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Island in Vanuatu
Pentecost is one of the 83 islands that make up the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. It lies 190 kilometres (120 mi) due north of capital Port Vila. Pentecost
Pentecost_(island)
Christian feast celebrating the Holy Spirit's descent
Pentecost (also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday that takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is
Pentecost
Ritual of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Nanggol) is a ritual performed by the men of the southern part of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Men jump off wooden towers around 20 to 30 meters (66 to
Land_diving
on Pentecost Island, and in traditional kastom villages, although it has been suppressed in areas dominated by the Churches of Christ. On Pentecost the
Grade-taking
Holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost
Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian
Whit_Monday
Topics referred to by the same term
Pentecost, Mississippi, U.S. Pentecost Island, one of the islands of Vanuatu Pentecost River, a river in Western Australia Pentecost Dodderidge (died c. 1650)
Pentecost_(disambiguation)
Island group in Queensland, Australia
Whitsun—Pentecost was celebrated on the Christian calendar) Captain James Cook sailed his ship H.M.B. Endeavour, through a broad expanse of islands which
Whitsunday_Islands
Denominational renewal movement of Protestant Christianity
experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, an event that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit
Pentecostalism
Island Pentecost Island Percy Island Perry Island Pigeon Island Pincushion Island Pipon Island Prince of Wales Island Pumpkin Island Raine Island Restoration
List_of_islands_of_Australia
Village in Penama Province, Vanuatu
Bunlap is a village in the south-east of Pentecost Island in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. It is the most well-known of a number of local kastom
Bunlap
Writing system used in parts of Vanuatu
'paint') is a writing system used by the Turaga indigenous movement on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. It was devised by Chief Viraleo Boborenvanua over a 14-year
Avoiuli
Prime Minister of Vanuatu from 1980 to 1991
from independence in 1980 to 1991. He was born at Agatoa village, Pentecost Island. Lin̄i was a key figure in Vanuatu's struggle for independence. He
Walter_Lini
Topics referred to by the same term
to Thakali Seke language (Vanuatu) or Ske, an Oceanic language of Pentecost Island Seke District, a district in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe Seke Rural
Seke
Currency of Vanuatu
National Council of Chiefs discourages this. The Tangbunia bank, based on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, offers accounts and transfers denominated in livatu, a
Vanuatu_vatu
Indigenous movement in Vanuatu
The Turaga nation is an indigenous movement based in northern Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Its leader is Chief Viraleo Boborenvanua, and it has also been
Turaga_nation
Ni-Vanuatu politician and activist (1954–2025)
was a Ni-Vanuatu politician, a tribal chief of the Turaga nation of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific, who was associated with the nuclear-free
Motarilavoa_Hilda_Lin̄i
New religious movement
based on Pentecost island (Vanuatu) Yali's cargo cult on Papua New Guinea (Madang region) The Paliau movement on Papua New Guinea (Manus Island) The Peli
Cargo_cult
Form of writing, left-to-right and right-to-left in alternate lines
both increasing in the same direction. The Avoiuli script used on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu is written boustrophedonically by design. The Indus script
Boustrophedon
Species of plant
are "Borogu" or "Borongoru" from Pentecost Island, "Melomelo" from Aoba Island (called Sese in the north Pentecost Island), and "Palarasul" kava from Espiritu
Kava
Jumping while connected to an elastic cord
rubber band used for securing luggage". The land diving (Sa: Gol) of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu is an ancient ritual in which young men jump from tall wooden
Bungee_jumping
Traditional penis sheath from Vanuatu
nambas. Nambas are characteristic of central Vanuatu. In the northern islands, long mats wrapped around the waist are worn instead. The word namba is
Namba_(clothing)
Airport in Vanuatu
