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Look up Western or western in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Western may refer to: Western, Nebraska, a village in the United States Western, New York
Western
Disputed territory in north-western Africa
Western Sahara is a United Nations–designated non-self-governing territory in north-western Africa. It has a surface area of 272,000 square kilometres
Western_Sahara
Subregion of the European continent
Western Europe is the western region of Europe. The region's extent varies depending on context. The concept of "the West" appeared in Europe in juxtaposition
Western_Europe
Half of Earth west of the Prime Meridian
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian and east of the 180th meridian. The other half is called the
Western_Hemisphere
Mountain range along the western coast of India
The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches 1,600 km (1,000 mi) along the west coast of India. Covering an area
Western_Ghats
Countries with an originally European shared culture
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate
Western_world
State of Australia
Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south
Western_Australia
Province of South Africa
Western Cape (Afrikaans: Wes-Kaap [ˈvɛskɑːp]; Xhosa: eNtshona-Kapa; Khoekhoe: Huri!hub) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast
Western_Cape
Norms, values, customs and political systems of the Western world
Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, Western society, or simply the West, is the internally
Western_culture
Multimedia genre
The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier (commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West") between the California
Western_(genre)
Range of related ideas and movements that have developed in the Western world
Western esotericism, also known as the Western mystery tradition, is a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western
Western_esotericism
Split within the Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417
The Western Schism, also known as the Great Divide, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Western Schism (Latin: Magnum schisma
Western_Schism
Casino hotel in Nevada, United States
The Western Hotel and Casino was a hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The 8,925 sq ft (829.2 m2) casino was owned and operated by the Barrick
The_Western
Film genre
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle
Western_film
American data storage company
Western Digital Corporation, doing business as WD, is an American data storage company headquartered in San Jose, California. Established in 1970, the
Western_Digital
American financial services company
The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York
Western_Union
Dynasty in northwest China (1038–1227)
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tangut characters. The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (Chinese: 西夏; pinyin: Xī Xià; Wade–Giles: Hsi1 Hsia4)
Western_Xia
Group of Allied countries in World War II
Western Allies was a political and geographic grouping among the Allied Powers of World War II. It primarily refers to the United States and the United
Western_Allies
Philosophy of the Western world
Western philosophy refers to the philosophical thought, traditions, and works of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical
Western_philosophy
Australian rules football club
The Western Bulldogs are a professional Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray. The club competes in the Australian
Western_Bulldogs
Region of Massachusetts, United States
72°50′W / 42.333°N 72.833°W / 42.333; -72.833 Western Massachusetts, known colloquially as "Western Mass," is a region in Massachusetts, one of the
Western_Massachusetts
Region of Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West, or Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West
Western_Canada
Western region of Asia
West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions
West_Asia
Genre of fiction
Contemporary Western is a subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs, such as a
Contemporary_Western
Group of states aligned with the United States during the Cold War
The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, the Freedom Bloc, the Free Bloc, and the American Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of countries
Western_Bloc
Species of ape
The western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) is a great ape found in Africa, one of two species of the hominine genus Gorilla. Large and robust with males weighing
Western_gorilla
Concept in international relations among European countries
Western betrayal is the view and perception that the Western Allies, (specifically United Kingdom, France and the United States), failed to meet their
Western_betrayal
Cultural classics valued in the West
The Western canon is the embodiment of high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and art that are highly cherished across the Western world, such works
Western_canon
Italian western subgenre
The spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's filmmaking style
Spaghetti_Western
Legislative capital of South Africa
second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality
Cape_Town
Topics referred to by the same term
Rwanda Western Province (Kenya) Western Province (Papua New Guinea) Western Province (Solomon Islands) Western Province, Sri Lanka Western Province
Western_Province
Geographical region
Europe, is a loosely defined subregion of Europe, overlapping Northern and Western Europe. The term is used in geographic, history, and military contexts
