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Calendar year
Year 178 (CLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio
178
Topics referred to by the same term
178 is a year. 178 may also refer to: 178 (number) UFC 178 Heinkel He 178 Panhard 178 178 Belisana List of highways numbered 178 Radical 178 Flight 178
178_(disambiguation)
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2014
UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso was a mixed martial arts event held on September 27, 2014, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event
UFC_178
Military transport aircraft by Antonov
The Antonov An-178 (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-178) is a short-range medium-airlift military transport aircraft designed and produced by the Ukrainian Antonov
Antonov_An-178
Armoured car
The Panhard 178 (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935, 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan"
Panhard_178
Experimental jet aircraft
The Heinkel He 178 was an experimental aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was the world's first aircraft to
Heinkel_He_178
Natural number
178 (one hundred [and] seventy-eight) is the natural number following 177 and preceding 179. There are 178 biconnected graphs with six vertices, among
178_(number)
U.S. Highway in North and South Carolina
U.S. Highway 178 (US 178) is a spur of U.S. Highway 78. It currently runs for 240.49 miles (387.03 km) from Dorchester, South Carolina, at U.S. Highway
U.S._Route_178
1893 symphony by Antonín Dvořák
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"), also known as the New World Symphony
Symphony_No._9_(Dvořák)
State highway in Virginia, United States
State Route 178 (SR 178) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 11.51 miles (18.52 km) from U.S. Route 13 Business
Virginia_State_Route_178
Highway in Mississippi
Mississippi Highway 178 (MS 178), or simply "Old 78", is a 119.1-mile-long (191.7 km) east-west state highway across the northern portion of the state
Mississippi_Highway_178
Topics referred to by the same term
Flight 178 may refer to: Air France Flight 178, crashed on 1 September 1953 Ural Airlines Flight 178, emergency landed in a field on 15 August 2019 This
Flight_178
Family of Russian military transport helicopters
Mi-17V-5 Export version of the Mi-8MTV-5. This variant is designated CH-178 by the Canadian Forces. Mi-17V-7 Mi-17V-5 equipped with VK-2500 engine and
Mil_Mi-17
Highway in California
State Route 178 (SR 178) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that exists in separate constructed segments. The western segment runs from
California_State_Route_178
1957 United States Supreme Court case
to this article: Watkins v. United States (354 U.S. 178) Watkins v. United States, 354 U.S. 178 (1957), is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United
Watkins_v._United_States
State highway in Wisconsin, United States
State Trunk Highway 178 (often called Highway 178, STH-178 or WIS 178) is a 23.3-mile (37.5 km) state highway in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States
Wisconsin_Highway_178
Topics referred to by the same term
NA-178 may refer to: NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III), a former constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan NA-178 (Rahim Yar Khan-IV), a constituency of
NA-178
Line of longitude
178° Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates)
178th_meridian_east
Senatorial election in France in September 2026
The 2026 French Senate election is scheduled for September 27, 2026. 178 members of the French Senate will be elected in indirect elections. The 2023
2026_French_Senate_election
Wickes-class destroyer
USS Hogan (DD-178/DMS-6) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. Daniel Hogan entered the Navy on board the schooner
USS_Hogan
Day of the year
the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 178 days remain until the end of the year. 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters
July_6
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III) (Urdu: این اے-۱۷۸، مُظفّرگڑھ-۳) was a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. The constituency consisted of following
NA-178_(Muzaffargarh-III)
National legislature of the Republic of Fiji
18°08′45″S 178°25′28″E / 18.145858°S 178.424413°E / -18.145858; 178.424413 The Parliament of the Republic of Fiji is the unicameral legislature of
Parliament_of_Fiji
Södermanland Runic Inscription 178 or Sö 178 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone which is located at Gripsholm Castle, Södermanland
Södermanland Runic Inscription 178
Södermanland_Runic_Inscription_178
Submarine used by the Soviet Navy
С-178 (S-178) was a Project 613B (NATO: Whiskey-class) diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy. On October 21, 1981, in the Sea of Japan, the submarine under
Soviet_submarine_S-178
Council in Navarre, Spain
of Cizur, in Navarre province, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 178. Zariquiegui is located 11km southwest of Pamplona. Mapa de Zariquiegui,
Zariquiegui
State highway in Jefferson County, New York, US
New York State Route 178 (NY 178) is an east–west state highway in Jefferson County, New York, in the United States. It extends for 10.23 miles (16.46 km)
New_York_State_Route_178
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Jiangsu, China
famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号; 東北街178號), Gusu District. At 78 mu (亩; 畝) (5.2 ha; 13 acres), it
Humble_Administrator's_Garden
Type of aircraft
The Blohm & Voss P 178 was a German jet-powered dive bomber/fighter-bomber of unusual asymmetric form, proposed during World War II. This asymmetrically-designed
Blohm_&_Voss_P_178
Quasar in the constellation Gemini
PKS 0735+178 is a classical BL Lac object in the northern constellation of Gemini. This is one of the brightest objects of its type in the night sky.