Sara Airport (IATA: SSR, ICAO: NVSH) is an airport on northern Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Sara is a short grass airstrip built across a hilltop, next to
Sara_Airport
President of Vanuatu from 1999 to 2004
from 25 March 1999 to 24 March 2004. He is an Anglican priest from Pentecost Island, and is one of the founders of the Cultural Association which later
John_Bani
Prime Minister of Vanuatu (2016–2020; 2023–2025)
(RMC), which is part of the Unity for Change bloc. Born in 1963 on Pentecost Island,[failed verification] Salwai learned to speak French as a teenager
Charlot_Salwai
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Raga (also known as Hano) is the language of northern Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. Like all Vanuatu languages, Raga belongs to the Oceanic subgroup of
Raga_language
Country in Oceania
sailed by the islands on 22 May, naming them the Great Cyclades. Of the various French toponyms Bougainville devised, only Pentecost Island has stuck. The
Vanuatu
States Quinqui – Quinqui Spoken in: Spain Raga – Hano Spoken in: the Pentecost Island, Vanuatu Rajasthani – राजस्थानी Spoken in: the Indian state of Rajasthan
List_of_language_names
Village in Penama Province, Vanuatu
is a large village in south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. It is the main commercial centre of south Pentecost. Panngi is located approximately 10 km
Panngi
Village in Penama Province, Vanuatu
Waterfall Village, is a large settlement on the southwestern coast of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. The village consists of several scattered groups of houses
Vanuu
Mavea Lathi Penama Province Pentecost Island Ambae (Aoba) Maewo Malampa Province Malakula Akhamb Arseo Sakao Maskelynes Islands Avock Awei Leumanang, a small
List_of_islands_of_Vanuatu
Circumcision for religious purposes
universal in the Melanesian islands of Fiji and Vanuatu; participation in the traditional land diving on Pentecost Island is reserved for those who have
Religion_and_circumcision
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Sa or Saa is an Austronesian language spoken in southern Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. It had an estimated 2,500 speakers in the year 2000. Sa has numerous
Saa_language
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Apma (or Abma or Central Raga) is the language of central Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Apma is an Oceanic language (a branch of the Austronesian language
Apma_language
Co-educational boarding school on Pentecost, Vanuatu
co-educational boarding school on Pentecost, Vanuatu. The school has over 300 students who come from all over Pentecost Island and from other parts of Vanuatu
Ranwadi_High_School
Vanuatuan politician
Vanuatuan politician and a member of the Parliament of Vanuatu from Pentecost Island as a member of the National United Party. Isno, Vira. "Hon. Silas Bule
Silas_Bule
Species of plant
pacific.690. ISBN 9782956398189. Gray, Andrew (2012). The Languages of Pentecost Island. Manples (BFoV) Publishing. ISBN 9780956098542. Moore, Darlene R. (2005)
Cordyline_fruticosa
Traditional clothing usually associated with a geographic area
Each island of the Canary Islands has its own style of traditional dress. In 1934, Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre designed a pan-island costume
Folk_costume
Traditional meeting place in Vanuatu
A small nakamal on Pentecost Island
Nakamal
The Pentecost Star is a ni-Vanuatu weekly newspaper, issued on Pentecost Island. It was founded in August 2007 by Keithly Hango. The Star has the particularity
Pentecost_Star
Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu
Ske (or Seke) is an endangered language of south-western Pentecost island in Vanuatu. Ske is an Oceanic language (a branch of the Austronesian language
Ske_language
newast.2003.07.002. S2CID 118954190. Gray, 2012. The Languages of Pentecost Island. "Dholuo Dictionary -". Webonary – Dictionaries and Grammars of the
Names_of_the_days_of_the_week
Category 5 South Pacific cyclone in 2020
5-equivalent intensity on the Saffir–Simpson scale before making landfall on Pentecost Island. Moving east, it weakened below Category 5 intensity on both scales
Cyclone_Harold
Māori sea and water body god
The Other Side: Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu Gray 2013, The Languages of Pentecost Island "Tangaroa" in Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Tangaroa
