AI & ChatGPT searches , social queriess for RHINE
Search references for RHINE. Phrases containing RHINE
See searches and references containing RHINE!
Search references for RHINE. Phrases containing RHINE
See searches and references containing RHINE!RHINE
Major river in Western Europe
The Rhine (/raɪn/ RYNE) is one of the major rivers of Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms
Rhine
State in Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen [ˌnɔɐtʁaɪn vɛstˈfaːlən] ), commonly shortened to NRW, is a landlocked state
North_Rhine-Westphalia
Napoleonic union of German client states
The Confederated States of the Rhine, simply known as the Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation, was a confederation of German client states
Confederation_of_the_Rhine
Largest waterfall of Europe located in Switzerland
The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall [ˈraɪnfal] / Swiss German: Rhyfall [ˈriːfal], a singular noun) is a waterfall on the High Rhine in Switzerland. It is
Rhine_Falls
United States historic place
Over-the-Rhine, often abbreviated as OTR, is a residential neighborhood located in the urban basin of Cincinnati, Ohio. Over-the-Rhine is among the largest
Over-the-Rhine
Urban area in Germany
The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the largest metropolitan region in Germany, with over ten million inhabitants
Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region
Rhine-Ruhr_metropolitan_region
Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863–1950)
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (5 April 1863 – 24 September 1950), later Princess Louis of Battenberg and then Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness
Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess_Victoria_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine
Largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine (Lower Rhine), about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf
Cologne
Historic region of Germany
Latin: Rhenania) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section, sometimes encompassing parts of Belgium. It
Rhineland
Former province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia
The Rhine Province (German: Rheinprovinz), also known as Rhenish Prussia (Rheinpreußen) or synonymous with the Rhineland (Rheinland), was the westernmost
Rhine_Province
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Rhine or rhine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Rhine is a river in Europe. Rhine may also refer to: Abraham B. Rhine (1877–1941), Lithuanian-American
Rhine_(disambiguation)
Empress of Russia from 1894 to 1917
Фёдоровна, romanized: Aleksandra Fyodorovna; born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine; 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918) was the last empress of Russia as the consort
Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)
Defensive union (1658)
The League of the Rhine (also known as the Erster Rheinbund, First Rhine-Bund; or the Rheinische Allianz – Rhenish Alliance) was a defensive union of more
League_of_the_Rhine
American botanist and founder of parapsychology
Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980), usually known as J. B. Rhine, was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch
Joseph_Banks_Rhine
Place in Germany
The Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet
Frankfurt_Rhine-Main
Grand Duchess of Russia
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918), later known as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, was a German princess
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess_Elisabeth_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine
Source in Switzerland
The source of the River Rhine is generally regarded to be Lake Toma, in the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden). The lake's outflow, the Rein da Tuma
Sources_of_the_Rhine
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about
Bonn
Castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
town of Oberwesel in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Schönburg Castle was first mentioned
Schönburg_(Rhine)
State of the Holy Roman Empire (1085–1803)
of widely dispersed territories, ranging from the left bank of the Upper Rhine in the modern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, adjacent parts of the French
Electoral_Palatinate
Part of the river Rhine in Switzerland and Germany
High Rhine (German: Hochrhein, pronounced [ˈhoːxˌʁaɪn] ; kilometres 0 to 167 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Lake Constance (Bodensee)
High_Rhine
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892
Rhein; 12 September 1837 – 13 March 1892) was the Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until his death in 1892. Through his marriage to Queen
Louis_IV,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Rheinland Pfalz and Hessen in Germany
Upper Middle Rhine Valley is the 65 km (40 mi) southern section of the Middle Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhine_Gorge
Airport in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
serving Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Rhine-Ruhr area, the largest metropolitan region in Germany. It is
Düsseldorf_Airport
Section of the Rhine in Germany and Switzerland
Upper Rhine (German: Oberrhein [ˈoːbɐˌʁaɪn] ; French: Rhin Supérieur) is the section of the Rhine between the Middle Bridge in Basel, Switzerland, and
