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Branch of the YEAI Languages
The Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster"
Igboid_languages
Niger–Congo language of the Igbo people, mainly spoken in Nigeria
number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, so there could be around 35 different Igbo languages. The core Igbo
Igbo_language
Igbo subgroup in Delta State, Nigeria
State, Nigeria. They speak Ika, an Igboid language belonging to the Nuclear Igboid branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Ika form one of the four
Ika_people
Proposed language family in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Togo
of Benin), and East Kwa the languages of Nigeria. Bennett & Sterk (1977) proposed that the Yoruboid and Igboid languages belonged in Benue–Congo rather
Kwa_languages
Igboid language cluster of Nigeria
Ukwuani, Aboh, and Ndoni are a cluster of Igboid languages of Nigeria. Ukwuani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Ngulube 2011. sfn
Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni_language
Region in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
The Anioma region natively speak the Igboid languages, a Niger-Congo language, as well as several minority languages related to the cultures they lie contingent
Anioma_Region
Ethnic group in Southern Nigeria
Igbo is a tonal language, and there are hundreds of different Igbo dialects and Igboid languages, such as the Ikwerre and Ekpeye languages. In 1939, Dr.
Igbo_people
Volta-Niger language spoken in Nigeria
a language spoken primarily by the Ikwerre people, who inhabit certain areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. The Ikwerre language is an Igboid language of
Ikwerre_language
Symbols that communicate ideas but not language
to tattoos and to wall designs. Nsibidi is used for the Ekoid and Igboid languages, and the Aro people are known to write Nsibidi messages on the bodies
Proto-writing
Distinct Igboid language spoken in Rivers State and Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Nigerian Languages. IX. Retrieved 19 December 2023. Ekpeye at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018) Blench, R. (2013). "A dictionary of Ekpeye : an Igboid language of
Ekpeye_language
Igboid language spoken by the Ika people of Nigeria
The Ika language is an Igboid language, classified under Nuclear Igboid in the Yeai language family. The language is spoken primarily by the Ika people
Ika_language_(Nigeria)
Phonetic sound
the language's orthography as ⟨gb⟩ and ⟨kp⟩, respectively. Thus, they correspond to labial–velars /ɡ͡b/ and /k͡p/ in most other Igboid languages, and
Nonexplosive_stop
Town in Delta State, Nigeria
located in the northern part of the state. The native language of the people is Ukwuani, an Igboid language. It is the headquarters of Ndokwa West local government
Kwale,_Nigeria
There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The two official languages are English (which was the language of Colonial Nigeria) and French
Languages_of_Nigeria
Large language family spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus
Bantu_languages
Igboid language spoken by the Mgbo people in Ebonyi state in Nigeria
The Mgbo language, 'Mgbolizhia', is an Igboid language spoken by the Mgbo people in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related
Mgbo_language
Place in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Onu-Ebonyi Echara. Ikwo has a boundary with Cross River State. The Ikwo an Igboid language is generally spoken . Ikwo people List of governors of Ebonyi State
Ikwo_(Local_government_area)
Large language family of Sub-Saharan Africa
family of African languages spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share a characteristic
Niger–Congo_languages
Igboid language of Nigeria
Ogba (also Olu Ogba, mobu onu Ogbah) is an Igboid language spoken by Ogba people of Nigeria mostly in River State. They are part of the Ogba/ Egbema/Ndoni
Ogba_language
Hypothetical major branch of the Volta-Congo languages
to whom?] The Yoruboid languages and Akoko were once linked as the Defoid branch, but more recently they, Edoid, and Igboid have been suggested to be
Volta–Niger_languages
has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong
Languages_of_Africa
Additional letter in latin script
Université de Yaoundé. (in French) Ọgba Language Committee (August 11, 2013). "A DICTIONARY OF ỌGBÀ, AN IGBOID LANGUAGE OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA" (PDF). www.rogerblench