Airport in Vanuatu
from Ske lon or or "in the fences") is an airport on south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu, 3 km south of Baravet village. Lonorore began as a grass
Lonorore_Airport
Topics referred to by the same term
newspaper published in Oviedo, Spain Lonorore Airport, IATA code LNE, on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu Limited nuclear exchange, a hypothesized, small-scale type
LNE
French Catholic missionary (1864–1932)
and supplies for the Pentecost mission and was able to establish a Catholic presence at four mission stations on Pentecost Island. The district of Bau
Emmanuel_Rougier
Topics referred to by the same term
Texas, United States Nazareth, U.S. Virgin Islands Nazareth (Asunción), Paraguay Nazareth, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu Nazareth, Peru Nazareth (band), a
Nazareth_(disambiguation)
Vanuatuan politician
Vanuatuan politician and a member of the Parliament of Vanuatu from Pentecost Island as a member of the Land and Justice Party. Isno, Vira. "Hon. Ephraim
Boe_Reve_Ephraim
Melsisi is a large settlement and Catholic mission on the west coast of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The mission includes a large church, convent, clinic, Francophone
Melsisi
March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2015. Gray (2013), The Languages of Pentecost Island Mattei-Muller, Marie-Claude (2003). "Pémono: eslabón perdido entre
List of languages by time of extinction
List_of_languages_by_time_of_extinction
Vanuatuan politician
Party, he was first elected to the Parliament of Vanuatu as MP for Pentecost Island in the 2002 general election. He retained his seat in 2004, 2008 and
David_Tosul
Prime Minister of Vanuatu from 2004 to 2008
– 10 November 2025) was a ni-Vanuatu politician. He was a MP from Pentecost Island in Penama Province. He was Prime Minister of Vanuatu from 11 December
Ham_Lin̄i
Bank in Vanuatu
as Tari Bunia) is a bank run by the Turaga indigenous movement on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu. It is notable for dealing in items of customary wealth
Tangbunia_Bank
Line of longitude
Vanuatu Aoba Island 15°19′S 168°0′E / 15.317°S 168.000°E / -15.317; 168.000 (Coral Sea) Coral Sea Passing just west of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu (at
168th_meridian_east
all provinces are derived from the initial letters of their constituent islands: The provinces are in turn divided into municipalities headed by a council
Provinces_of_Vanuatu
United States historic place
The Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (PCI) was a co-educational interdenominational collegiate institute located at North Scituate, Rhode Island from September
Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (Rhode Island)
Pentecostal_Collegiate_Institute_(Rhode_Island)
Andaman Islands Sentinelese (?): North Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands Austroasiatic peoples Nicobarese people (Holchu): Nicobar Islands, India Shompen
List_of_Indigenous_peoples
New Zealand travel company
Inti Raymi festival in Peru, and the Naghol land diving ceremony of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The company head office is located in Dunedin, New Zealand
Aspiring_Adventures
Circles of latitude
Vanuatu Pentecost Island 16°0′S 167°23′E / 16.000°S 167.383°E / -16.000; 167.383 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just north of Vanua Levu island, Fiji
Circles of latitude between the 15th parallel south and the 20th parallel south
Circles_of_latitude_between_the_15th_parallel_south_and_the_20th_parallel_south
1960 British TV documentary series
islands and immersing themselves in this exotic culture. Broadcast 21 April 1960. The journey starts at the islands of the New Hebrides. In Pentecost
The_People_of_Paradise
Political party in Vanuatu
won only 4 seats in the subsequent general election, 3 of them on Pentecost Island. As a result the party joined a broad coalition in support of Charlot
National United Party (Vanuatu)
National_United_Party_(Vanuatu)
American lawyer
Hugh Owen Pentecost (1848 – February 2, 1907) was an American minister, editor, lawyer, Georgist, and lecturer. Pentecost was born in 1848 at New Harmony
Hugh_O._Pentecost
Coerced labour, mainly in the southeast Pacific
at many islands by local people. Recruiter, Henry Ross Lewin, was killed at Tanna Island, the crew of May Queen were killed at Pentecost Island, while
Blackbirding
