A sobriquet (/ˈsoʊbrɪˌkeɪ, ˌsoʊbrɪˈkeɪ/ SOH-brih-kay, -⁠KAY) is a descriptive nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another. A sobriquet is distinct...

pronunciation: [ɐˈfõsu]; 15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (Portuguese: o Africano), was king of Portugal from 1438 until...

A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express...

Serbian Uprisings whose sobriquet meant "the painter". Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), a poet and translator whose sobriquet meant "the dragon". Milan...

of their name, as what might be described as a glorified nickname or sobriquet, and for this reason some linguists have argued that they should be considered...

vegetation, a product of its mild climate and frequent rainfall, earns it the sobriquet the Emerald Isle. Overall, Ireland has a mild but changeable oceanic climate...

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the king of comedy, but since Alan King already had that last name and sobriquet, he would be the prince of comedy instead. During 1973, Prinze made his...

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The graveyard of empires is a sobriquet often associated with Afghanistan. It originates from the several historical examples of foreign powers having...

Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic Surname Patrial Unisex Virtue By life situation Aptronym...

Eponymic Matronymic Metonymic Mononymic Occupational Patronymic Surname Sobriquet Teknonymic Toponymic Surname Patrial Unisex Virtue By life situation Aptronym...

(Tamil: பூவிலங்கு மோகன்) is an Indian film and television actor. He got the sobriquet "Poovilangu" because of his performance in the Tamil film Poovilangu....

primarily known as the name of a vampire, was for centuries known as the sobriquet of Vlad III. Diplomatic reports and popular stories referred to him as...

mullā-yi Rūm or ملای رومی mullā-yi Rūmī). Rumi is widely known by the sobriquet Mawlānā/Molānā (Persian: مولانا Persian pronunciation: [moulɒːnɒ]) in...

Bharathiraja in the Tamil film Nizhalgal (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many roles in movies like Chinna Thambi Periya...

Look up Gypsy, gypsy, cigan, gyp, or Çingene in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gypsy or gipsy is an English name for the Romani people. Gypsy or gipsy...

Algernon is a masculine given name which derives from the Norman-French sobriquet Aux Gernons, meaning "with moustaches". Algernon Ashton (1859–1937), English...

this soon developed into a crop destruction drive. The protest got the sobriquet following the violent methods and crop destruction resorted to by the...

the memory of her religious persecutions had led to the adoption of her sobriquet "Bloody Mary". John Knox attacked Mary in his First Blast of the Trumpet...

six years. It is not to be confused with "the Cognac of Napoleon", a sobriquet for Courvoisier. X.O. (Extra Old) The minimum age of the youngest brandy...

Introduction to Illinois, 50 States, retrieved April 24, 2009. The unofficial sobriquet of the State of Indiana has given rise to the humorous constructions Hoosierana...

The Immortal Zugzwang Game is a chess game between Friedrich Sämisch and Aron Nimzowitsch, played in Copenhagen in March 1923. It gained its name because...

Abu Ali al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو علي المنصور, romanized: Abū ʿAlī al-Manṣūr; 13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Hakim...

flying kilometer, recording a speed of 154 km/h (96 mph) and receiving the sobriquet the "Fastest Girl on Earth". She drove a six-cylinder Napier motorcar...

culture & society". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020. Sobriquets, at Enajori.com website. Pen Name/Original Name at Enajori.com website...

Austria). Due to his passive but well-intentioned character, he gained the sobriquet The Benign (German: Der Gütige) or The Benevolent (Czech: Ferdinand Dobrotivý...

Mary's all-white mourning garb earned her the sobriquet La Reine Blanche ("the White Queen"). Portrait by François Clouet, 1560....

The sobriquet grandmother of Europe has been given to various women, primarily female sovereigns who are the ascendant of many members of European nobility...

into royal and noble families across the continent, earning Victoria the sobriquet "grandmother of Europe". After Albert's death in 1861, Victoria plunged...