O_with_macron_(Latin)
Language family of West Africa
The Mande languages are a family of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include Maninka (Malinke), Mandinka
Mande_languages
Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state, Nigeria
Ikwo is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ezza, and Mgbo, though they are only
Ikwo_language
Igbo subgroup in Nigeria
York City, United States. Retrieved 30 March 2022. "Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni Language (UKW) – L1 & L2 Speakers, Status, Map, Endangered Level & Official Use
Ukwuani_people
Latin alphabet used for the Igbo language
(Mkpụrụ Edemede Igbo), is the alphabet of the Igbo language, it is one of the three national languages of Nigeria. The modern Igbo alphabet is made up of
Igbo_alphabet
Igboid language spoken in Nigeria
(Izii, Izzi) is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with the closely related languages Ikwo, Ezza, and Mgbo
Izi_language
Major division of the Niger–Congo language family
The Atlantic–Congo languages make up the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the core
Atlantic–Congo_languages
Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Ezaa// (Ezza, Eza) is an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi state in Nigeria. It forms a dialect cluster with closely related Izii, Ikwo, and Mgbo, though
Ezaa_language
Niger–Congo languages. This latter group comprises one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which
Languages_of_Cameroon
Capital City & headquarter of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Rivers State
College of Education (Technical). The indigenes speak Ogba of the Igboid language family. Oil companies that operate there include Shell Petroleum Development
Omoku
Niger–Congo language subgroup of West Africa
Atlantic languages (also the Atlantic languages or North Atlantic languages) of West Africa are a typological grouping of Niger–Congo languages. The Atlantic
West_Atlantic_languages
Reconstructed language
the existence of the language. Other close relatives include Proto-Edoid, Proto-Igboid, and Proto-Nupoid. Like other proto-languages, there is no record
Proto-Yoruboid_language
The language families of Africa Map of the Austronesian languages Map of major Dravidian languages Distribution of the Indo-European language family
List_of_language_families
Topics referred to by the same term
scholar IZZ, New York-based progressive rock band Izi language (ISO 639: izz), Igboid language of Nigeria Izz al-Dawla (died 978), emir of Iraq Izz al-Din
Izz
Major branch of the Atlantic–Congo languages
languages. The Ghana–Togo Mountain languages are examples of languages where nine- or ten-vowel systems are still found. Languages of Africa Language
Volta–Congo_languages
Branch of Southern Bantoid of western Cameroon and part of Nigeria
The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon
Grassfields_languages
Branch of Benue–Congo languages of Cameroon and Nigeria
The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria and in Cameroon. In Nigeria the largest
Mambiloid_languages
Ethnic group
Izzi Total population 865,000 Regions with significant populations Nigeria 865,000 Languages Igboid languages
Izzi_people
Niger–Congo language cluster
The Gbe languages (pronounced [ɡ͡bè]) form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria
Gbe_languages
Ethnic subgroup in Nigeria
The Ngbo// are an Igboid ethnic group in Ebonyi state of southeastern Nigeria. "Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster". Joshua Project
Mgbo_people
Branch of Benue–Congo languages spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon
River; 22 languages, the most populous being Lokaa with 120,000 speakers Lower Cross River; 23 languages, the most populous being Ibibio language (3.5 million
Cross_River_languages
Language group of Sudan
The Katla languages are two to three closely related languages that form a small language family in the Nuba Hills of Sudan. Part of an erstwhile Kordofanian
Katloid_languages
Major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family
thought to be as follows: Bantoid–Cross languages Bantoid Northern Southern Cross River Central Nigerian languages, also known as Platoid Jukunoid Kainji
Benue–Congo_languages
Language for Ngwa people
The Ngwa dialect is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ngwa people of Abia state in south eastern Nigeria. The ngwa dialect shares similar alphabets