Upper_Rhine
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[jəˈlɑbɑx])[citation needed] is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border
Mönchengladbach
Language group
Weser–Rhine Germanic languages (or Rhine–Weser Germanic, German: Rheinweser-germanisch), sometimes also referred to as Istvaeonic languages, are a proposed
Weser–Rhine_Germanic
Index of articles associated with the same name
Rhine Valley (German: Rheintal [ˈʁaɪntaːl] ) is the valley, or any section of it, of the river Rhine in Europe. Particular valleys of the Rhine or any
Rhine_Valley
Topics referred to by the same term
Old Rhine or Oude Rijn may refer to: Oude Rijn (Gelderland), a long former bend in river Rhine in the Dutch province of Gelderland Oude Rijn (Utrecht and
Old_Rhine
Diplomatic crisis between France and the German Confederation (1840/41)
The Rhine crisis of 1840 was a diplomatic crisis between the Kingdom of France and the German Confederation, caused by the demand by French minister Adolphe
Rhine_crisis
Department of France
means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) department
Bas-Rhin
Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 to 1918
Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, reigning from 1892 until 1918. Ernest Louis was the elder son of Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Ernest_Louis,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse
Town in Georgia, United States
Rhine is a town in Dodge County, Georgia, United States. The population was 295 in 2020. A post office called Rhine was established in 1890. The community
Rhine,_Georgia
1943 film by Hal Mohr, Herman Shumlin
Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett
Watch_on_the_Rhine
Part of the river Rhine
The Alpine Rhine (German: Alpenrhein, pronounced [ˈalpn̩ˌʁaɪn] ) is the section of the river Rhine from its source in the Swiss Alps to Lake Constance
Alpine_Rhine
1792–1797 battles between French revolutionaries and neighbouring monarchies
with Prussia and Austria attacking from the Austrian Netherlands and the Rhine, and Great Britain supporting revolts in provincial France and laying siege
War_of_the_First_Coalition
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
; Westphalian: Düörpm [ˈdyːœɐ̯pm̩]) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in
Dortmund
Department of France
both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means Upper Rhine. Haut-Rhin is the smaller and less populated of the two departments
Haut-Rhin
American producer and screenwriter
Larry Rhine (May 26, 1910 – October 27, 2000) was an American producer and screenwriter. Rhine was born in San Francisco, California to Elias, a real estate
Larry_Rhine
Inactive occupation formation in Germany
The British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, after the First and Second World Wars, and
British_Army_of_the_Rhine
Bavarian administrative district (1816–1946)
The Circle of the Rhine or Rhine Circle (German: Rheinkreis), sometimes the Bavarian Rheinkreis (Bayerischer Rheinkreis or Baierischer Rheinkreis), was
Circle_of_the_Rhine
City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
the Rhine"; Palatine German: Ludwichshafe or Lumpehafe), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine (Upper Rhine), opposite
Ludwigshafen
Mixed group of barbarians invading Gaul (406)
The crossing of the Rhine by a mixed group of barbarians which included Vandals, Alans and Suebi is traditionally considered to have occurred on 31 December
Crossing_of_the_Rhine
Freight railway between Belgium and Germany, through Netherlands
The Iron Rhine or Steel Rhine (Dutch: IJzeren Rijn; German: Eiserner Rhein) is a partially operational freight rail corridor connecting the port of Antwerp
Iron_Rhine
Princess Henry of Prussia (1866–1953)
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irène Luise Marie Anne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and
Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
Princess_Irene_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine
State in western Germany (1806–1918)
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (German: Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein) was a grand duchy in western Germany that existed from 1806 to 1918
Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse
Major rift between Basel and Frankfurt/Wiesbaden
The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French:
Upper_Rhine_Plain
The Rhine was a 1,691 ton iron sailing ship with a length of 257.2 feet (78.4 m), breadth of 38.3 feet (11.7 m) and depth of 23.1 feet (7.0 m). She was
Rhine_(ship)
River in Switzerland
The Avers Rhine (Romansh: Ragn da Ferrera, German: Averser Rhein) is a tributary of the Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Avers_Rhine
Topics referred to by the same term
Rhine campaign may refer to: Rhine campaign of 1713 during the War of the Spanish Succession Rhine Campaign of 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession
Rhine_campaign
Place in Germany
The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, pronounced [metʁoˈpoːlʁeˌɡi̯oːn ˌʁaɪnˈnɛkaʁ]), often referred to as the Rhein-Neckar
Rhine-Neckar
Roman construction, Gallic Wars
The first two bridges on record to cross the Rhine river were built by Julius Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War in 55 BC and 53 BC. Strategically
