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Type of land distribution to settlers with the same ethnicity
A block settlement (or bloc settlement) is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies
Block_settlement
Ukrainian block settlement in Alberta, Canada
Nebyliv colony, or the Ukrainian block settlement is the largest and oldest of the Ukrainian Canadian block settlements. Located east of Edmonton, in east-central
Edna-Star_colony
Māori collective in Wellington, New Zealand
pandemic. The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust was established in August 2008 to receive and manage the Treaty settlement package for Taranaki Whānui
Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
Taranaki_Whānui_ki_te_Upoko_o_te_Ika
Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent
Pylypow helped found the Edna-Star Settlement east of Edmonton, the first and largest Ukrainian block settlement. However, it is Dr Josef Oleskow, along
Ukrainian_Canadians
District in Saskatchewan, Canada
Suomi is Finnish for "New Finland", the name adopted by this Finnish block settlement. The homesteaders found an area in Saskatchewan near Qu'Appelle River
New_Finland
Israeli communities built on land occupied in the 1967 Six-Day War
Ma'ale Adumim. Urban suburbs, such as Har Gilo. Block settlements, such as Gush Etzion and settlements in the Nablus area. Frontier villages, such as those
Israeli_settlement
Rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
of Gimli and the surrounding district were once an Icelandic ethnic block settlement, and the area, known as New Iceland, is home to the largest concentration
Rural_Municipality_of_Gimli
Block settlement in Manitoba, Canada
The West Reserve was a block settlement plot of land in Manitoba set aside by the Government of Canada exclusively for settlement by Russian Mennonite settlers
West_Reserve
Land in Canada set aside by the Indian Act for First Nations
approximately $16 million." Canada Aboriginal land title in Canada Block settlement Indian settlement Indigenous specific land claims in Canada List of Indian reserves
Indian_reserve
Australian term for a small agricultural landholding
Block is an Australian term for a small agricultural landholding. Block settlement has been used by Governments to encourage decentralization and during
Block_(rural_Australia)
of the "North Reserve", or the "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the block settlement areas allocated for the Doukhobor immigrants who arrived here in 1899
Vosnesenya
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
Church in Cantal, Saskatchewan List of communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived
Cantal,_Saskatchewan
Type of American municipality founded by former slaves
targets Jim Crow laws – Laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S. Block settlement#African American – Type of land distribution to settlers with the same
Freedmen's_town
Distributed data store for digital transactions
records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp
Blockchain
Town in Rhode Island, United States
Block Island is an island of the Outer Lands coastal archipelago in New England, located approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of mainland Rhode Island
Block_Island
Type of settlement in Australia
Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered
Soldier_settlement
American financial services company
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by
Block,_Inc.
American mobile payment service developed by Block, Inc.
the settlement, Cash App and Block also agreed to take steps toward strengthening data security, while denying any wrongdoing. In January 2025, Block agreed
Cash_App
New Zealand politician (born 1968)
seven Treaty of Waitangi settlements, including the settlement for the Waikato River and the Port Nicholson Block settlement in Wellington. He also led
Daran_Ponter
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
towns in Saskatchewan List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement Redvers Airport "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government
Redvers,_Saskatchewan
Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust for a mixed use development in Shelly Bay. Beneficiaries of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust voting against
2019 Wellington City Council election
2019_Wellington_City_Council_election
Ecomuseum in East Central Alberta, Canada
the areas traditionally considered part of Canada's first Ukrainian Block Settlement, the Edna-Star colony. The area has been described as being to Ukrainian
Kalyna_Country
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
The district was already located within the large German Catholic block settlement of St. Joseph's Colony, established in 1905. In November 1907, the
Luseland
Island in Wellington, New Zealand
Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009, the island is owned by the trustees of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. A kaitiaki (management)
Matiu_/_Somes_Island
Block settlement in Manitoba, Canada
East Reserve was a block settlement in Eastern Manitoba initially set aside by the Government of Canada exclusively for settlement by Russian Mennonite
East_Reserve
Village in Alberta, Canada
established in 1909 by a group of African-American immigrants as a block settlement. The new Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma, Kansas
Breton,_Alberta
Hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
