testifies of the Gaza Nguni rulership of some of these groups. The
Tsonga_people
other things. The Swazi people are composed of various Nguni clans who speak the Nguni language siSwati. These people mostly reside in Eswatini and South
Culture_of_Eswatini
Name list
Thandiwe is a given name of Nguni origin which means "beloved". Notable people with the name include: Thandiwe Abdullah, American civic activist Thandiwe
Thandiwe
Method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract
consonants, and the Nguni languages of the Bantu family utilize all four, – pulmonic, click, implosive, and ejective, – as does the Dahalo language of Kenya. Most
Airstream_mechanism
Name list
Sihle is a Nguni given name meaning "beautiful". The name is a shortened form of Siphesihle which means "beautiful gift". Notable people with the name
Sihle
Consonantal sound
articulation in Nilo-Saharan languages (Gumuz, Me'en, and T'wampa), Mayan language (Yucatec), and the Oto-Manguean Mazahua. Nguni languages, such as Zulu have an
Ejective_consonant
Wind instrument
first used in South Africa from the Zulu language or from a Nguni language. It is also known in the Sepedi language as Lepatata; a Bokoni dialect word meaning
Vuvuzela
NGUNI LANGUAGES
NGUNI LANGUAGES
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Biblical
a garden; a covering
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Boy/Male
African, Australian, Japanese, Malawi
Warrior; From Ngoni
Boy/Male
Biblical
A garden, a covering.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Excellent
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Girl/Female
Indian
Obedient; Understanding
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Boy/Male
African, Arabic
Good
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
The Wise
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sukeerthi | ஸà¯à®•à¯€à®°à¯à®¤à®¿
Good fame
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
A narrator of Hadith
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Sikh
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Hindu
Lord Murugan
Girl/Female
Latin
Archaic.
Boy/Male
Muslim
An effect, Impression
Male
German
Variant form of German Landoberct, LAMPRECHT means "land-bright."
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Indian
Sun
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Lord
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superl.
Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular.
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
a.
Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
n.
The Tamil language, the most important of the Dravidian languages. See Dravidian, a.
n.
Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
v. t.
To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages.
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
n.
The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
n.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
n.
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
n.
The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs.
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
n.
One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
sing.
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
n.
A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.