Caesar's_Rhine_bridges
River in Germany and France
is a river in Germany and France. The Lauter is a left tributary of the Rhine. Its length is 55 kilometres (34 mi), of which 39 km is in France and on
Lauter_(Rhine)
1945 offensive in the European theatre of World War II
World War II. In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine, a series of offensive operations were designed to seize and capture its
Western Allied invasion of Germany
Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany
Topics referred to by the same term
Crossing of the Rhine or Rhine crossing may refer to: Crossing of the Rhine, 406 AD, by the Vandals, Alans and Suebi into the Roman Empire, east to west
Crossing of the Rhine (disambiguation)
Crossing_of_the_Rhine_(disambiguation)
Historical region of Germany
The eastern border with Hesse and the Baden region runs along the Upper Rhine river, while the left bank, with Mainz and Worms as well as the Selz basin
Palatinate_(region)
Section of the river Rhine in Germany
Middle Rhine (German: Mittelrhein, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʁaɪn] ; kilometres 529 to 660 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn in
Middle_Rhine
World War II battle, 1944–1945
the Germans as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (transl. Operation Watch on the Rhine), was an offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World
Battle_of_the_Bulge
Historical category of northern European peoples
Germani involved tribes west of the Rhine river, their homeland of Germania was portrayed as stretching east of the Rhine, to southern Scandinavia and the
Germanic_peoples
Major international airport serving Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
Kelsterbach.[citation needed] The airport is centrally located in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, Germany's third-largest metropolitan region, which itself has
Frankfurt_Airport
American soccer player (1976–2011)
Bobby Rhine (April 18, 1976 – September 5, 2011) was an American soccer player who last played for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Rhine played college
Bobby_Rhine
German patriotic anthem
"Die Wacht am Rhein" (German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. The song's origins are rooted in the historical
Die_Wacht_am_Rhein
River in Switzerland
(German pronunciation: [ɡlat] ) is the name of a lesser affluent to the High Rhine in the Unterland of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It is 35.7 kilometres
Glatt_(Rhine)
Being in Germanic folklore
for the female German Nixe are Rhine maidens (German: Rheintöchter) and Lorelei. In a fictional depiction, the Rhine maidens are among the protagonists
Nixie_(folklore)
Name for any match between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach
The Rhine derby (German: Rheinisches Derby) is an association football derby between German clubs 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach, first contested
Rhine_derby
Germanic people from the Lower Rhine
new name for the Germanic tribes living near the lower stretches of the Rhine River military border of the Roman Empire, and later became a multilingual
Franks
Diamond simulant
gathered from the river Rhine, hence the name, although some were also found in areas like the Alps (the source of the Rhine). Today the name "rhinestone"
Rhinestone
Bavaria: 318 cities and towns Baden-Württemberg: 316 cities and towns North Rhine-Westphalia: 272 cities and towns Hesse: 191 cities and towns Saxony: 169
List of cities and towns in Germany
List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Germany
German prince (1870–1873)
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (Friedrich Wilhelm August Victor Leopold Ludwig; 7 October 1870 – 29 May 1873) was a son of Louis IV, Grand Duke
Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine
Prince_Friedrich_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine
Place in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rhenish: Kleff) is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Cleves
Kleve
Second-longest river in Europe
total length are navigable. The Danube is linked to the North Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, connecting the Danube at Kelheim with the Main at Bamberg
Danube
Lower portion of the river Rhine
Lower Rhine (German: Niederrhein, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʁaɪn] ; kilometres 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany
Lower_Rhine
River in Germany
Rhine. It rises in the Black Forest, near the source of the Breg. The Elz flows through Elzach, Waldkirch and Emmendingen before reaching the Rhine near
Elz_(Rhine)
Submovement of Romanticism
The Rhine romanticism was the interpretation of the landscape conditions and history of the Rhine Valley in the cultural-historical period of the romanticism
Rhine_romanticism
Name of several bends in the Rhine River
The Rhine knee or Rhine's knee (German: Rheinknie, pronounced [ˈʁaɪnˌkniː] ) is the name of several distinctive bends in the course of the river Rhine. In
Rhine_knee
French revolutionary army
The Army of the Rhine (French: Armée du Rhin; German: Rheinarmee) was formed in December 1791, for the purpose of bringing the French Revolution to the
Army_of_the_Rhine_(1791–1795)
Transportation canal in Germany
The Rhine–Herne Canal (German: Rhein-Herne-Kanal) is a 45.6-kilometre-long (28.3 mi) transportation canal in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia,
