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2. List of Scottish Gaelic given names - Wikipedia

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   SG equivalent of En Patrick, Peter [24] (both En names are etymologically unrelated to one another). SG Peadar is used for the name of the saint (Saint Peter). Pàra, Pàdair are SG dialectal forms. [24] Para is a contracted form. [49] Pàdruig Patrick [54] Pàl Paul [52] See also SG Pòl. Pàra Patrick [24] Dialectal form of SG Pàdraig. [24 ...

3. Name - Wikipedia

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   Name. A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human.

4. List of Dacian names - Wikipedia

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   Around 1150 Dacian anthroponyms (personal names) and 900 toponyms (placenames) have been preserved in ancient sources. [1][2] As far as the onomastic (proper names) of Dacians and Thracians is concerned, opinions are divided. According to Crossland (1982), the evidence of names from the Dacian, Mysian and Thracian area seems to indicate ...

5. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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   Latinisation of names. Latinisation (or Latinization) [1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non - Latin name in a modern Latin style. [1] It is commonly found with historical proper names, including personal names and toponyms, and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences.

6. Generation name - Wikipedia

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   Generation name (variously zibei or banci in Chinese; tự bối, ban thứ or tên thế hệ in Vietnamese; hangnyeolja in Korea) is one of the characters in a traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean given name, and is so called because each member of a generation (i.e. siblings and paternal cousins of the same generation) share that character.

7. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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   In electricity generation, a generator[1] is a device that converts motion-based power (potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power (chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit. Sources of mechanical energy include steam turbines, gas turbines, water turbines, internal combustion engines, wind turbines and even ...

8. Azerbaijani name - Wikipedia

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   Azerbaijani name. In the Republic of Azerbaijan, an Azerbaijani name typically consists of an ad (name), ata adı (patronymic), and soyad (surname), following Russian/Soviet-influenced naming customs. This article focuses on Azeri names as used in Azerbaijan; elsewhere, conventions for Azeri personal names may differ.

9. Eugene (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Eugene (given name) Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the greatest military commanders of the 17th and 18th centuries. Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (eugenēs), "noble", literally "well-born", [1] from εὖ (eu), "well" [2] and γένος (genos), "race, stock, kin". [3] Gene is a common shortened form.