LK LL LM LN LO LP LQ LR LS LT LU LV LW LX LY LZ ^1 Clocks on Lord Howe Island are advanced only 30 minutes for Daylight Saving Time. ^2 Airport is located
List of airports by IATA airport code: L
List_of_airports_by_IATA_airport_code:_L
Pentecostal denomination
The Pentecostal Mission (TPM), also known as Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (CPM) in Sri Lanka, New Testament Church (NTC) in the United States, Grace New
The_Pentecostal_Mission
Topics referred to by the same term
United States Waterfall, Virginia, United States Waterfall Village, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu Waterfalls, Harare, Zimbabwe Waterfall station (disambiguation)
Waterfall_(disambiguation)
Extinct language spoken in Vanuatu
Sowa was the original language of south-central Pentecost island in Vanuatu. In the 20th century it was totally displaced by Apma, a neighbouring language
Sowa_language
Ni-Vanuatu lawyer
country's first indigenous female lawyer. Lin̄i-Leo was born and raised on Pentecost Island, the eighth of ten children and sister to Walter Lin̄i, the future
Heather_Lin̄i-Leo_Matas
Village in Penama Province, Vanuatu
Ske bwara vet "big stone") is a cluster of villages in south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The main village of Baravet is located by a river mouth on
Baravet
Speakers of Austronesian languages
constructed script called Avoiuli by the Turaga indigenous movement on Pentecost Island. Genetic studies have been conducted on Austronesian peoples. Haplogroup
Austronesian_peoples
missionary on Banks Island from 1918 to 1919. He was subsequently at Pentecost Island from 1920 to 1927, and on the Solomon Islands from 1928. He was Archdeacon
Richard_Godfrey_(priest)
Leona is a businesswoman from Vanuatu. Leona was born and raised on Pentecost Island. She studied banking and finance at the University of Canberra and
Rosemary_Leona
Province of Vanuatu
consists of three major islands:Ambae (or Aoba), Maewo, and Pentecost. The name Penama is derived from the initial letters of PENtecost, Ambae and MAewo. Penama
Penama_Province
Subgroup of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family
Northern (Torres–Banks–Maewo–Ambae–Pentecost) Torres–Banks languages Torres Islands: Hiw, Lo-Toga (“Loh”) Banks Islands: Lehali–Löyöp (“Ureparapara”), Mwotlap–Volow
North_Vanuatu_languages
Earthquake and tsunami in Vanuatu
limited to northern Pentecost Island, but the tsunami destroyed the village of Baie Martelli (population 300) on the southern tip of Pentecost. The loss of life
1999_Ambrym_earthquake
Tahitian footballer (2001–2025)
Kaspard's father, Abet Kaspard Tahi, is a former footballer from Pentecost Island, Vanuatu and a former member of the New Hebrides national team. His
Eddy_Kaspard
University of the South Pacific. p. 185. ISBN 982-02-0362-7. Gray, Andrew. 2013. The Languages of Pentecost Island. British Friends of Vanuatu Society.
Natamata
Topics referred to by the same term
Guinea and Gabon The Thakali language of Nepal The Ske language of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the
Seke_language
Category 4 South Pacific and Australian region cyclone in 1992
steering flow, before it passed over Pentecost Island in northern Vanuatu during 25 February. After passing over Pentecost the system continued to move towards
Cyclone_Esau
Category 4 severe tropical cyclone in 2017
southern Pentecost Island, with multiple homes were damaged or destroyed. There, one person was killed and two others were injured. The island's water supply
Cyclone_Hola
Season of television series
featured 12 Australian celebrity contestants competing on the Vanuatuan island of Éfaté over 25 days for a grand prize of A$100,000 for the winner's chosen
Australian_Survivor_season_2
British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean
Church, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the Pentecostal Church. The Catholic churches in the islands are St. Ignatius Church in George Town, and Christ
Cayman_Islands
Tropical cyclone season
cyclone as it passed in between the islands of Pentecost and Ambrym. The system subsequently passed over the island of Malekula and moved into the Coral
2017–18 South Pacific cyclone season
2017–18_South_Pacific_cyclone_season
1960 TV series or program
narrated by David Attenborough. The subject was the "land divers" of Pentecost Island of the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu: young men who jumped from tall
Expedition!
