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British television channel
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was launched on 2 March 2002 and shows a wide
BBC_Four
British public service broadcaster
on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four as well as repeats of some older programmes in HD. In 2010, an HD simulcast of BBC One launched: BBC One
BBC
British national radio station
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It launched on 30 September 1967 as a replacement for the BBC Home Service
BBC_Radio_4
Television channel operated by the BBC
sister channel BBC Four also carry occasional BBC Sport programming as an overflow for the BBC's other channels. Following budget cuts at the BBC, the first
BBC_Three
International radio division of the BBC
The BBC World Service is a British public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of
BBC_World_Service
British television network
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel
BBC_One
British 24-hour television news channel
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts
BBC_News_(British_TV_channel)
Television identifiers used by BBC Four
BBC Four, and its predecessor BBC Knowledge, are both channels operated by the BBC as cultural and knowledge based channels. Their visual identities therefore
BBC_Four_idents
English historian
The Tudors". BBC. "The Real Versailles – BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 25 June 2016. "Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey – BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 25
Lucy_Worsley
Defunct BBC TV station
BBC Choice was a British digital television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 23 September 1998. It was the first British TV channel
BBC_Choice
British actress (born 1986)
appeared as Jen in Henpocalypse! on BBC Two; in the same year she played the lead character, Cassie, in the BBC Radio Four psychological drama Spores. In 2024
Kate_O'Flynn
British historian and television presenter (born 1978)
Wayback Machine. BBC Four How the Celts Saved Britain. BBC Four China's Terracotta Army Archived 27 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. BBC One. "Dig WW2 with
Dan_Snow
Main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland. BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Scotland and BBC Cymru Wales. Based
BBC_Northern_Ireland
Mixed-use complex in West London
Tales of Television Centre was broadcast on BBC Four in 2012 ahead of the move out. On 22 March 2013, BBC Four devoted its evening schedule to programmes
Television_Centre,_London
BBC's department in charge of broadcasting weather forecasts
BBC Weather is the department of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) responsible for both the preparation and the broadcasting of weather forecasts
BBC_Weather
British actor and TV presenter (born 1985)
the Channel 4 series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade. He co-hosted the BBC Four documentary Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal with Angela Saini in 2019
Adam_Pearson_(actor)
Television channel
programmes. It was shut down permanently on 2 March 2002, and replaced by BBC Four. The BBC had wanted to expand into the digital television market for a number
BBC_Knowledge
Welsh actress, producer, and writer (born 1966)
In 2010, she starred in BBC Four comedy The Great Outdoors alongside Mark Heap, and, in December, presented the first of four chat shows on BBC2, Ruth
Ruth_Jones
British children's television network
CBeebies timeshared with fellow BBC channel BBC Knowledge but since 2 March 2002, it has timeshared with BBC Four, which is on air after CBeebies closes
CBeebies
British television service
BBC Television is the television service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the
BBC_Television
English-language pay television channel
BBC News is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the
BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC_News_(international_TV_channel)
Television channel operated by the BBC
programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, now tend to appear on BBC Four instead. British television at the time of
BBC_Two
2015 British TV series or programme
BBC Four Goes Slow is a series of slow television programmes made for BBC Four, each without narration or underscore. The channel's editor, Cassian Harrison
BBC_Four_Goes_Slow
British free-to-air children's television channel
had been used for seven years. On 26 May 2022, the BBC announced plans for CBBC, BBC Four and BBC Radio 4 Extra to be discontinued as linear services
CBBC
British national radio station
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins
BBC_Radio_5_Live
1979–2018 commercial subsidiary of the BBC
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995
BBC_Worldwide
British digital radio station
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It mostly broadcasts archived repeats of comedy
BBC_Radio_4_Extra
British television presenter (1957–2024)
and whether people can change their outlook. In 2016 he presented the BBC Four documentary Inside Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility
Michael_Mosley
Scottish division of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Alba. It also runs radio stations BBC Radio Scotland and Gaelic-language station BBC Radio nan Gàidheal from Stornoway. It is one of the four BBC