PKS_0735+178
Town in Victoria, Australia
Loddon, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Calivil had a population of 178. Calivil was established as a farming settlement in Loddon district during
Calivil
Former constituency of the Punjabi Provincial Legislature, Pakistan
PP-178 Kasur-IV (پی پی-178، قصور-4) is a Constituency of Provincial Assembly of Punjab. It was abolished after 2018 delimitations. Kasur District lost
PP-178_Kasur-IV
178/2002 is an EU regulation that ensures high standards of food in the regulation of the internal market. The full title is "Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
Food_Safety_Regulation_2002
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
NA-178 Muzaffargarh-IV (این اے-178، مُظفّرگڑھ-4) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. General elections were held on 10 October 2002
NA-178_Muzaffargarh-IV
State highway in Arkansas, United States
Highway 178 (AR 178, Ark. 178, and Hwy. 178) is a designation for two east–west state highways in the Ozark Mountains. One segment begins near Flippin
Arkansas_Highway_178
Route 178 Alabama State Route 178 Arkansas Highway 178 California State Route 178 Connecticut Route 178 Georgia State Route 178 Illinois Route 178 K-178 (Kansas
List_of_highways_numbered_178
US Air Force aerial target drone
The Kratos MQM-178 Firejet is a subsonic aerial target drone for use in training against surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles. It was developed by Kratos
Kratos_MQM-178_Firejet
Volcanic geological feature
35°30′S 178°54′E / 35.5°S 178.9°E / -35.5; 178.9 (Rumble I) Rumble II West Seamount −1,200 metres (−3,937 ft) 35°21′11″S 178°31′37″E / 35.353°S 178.527°E
South Kermadec Ridge Seamounts
South_Kermadec_Ridge_Seamounts
Atago-class guided missile destroyer
JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara
JS_Ashigara
Submarine of the United States
USS Permit (SS-178), a Porpoise-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the permit. She was laid down as Pinna.
USS_Permit_(SS-178)
1869 Icelandic law criminalizing homosexuality
Section 178 of the Penal Code of Iceland was an article of the 1869 Penal Code of Iceland that criminalized "unnatural sexual relations" and was functionally
Section 178 of the Penal Code of Iceland
Section_178_of_the_Penal_Code_of_Iceland
Towed howitzer
[첨단국가의 초석, 방위산업] 자주국방의 포문을 열다 - KH-178 개발사, retrieved 2021-12-18 "Hyundai Wia". Hyundai Wia. "유용원의 군사세계 국산 105mm 견인야포 KH-178". 유용원의 군사세계 (in Korean). Retrieved
KH178
Natural number
hundred [and] seventy-seven) is the natural number following 176 and preceding 178. One hundred and seventy-seven is the eighth Leyland number, where 177 =
177_(number)
State highway in Kentucky, United States
Kentucky Route 178 (KY 178) is a 12.200-mile-long (19.634 km) state highway in Kentucky that travels from KY 106 and KY 507 northeast of Elkton to U.S
Kentucky_Route_178
District of Bartın Province, Turkey
district of Bartın Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Amasra. Its area is 178 km2, and its population is 14,086 (2021). There is one municipality in Amasra
Amasra_District
Highway in Mexico
Federal Highway 178 (Carretera Federal 178) is a Federal Highway of Mexico. The highway travels from Dzilam de Bravo, Yucatán in the east to Cansahcab
Mexican_Federal_Highway_178
Star in the constellation Sculptor
TOI-178 is a planetary system in the constellation Sculptor around which six planets have been observed, at least five of which orbit in a chain of Laplace
TOI-178
Philippine Navy corvette
BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) is an Alvarez-class patrol ship of the Philippine Navy. She is the Philippine Navy's third ship of the class and was previously
BRP_Ladislao_Diwa
Line of longitude
178° Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates)
178th_meridian_west
International aeronautics software standard
Approval Guidelines and FAA on the Order 8110.49: SW Approval Guidelines. DO-178 requires documented bidirectional connections (called traces) between the
DO-178C
Likely binary star in the constellation Andromeda
HR 178 is a probable binary star in the constellation Andromeda. Located approximately 124 parsecs (400 ly) distant, it is an evolved Am star with a combined
HR_178
Village in Vaitupu, Tuvalu
Asau 7°30′S 178°40′E / 7.500°S 178.667°E / -7.500; 178.667 Asau is a village in Tuvalu. It is the second largest village in Tuvalu and has a population
Asau,_Tuvalu
Office in Toledo, Ohio /
The Ohio Building is a 178 ft (54 m) tall high-rise building located at 420 Madison Avenue in Downtown Toledo. The twelve story structure was constructed
Ohio_Building_(Toledo,_Ohio)
Constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
constituency Created 2018 Party Pakistan People's Party Member Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Babar Created from NA-176 (Muzaffargarh-I) NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III)
NA-176_Muzaffargarh-II
Chinese character radical
Radical 178 or radical tanned leather (韋部) meaning "tanned leather" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes. In