Ngwa_dialect
Topics referred to by the same term
people, an ethnic group of Nigeria Izi language, an Igbo language of Nigeria Igboid languages, ISO 939-3 language code izi Izi (Ancient Egyptian official)
Izi
Language family mainly of the Central African Republic
The Ubangian languages form a diverse linkage of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ubangian_languages
Geographic grouping of five language groups spoken in parts of Sudan
Kordofan region of Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are sometimes
Kordofanian_languages
Proposed branch of Niger–Congo of southern Sudan
Talodi–Heiban languages are a proposed branch of the hypothetical Niger–Congo family, spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The Talodi and Heiban languages are
Talodi–Heiban_languages
Language family of Liberia and Ivory Coast
importance of the Kru languages for their position at the crossroads of African-European interaction. He wrote that "Kru and associated languages were among the
Kru_languages
Language family
The Savannas languages, also known as Gur–Adamawa or Adamawa–Gur, is a branch of the Niger–Congo languages that includes Greenberg's Gur and Adamawa–Ubangui
Savannas_languages
Dialect continuum of southeastern Mali
Niger–Congo family. There are about 600,000 speakers of its dozen languages. They are tonal languages, and most have two tones, but some, like Donno So, have three
Dogon_languages
Reconstructed ancestor of the Niger–Congo language family
Niger–Congo but excluding the Mande, Kru, Siamou, Kordofanian, Dogon and Ijoid languages) is accepted by Glottolog 4.4. Blench (2006, 2016) proposes that Proto-Niger–Congo
Proto-Niger–Congo_language
Branch of the Niger–Congo languages
of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages. Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor
Gur_languages
Niger-Congo language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
The Limba language, Hulimba, is a Niger–Congo language of Sierra Leone and Guinea. It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its
Limba_language
Dialect cluster of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan
be distinct languages; as Lafofa is poorly attested, there may be others. Greenberg (1950) classified Lafofa as one of the Talodi languages, albeit a divergent
Lafofa_languages
Atlantic language group of West Africa
The Bak languages are a group of typologically Atlantic languages of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau linked in 2010 to the erstwhile Atlantic isolate Bijago
Bak_languages
while Oni-ukwu meaning the elder of Oni people. In Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni language (Igboid) ukwu means elder, and Nde means people of. Onikwu and Ndoni are of
Onikwu
Language groups spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria
The Beboid languages are any of two families of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southwest Cameroon, although two (Bukwen and Mashi) are
Beboid_languages
Adamawa language group of central Africa
Mbum or Kebi-Benue languages (also known as Lakka in narrower scope) are a group of the Mbum–Day branch of the Adamawa languages, spoken in southern
Mbum_languages
Language family
language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages
Bantoid_languages
Branch of Atlantic-Congo languages
Senegambian languages, traditionally known as the Northern West Atlantic, sometimes confusingly referred to in literature as the Atlantic languages, are a
Senegambian_languages
Language family
Ngbaka languages are a family of Ubangian languages spoken in the Central African Republic and neighboring areas. It includes Pygmy languages such as
Ngbaka_languages
Subgroup of Volta–Niger languages in Africa
The Edoid languages are a few dozen languages spoken in southern Nigeria. Edoid-speaking ethnic groups are predominantly located in the States of Edo
Edoid_languages
Small language family of the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
Talodi-Heiban languages which have SVO word order, Rashad languages (and also Lafofa) have SOV word order. The number of Rashad languages varies among
Rashad_languages
Branch of the YEAI Languages
Benue–Congo subfamily of the wider Niger–Congo family of languages. All Yoruboid languages are tonal, with most of them having three level tones. Grammatically
Yoruboid_languages
Languages of Africa
The Zande languages are half a dozen closely related languages of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.
