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    systems. Anglicisation first occurred in the British Isles, when Celts under the sovereignty of the king of England underwent a process of anglicisation. The...
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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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  • 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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    immigrant and broadcast cultural influences (chiefly Gaelic culture, Anglicisation, Americanisation and aspects of broader European culture). In broad...
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  • 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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    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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  • Female Language(s) English Origin Language(s) English, Irish Word/name Anglicisation of Aisling Meaning "dream" or "vision" Region of origin England, Ireland...
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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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    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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  • Odhrán is an Irish language masculine given name. It is usually anglicised as Odhran (without a fada), Oran or Orin. The feminine equivalent of the name...
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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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    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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    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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  • Origin Word/name Arabic Meaning "knowledgeable", "wise" Other names Alternative spelling Aqil, Akil, Akeel, 'Aaqil, Aqiil, Aaqil Anglicisation(s) Aqeel...
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    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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    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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  • Language(s) Middle High German Word/name lache + mann Meaning 'man living near a pond' Other names Alternative spelling Lachman Anglicisation(s) Lackman...
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    produced one of Wales's greatest poets, Dafydd ap Gwilym. After the Anglicisation of the gentry the tradition declined. Despite the extinction of the...
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  • Þórmóðr and Þormundr. A variant of the Norwegian name is Thormod. An Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name is Norman. The Irish surname Tormey or...
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  • gender Feminine Shawna Origin Language(s) English, Irish Word/name Anglicisation of Seán Region of origin Ireland Other names Variant form(s) Shawne...
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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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  • Neil is a masculine name of Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish Niall which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived...
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  • feminine name Patricia. Pádraig is also sometimes anglicised as Paddy or Podge; the former anglicisation is often used, sometimes pejoratively, as a term...
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  • also spelled Tirnan, Tierney) is an Irish surname. Tiernan is also an anglicisation of Tiarnán, a given name derived from the Irish word tiarna "lord" +...
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  • names Variant form(s) Reginold Short form(s) Reg Pet form(s) Reggie Anglicisation(s) Reginald Related names Regina See also Ragnall, Reinhold, Ronald...
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  • Look up Reese in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reese is an anglicised spelling of the Welsh name Rhys. It is now a unisex given name which means "ardent"...
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