Radical_178
Tugboat of the United States Navy
Tunica (ATA-178) was a Sotoyomo-class auxiliary fleet tug acquired by the United States Navy for service during and after World War II. ATA-178 was laid
USS_Tunica
Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu from 178 to 179
Huzheng succeeded his father Tute Ruoshi Zhujiu as chanyu of the Xiongnu in 178 AD. He was killed by the Han emissary Zhang Xiu in 179 AD. The title of chanyu
Huzheng
Star in the constellation Lupus
WASP-178, also known as KELT-26 and HD 134004, is a star located about 1,350 light-years (410 parsecs) away in the southern constellation of Lupus. It
WASP-178
State highway in Tennessee, United States
State Route 178 (SR 178) is an 11.5-mile-long (18.5 km) north–south state highway in Tipton County, Tennessee. It connects the towns of Munford and Gilt
Tennessee_State_Route_178
Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus
178 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cetus. The compiler of the New General Catalogue, John Louis Emil Dreyer noted that NGC 178
NGC_178
Québec (PLQ) government of premier Robert Bourassa amended Bill 101 with Bill 178. This latter Act maintained French as the only language on outdoor "public
Bill_178
Russian tennis player (born 2003)
ranking of 153, achieved on 23 February 2026, and best doubles ranking of 178, reached on 16 February 2026. Iatcenko was born on 10 December 2003 in Murmansk
Polina_Iatcenko
Main-belt asteroid
178 Belisana is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 38 kilometers (24 miles) in diameter. It was discovered
178_Belisana
Township in Pennsylvania, United States
township in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 178 at the 2020 census, down from 195 in 2010. Lumber Township is located near
Lumber_Township,_Pennsylvania
Sporting event delegation
Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.
Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Argentina_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics
1953 aviation accident
Lockheed L-749 Constellation, registered in France as F-BAZZ, flying Flight 178, a scheduled flight from Paris to Nice, crashed into the Pelat Massif in
Air_France_Flight_178
Roman emperor in 238
Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (c. 178 – July/August 238 AD) was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three months in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors
Balbinus
Roman empress from 178 to 191
Bruttia Crispina (164 – 191 AD) was Roman empress from 178 to 191 as the consort of Roman emperor Commodus. Her marriage to Commodus did not produce an
Bruttia_Crispina
German World War II submarine
German submarine U-178 was a Type IXD2 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. Ordered on 28 May 1940, the U-boat
German_submarine_U-178
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2020
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley (also known as UFC Fight Night 178, UFC on ESPN+ 36 and UFC Vegas 11) was a mixed martial arts event produced by
UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
UFC_Fight_Night:_Covington_vs._Woodley
of episodes from the 1970s/1980s TV series Laverne & Shirley. A total of 178 half-hour episodes were produced, spanning 8 seasons. List of Happy Days
List of Laverne & Shirley episodes
List_of_Laverne_&_Shirley_episodes
Nearby quasar with a large ionized nebula
MR 2251−178 is a relatively nearby radio-quiet quasar located at a distance of z=0.064 in the constellation Aquarius. It has the record of having the
MR_2251−178
New Testament manuscript
Minuscule 178 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 210 (Soden), is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it
Minuscule_178
Military unit
No. 178 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron that was a bomber unit based in Egypt, Libya and Italy in World War II. The Squadron was equipped
No._178_Squadron_RAF
American navigation satellite used for GPS
USA-178, also known as GPS IIR-12 and GPS SVN-60, is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the twelfth
USA-178
Place in Punjab, India
state in India. It is located at 30°47'0N 74°14'15E with an altitude of 178 metres (587 feet). Location of Sherewala - Falling Rain Genomics 30°47′0″N
Sherewala
Name of men in the early Roman Empire
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus was ordinary consul in AD 178 with Decimus Velius Rufus as his colleague. The Senatus consulta Orfitianum
Servius Cornelius Scipio Salvidienus Orfitus
Servius_Cornelius_Scipio_Salvidienus_Orfitus
State highway in Utah, United States
State Route 178 (SR-178) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning just 1.2 miles (1.9 km) in Payson, it connects Interstate 15 to SR-198
Utah_State_Route_178
New Testament manuscript
Lectionary 178, designated by siglum ℓ 178 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering) is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically
Lectionary_178