Zande_languages
Language family
Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa. Banda languages are distributed in the Central African Republic
Banda_languages
Savannas language branch of Nigeria
The Tula–Waja, or Tula–Wiyaa languages are a branch of the provisional Savanna languages, closest to Kam (Nyingwom), spoken in northeastern Nigeria. They
Tula–Waja_languages
Ubangian dialect continuum of Central Africa
"Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of
Ngbandi_language
Type of occlusive consonant
occlusives are nearly universal in human languages. There are also other kinds of nasal consonants in some languages. Nearly all nasal consonants are nasal
Nasal_consonant
Proposed Ubangian language family of Central Africa
The Sere languages (also called the Ndogoic or Sere–Ndogo languages) are a proposed family of Ubangian languages spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic
Sere_languages
Bantoid language branch of Nigeria
The Dakoid languages are a branch of the Northern Bantoid languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria. Dakoid Donga (Dong) Gãã (Tiba)
Dakoid_languages
Language family of West Africa
The Senufo or Senufic languages (French: Senoufo) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and
Senufo_languages
Argot
(2012). "Agbirigma: The birth of an Igboid language" (PDF). In Adéníyì, Harrison (ed.). New Horizons in Nigerian Languages Essays in Honour of Professor Ben
Agbirigba
Group of Benue–Congo languages of central Nigeria
The Plateau languages are a tentative group of forty or so Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa
Plateau_languages
Branch of volta-Niger African language
Ebira languages, each with about 4 million speakers. Most Nupoid languages have 3 level tones. Roger Blench (2013: 4) classifies the Nupoid languages as
Nupoid_languages
Subfamily of the Southern Bantoid languages
The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the
Tivoid_languages
The Ekoid languages are a dialect cluster of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southeastern Nigeria and in adjacent regions of Cameroon
Ekoid_languages
Adamawa language branch of Nigeria
the CC BY 3.0 license. Bikwin-Jen (Adamawa Languages Project) Ɓəna-Mboi (Yungur) group (Adamawa Languages Project) Bena-Yungur Archived 2020-02-19 at
Bikwin–Jen_languages
Cross River language branch of Nigeria
Upper Cross River languages form a branch of the Cross River languages of Cross River State, Nigeria. The most populous languages are Lokö and Mbembe
Upper_Cross_River_languages
Dialect cluster of Plateau languages of central Nigeria
Tyap is a regionally important dialect cluster of Plateau languages in Nigeria's Middle Belt, named after its prestige dialect. It is also known by its
Tyap
Branch of the Bantoid family of Niger–Congo languages
uncertain). Since the Bantu languages are spoken across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Bantoid comprises 643 languages as counted by Ethnologue, though
Southern_Bantoid_languages
Proposed language family of southern Nigeria
proposed but undemonstrated group of languages in Nigeria linking the Ijaw languages (Ịjọ) with the endangered Defaka language. The similarities, however, may
Ijoid_languages
Branch of the Bantoid family of Niger–Congo languages
North Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid languages. It consists of the Mambiloid, Dakoid, and Tikar languages of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon
Northern_Bantoid_languages
Branch of Niger–Congo spoken in Guinea-Bissau through Liberia
The Mel languages are a branch of Niger–Congo languages spoken in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The most populous is Temne, with about
Mel_languages
Language family
The Gbaya languages, also known as Gbaya–Manza–Ngbaka, are a family of perhaps a dozen languages spoken mainly in the western Central African Republic
Gbaya_languages
Igbo group living in Southeastern Nigeria
Igbo being the preferred language for administrative and educational purposes. The Ngwa dialect is classified it as an Igboid dialect under the New Benue
Ngwa_people
Language family in Central Africa
The Adamawa /ædəˈmɑːwə/ languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in Central Africa, in northern Cameroon
Adamawa_languages
Extinct language of Ghana
Statistical Pre-Testing on Twenty-Five Idiolects," The Journal of West African Languages, Vol. 4, No. 1, Cambridge University Press, Ibadan, pp. 25–78. Blench
Mprɛ_language
Branch of Benue–Congo languages of Nigeria and Cameroon
The Jukunoid languages are a branch of the Benue-Congo languages spoken by the Jukun and related peoples of Nigeria and Cameroon. They are distributed
Jukunoid_languages
Cross River language group of Nigeria
The Ogoni languages, or Kegboid languages, are the five languages of the Ogoni people of Rivers State, Nigeria. They fall into two clusters, East and
Ogoni_languages
Language of Ghana
Ethnologue [an North Guang] is the most plausible hypothesis. "40 Ghanaian languages face extinction". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. 2026-02-24. Retrieved 2026-02-26
Dompo_language
Niger–Congo dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria
the Volta–Niger languages. An automated computational analysis (ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013) grouped Oko within the Idomoid languages. According to Ethnologue
Oko_language
Proposed Branch of the Volta-Niger Languages
be closest to the (East) Benue–Congo languages (or, equivalently, the most divergent of the Benue–Congo languages). Blench (2012) states that "noun-classes
Ukaan_language
Semi-bantu language in Adamawa Region, Cameroon
that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages. The Tikar language has four dialects, including Tikari, Tigé, and Túmú. Tikar at
Tikar_language
Atlantic-Congo languages
The Kulango or Kulango–Lorhon languages are spoken principally in Ivory Coast. They were once classified as part of an expanded Gur (Voltaic) family and
Kulango_languages
Ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria
they developed a strong Igbo culture and formed their own dialect of Igbo language. During the Scramble for Africa, Ndoki became a British protectorate on
Ndoki_tribe
Atlantic–Congo language group of Nigeria
Idomoid languages are spoken primarily in Benue State of east-central Nigeria and surrounding regions. Idoma itself is an official language spoken by