Rhine–Herne_Canal
River in Germany
in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it. The
Nahe_(Rhine)
Large open ditch or drain in Somerset, England
The Bussex Rhine was a rhyne, or sizeable ditch, running outside the village of Westonzoyland in Somerset, England. A rhyne or rhine (rhymes with ‘seen’)
Bussex_Rhine
International border
Switzerland and Lauterbourg, follows the River Rhine (Upper Rhine) in a south-to-north direction through the Upper Rhine Plain. The border then turns westward
France–Germany_border
Delta formed by three rivers in the Netherlands
51.730431; 4.715881 The Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt Delta is a river delta in the Netherlands formed by the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt
Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt_Delta
Elector Palatine from 1436 to 1449
IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1 January 1424, Heidelberg – 13 August 1449, Worms) was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the House of Wittelsbach
Louis_IV,_Elector_Palatine
Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1906–1937)
Hesse and by Rhine (25 October 1931 – 16 November 1937), killed in the air accident. • Prince Alexander Georg Karl Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine (14 April
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
Georg_Donatus,_Hereditary_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse
Short-lived administrative region in the British occupation zone of Germany
The Province of North Rhine (German: Provinz Nordrhein), also called North Rhine Province (Nordrhein-Provinz or Nord-Rheinprovinz), was a short-lived administrative
North_Rhine
Bridge in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany
Emmerich Rhine Bridge The Emmerich Rhine Bridge (German: 'Rheinbrücke Emmerich') is a suspension bridge located in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany. Completed
Emmerich_Rhine_Bridge
German nun and polymath (c. 1098 – 1179)
Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer
Hildegard_of_Bingen
British princess (1843–1878)
Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
Princess_Alice_of_the_United_Kingdom
Part of a coordinated set of Rhine crossings during WWII
Operation Plunder was a military operation to cross the Rhine on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard
Operation_Plunder
Prefecture in Grand Est, France
000th anniversary in 1988. The fertile area in the Upper Rhine Plain between the rivers Ill and Rhine had already been populated since the Middle Paleolithic
Strasbourg
Action in European theatre of WWII
re-group and organise before continuing their advance from Paris to the River Rhine. The pause allowed the Germans to solidify their lines—something they had
Siegfried_Line_campaign
Topics referred to by the same term
Rhine Creek may refer to: Rhine Creek (Iowa) Rhine Creek (Minnesota) Rhine Creek (West Virginia) This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct
Rhine_Creek
Bank of the Rhine River
The Left Bank of the Rhine (German: Linkes Rheinufer, French: Rive gauche du Rhin) was the region north of Lauterbourg that is now in western Germany
Left_Bank_of_the_Rhine
European cycling route
named the Rhine Cycle Route, is a EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running 1230km along the Rhine river valley from the headwaters of the Rhine in Andermatt
EV15_The_Rhine_Cycle_Route
German-English army officer and admiral (1619–1682)
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December [O.S. 27 December] 1619 – 29 November [O.S. 9 December] 1682) was an English–German army officer
Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine
Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698
1648, the Peace of Westphalia brought the 30 Years War to a close, and the Rhine Palatine was restored to Sophia's brother Charles. In 1650, Sophia left
Sophia_of_Hanover
Topics referred to by the same term
Rhine league may refer to: League of the Rhine, a 17th century defensive union between German princes and France Rhenish League of Cities, various alliances
Rhine_league
High Rhine (Hochrhein), Upper Rhine (Oberrhein), Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine and Rhine delta. As a result of the straightening of the Alpine Rhine, there
List of bridges over the Rhine
List_of_bridges_over_the_Rhine
The history of Over-the-Rhine is almost as deep as the history of Cincinnati. Over-the-Rhine's built environment has undergone many cultural and demographic
History_of_Over-the-Rhine
Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Hochrhein (German: [ˈbyːzɪŋən ʔam ˈhoːxʁaɪn], lit. 'Büsingen on the High Rhine'; Alemannic: Büesinge am Hochrhi, pronounced [ˈbyəzɪŋə am ˈhoːçri]), often
Büsingen_am_Hochrhein
Region of Belgium, Germany and Netherlands
The Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Dutch: Euregio Maas–Rijn [øːˈreːɣijoː ˌmaːsˈrɛin], French: Eurorégion Meuse–Rhin [øʁɔʁeʒjɔ̃ møz ʁɛ̃], German: Euregio Maas–Rhein
Euregio_Meuse-Rhine
RHINE
RHINE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the Old English personal name Wella.topographic name for someone who lived near a spring or stream, from a derivative of Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.German : habitational name from any of various places in the Rhineland called Welling or Wellingen.