Record label discography
It's Worth)" b/w "Rome Take Away Three", 7/1967 WIP-6020 – Nirvana: "Pentecost Hotel" b/w "Feelin' Shattered", 9/1967 WIP-6021 – Millie Small: "I Am
Island_Records_discography
Topics referred to by the same term
Sabah, Malaysia Vanuatu Panngi, a large village in south-western Pentecost Island, Vanuatu Pangi (Maroon), the name used by the Maroon people of Suriname
Pangi
Museum in Port Vila, Vanuatu
from Ambrym or Malakula, held at Museum Rietberg Sese (red mat) from Pentecost Island, 20th century, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius), Laba (Rhamnus ventilago
National_Museum_of_Vanuatu
Genus of flowering plants
Vanuatu, where it is only known from cultivated specimens. Villagers on Pentecost Island (and their descendants on Maewo call the tree harongmau, and propagate
Oxera
New Zealand linguist
was spoken by just 20 people living in one village near Ranwadi on Pentecost Island at the time, became extinct when the last speaker died in 2000. In
Darrell_Tryon
1967 studio album by Nirvana
One" – 2:07 "Pentecost Hotel" – 3:06 "I Never Found a Love Like This" – 2:50 "Take This Hand" – 2:17 "1999" – 2:09 The 2003 Universal Island Remasters collection
The_Story_of_Simon_Simopath
Overview of and topical guide to Vanuatu
provided as an overview of and topical guide to Vanuatu: Vanuatu – sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The Vanuatu Archipelago is some
Outline_of_Vanuatu
2009 British TV series or programme
The men of Pentecost Island leap from timber scaffold towers with only a vine tied to their ankles to break their falls. On small islands such as Anuta
South_Pacific_(TV_series)
Caribbean island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Hispaniola is an island in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, located between Cuba and Puerto Rico. It is the most populous island in the West Indies
Hispaniola
Nontrinitarian religious movement
Pentecostalism, or the Oneness movement) is a nontrinitarian movement of Pentecostal Christianity that emphasizes the absolute oneness of God and the full
Oneness_Pentecostalism
Artistic and ritual tradition and practice of Vanuatu
Drawing Festival, as from 2004. The Turaga indigenous movement based on Pentecost Island write using Avoiuli, an alphabet inspired by designs found in traditional
Sand_drawing
Island in the Philippines
island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is
Mindanao
Church in Borgholm, Sweden
Borgholm on the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Öland. Belonging to Borgholm Parish of the Church of Sweden, it opened on Pentecost Sunday, 1879. "Borgholms kyrka"
Borgholm_Church
Evangelical Christian denomination
at later dates, including the Pentecostal Church of Scotland (founded in 1909 by Rev. George Sharpe) and the Pentecostal Mission (founded in 1898 by J
Church_of_the_Nazarene
Island country within the Netherlands
is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is an island country located in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean
Curaçao
66 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-09-09. "M 6.9 – Kermadec Islands region". United States Geological
List_of_earthquakes_in_2018
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone who was born at Whitsuntide or had some particular connection with that time of year, such as owing a feudal obligation then. The name is from Middle English, Old French pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) ‘fiftieth (day)’, i.e. the fiftieth day after Easter.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name for someone from Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in Lancashire, named from Old Norse hlÃf ‘protection’, ‘shelter’ (or an unrecorded Old English cognate) + Old English Ä“g ‘island’.English (chiefly Lancashire) : possibly in a few cases from an Old English personal name composed of the lÄ“of ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + sige ‘victory’.
Biblical
fifty count or the counting of fifty days
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, as for example those in Dorset, Norfolk, Rutland, and Suffolk, were named from Old English lang ‘long’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘enclosure’; but one in Essex is recorded in Domesday Book as Laingaham, from Old English LÄhhingahÄm ‘homestead of the people of Lahha’, and one in Lincolnshire originally had as its second element Old Norse holmr ‘island’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Channel Islands) and Norman French
English (Channel Islands) and Norman French : from a Norman personal name, Reginwulf, composed of the Germanic elements ragin ‘counsel’ + wulf ‘wolf’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Mayland in Essex, possibly named in Old English as ‘land or estate (land) where mayweed (mægðe) grows’, or alternatively as ‘(place at) the island’, from Old English ēg-land, with the initial M- derived from a preceding ðǣm, dative case of the definite article.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Kersey in Suffolk, recorded in Domesday Book as Careseia, probably from Old English cærs ‘watercress’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Channel Islands)
English and French (Channel Islands) : nickname for a sluggish person, from Middle English, Old French tardif ‘slow’ (Late Latin tardivus, for classical Latin tardus).A Tardif from the Brittany region of France is documented in Quebec City in 1637.