Northwestern_Europe
Species of bird
The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie
Western_capercaillie
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Punjabi may refer to: Lahnda, also known as Western Punjabi, a linguistically defined group of Punjabi dialects primarily found in Western Punjab
Western_Punjabi
Holy site of Judaism in Jerusalem
The Western Wall (Hebrew: הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, romanized: HaKotel HaMa'aravi, lit. 'the western wall'; Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa'arovi)
Western_Wall
Art of writing
Western calligraphy is the art of writing and penmanship as practiced in the Western world, especially using the Latin alphabet (but also including calligraphic
Western_calligraphy
Western territories of Ukraine
Western Ukraine or West Ukraine (Ukrainian: Західна Україна, romanized: Zakhidna Ukraina, IPA: [ˈzɑxidnɐ ʊkrɐˈjinɐ]) refers to the western territories
Western_Ukraine
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Star or The Western Star may refer to: The Western Star (Bessemer, Alabama), a weekly newspaper published in Bessemer, Alabama Western Star (Kerala)
Western_Star
Egyptian part of the Libyan Desert
In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea
Western_Desert
Religious category of the Latin Church, Protestantism, and their derivatives
Western Christianity is one of two subdivisions of Christianity (Eastern Christianity being the other). Western Christianity is composed of the Latin
Western_Christianity
Armenian historical region in Turkey
Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, Arevmdian Hayasdan) is a term to refer to the western parts of the Armenian highlands located within
Western_Armenia
Species of bird
The western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) is a small North American thrush. The western bluebird was formally described by the English naturalist William
Western_bluebird
Species of bird in the crow family Corvidae
The western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula), also known as the Eurasian jackdaw, the European jackdaw, or simply the jackdaw, is a passerine bird in the crow
Western_jackdaw
System of astrology used in the Western world
Western astrology is the system of astrology most popular in Western countries. It is historically based on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos (2nd century CE), which
Western_astrology
Airline of the United States (1925–1987)
Western Airlines was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline based in California, operating in the Western United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and
Western_Airlines
High jump technique
The Western roll was a high jump technique invented by George Horine of Stanford University. This technique was succeeded by the straddle. It is said
Western_roll
Australian newspapers
The Western Mail, or Western Mail, was the name of two weekly newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia. The first Western Mail was published on
Western Mail (Western Australia)
Western_Mail_(Western_Australia)
Literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe
Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, and is shaped
Western_literature
Medium sized bird of North America with distinctive yellow chest
The western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) is a medium-sized icterid bird, about 20 cm (7.9 in) in length. It is found across western and central North
Western_meadowlark
Major dialect group and standard form of Armenian
Western Armenian (Western Armenian: Արեւմտահայերէն, romanized: Arevmdahayeren [ɑɾɛvmədɑhɑjɛˈɾɛn]) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian
Western_Armenian
Western half of the Roman Empire (395–476)
In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered
Western_Roman_Empire
Current of Marxist theory
Western Marxism is a current of Marxist theory that emerged in Western and Central Europe following the failure of proletarian revolutions in the advanced
Western_Marxism
Broad tradition of Western art music
music in the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music
Classical_music
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Germany may refer to: Areas in the geographical west of Germany, such as the federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and
Western_Germany
Values underpinning Western civilization
Western values refer to the set of social, political, and philosophical principles that have developed in the Western world, particularly in Europe and
Western_values
British politician (born 1985)
Andrew Howard Western (born 18 March 1985) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston since 2022. A member
Andrew_Western
Topics referred to by the same term
South Africa Western Region, Ghana Western Region (Iceland) Western Region, Nepal Western Region, Nigeria (former) Western Region, Serbia Western Region, Uganda
Western_Region
Indo-Scythian rulers of western and central India (35-415 CE)
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi: , Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central parts
Western_Satraps
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
when it became the Territory of Western Samoa. After being converted into a United Nations Trust Territory in 1946, Western Samoa gained independence on
Samoa
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Front or West Front may refer to: Western Front (World War I), a military frontier to the west of Germany Western Front (World War II), a military
Western_Front
Western film subgenre