Saskatchewan List of hamlets in Saskatchewan Oungre Memorial Regional Park Block settlement§Jewish "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places"
Oungre
Promoter of Ukrainian emigration to Canada
in Edmonton, Alberta are named after him. Iwan Pylypow Cyril Genik Block settlement Ukrainian Canadians Clifford Sifton Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Joseph_Oleskiw
Street in New Zealand
ISBN 0864730853. "Te Ara o Nga Tupuna [pamphlet]" (PDF). Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. 2006. "Calamitous fire". New Zealand Gazette and Wellington
The_Terrace,_Wellington
Urban regeneration initiative
informal settlements, and is in the planning phase. Block by Block is based on an earlier initiative started in October 2011, Mina Kvarter (My Block), which
Block_by_Block_(program)
New Zealand politician
candidate by Rino Tirikatene. Okeroa was elected to the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust in 2009 and succeeded Sir Ngātata Love as chair in October 2012
Mahara_Okeroa
Island in New Zealand
Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009', ownership of the island is vested in the trustees of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. A kaitiaki (management)
Mokopuna_Island
Hamlet in Alberta, Canada
established in 1908 by a group of 20 African-American immigrants as a block settlement. The new Black Canadian homesteaders arrived from Oklahoma and Texas
Wildwood,_Alberta
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
owes its existence to the Doukhobors, in the middle of whose 1899 block settlement, known as the South Doukobor Colony its future site happened to be
Veregin
Land sold by Ngāti Whātua to The Crown in 1853
before mentioned'. The area of the Waipareira block was inhabited by Māori long before European settlement of New Zealand. Although archaeological evidence
Waipareira_block
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
profile References: 2016 2011 List of communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement "The Saskatchewan Gazette: Part I: Volume 109" (PDF) (PDF). Government
Antler,_Saskatchewan
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
villages in Saskatchewan List of francophone communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters Government
Storthoaks
Provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada
territory now covered by the Canora-Pelly district fell within the block settlement land grant that became the first Canadian home of the Doukhobors. The
Canora-Pelly
Region of Western Canada
of the fur trade." During their settlement by Europeans, the prairies were settled in distinct ethnic block settlements giving areas distinctively British
Canadian_Prairies
Former Australian penal settlement
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement operated from 1824 to 1842. It became the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established
Moreton_Bay_Penal_Settlement
American tax preparation company
H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in
H&R_Block
Smallest area that is surrounded by streets
city block, residential block, urban block, houseblock, or simply block, is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are
City_block
block was constructed in Mirieyi Primary School including 8 classrooms renovated as well as a Water harvesting system in Mirieyi refugee settlement that
Mirieyi_refugee_settlement
Town in Saskatchewan, Canada
Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic block settlement area was called the Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located
Wynyard,_Saskatchewan
Rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
January 1, 1913. Heritage properties New Finland is a Finnish speaking block settlement locates within the RM. The St. John's New Finland Lutheran Church,
Rural Municipality of Willowdale No. 153
Rural_Municipality_of_Willowdale_No._153
Organized hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
communities in Saskatchewan List of hamlets in Saskatchewan Organized hamlet Block settlement National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved
Bellegarde,_Saskatchewan
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
in Wauchope Church in Wauchope List of communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement Saskatchewan, Cory Toth - Encyclopedia Of. "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Wauchope,_Saskatchewan
District of Jharkhand in India
subdivisions: Garhwa, Nagar Untari and Ranka, which are further divided into 20 blocks. This district comprises a 156-gram panchayat and 916 villages. It has three
Garhwa_district
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Parkers Settlement CDP, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Parkers Settlement CDP, IN" (PDF).
Parkers_Settlement,_Indiana
40389 International Settlement was a relatively short lived entertainment district within San Francisco, located along a one block stretch of Pacific Avenue
International Settlement (San Francisco)
International_Settlement_(San_Francisco)
Place in Yumbe, Uganda
community. The settlement is organized into five zones( zone 1-zone 5), each divided into clusters and villages formally known as blocks, with a refugee
Bidibidi_Refugee_Settlement
Central business district of Wellington City, New Zealand
ISBN 0864730853. "Te Ara o Nga Tupuna [pamphlet]" (PDF). Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust. 2006. "[untitled]". Wellington Independent. 31 August 1850.