Surname or Lastname
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English
Reduced form of the Dutch surname van Galen, a habitational name, probably from Gaal in the province of North Brabant, or perhaps from the German town of Gahlen in North Rhine-Westphalia.English : variant of Galyon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Guiler.German : variant of Gille 2.German : habitational name for someone from Gill near Neuss, in the Rhineland.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish male personal name Hiller, a variant of Hillel. The initial G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters h to g in borrowed words.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Day 1 and 2.German : topographic name from a field name in North Rhine-Westphalia, denoting a sizeable piece of land.Welsh : from Dai or Dei, pet forms of the personal name Dafydd, Welsh form of David.Indian (Bengal and Orissa) and Bangladeshi : Hindu (Kayasth) name, probably from Sanskrit deya ‘suitable for a gift’.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten)
Dutch and German (also North German von Holten) : habitational name from places so called, from Low German holt ‘holt’, ‘copse’, ‘small wood’. There is one in the Dutch province of Overijssel and another near Oberhausen in the Rhineland.Danish : variant of Holt.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, either from the definite singular form of holt ‘holt’, ‘small wood’ (see Holt), or from holt ‘hill’, ‘stony slope’.English : variant spelling of Holton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dixon.Possibly a German topographic name from a reduced form (typical of the Lower Rhine) of Middle Low German dīk ‘dike’ + hūs ‘house’.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : Eastphalian or Americanized form of a personal name composed of the Germanic elements hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + nit ‘battle fury’, ‘eagerness to fight’, or a habitational name from a place so called in Brandenburg or in the Rhineland.English : probably a derivative of Horn.
Surname or Lastname
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovenian, Czech, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ethnic or regional name for someone from Franconia (German Franken), a region of southwestern Germany so called from its early settlement by the Franks, a Germanic people who inhabited the lands around the river Rhine in Roman times. In the 6th–9th centuries, under leaders such as Clovis I (c. 466–511) and Charlemagne (742–814), the Franks established a substantial empire in western Europe, from which the country of France takes its name. The term Frank in eastern Mediterranean countries was used, in various vernacular forms, to denote the Crusaders and their descendants, and the American surname may also be an Americanized form of such a form.English, Dutch, German, etc. : from the personal name Frank, in origin an ethnic name for a Frank. This also came be used as an adjective meaning ‘free’, ‘open-hearted’, ‘generous’, deriving from the fact that in Frankish Gaul only people of Frankish race enjoyed the status of fully free men.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lye.French : habitational name from Ley in Moselle.French and German : from a medieval personal name, Eloy (Latin Eligius, a derivative of eligere ‘to choose or elect’), made popular by a 6th-century saint who came to be venerated as the patron of smiths and horses.German (Rhineland) : topographic name from Middle High German leie ‘rock’, ‘stone’, ‘slate’, or a habitational name from any of several places named with this word. Compare Leier.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the port of Dover in Kent, named from the river on which it stands, a Celtic name meaning ‘the waters’ (from the word which became modern Welsh dwfr ‘water’).North German : habitational name from Doveren in the Rhineland, of uncertain etymology; the origin is possibly Celtic and so related ultimately to 1, or a variant of Dove 4.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gulick.Dutch (van Gullick) : habitational name for someone from Jülich (Dutch Gulik) in North Rhine-Westphalia.Altered spelling of German Gullich or Güllich, nickname for a bald or clean-shaven man, from Slavic (Sorbian) holy ‘naked’, ‘beardless’. Compare Gulledge.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English thum ‘thumb’, for someone with a missing or deformed thumb, or for someone of very small size. Compare the folk tale of ‘Tom Thumb’.German : from a short form (of Slavic origin) of the personal name Thomas.German : habitational name from places called Thum in Rhineland and Saxony, or Thumen in Bavaria, or a topographic name from Middle High German tuom ‘episcopal church’ (Dom).