The revisionist Western is a sub-genre of the Western fiction. Called a post-classical variation of the traditional Western, the revisionist subverts
Revisionist_Western
Prehistoric culture in northern Europe
The Western Baltic culture (Lithuanian: Vakarų baltų kultūra; Polish: Kultura zachodniobałtyjska also known as krąg zachodniobałtyjski (West Baltic circle)
Western_Baltic_culture
Analytical technique used in molecular biology
The Western blot (sometimes called the protein immunoblot), or Western blotting, is a widely used analytical technique in molecular biology and immunogenetics
Western_blot
Imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei
Wei (/weɪ/), known in historiography as the Western Wei (Chinese: 西魏; pinyin: Xī Wèi), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration
Western_Wei
Loss of political control in antiquity
the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire
Early medieval Polish tribe
Rus' in the late 12th century, also mentions the Polans as one of several Western Slavic tribes, and mentions another, separate tribe located by the Dniester
Polans_(western)
International hotel chain
Best Western International, Inc. owns the Best Western Hotels & Resorts brand, which it licenses to over 4,500 hotels worldwide. The franchise, with its
Best_Western
Dynastic era in China (c. 1046 – 771 BC)
The Western Zhou (Chinese: 西周; pinyin: Xīzhōu; c. 1046 – 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty
Western_Zhou
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern
List_of_Western_subgenres
Region of Sydney, Australia
Western Sydney is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west,
Western_Sydney
American clothing style associated with the Old West and cowboy culture
Western wear is a category of men's and women's clothing which derives its unique style from the clothes worn in the 19th century Wild West. It ranges
Western_wear
Topics referred to by the same term
Western League may refer to: Western League (1885–1900), the predecessor to the modern American League of 1901 in Major League Baseball Western League
Western_League
Geographical and cultural region in China
Western China (中国西部 or 华西) is the west of China. It consists of Southwestern China and Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government
Western_China
Species of deer
The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), also known as the roe, western roe deer, or European roe, is a species of deer. The male of the species is sometimes
Roe_deer
Term applied to three hybrid genres of the Western
Weird Western is a subgenre that blends elements of the Western genre with those of fantasy, horror and science fiction. Set in the Weird West, these
Weird_Western
Species of plant
Pacific poison oak or western poison oak, is a woody vine or shrub in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. It is widely distributed in western North America, inhabiting
Toxicodendron_diversilobum
Oceanic division
Discovery, the Atlantic was also known to English cartographers as the Great Western Ocean. The pond is a humorous term often used by British and American speakers
Atlantic_Ocean
Species of bird
for the Eurasian golden oriole include the European golden oriole and western Eurasian golden oriole. The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognized
Eurasian_golden_oriole
Group of Western Indian states
Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of western states of Republic of India. The Ministry of Home Affairs in its Western Zonal
Western_India
Topics referred to by the same term
Anti-Western may refer to: Anti-Western sentiment, negative sentiments and animosities towards people from the West Revisionist Western or anti-Western (genre)
Anti-Western
Language family of North India
The Western Pahari also termed as Himachali languages are a range of languages and dialects of Northern Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the western parts
Western_Pahari
Phenomenon in Canadian politics
Western alienation, in the context of Canadian politics, refers to the notion that the Western provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba—have
Western_alienation
American electrical engineering and manufacturing company
Western Electric Co., Inc. was an American electrical engineering and manufacturing company that operated from 1869 to 1996. A subsidiary of AT&T Corporation
Western_Electric
Person said to be uncivilized or primitive
historical narratives depicted the migrations associated with the end of the Western Roman Empire as the "barbarian invasions". The Romans adapted the term
Barbarian
Religions that originated within Western culture
The Western religions are the religions that originated within Western culture, which are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from
Western_religions
1994 book by Harold Bloom
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the
The_Western_Canon
Subgenre of science fiction
Space Western is a subgenre of science fiction that uses the themes and tropes of Westerns within science-fiction stories in an outer space setting. Subtle
Space_Western
Ballet by George Balanchine
Western Symphony is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to American folk tunes arranged by Hershy
Western_Symphony
Species of rodent
The western deermouse or western deer mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis) is a rodent native to North America. It is a species of the genus Peromyscus, a closely
Western_deer_mouse
Subspecies of ape
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two critically endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives
Western_lowland_gorilla