BBC_Scotland
English actor
give the play a wistful emotional weight." Parkinson adapted the play for BBC Four in early 2021. Parkinson appeared in series 10 of Taskmaster in 2020. Parkinson
Katherine_Parkinson
Adaptations of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell into other mediums
Eighty-Four (starring Vincent Price)". Sffaudio.com. 10 August 2013. "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hidden Treasures, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell". BBC. Retrieved
Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Adaptations_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
High-definition television channel
channels BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies, although earlier and later in its existence programmes from BBC One and BBC Two were
BBC_HD
British content production company
Surgeon's Cut (Netflix) The Planets (BBC Two) 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (BBC Two) Horizon (BBC Two) The Sky at Night (BBC Four) Rendezvous with the Future (Bilibili)
BBC_Studios_Productions
British free-to-air television channel
television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded
Channel_4
Television and radio streaming service
BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC. The service is available over-the-top on a wide range of devices
BBC_iPlayer
British comedy television series (2005–2012)
of British government. It was first broadcast for two short series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister
The_Thick_of_It
British parliamentary television channel
2013 when BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News, CBBC, and CBeebies began high definition simulcasts. On 5 September 2016 BBC Two began broadcasting BBC Parliament
BBC_Parliament
British actress and comedian (born 1968)
evening version, Late Lunch). In 1996, she appeared with Perkins in four episodes of the BBC One sketch comedy series French and Saunders. In 1999, Giedroyc
Mel_Giedroyc
Welsh actress (born 1987)
in New York". BBC Two. 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2016. Williams, Kathryn (9 June 2014). "Actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards bags new BBC Four role. But who
Aimee-Ffion_Edwards
British comedy act
first, six episode, radio series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, beginning on 17 April 2007, and a four episode second series was broadcast in autumn 2008
Cowards_(comedy_troupe)
News division of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and
BBC_News
British Broadcasting Corporation department
the world. The BBC commissions programmes from the Unit for broadcast on five terrestrial television channels (BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, CBBC and CBeebies)
BBC Studios Natural History Unit
BBC_Studios_Natural_History_Unit
English actor and singer
May 2007. BBC Four. Shakespeare Uncovered: Derek Jacobi on Richard II, Episode 3 of 6, BBC, 30 June 2012. BBC Shakespeare Uncovered BBC Four. Shakespeare
Jamie_Parker
English academic, TV presenter and author
one-hour documentary on BBC Four, Wild Swimming, inspired by Roger Deakin's book Waterlog. Roberts presented a four-part BBC Two series on archaeology
Alice_Roberts
Division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which has operated in the United Kingdom under
BBC_Radio
British art and cultural historian
BBC Four. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017. "Art on the BBC: The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci". BBC Four. UK: BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2019. BBC:
Janina_Ramirez
British national radio station
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music, current chart hits and future hits
BBC_Radio_1
English poet (born 1949)
produced by Scotty Clark, and was first aired on BBC Four in May 2012 as part of BBC Four and BBC 6 Music's "Punk Britannia" season. It features interviews
John_Cooper_Clarke
American comedian, writer and musician (born 1954)
You". BBC Online. Retrieved December 5, 2019. "BBC Four - Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream". BBC. "BBC Four - Rich Hall's Red Menace". BBC Online
Rich_Hall
Welsh actor and comedian (born 1965)
BBC Four film Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore (2005), opposite Julian Sands as Laurence Olivier. Also in 2006, Brydon first appeared on the BBC Radio
Rob_Brydon
Sports division of British broadcaster
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and
BBC_Sport
Non-fiction writing award
taken over by the BBC and re-named the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize and managed by BBC Four. In 2009, the name was amended to the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize
Baillie_Gifford_Prize
Scottish Gaelic language TV channel
service and on catch-up services of some other services. Unlike BBC Three and BBC Four, BBC Alba is an evenings-only channel that does not start broadcasting
BBC_Alba
English comedian, presenter, actor (born 1959)
name in the title. A full series of Vic and Bob's Big Night Out began on BBC Four in November 2018. In 1997, in collaboration with Chris Rea, Mortimer recorded
Bob_Mortimer
British sports broadcasting pay television channel brand