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.Irish
Variant spelling of Scottish Lindsay.Irish : reduced and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg (see McClintock), and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn).English : habitational name from Lindsey in Suffolk, named in Old English as ‘island (Old English ēg) of Lelli’, a personal name representing a byform of an unattested name Lealla.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from Cēol, an Old English personal name, or alternatively from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, kæl ‘wedge-shaped piece of land’, + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire, so named from the genitive case of the northern English personal name Mack + Old English ēg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’.Irish : variant of Mackesy, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Macasa ‘descendant of Macus’, a personal name which is probably a form of Magnus.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, either a variant of Madeley (a name common to several places, including one in Shropshire and two in Staffordshire), named in Old English as ‘MÄda’s clearing’, from an unattested byname, MÄda (probably a derivative of mÄd ‘foolish’) + lÄ“ah ‘woodland clearing’; or from Medley on the Thames in Oxfordshire, named in Old English with middel ‘middle’ + Ä“g ‘island’.English : nickname for an aggressive person, from Middle English, Old French medlee ‘combat’, ‘conflict’ (Late Latin misculata).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria (Westmorland). The place name is recorded in Domesday Book as Lupetun, and probably derives from an Old English personal name Hluppa (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.The name was brought to America by John Lupton, who sailed from Gravesend, England, on the Primrose in 1635, and is recorded in VA three years later. On 24 October 1635 Davie Lupton set off on the Constance bound for VA, but there is no record of his arrival in the New World. A Christopher Lupton is recorded in Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY, c.1635, and a large number of Luptons in NC descend from him. An American family of the name settled in the area of Winchester, VA, in the mid18th century; they can be traced back to Martin Lupton, who was married in 1630 in the parish of Rothwell, Yorkshire, England.
Surname or Lastname
English (Channel Islands)
English (Channel Islands) : unexplained.Probably an Americanized spelling of German Krill or Grill 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Kempsey in Worcestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Chemesege, from an Old English personal name Cymi + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘of the island’, or a habitational name from the common French place names Lisle or Lille, all derived from Old French isle (Latin insula) ‘island’.French : habitational name from the city of Lille, Nord (see 1).
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fiftieth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord of the Sun, The Sun, Sun God (Son of Adithi)
Boy/Male
Tamil
King
Boy/Male
Tamil
Beam of light
Boy/Male
Biblical
Contemplation, examination.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Irish
Eagle
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry the Eighth' Lord Sandys.
Girl/Female
Australian, French
To Sing; Stony Spot; Song
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Hodgkin, a pet form of Hodge.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Zacharias, SAKARI means "whom Jehovah remembered."
Girl/Female
Indian
Virtuous
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
PENTECOST ISLAND
n.
In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted.
n.
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; -- called also pentecostys.
a.
Of or pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as, sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.
a.
Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.
n.
An inhabitant of an island.
n.
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
n.
The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white garments.
v. t.
To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.
n.
The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost.
v. t.
To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
n.
A festival of the Roman Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday.
pl.
of Pentecosty
a.
Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.
n.
A solemn festival of the Jews; -- so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day (seven weeks) after the second day of the Passover (which fell on the sixteenth of the Jewish month Nisan); -- hence called, also, the Feast of Weeks. At this festival an offering of the first fruits of the harvest was made. By the Jews it was generally regarded as commemorative of the gift of the law on the fiftieth day after the departure from Egypt.
n. pl.
Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost.
n.
A virulent poison used in Java and the adjacent islands for poisoning arrows. One kind, upas antiar, is, derived from upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). Upas tieute is prepared from a climbing plant (Strychnos Tieute).
n.
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.
n.
An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
n.
A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas.
n.
An imaginary island, represented by Sir Thomas More, in a work called Utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. See Utopia, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.