Wellington_Central
Village in Saskatchewan, Canada
of Cannington from 1991-2020. List of communities in Saskatchewan Block settlement List of villages in Saskatchewan "Alida". Geographical Names Data Base
Alida,_Saskatchewan
[113] Amended: 2006 Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act [114] Waitutu Block Settlement Act [115] Wool Board Act [116] Plus 75 acts amended Accident Insurance
List of statutes of New Zealand (1990–1999)
List_of_statutes_of_New_Zealand_(1990–1999)
Internet censorship based upon geographical location
out-of-court settlement, in which ByPass Network Services, who operates the service, would discontinue it effective 1 September 2015. Geo-blocking is commonly
Geo-blocking
US author and former militant
the authorities in a negotiated settlement. She faced no charges; he was imprisoned for four years then released. Block formed the California Coalition
Diana_Block
Israeli settlement in the West Bank
Carmel (Hebrew: כרמל) is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the south-east Mount Hebron (Har Hevron in Hebrew) area of the West Bank. It falls
Carmel_(Israeli_settlement)
Special service area in Saskatchewan, Canada
"North Reserve", also known as "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the block settlement areas allocated for the Doukhobor immigrants who arrived in 1899 from
Arran,_Saskatchewan
Hamlet in Alberta, Canada
postmaster. The post office operated until 1969. The community was a block settlement established by Black Canadian homesteaders from Oklahoma and Texas
Campsie,_Alberta
Military occupation by Israel since 1967
Palestinian press from reporting any news about settlements, expropriations or legal moves made to block them. By 1983, settlers in the West Bank numbered
Israeli occupation of the West Bank
Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank
Refuge camp in Kenya
"Kalobeyei Settlement". UNHCR Kenya. Retrieved 26 February 2025. "Building a New Model for Refugee Resettlement in Kalobeyei". Block by Block. Retrieved
Kalobeyei_Refugee_Settlement
Catholics to settle in the Gravelbourg, Lafleche, Mazenod, and Meyronne block settlement. Gravel died in Montreal on February 10, 1926, and was buried in Gravelbourg
Louis-Pierre_Gravel
Historical region of Western United States, c. 1607–1912
expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few
American_frontier
Locality in Vulcan County
communal settlement was formed. Anastasia F. Holoboff, leader of the Doukhobor commune and founder of Anastasia. List of communities in Alberta Block settlement
Anastasia,_Alberta
Town and fort established in the Virginia Colony
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James
Jamestown
First non-native resident of Manhattan Island
year, the traders established in the settlement of New Amsterdam. In the early spring of 1613, fur trader Adriaen Block complained bitterly that a competitor
Juan_Rodriguez_(trader)
2017 fatal fire in West London
14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 BST and burned
Grenfell_Tower_fire
Ethnic group
Pennsylvania, and in Ontario. From 1873 to 1879, Mennonites formed block settlements in Manitoba such as the East Reserve and West Reserve, with a total
Russian Germans in North America
Russian_Germans_in_North_America
Hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
Originally established by the Jewish Colonization Association. The Jewish block settlement was established in 1910 mostly of immigrants from Russia and some from
Eyre,_Saskatchewan
United States historic place
The Votruba Block is a commercial building located at 112 Main Street in East Jordan, Michigan. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Votruba_Block
eastern-most community of the East Reserve, a historically Mennonite block settlement. In 2024, a historic plaque was placed in front of Toews' teenage home
East_Village,_Manitoba
Saskatchewan - January 10, 2007 Wikinews Exclusives Original reporting Block Settlement [+] Bridges in Saskatchewan [+] Buildings and Structures [+] Canada-related
Index of Saskatchewan-related articles
Index_of_Saskatchewan-related_articles
2026 court case
Constitution required the court to dismiss the settlement. Raskin introduced legislation that would block the fund and sought Republican support. Republican
Trump v. Internal Revenue Service
Trump_v._Internal_Revenue_Service
Residential area in Uttar Pradesh, India
development block of the same name. As of 2011, its population was 49,166, in 8,728 households. It consists of both residential and business settlements. Bakshi
Bakshi_Ka_Talab
Locality in Saskatchewan, Canada
Lillestrom is an abandoned Scandinavian "block settlement" in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan located in Hillsborough No. 132. List of communities
Lillestrom,_Saskatchewan
Residential area in Uttar Pradesh, India
Kindergarten (A Block) Spring Dale College, A-Block St. Dominics, Indira Nagar near Bhootnath Market (B-Block) St.John's School (B-Block) City Montessori
Indira_Nagar,_Lucknow
Dispute settlement or dispute settlement system (DSS) is regarded by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the central pillar of the multilateral trading
Dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization
Dispute_settlement_in_the_World_Trade_Organization
Place in British Columbia, Canada
Tallheo Cannery was started by a Norwegian immigrant, a member of the block settlement at what became Hagensborg in the Bella Coola Valley nearby, employing
Tallheo
Place in Saskatchewan, Canada
school, and a synagogue; Beth Israel Synagogue. The settlement is now abandoned. Block settlement§Jewish History of the Jews in Canada Jewish Colonies
Edenbridge,_Saskatchewan
Part of England's Protestant Reformation
religious settlement was the set of religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The settlement, implemented
Elizabethan religious settlement
Elizabethan_religious_settlement
Act of the English parliament disqualifying Catholics from succeeding to the crown
The Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2) is an act of the Parliament of England passed in 1701 that settled the succession to the English and Irish
Act_of_Settlement_1701
National Historic Site of Canada
(2006). Francophone settlement in the Gravelbourg Block Settlement and Francophone and Metis Settlement in the Willow Bunch Block Settlement in southwestern
Gravelbourg Ecclesiastical Buildings
Gravelbourg_Ecclesiastical_Buildings
Village in Guam, United States
CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Dededo CDP, GU" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-10-09. - See "Dededo muny" "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Astumbo
Dededo,_Guam
Abandoned Middle Age Norse settlements
Norse settlements in Greenland were established after 986 CE by settlers coming from Iceland. The settlers, known as Grænlendingar ('Greenlanders' in
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse_settlements_in_Greenland
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion of Canada and the United States
time, people of similar backgrounds were allowed to concentrate into block settlements by the federal government: for example the Edna-Star colony in Alberta
Aspen_parkland
File-sharing website for publications
URLs are blocked by a number of ISPs in the United Kingdom, but such DNS-based blocks are claimed to do little to deter access. It is also blocked by ISPs
Library_Genesis
American writer of crime fiction (born 1938)
Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I
Lawrence_Block
Event that largely occurred around World War II
Jewish settlement in the Empire of Japan began as early as the mid-19th century, but was confined to relatively small numbers of Jewish immigrants from
Jewish settlement in the Empire of Japan
Jewish_settlement_in_the_Empire_of_Japan
American lawyer (born 1968)
Tries to Block Settlements". Forbes. p. 36. Retrieved 25 September 2009. Bronstad, Amanda (10 July 2009). "Judge Approves Bluetooth Settlement, but Balks
Ted_Frank
Municipality in Belgrade, Serbia
condominium complex. Block 33 is known for the massive Western City Gate, one of the symbols of the capital. Block 34 hosts the settlement of Studentski Grad
New_Belgrade
Community development block in West Bengal, India
Ratua I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Ratua_I
Place in Auckland Region, New Zealand
organised British settlements in New Zealand. In 1861 William Rawson Brame, a Birmingham Baptist minister, founded the Albertland Special Settlement Association
Port_Albert,_New_Zealand
Historic site in near Corfe Castle, Dorset
Smedmore Hill Settlement is an archaeological site about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west of Corfe Castle, in Dorset, England. The site is a settlement and an associated
Smedmore_Hill_Settlement
District in West Bengal, India
district consists of the Kalimpong municipality and four community development blocks: Kalimpong I, Kalimpong II, Gorubathan and Pedong. The towns and villages
Kalimpong_district
Israeli settlement clusters
settlements (excluding outposts). The "Greater Jerusalem" law was introduced in 2016 and intended to include (but not annex) five settlement blocks (Ma’aleh
Settlement_blocs
Israeli settlement in the West Bank
construction of 974 houses in the Efrat settlement, expanding the settlement's population by around 40%, and blocking the development of Bethlehem. Israeli
Efrat_(Israeli_settlement)
Informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia
and Stari železnički. The settlement was just a few kilometers away from the downtown Belgrade, close to the Block 19 and Block 20, and in contrast to five-star
Cardboard_city
Pseudohistorical theories of New Zealand settlement
Journal. This theory has been followed by modern claims of a pre-Māori settlement of New Zealand. Today, such theories are considered to be pseudohistorical
Pre-Māori settlement of New Zealand theories
Pre-Māori_settlement_of_New_Zealand_theories
Legal status of Israeli settlements
Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (former), as well as in the Syrian Golan Heights
Legality of Israeli settlements
Legality_of_Israeli_settlements
Largest pyramid in the Giza Necropolis, Egypt
for its construction. Other blocks were imported by boat on the Nile: white limestone from Tura for the casing, and blocks of granite from Aswan, weighing
Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
Boy/Male
German American English
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
Male
English
The Badger
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
Male
Greek
(ἈÏταξÎÏξης) Greek form of Persian Artachshatra (Hebrew Artachshashta), ARTAXERXES means "great warrior" or "lion-king." In the bible, this is the name of the son and successor of Xerxes as emperor of Persia.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon English
Brown or dark.
Girl/Female
American, British, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Jamaican, Slavic, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss
Pure; Form of Catherine
Female
Danish
, a stone.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Immortal
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
The Sage Vyasa; One who Takes Birth in an Island
Girl/Female
British, English
Form of Queen
Girl/Female
Hindu
Female
Italian
Italian feminine form of Spanish unisex Rosario, ROSARIA means "rosary."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
One with Pale White Complexion; Lord Vithoba; Lord Vishnu
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
BLOCK SETTLEMENT
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
n.
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
v. t.
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
a.
Having black eyes.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
n.
The striking of a clock.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
n.
A black pigment or dye.