League rights sold to BT and BSkyB for £3bn". BBC News. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013. "BT signs four more live match deals with top football leagues"
TNT_Sports_(United_Kingdom)
BBC Four Collections is a selected variation of factual television episodes and series available on British video-on-demand service BBC iPlayer. The collections
BBC_Four_Collections
English art critic, journalist and broadcaster
Rome, Treasures of Ancient Egypt, and Treasures of Ancient Greece, for BBC Four. Sooke is chief art critic at The Daily Telegraph, writing on art and art
Alastair_Sooke
American-British television presenter and writer
Most Annoying TV We Hate to Love – BBC Three (2007) Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe – BBC Four (2008) The One Show – BBC One (2009) Richard & Judy – UKTV Watch
Gia_Milinovich
French television series
UK on BBC Four from January 2015. The sixth series was broadcast in 2017. The seventh series was broadcast in France in February 2019. Series four, five
Spiral_(TV_series)
English television presenter (born 1970)
on BBC Four in which she explored Germany and its Romantic movement through a series of walks across the country. The series was repeated on BBC Two
Julia_Bradbury
Danish police procedural TV series
Swedish SVT in the autumn of 2010. In the United Kingdom, it was shown on BBC Four, starting from 19 November 2011, following the success of the first series
The Killing (Danish TV series)
The_Killing_(Danish_TV_series)
British TV science programme (since 1957)
December 2013. "BBC Four - The Sky at Night - Dr George Dransfield". BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2024. "BBC Four - The Sky at Night". BBC. Retrieved 24 September
The_Sky_at_Night
Brand name and home for the BBC's online service
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and Sport
BBC_Online
English actor (born 1974)
alongside Academy Award-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter in the BBC Four movie Enid, based on the life of Enid Blyton, as Hugh Pollock, Blyton's
Matthew_Macfadyen
Life on Mars episodes list
premiered on BBC One, but for the second series in 2007 two of the episodes had their first showing on the digital television channel BBC Four. For these
List of Life on Mars (British TV series) episodes
List_of_Life_on_Mars_(British_TV_series)_episodes
Division responsible for media content
BBC Three for CBBC and BBC Four for CBeebies. The brands also have dedicated websites, social media channels, and over-the-top media services on BBC iPlayer
BBC_Children's_and_Education
British television executive
having previously been controller of BBC Four. At the beginning of March 2014 she assumed a new post within the BBC responsible for special projects and
Janice_Hadlow
The history of BBC television idents begins in the early 1950s when the BBC first displayed a logo between programmes to identify its service. As new technology
History of BBC television idents
History_of_BBC_television_idents
2011 British TV series or programme
co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired from 6 to 20 October 2011 on BBC Four. The programs were presented by Jim Al-Khalili. Spark:
Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity
Shock_and_Awe:_The_Story_of_Electricity
British national radio station
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 12 million
BBC_Radio_2
British mathematician and broadcaster (born 1984)
broadcast on BBC Four. Fry co-presented 2020's The Great British Intelligence Test on BBC Two. She has presented further programmes for the BBC explaining
Hannah_Fry
Division for local and regional services
Channel Islands. It is one of the BBC's four "nations" – the others being BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Northern Ireland, and BBC Scotland. The division is made up
BBC_English_Regions
Interactive television service
BBC Red Button is a brand used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom. The services replaced
BBC_Red_Button
workings of modern government. It was first broadcast on BBC Four in 2005, switching to BBC Two for the third series. The Thick of It ran for 20 half-hour
List of The Thick of It episodes
List_of_The_Thick_of_It_episodes
Former Canadian television channel
BBC Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel that mostly broadcast television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service
BBC_Canada
Italian TV series (9 seasons, 1999–2021)
season, on Rai 1. Over 65 countries have broadcast the series, including on BBC Four in the United Kingdom, MHz WorldView in the United States and SBS in Australia
Inspector Montalbano (TV series)
Inspector_Montalbano_(TV_series)
British radio network serving the South Asian community
alongside BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster. On
BBC_Asian_Network
British actor and writer (born 1966)
the BBC Four docudrama The Worst Journey in the World, based on the memoir by polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Gatiss appears frequently in BBC Radio
Mark_Gatiss
Television channel
December 2013). "CBBC HD, CBeebies HD, BBC Three HD, BBC Four HD & BBC News HD launch Tuesday 10 December 2013". BBC. Archived from the original on 12 December
BBC_One_Scotland
Television channel
withdrew BBC Three and BBC Four. On 1 July 2016 Ziggo added BBC First to its channel line up. On 15 May 2025, the channel's Dutch feed rebranded to BBC NL.
