Look up anglicise or anglicize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anglicisation is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes...
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spelling, but anglicised phonetically in being pronounced /ˈpɑːstə/ in American English and /ˈpæstə/ in British English. The anglicisation of non-English...
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The anglicisation of personal names is the change of non-English-language personal names to spellings nearer English sounds, or substitution of equivalent...
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England. Anglicisation can also refer to: Anglicisation (linguistics), the process by which a non-English word is influenced by English Anglicisation of names...
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their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form...
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Renaming of cities in India (redirect from De-anglicisation of Indian toponyms)
Mumbai, Madras is now Chennai and Calcutta is Kolkata, in an attempt to de-anglicise them. In this work, the earlier names are retained since these names were...
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Traditional English pronunciation of Latin (redirect from Anglicised Latin)
The traditional English pronunciation of Latin, and Classical Greek words borrowed through Latin, is the way the Latin language was traditionally pronounced...
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Scottish people (section Anglicisation)
can refer to the colour, or be akin to MacBrayne.[citation needed] Anglicisation is not restricted to language. In his Socialism: critical and constructive...
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immigrant and broadcast cultural influences (chiefly Gaelic culture, Anglicisation, Americanisation and aspects of broader European culture). In broad...
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Origin Word/name Arabic Meaning "knowledgeable", "wise" Other names Alternative spelling Aqil, Akil, Akeel, 'Aaqil, Aqiil, Aaqil Anglicisation(s) Aqeel...
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Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland) and subsequently anglicised. Terra Australis still saw occasional usage, such as in scientific texts...
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Cornish people (section Anglicisation and rebellion)
and their Brythonic Cornish language experienced a slow process of anglicisation and attrition during the medieval and early modern periods. By the 18th...
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Romanization of Bulgarian is the practice of transliteration of text in Bulgarian from its conventional Cyrillic orthography into the Latin alphabet. Romanization...
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language masculine given name. It can be spelled Oḋrán and is usually anglicised as Odhran (without fada), Oran or Orin. Odharnait is the feminine equivalent...
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Scorched earth (section Anglicisation of the Irish)
A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation...
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(/ˌɛrɪn ɡə ˈbrɑː/ ERR-in gə BRAH), sometimes Erin go Braugh, is the anglicisation of an Irish language phrase, Éirinn go Brách, and is used to express...
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separate national identity in the Georgian to Victorian era, being ever more Anglicised as just "North Britain" amid empire-wide modernisation. In an 1849 letter...
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Texts Society "Anglicisation of Irish Surnames - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2019-07-30. "The Anglicisation of some Gaelic...
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High King of Ireland. The name can be Latinised as Grania; and can be Anglicised as Granya. The name Gráinne is also sometimes represented in English as...
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popularity of names. For example, in 2004, the names "Keira" and "Kiera" (anglicisation of Irish name Ciara) respectively became the 51st and 92nd most popular...
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to the British East India Company returning to Britain. Curry is an anglicised form of the Tamil kaṟi (கறி) meaning 'sauce' or 'relish for rice' that...
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the Commonwealth of Nations. The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced [siŋapura])...
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some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an...
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formally ending the Ottoman Empire. The word Ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of Osman I, the founder of the Empire and of the ruling...
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mayonnaise or cream. The term "coleslaw" arose in the 18th century as an anglicisation of the Dutch term koolsla ("kool" in Dutch sounds like "cole") meaning...
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Language(s) Middle High German Meaning lache ("pond") + -mann "man living near a pond" Other names Alternative spelling Lachman Anglicisation(s) Lackman...
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male Language(s) Arabic Origin Meaning more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest Other names Anglicisation(s) Asaad, Assaad, Assad, Assadi...
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from Latin, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. This name was later anglicised to New Zealand. This was written as Nu Tireni in the Māori language (spelled...
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Italian, English Origin Region of origin Italy, Spain, Greece Other names Anglicisation(s) Belle Derivative(s) Isabella, Isabelle, Bella, Belle, Annabella,...
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Rushdi Gender Male Origin Language(s) Arabic Meaning Mature, or wise Other names Variant form(s) Rüştü Anglicisation(s) Rushdie, Rushdy...
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