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    Look up anglicise or anglicize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anglicisation or Anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Origin Word/name Arabic Meaning "knowledgeable", "wise" Other names Alternative spelling Aqil, Akil, Akeel, 'Aaqil, Aqiil, Aaqil Anglicisation(s) Aqeel...
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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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    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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    Ulster. According to the Durnings, the surname Akin can also be an Anglicisation of the Irish name Ó hÓgáin (O'Eakin). The O'Eakins are stated to descend...
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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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  • MacTaggart is a surname of Scottish or Ultonian origin. It is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Sagairt, meaning "son of the priest" Also...
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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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  • including a list of people with the name Seon, Anglicisation of Gaelic forename Seán or Seathan (other Anglicisations include Sean, Shane, Eathain, Iain, and...
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    Bellabeg (an anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Beag, 'the small farmtown') is a small roadside settlement in Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency, unitary state and parliamentary representative democracy and constitutional monarchy. The head of...
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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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    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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