BBC_NL
British broadcaster and telecommunications company
keep control of the rights. BSkyB joined forces with the BBC to make a counter bid. The BBC was given the highlights of most of the matches, while BSkyB
Sky_UK
English writer and TV personality
Christmas on BBC Four". Endemol UK. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011. "Charlie Brooker's 2011 Wipe". BBC Four. Archived
Charlie_Brooker
English choirmaster (born 1975)
Choir. BBC. BBC Two. TwentyTwenty TV (2009). "Unsung Town". The Choir. BBC. BBC Two. "How a Choir Works". How a Choir Works. 2009. BBC. BBC Four. "Shanties
Gareth_Malone
Semi-finals: BBC Three 2004 – 2015; 2022, BBC Four 2016 – 2021, BBC One 2023–present) Glastonbury Festival (BBC Two 1997 – present, BBC Three 2003 – 2015, BBC Four
List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC
List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_the_BBC
Welsh news presenter (born 1961)
lead presenter of BBC News at Ten, the late evening news programme of BBC Television, from 2003 to 2023. He resigned from the BBC in 2024, during a police
Huw_Edwards
English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer (born 1970)
Armstrong, is an English actor, comedian, broadcaster and singer. He hosts the BBC One game show Pointless, and presents a weekday morning show on Classic FM
Alexander_Armstrong
British comedy-drama television series
disability. It was originally produced by Merman Television for BBC Four, but later moved to BBC Two for the second series. The programme received mostly positive
There_She_Goes_(TV_series)
Television channel
launched in Belgium originally as BBC First on 4 June 2015. On 5 May 2026 BBC Belgium took over from BBC First in Belgium. BBC First launched in Belgium on
BBC_Belgium
Independent trade association and charity
comedy MindGym, sharing the spotlight with the BBC News Online website which won the news category four years consecutively. These awards allowed the academy
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts
British television series
release 20 November 2013 "BBC Four - The Dead Room". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2018. "BBC Four Christmas highlights". BBC Media Centre. 26 November
A_Ghost_Story_for_Christmas
English television presenter and journalist (born 1963)
James May: The Reassembler - BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 13 February 2019. "BBC Four - James May: The Reassembler". BBC. Retrieved 13 February 2019. James
James_May
English journalist (born 1954)
2012, he presented a four-part series The Dark Ages: An Age of Light about the art and architecture of the Dark Ages on BBC Four. In October 2019, he
Waldemar_Januszczak
American pay television network
selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary series). Unlike the BBC's domestic channels in the United Kingdom, BBC America does not receive
BBC_America
1954 British TV film
Eighty-Four is a British television adaptation of the 1949 novel of the same name by George Orwell, originally broadcast on BBC Television as part of BBC Sunday-Night
Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme)
Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(British_TV_programme)
Scottish TV channel
Scotland opt-out of BBC Two, but operating as an autonomous channel (displacing BBC Four on Freeview in Scotland). As of 2017, BBC Scotland had operated
BBC_Scotland_(TV_channel)
British digital terrestrial television platform
Viva in 2009, now defunct) were available from the start. BBC Four and the interactive BBC streams were moved to multiplex B. Under the initial plans
Freeview_(UK)
Danish-Swedish Nordic noir crime TV series by Hans Rosenfeldt (2011–2018)
on SVT1 and DR1 during the autumn of 2011, and on the United Kingdom's BBC Four the following spring. The second season was aired in the Nordic countries
The_Bridge_(2011_TV_series)
providers, with an estimated more than 480 channels. Channels from BBC Television and BBC Studios's UKTV: a Subject to regional variation. b Programming in
List of television channels in the United Kingdom
List_of_television_channels_in_the_United_Kingdom
British television presenter (born 1938)
earns" in 2008. Peter and Dan have also made two history series for BBC Radio Four on the Black Prince, on Wellington's Peninsular War, and the story of
Peter_Snow
Welsh television drama series
of the series, under the English name Hidden, was broadcast on BBC One Wales and BBC Four. The Welsh-language versions of the first two series aired on
Hidden_(2018_TV_series)
BBC FOUR
BBC FOUR
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Hebrew American English French