2019 studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Western Stars is the nineteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 14, 2019, by Columbia Records. It was
Western_Stars
Region of southeastern Europe
81% of total value created, and 72% of total employment in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkans are mostly bank-based economies, with bank credit serving
Balkans
Species of conifer
The western larch (Larix occidentalis) is a species of larch native to the mountains of western North America (Pacific Northwest, Inland Northwest); in
Western_larch
Species of bird
The western gull (Larus occidentalis) is a large white-headed gull that lives on the west coast of North America and the Pacific Ocean. The western gull
Western_gull
Species of bird
The western tragopan or western horned tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) is a medium-sized brightly plumed landfowl found along the range of Western Himalayas
Western_tragopan
schism, the Church of the East and Oriental Orthodoxy resulted. While the Western Roman Empire ended in 476, its successor states and its eastern compatriot—the
History_of_Christianity
Imperial dynasty in China (202 BC – 220 AD)
the usurping regent Wang Mang. It is thus separated into two periods—the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD) and the Eastern Han (25–220 AD). The Han dynasty is
Han_dynasty
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Power may represent: Western Power (networks corporation), a crown corporation of Western Australia, founded in 2006 from part of Western Power
Western_Power
Topics referred to by the same term
Western Pacific may refer to: Western Pacific Airlines (1994–1998) The western Pacific Ocean Western Pacific Railroad (1903–1983) Western Pacific Railroad
Western_Pacific
Region of Ghana and self-proclaimed state
Western Togoland (French: Togoland de l'Ouest) is a self-proclaimed state that is considered by the international community to be part of Ghana. It claims
Western_Togoland
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Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
German
German : occupational name or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant’, ‘apprentice’, or ‘miner’.German : in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.German and western Slavic : variant of Knabe.
Surname or Lastname
English, Swedish (Philipsson), and Jewish (western Ashkenazic)
English, Swedish (Philipsson), and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the personal name Philip.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly central and northern England)
English (chiefly central and northern England) : variant of Holme.Scottish : probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel’s son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).
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 and Irish
English and Irish : from the Breton personal name Iodoc, a diminutive of iudh ‘lord’, introduced by the Normans in the form Josse. Iodoc was the name of a Breton prince and saint, the brother of Iudicael (see Jewell), whose fame helped to spread the name through France and western Europe and, after the Norman Conquest, England as well. The name was occasionally borne also by women in the Middle Ages, but was predominantly a male name, by contrast with the present usage.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : patronymic from Mark 1.English : variant of Mark 2.German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : reduced form of Markus, German spelling of Marcus (see Mark 1).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Hopkin. The surname is widespread throughout southern and central England, but is at its most common in South Wales.Irish (County Longford and western Ireland) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac OibicÃn, itself a Gaelicized form of an Anglo-Norman name. In other parts of the country this name is generally of English origin.Stephen Hopkins (c.1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or from a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be the protector of a house.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.English (chiefly western counties) : occupational name for a tender of animals, from an agent derivative of Middle English hold(en) ‘to guard or keep’ (Old English h(e)aldan). It is possible that this word was also used in the wider sense of a holder of land within the feudal system. Compare Helder.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term.Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Müller (see Mueller).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Ling 1.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in western Norway named with lyng ‘heather’, either on its own, or with the addition of vin ‘meadow’.Dutch (de Linge) and North German : habitational name from a place named with Old Low German linge ‘strip of land or water’, or possibly with the river name Linge (this river flows through the Betuwe). See also Lingen.Possibly French, from a metonymic occupational name from linge ‘linen goods’, but there is no evidence of surname in North America.
Surname or Lastname
English (western England and south Wales)
English (western England and south Wales) : probably a variant (reflecting a local pronunciation) of the English topographic name Broadhouse, from Old English brÄd ‘broad’, ‘extensive’ + hÅ«s ‘house’.English (western England and south Wales) : alternatively, perhaps, a habitational name from Broadwas in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English brÄd + an unattested element wæsse ‘alluvial land’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, French, South Indian, etc.
