Questions tagged [names]
Questions related to the history of terms used for identification, for people, places, things, concepts, times or ages, events, professions, systems, sciences, or any other real or imaginary items which have been or can be identified with identifying terminology.
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How did Patrick Stewart Bank get its name?
In the Strait of Hormuz near the coastal Iranian city of Suzā, there is a geographic feature named the "Patrick Stewart Bank" (26°40′N 56°09′E). I would like to know how it got that name. I ...
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What did practitioners call "Hinduism" before the term was coined?
Before the term “Hinduism” was coined, what did practitioners themselves call their religion? Was there a proper name used in historical scriptures or inscriptions to refer to the collective spiritual ...
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What names did Ancient Greeks give to stars?
Many stars today have Arabic names, but they were all known to Ancient Greeks and Romans like Hipparchus and Ptolemy. I am interested in how the Greeks, specifically, called individual stars in the ...
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What is the highest generational suffix ever used in the United States?
I am hoping to learn more about suffix use in the United States. I am the Ninth (IX), my father was the Eighth (VIII), and so on. I was wondering if anyone knew for sure if there was a higher number ...
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Are there examples of restored monarchies with discontinued King namings? [closed]
I have deleted my previous question. It seemed it has many answers in UK history.
so I am asking a new one. Are there restored monarchies with discontinued king namings?
For example, imagine we have a ...
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Why are Ukranian town and city names so (relatively) repetitive?
I've been browsing the map of Eastern and Southern Ukraine over the recent couple of years (looking at where the war is being conducted), and I noticed a very high rate of name repetition: There are ...
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What does 145 mean in "Tsuu T'ina 145"?
"Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 is an Indian reserve of the Tsuut'ina Nation in southern Alberta, Canada."
What does 145 stand for in "Tsuu T'ina 145"? I understand "Tsuu T'ina" ...
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Greek names of cities of Persia
I know that some cities and places in Iran and Afghanistan have historical Greek names. Like Persepolis. Where can I find those names and their meanings?
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Is there any documented evidence that these three North American cities were named due to the locations of their namesakes?
Two years ago, I was studying an online atlas of the world and I happened to notice that there are three cities located in North America which have a geographical similarity with three cities located ...
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Is there an example from Classical antiquity of mixing up cities based on their names?
Is there an example from Classical antiquity of mixing up cities based on their names? Say, an army landed at the wrong town, or a traveler gave wrong directions, based on the names. That last part is ...
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What was Iceland officially & commonly called before 1918 (1874~)?
In 1918, The Kingdom of Iceland was founded. In 1944, it changed to just Iceland.
I have researched about what Iceland was originally called, and apparently, it's first name was given to the person ...
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Why didn't the Catholic Church invent new names for the classical planets? [closed]
The Roman Catholic Church had a strong policy of changing or destroying pagan names or other references from several things. Why they didn't rename the classical planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter ...
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What's the first mention of امّان and سومالی in Persian texts?
I am Iranian. As you know the country has been influenced very much by Islam and Arabic language since the conquer of Sassanid Empire by Muslim Arabs. Even the Persian alphabet wasn't prone to the ...
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Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?
My last name is Stokes. And I've noticed that there is a large amount of African Americans that have the same last name. Years ago I watched a documentary that mentioned that usually slaves would take ...
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Was Wahshi Wahshi ibn Harb's real name?
I was reading the Wikipedia article for Wahshi ibn Harb.
Wahshi ibn Harb ("The Savage, Son of War"), also known as Abu Dusmah was a former slave of Jubayr ibn Mut'im before becoming a ...
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