Idomoid_languages
Languages of northern Cameroon
Fali comprises two languages spoken in northern Cameroon. Included in Greenberg's Adamawa languages (as group G11), it was excluded from that family by
Fali_languages_(Cameroon)
IGBOID LANGUAGES
IGBOID LANGUAGES
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : status name or occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. The term is of Germanic origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally it denoted a man who looked after horses, but by the heyday of medieval surname formation it denoted on the one hand one of the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek). The surname is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.As the fourth chief justice of the U.S., John Marshall (1755–1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. He was a descendant of John Marshall of Ireland, who settled in Culpeper Co., VA, sometime before 1655.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jacob. As an American surname this name has absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch Jacobsen and Swedish Jacobsson.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : from Latin Marcus, the personal name of St. Mark the Evangelist, author of the second Gospel. The name was borne also by a number of other early Christian saints. Marcus was an old Roman name, of uncertain (possibly non-Italic) etymology; it may have some connection with the name of the war god Mars. Compare Martin. The personal name was not as popular in England in the Middle Ages as it was on the Continent, especially in Italy, where the evangelist became the patron of Venice and the Venetian Republic, and was allegedly buried at Aquileia. As an American family name, this has absorbed cognate and similar names from other European languages, including Greek Markos and Slavic Marek.English, German, and Dutch (van der Mark) : topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Middle English merke, Middle High German marc, Middle Dutch marke, merke, all meaning ‘borderland’. The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker 5) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Marck, Pas-de-Calais.German : from Marko, a short form of any of the Germanic compound personal names formed with mark ‘borderland’ as the first element, for example Markwardt.Americanization or shortened form of any of several like-sounding Jewish or Slavic surnames (see for example Markow, Markowitz, Markovich).Irish (northeastern Ulster) : probably a short form of Markey (when not of English origin).
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German
English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John). The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. In North America this name has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Surname or Lastname
English, Welsh, German, etc.
English, Welsh, German, etc. : ultimately from the Hebrew personal name yÅÌ£hÄnÄn ‘Jehovah has favored (me with a son)’ or ‘may Jehovah favor (this child)’. This personal name was adopted into Latin (via Greek) as Johannes, and has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honor of St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, and of St. John the Evangelist, author of the fourth gospel, as well as others of the nearly one thousand other Christian saints of the name. Some of the principal forms of the personal name in other European languages are Welsh Ieuan, Evan, Siôn, and Ioan; Scottish Ia(i)n; Irish Séan; German Johann, Johannes, Hans; Dutch Jan; French Jean; Italian Giovanni, Gianni, Ianni; Spanish Juan; Portuguese João; Greek IÅannÄ“s (vernacular Yannis); Czech Jan; Russian Ivan. Polish has surnames both from the western Slavic form Jan and from the eastern Slavic form Iwan. There were a number of different forms of the name in Middle English, including Jan(e), a male name (see Jane); Jen (see Jenkin); Jon(e) (see Jones); and Han(n) (see Hann). There were also various Middle English feminine versions of this name (e.g. Joan, Jehan), and some of these were indistinguishable from masculine forms. The distinction on grounds of gender between John and Joan was not firmly established in English until the 17th century. It was even later that Jean and Jane were specialized as specifically feminine names in English; bearers of these surnames and their derivatives are more likely to derive them from a male ancestor than a female. As a surname in the British Isles, John is particularly frequent in Wales, where it is a late formation representing Welsh Siôn rather than the older form Ieuan (which gave rise to the surname Evan). As an American family name this form has absorbed various cognates from continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás)
English, German, French, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Lithuanian, Czech and Slovak (Jonáš), and Hungarian (Jónás) : from a medieval personal name, which comes from the Hebrew male personal name Yona, meaning ‘dove’. In the book of the Bible which bears his name, Jonah was appointed by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh, but tried to flee instead to Tarshish. On the voyage to Tarshish, a great storm blew up, and Jonah was thrown overboard by his shipmates to appease God’s wrath, swallowed by a great fish, and delivered by it on the shores of Nineveh. This story exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination in medieval Europe, and the personal name was a relatively common choice. The Hebrew name and its reflexes in other languages (for example Yiddish Yoyne) have been popular Jewish personal names for generations. There are also saints, martyrs, and bishops called Jonas venerated in the Orthodox Church. Ionas is found as a Greek family name.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : respelling of Yonis, with Yiddish possessive -s.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English
Americanized spelling of German Ludwig, Czech LudvÃk, Polish Ludwik, or cognates in other European languages.English : habitational name from Ludwick Hall in Bishops Hatfield, Hertfordshire, probably named from the Old English personal name Luda + Old English wÄ«c ‘outlying (dairy) farm’.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc. : from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.Scottish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.
