• 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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    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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  • 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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  • In linguistics, anglicisation or anglicization is the practice of modifying foreign words, names, and phrases to make them easier to spell, pronounce or...
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  • of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have...
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  • an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name. List of Irish-language given names Robertson;...
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    Dugite (category Reptiles of Western Australia)
    species of venomous, potentially lethal snake endemic to Western Australia, a member of the family Elapidae. The word dugite is an anglicisation of names for...
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  • Calcutta is Kolkata, in an attempt to de-anglicise them. In this work, the earlier names are retained since these names were used during the period that we...
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    There are various names of God, many of which enumerate the various qualities of a Supreme Being. The English word god (and its equivalent in other languages)...
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  • Hartmann (category Surnames of Jewish origin)
    name Hartman, distinguished by ending with a single "n", is generally the result of the anglicisation of names that occurred with the emigration of persons...
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  • rise to the name googolminex for the reciprocal of a googolplex, which is written as 10-(10100). None of these names are in wide use. The names googol and...
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    A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or...
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  • Neil (redirect from Neil (name))
    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 from...
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  • The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name. There are several...
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    in 2004, the names "Keira" and "Kiera" (anglicisation of Irish name Ciara) respectively became the 51st and 92nd most popular girls' names in the UK, following...
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  • place names instead of anglicised forms or the original names. Examples of Latinised names for countries or regions are: Estonia (Estonian name Eesti...
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  • form of the name. Matthew is also used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Mathúin (meaning 'bear'). The name Matthew became popular during the Middle Ages...
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  • as Ághas). A minority of the Ó Luaithre from County Galway also Anglicised their name as Ashe. The family crest is a silver shield with two black chevronels...
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  • feminine and masculine given name, surname and nickname in several cultures. In Spanish, it is generally a masculine term of endearment and an affectionate...
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    Herm (redirect from List of tenants of Herm)
    name itself, have unclear origins, although there is an unofficial Anglicisation of names; for example, La Pointe du gentilhomme was changed to Alderney Point...
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  • This is a list of long place names. Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan...
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  • Indonesian personal names are not divided into first and family names. A single name is recognized as a full personal name, and the addition of further components–such...
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  • anglicisation of Beddis/Beddus into Bedhouse. The forms Beddoe, Beddow, Beddoes, and Beddowes are particularly common within the Shropshire region of...
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  • is an anglicised spelling of the Welsh name Rhys. It is now a unisex given name which means "ardent" or "fiery". In the United States, the name has become...
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  • Sean and Shaun, the name was among the top 1,000 names for American boys by 1950 and, with all spellings combined, was a top 10 name for American boys in...
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  • is a given name of Welsh origin. The name was associated with Monmouthshire and derives from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt. The name may be related...
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  • National Origins Formula (category History of immigration to the United States)
    to account for Anglicisation of names, assuming any surname that could be English was actually English CPG failed to consider first names even when obviously...
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    names are used to identify and differentiate traditional drinking establishments. Many pubs are centuries old, and were named at a time when most of their...
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  • I. J. Good (category Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge)
    family in London. He later anglicised his name to Irving John Good and signed his publications "I. J. Good." An originator of the concept known as the intelligence...
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  • The vast majority of placenames in Ireland are anglicisations of Irish language names; that is, adaptations of the Irish names to English phonology and...
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