Highway in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Highway 178 (PR-178) is the main access to downtown Arroyo, Puerto Rico. This road extends from PR-3 in Guásimas to returning again to PR-3
Puerto_Rico_Highway_178
State highway in Penobscot County, Maine, US
State Route 178 (SR 178) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, located along the east side of the Penobscot River northeast of Bangor
Maine_State_Route_178
Elm cultivar
for trials as NPS 3-178. Santamour pointed out that as the historic Washington Elm had been propagated as 'Washington', NPS 3-178, if ever registered
Ulmus_americana_'Washington'
Astronomical catalogue of celestial radio sources
celestial radio sources detected originally at 159 MHz, and subsequently at 178 MHz. The catalogue was published in 1959 by members of the Radio Astronomy
Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources
Third_Cambridge_Catalogue_of_Radio_Sources
Inhabited atoll in Lakshadweep, India
the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. It has a distance of 287 km (178 mi) west of the city of Kochi.[citation needed] Kalpeni is 218 kilometres
Kalpeni
Former state highway in Arkansas, United States
State Road 178 (AR 178, Ark. 178, and Hwy. 178) is a former state highway in Baxter County, Arkansas. It was maintained by the Arkansas Highway Department
Arkansas_Highway_178_(1940s)
Segment of U.S. Highway in northern Mississippi
towns that are accessible through interchanges with or connecting to MS 178. Upon exiting the forest into Union County, I-22/US 78 approaches the county
U.S._Route_78_in_Mississippi
Federal highway legislation
(TEA-21) is a federal transportation bill enacted June 9, 1998, as Pub. L. 105–178 (text) (PDF) and 112 Stat. 107. TEA-21 authorized federal surface transportation
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
Transportation_Equity_Act_for_the_21st_Century
State highway in Michigan, United States
routing later became Bus. M-28. In the late 1930s, a highway numbered M-178 was designated between M-28 south of Munising to M-94 in town. In 1941, the
M-28_(Michigan_highway)
Closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station
Lewistown Air Force Station (ADC ID: TM-178 NORAD ID: Z-178) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 7.0
Lewistown_Air_Force_Station
EU law case
Commission v Germany (1987) Case 178/84 is an EU law case, concerning the free movement of goods in the European Union. The Biersteuergesetz (Beer Tax
Commission v Germany (C-178/84)
Commission_v_Germany_(C-178/84)
Commercial complex in New Delhi, India
28°38′31″N 77°10′41″E / 28.642°N 77.178°E / 28.642; 77.178 Rajendra Place is a multi stored, multi-building commercial complex, located at the main
Rajendra_Place
1997 film by Roger Donaldson
Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $178 million worldwide. In 1993, USGS volcanologist Harry Dalton and his partner-turned-fiancée
Dante's_Peak
Russian territory that extends through an Estonian road
hectares (1.15 km2; 280 acres; 0.44 sq mi) that extends through the road number 178 between the Estonian villages of Lutepää and Sesniki (themselves between
Saatse_Boot
Calendar year
Year 178 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Brutus and Vulso (or, less frequently
178_BC
Convoy damaged in 1940, causing subsequent convoys to be routed from Scotland
Convoy OA 178 (Outbound Atlantic) was an Atlantic convoy of 14 ocean-going ships and local coasters, comprising 53 ships. The convoy sailed from Southend-on-Sea
Convoy_OA_178
Town in Georgia, United States
town in Montgomery County, Georgia, United States, with a population of 178 at the 2020 census. The community was named after Alex Alston, a pioneer
Alston,_Georgia
EUROCAE ED-12( ) and RTCA DO-178( ) (previously Airborne Software Assurance), recognizes the RTCA published standard DO-178 as defining a suitable means
AC_20-115
wrecked off the north-west of Ireland on 19 October 1870 with the loss of 178 lives. The iron-hulled ship was built at the Robert Duncan & Co. shipyard
SS_Cambria_(1869)
There were 178 official neighborhoods in 1993 in Chicago, although the current list contains more than 240 due to the ever changing complexities of the
List of neighborhoods in Chicago
List_of_neighborhoods_in_Chicago
Island in Antipodes Islands group
Bollons Island (49°38′42″S 178°49′09″E / 49.645°S 178.819167°E / -49.645; 178.819167) is a small island in New Zealand's subantarctic Antipodes Islands
Bollons_Island
178
178
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : habitational name from Crittenden in Kent, which is named with the Old English personal name Gū{dh}here + Old English -ing- denoting association with + Old English denn ‘woodland pasture’.The statesman John Jordan Crittenden, who was born near Versailles, KY, in 1787, was of Welsh descent on his father’s side. His immigrant ancestor arrived in VA before 1650. His father, a major in the American Revolution, moved from VA to KY and settled in Woodford Co.