English, Welsh, French, South Indian, etc. : from the personal name George, Greek GeÅrgios, from an adjectival form, geÅrgios ‘rustic’, of geÅrgos ‘farmer’. This became established as a personal name in classical times through its association with the fashion for pastoral poetry. Its popularity in western Europe increased at the time of the Crusades, which brought greater contact with the Orthodox Church, in which several saints and martyrs of this name are venerated, in particular a saint believed to have been martyred at Nicomedia in ad 303, who, however, is at best a shadowy figure historically. Nevertheless, by the end of the Middle Ages St. George had become associated with an unhistorical legend of dragon-slaying exploits, which caught the popular imagination throughout Europe, and he came to be considered the patron saint of England among other places.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of the personal names Giles, Julian, or William. In theory the name would have a soft initial when derived from the first two of these, and a hard one when from William or from the other possibilities discussed in 2–4 below. However, there has been much confusion over the centuries.Northern English : topographic name for someone who lived by a ravine or deep glen, Middle English gil(l), Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.Scottish and Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille (Scottish), Mac Giolla (Irish), patronymics from an occupational name for a servant or a short form of the various personal names formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint. See McGill. The Old Norse personal name Gilli is probably of this origin, and may lie behind some examples of the name in northern England.Scottish and Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghoill (see Gall 1).Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in western Norway named Gil, from Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.Dutch : cognate of Giles.Jewish (Israeli) : ornamental name from Hebrew gil ‘joy’.German : from a vernacular short form of the medieval personal name Aegidius (see Gilger).Indian (Panjab) : Sikh name, probably from Panjabi gil ‘moisture’, also meaning ‘prosperity’. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill.
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic)
English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the personal name Philip. In North America this name has also absorbed cognate names from other European languages, for example Italian Filippi, Polish Filipowicz.
Surname or Lastname
English (central western England)
English (central western England) : from the Middle English personal name Huwelet, Huwelot, Hughelot, a double diminutive of Hugh formed with the diminutive suffixes -el + -et and -ot. The surname is also established in Ireland.
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.
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English
English : variant of Lanier 1.Dutch : variant of Leonard.Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : name taken by someone who was good at chanting the Pentateuch at public worship in the synagogue or who regularly did so, from West Yiddish layner ‘reader’ (a derivative of West Yiddish laynen ‘to read’, which comes ultimately from Latin legere ‘to read’).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a flax grower or merchant, from German Lein ‘flax’ + agent suffix -er.
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Dutch and German
Dutch and German : nickname for a thin man, Middle Dutch, Middle High German mager. This name also occurs frequently in western Slavic countries, especially Bohemia and Poland.English : variant of Major.Czech : ethnic name for a Hungarian (see Magyar).
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French (western)
French (western) : from a pet form of Martin 1.English : habitational name from Martineau in France. The name was also taken to England by Huguenot refugees in the 17th century (see below).Harriet Martineau (1802–76), the English writer, was the daughter of a Norwich manufacturer. She was descended from a family of French Huguenots who owned land around Poitou and Touraine in the 15th century. They included a number of surgeons in the 17th century. In the 19th century a branch of the family was firmly established in Birmingham, England; others went to North America.
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Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Entertaining companion
Girl/Female
Hindu
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English and French
English and French : nickname for an impetuous person, from the Old French phrase trop isnel ‘too swift’.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
The Devotee or Consort of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Different from all, Devoted
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Nobleman
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Leader
Girl/Female
English
Rhyming, meaning pure; or Cady, meaning a rhythmic flow of sounds.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Quiver
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Irish, Portuguese, Swedish
Drawn out of the Water; Saved; Child; Taken from Water; Saviour; Drawn out
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n. pl.
A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations.
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A sand snake (Charina plumbea) of Western North America, of the family Erycidae.
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Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
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Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.
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Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.
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Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.
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To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.
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A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth.
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A native or inhabitant of the west.
a.
Lying farthest to the west; westernmost.
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Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.
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The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles the common pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger. Called also tugan, and tuza.
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A liliaceous plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.
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The western region or countries; the west.
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Of or pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century.
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A westerner.
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A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
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A species of elm (Ulmus montana) found in Northern and Western Europe; Scotch elm.
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A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.