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of three places in Essex – Layer Breton, Layer de la Haye, and Layer Marney – all named from a river name, Leire, or from Leire in Leicestershire, also named from an identical river name. The river name is of Celtic origin and is probably the base of the tribal name Ligore, found in the place name Leicester.English : nickname or status name from Anglo-Norman French le eyr ‘the heir’. Compare Ayer.English : occupational name for a stone layer, Middle English leyer; the job of the layer was to position the stones worked by the masons.German : habitational name for someone from any of the various placed named Lay, in the Rhineland and Bavaria.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or ‘hatch’ (especially one leading into a forest), northern Middle English heck (Old English hæcc), or a habitational name from Great Heck in North Yorkshire, which is named with this word. Compare Hatch.German : topographic name from Middle High German hecke, hegge ‘hedge’. This name is common in southern Germany and the Rhineland.Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Hec(q), a topographic name from Old French hec ‘gate’, ‘barrier’, ‘fence’ (compare 1), or a habitational name from a place named with this word.Shortened form of the Dutch surname van (den) Hecke, a habitational name from any of several places called ten Hekke in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from Old English læcc, læce (see Leach) + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.English : unflattering nickname for a lecher, Middle English lech(o)ur (Old French leceor). Reaney comments: ‘The surname is rare, probably usually disguised as Leger’.German (Letscher) : habitational name for someone from Letsch, near Bensberg, Rhineland, or various other places such as Letsche, Letschin, Letschow, etc. See also Letsch.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a herdsman who had charge of rams, from an agent derivative of Middle English to(u)pe ‘ram’ (of uncertain origin).German (Tüpper) : occupational name for a potter, from Middle Low German duppe, Rhenish düppen ‘pot’. This is predominantly a Rhineland surname.This is the name of a family descended from two brothers, originally from Kassel, Germany. They fled religious persecution in the 16th century, settling in the Netherlands, where a descendant became burgomaster of Rotterdam in 1813. A branch of the family settled in England at Sandwich, Kent, whence another descendant, Thomas Tupper, went to America in 1635, and helped to found Sandwich, MA, in 1637. Benjamin Tupper, born in Stoughton, MA, in 1738 was a colonial legislator and explorer of OH.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lee.Scottish : reduced variant of McClay.French : habitational name from places so named in Loire, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Pyrénées-Atlantique.German : habitational name from places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, named with lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone’, ‘rock’, ‘slate’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Walter, representing the normal medieval pronunciation of the name.English and German (Rhineland) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stretch of water, Middle English, Low German water.Irish : adopted as an English translation of Gaelic Ó Fuartháin (see Foran), being wrongly taken as Ó Fuaruisce ‘son of cold water’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Finch.German (Rhineland) : variant of Fink.
RHINE
RHINE
Boy/Male
Arabic
Youth; Nobility
Boy/Male
Arabic
Remaining
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil, Telugu
World King
Boy/Male
French, German, Swedish
Great; Famous
Girl/Female
Latin Hebrew
Happy.
Girl/Female
Indian
Sunny
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Powerful; Capable
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave Lotus
Girl/Female
Latin
A Vestal Virgin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a thatcher, someone who covered roofs in straw, from an agent derivative of Middle English thach(en) ‘to thatch’ (Old English þæccan ‘to cover or roof’).
RHINE
RHINE
RHINE
RHINE
RHINE
n.
Rhine wine.
n.
A German wine made near Rudesheim, on the Rhine.
n.
A celebrated Rhine wine.
pl.
of Rhinencephalon
a.
Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
n.
The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
n.
A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
n.
A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower.
a.
Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.
n.
A water course; a ditch.
n.
A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.
n.
A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
a.
Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.
n.
A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.