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : unexplained.James Fackrell (1787–1867) came to NY and VT from North Petherton, Somerset, England, in or before 1812, and subsequently moved to MI and thence to East Bountiful, UT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Will.George Willis is recorded in Boston, MA, in the 1630s. Nathianel Willis, born in Boston in 1780, and his son Nathaniel Parker Willis, born in Portland, ME, in 1806, were both prominent journalists.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of the places called Washington, in Tyne and Wear and West Sussex. The latter is from Old English WassingatÅ«n ‘settlement (Old English tÅ«n) of the people of Wassa’, a personal name that is probably a short form of some compound name such as WÄðsige, composed of the elements wÄð ‘hunt’ + sige ‘victory’. Washington in Tyne and Wear is from Old English WassingtÅ«n ‘settlement associated with Wassa’.George Washington (1732–99), 1st president of the U.S. (1789–97), was born at Bridges Creek, VA. His great-grandfather had settled in the colony after emigrating from England in 1658. With the passage of time, the surname has come to be borne by more African Americans than English Americans. A prominent example was the educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), born a slave in VA, who adopted his surname from his stepfather, Washington Ferguson.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the many places called Newbury, named with the Old English elements nēowe ‘new’ + burh ‘fortress’, ‘fortified town’ (see Berry 1 and Bury).Thomas Newberry emigrated from Devon, England, to Dorchester, MA, in 1634. Among his descendants were a number of very successful manufacturers and entrepreneurs, including the brothers Oliver (1789–1860) and Walter (1804–68) Newberry, whose prosperity was linked with the growth and development of Chicago.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : patronymic from Philip.The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, about 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George’s sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain origin.Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (b. 1758) and Samuel Worcester (b. 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone with beautiful long hair, from Middle English fair feax ‘beautiful tresses’. This was a common descriptive phrase in Middle English; the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight refers to ‘fair fanning fax’ encircling the shoulders of the doughty warrior.Thomas Fairfax (1693–1781), an army officer from Leeds Castle, Kent, England, first came to VA in 1735 and settled on maternal estates there as a proprietor in 1747.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Waite.Thomas Wait came to MA from England in 1634. Samuel Wait (1789–1867), a Baptist clergyman, was born in White Creek, NY, organized Baptists in NC and helped found what became Wake Forest College (1838).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Perhaps a variant of Channon.The earliest American Channing was John, who came from Dorset, England, in 1711 with his wife. Their son John became a prosperous merchant of Newport, RI, and their grandson William Ellery was born there in 1780. William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) was a Unitarian clergyman who founded the Massachusetts Peace Society, a precursor of the modern anti-war movement.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places called Burnham. Those in Buckinghamshire (Burnham Beeches), Norfolk (various villages), and Essex (Burnham-on-Crouch) are named with Old English burna ‘stream’ + hÄm ‘homestead’. In the case of Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, however, the second element is Old English hamm ‘water meadow’, while Burnham in Lincolnshire is named from brunnum, dative plural of Old Norse brunnr ‘spring’, originally used after a preposition, i.e. ‘(at) the springs’.In 1635 Robert Burnham and his two brothers came from England to Ipswich, MA, after their ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine. In the mid 18th century John Burnham and his son, also called John, were among the early settlers in what became the state of VT. In 1785, the younger John Burnham established himself at Middletown, CT.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English provost ‘provost’, an occupational name for the head of a religious chapter or educational establishment, or, since such officials were usually clergy and celibate, a nickname for a self-important person.French : northern and western form of Prevost.A Provost from Paris is documented in Quebec City in 1665. An Etienne Provost, a hunter and guide born in Canada c. 1782, is believed to be the first white man to visit the Great Salt Lake.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at a house on a hill, Middle English hill + hus.Scottish and northern Irish : habitational name from any of several minor places so called in Ayrshire.Rev. James Hillhouse, the first minister of Montville, CT, came to America from Co. Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720. His grandson James Hillhouse was a Federalist congressman from CT and treasurer of Yale College from 1782 to 1832.