Boy/Male
Gaelic, German, Irish
Bold
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the male personal name Manasseh, Hebrew Menashe ‘one who causes to forget’ (see Manasse), borne in the Middle Ages by Christians as well as by Jews. Hebrew Menashe and its reflexes in other Jewish languages have always been popular among Jews.English : occupational name for someone who made handles for agricultural and domestic implements, from an agent derivative of Anglo-Norman French mance ‘handle’ (Old French manche, Late Latin manicus, a derivative of manus ‘hand’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish (Ulster and County Louth) : used as an Americanized form of McMahon.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu ‘gift of God’. This was taken into Latin as Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus respectively, the former being used for the twelfth apostle (who replaced Judas Iscariot) and the latter for the author of the first Gospel. In many European languages this distinction is reflected in different surname forms. The commonest vernacular forms of the personal name, including English Matthew, Old French Matheu, Spanish Mateo, Italian Matteo, Portuguese Mateus, Catalan and Occitan Mateu are generally derived from the form Matthaeus. The American surname Matthew has also absorbed European cognates from other languages, including Greek Mathias and Mattheos.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Abbey father.
Surname or Lastname
English and French (Léonard)
English and French (Léonard) : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.Irish (Fermanagh) : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob’s eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.French : name for a Jew, Old French jude (Latin Iudaeus, Greek Ioudaios, from Hebrew Yehudi ‘member of the tribe of Judah’).English : from a pet form of Jordan.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Blonde.
IGBOID LANGUAGES
IGBOID LANGUAGES
Girl/Female
American, British, English
A Saxon
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Mighty; Lord Hanuman
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Brave Lion
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yochanan, YOHANAN means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Greek
Defender of Mankind; Feminine Form of Alexander; Man's Defender; Protector of Men
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chervik | சேரà¯à®µà®¿à®•
Validation
Boy/Male
Spanish
God's gift.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Ready; Attention
Boy/Male
Hindu
King
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lotus flower
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a.
Of or pertaining to the Urals and the Altai; as the Ural-Altaic, or Turanian, languages.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages.
a.
Containing, or consisting of, three languages; expressed in three languages.
n.
The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.
sing.
A Bible consisting of four different Greek versions arranged in four columns by Origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
n.
A change of the natural order of words in a sentence; as, the Latin and Greek languages admit transposition, without inconvenience, to a much greater extent than the English.
n.
A sound, of consonantal character, made with a rapid succession of partial or entire intermissions, by the vibration of some one part of the organs in the mouth -- tongue, uvula, epiglottis, or lip -- against another part; as, the r is a trill in most languages.
v. t. & i.
See Emboil.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
n.
One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation.
a.
Alt. of Sigmoidal
a.
Cuboid.
n.
One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages.
a.
Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.
a.
Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.
n.
The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
adv.
In the same place; -- abbreviated ibid. or ib.
n.
The language of the ancient Germans; the Teutonic languages, collectively.
n.
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.