God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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Latin form of Greek Kleopatra, CLEOPATRA means "glory of the father." Cleopatra VII reigned as Queen of Egypt from 51-30 B.C. She was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt and is believed to have been black African.Â
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God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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Latin
General from the 3rd century B.C. who crossed the Alps with 30,000 men and 38 elephants during...
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Caste of Bc; Royalty; Great Person; Rural; Dominate Caste in South India
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Hebrew
Strong; carried; brave. Amos was an 8th century B.C. Old Testament prophet.
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Hebrew Biblical
Strong; carried; brave. Amos was an 8th century B.C. Old Testament prophet.
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Norfolk named Beccles, from Old English bec(e), bæce ‘stream’ + lǣs ‘meadow’.
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English
English : unexplained.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Schum.Chinese : (Pinyin Cen) this surname was derived from an area so named during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).
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Most Bbb Name; Coolest Name Ever; Pet Form of Mary; The Perfect One; Bitterness; Sorrow; Star of the Sea; Beloved
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Scottish
Bank.
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English
English : according to Reaney and Wilson, this is from a Middle English personal name derived from an unattested Old English one, Tæbba. The surname is found mainly in Cornwall, so it could in fact be from a Cornish personal name.
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Hebrew
Help. 5th century BC Jewish priest and scholar Ezra wrote three biblical books and began...
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Male Deer
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Indian, Telugu
Caste of Bc; Diamond; Great Parson
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Ruler; Caste of Bc
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Greek
Welcome. Famous bearer: Aspasia was a 5th century BC mistress of the Athenian statesman...
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Small.
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God has judged, or God is judge. The Old Testament Daniel was a 6th century BC prophet who...
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Pearl
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Tamil
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Complete Perfection
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Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Mother's Love; Love; Motherly Love
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Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Telugu
God of Destiny
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Muslim
Truthful or sincere (1)
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Sunrise; Sai's Light; A Name for Sai Baba
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French
Norman French form of Old High German Gautelen, JOSCELIN means "Gaut."Â
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Terror.
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Lord Buddha, One who enlightens
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a.
Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
n.
The interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.
a.
Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived.
n.
A vehicle having four wheels.
a.
Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a twenty-fourmo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
n.
A book composed of sheets, each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book whose sheets are so folded; -- usually written 24mo, or 24¡.
n.
A broad, flatbottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
n.
One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.
n.
A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor/bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
a.
Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
n.
A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
n.
A ferryboat. See Bac, 1.
adv.
In the fourth place.
a.
Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.
a.
At right angles to a given line or surface; as, the line ad is perpendicular to the line bc.
n.
One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.
a.
Having four wheels.
n.
A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
a.
Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.