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English
English : patronymic from Mann 1 and 2.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó MainnÃn ‘descendant of MainnÃn’, probably an assimilated form of MainchÃn, a diminutive of manach ‘monk’. This is the name of a chieftain family in Connacht. It is sometimes pronounced Ó MaingÃn and Anglicized as Mangan.Anstice Manning, widow of Richard Manning of Dartmouth, England, came to MA with her children in 1679. Her great-great-grandson Robert, born at Salem, MA, in 1784, was the uncle and protector of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Another early bearer of the relatively common British name was Jeffrey Manning, one of the earliest settlers in Piscataway township, Middlesex Co., NJ. His great-grandson James Manning (1738–91) was a founder and the first president of Rhode Island College (Brown University).
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English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Sai in Orne or Say in Indre, perhaps so called from a Gaulish personal name Saius + the Latin locative suffix -acum.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of say, a kind of finely textured cloth, Middle English say (from Old French saie, Latin saga, plural of sagum ‘military cloak’). In some instances the surname may have arisen from a nickname for an habitual wearer of clothes made of this material.Southern French : topographic name from saix ‘rock’ (Latin saxum), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, for example, Say in Loire, Saix in Tarn and Vienne, Le Saix in Hautes-Alpes, or Les Saix in Isère.William Say of Bristol, England, was a member of the Society of Friends who settled in America toward the close of the 17th century. His descendant Thomas Say (1787–1834) of Philadelphia is known as the father of descriptive entomology in America.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English, Old French salvage, sauvage ‘untamed’ (Late Latin salvaticus literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’, influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural).Irish : generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O’Savin (see Savin).Americanized form of Ashkenazic Jewish Savich.A Jacob Savage, born in Exeter, Devon, England, in 1604, is recorded in Essex, NJ, by the early 1630s. Edward Savage, of Huguenot descent, emigrated from Ireland to Massachusetts in 1696. His grandson and namesake, who was born in Princeton, MA, in 1761 gained fame as an artist for his portrait of George Washington (1789–90).
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Melodious; Melody
Girl/Female
Biblical
Of a well.
Boy/Male
Welsh
Well spoken.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Light
Surname or Lastname
English (Cumbria)
English (Cumbria) : perhaps a variant of Blacklock.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Abundance
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Princess; Perfect
Girl/Female
American, British, Danish, English, Greek, Latin
Blend of Diana and Anthea; Flower of the Gods
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Gilbert
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Muslim
Happiness. Benefits.
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In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts.
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See Koran. R () R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.
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A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries.
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An instrument for scraping bones. Y () Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 145, 178-9, 272.
n.
One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
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A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.
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Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
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My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
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One of a society of violent agitators in France, during the revolution of 1789, who held secret meetings in the Jacobin convent in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris, and concerted measures to control the proceedings of the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.
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A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780.
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See Fit a song. G () G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
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Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.
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The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. T () the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms the digraph th, which has two distinct sounds, as in thin, then. See Guide to Pronunciation, //262-264, and also //153, 156, 169, 172, 176, 178-180.
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A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog. M () M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178-180, 242.
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A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India.