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Electromagnetic radiation humans can see
Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum
Light
Topics referred to by the same term
up Light or light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Light may refer to: The Light (1919 film), a film directed by J. Gordon Edwards The Light (2004
The_Light
Distance that light travels in one year
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year (ly or lyr), is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equal to exactly 9460730472580
Light-year
Weight class in boxing and kickboxing
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight, is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports. The
Light_middleweight
2026 action-adventure video game
007 First Light is a 2026 action-adventure video game developed and published by IO Interactive. Based on the James Bond franchise, it tells an original
007_First_Light
1975 song by Led Zeppelin
"In the Light" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. The song was composed primarily by bassist/keyboardist
In_the_Light
Form of passenger urban rail transit
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology,
Light_rail
Weight class in boxing and kickboxing
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. In professional boxing, light welterweight
Light_welterweight
Speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum
The speed of light in vacuum, often called simply the speed of light and commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant exactly equal to 299792458 m⋅s−1
Speed_of_light
American actress (born 1949)
Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in
Judith_Light
Topics referred to by the same term
green light, or green lights in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Green Light, green light, green-light or greenlight may refer to: Green-colored light, part
Green_Light
Weight class in boxing
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing. The weight limit at light flyweight in professional
Light_flyweight
Device for producing light from electricity
An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical device that produces light from electricity. It is the most common form of artificial lighting
Electric_light
Signalling device to control competing flows of traffic
colours and symbols, including arrows and bicycle symbols. The usual traffic light colours are red to stop traffic, amber to signal a change, and green to
Traffic_light
Raised source of light beside a road or path
A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, streetlamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path
Street_light
2024 South Korean television series
Light Shop (Korean: 조명가게) is a 2024 South Korean mystery horror television series written by Kang Full and directed by Kim Hee-won. The series stars an
Light_Shop
American radio and television soap opera
Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American daytime soap opera. It aired for 57 years on television between June 30, 1952
Guiding_Light
Film
Light from Light is a 2019 American drama written and directed by Paul Harrill and starring Marin Ireland, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Wiggins, Atheena Frizzell
Light_from_Light
Rail transport system with moderate capacity
Light metro, light rapid transit (LRT) or a medium-capacity system (MCS), is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less
Light_metro
Popular type of Japanese literature genre
A light novel (Japanese: ライトノベル, Hepburn: raito noberu) is a type of popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally
Light_novel
Comic book character
Doctor Light is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics: supervillain Arthur Light and superhero Jacob Finlay
Doctor_Light_(Arthur_Light)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up first light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. First Light may refer to: First light (astronomy), the first observation with a newly commissioned
First_Light
Human skin color
Light skin is a human skin color that has a low level of eumelanin pigmentation as an adaptation to environments of low UV radiation. Due to migrations
Light_skin
Weight class used in boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts
Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. In professional boxing, the division is above 168 pounds (76 kg) and up to 175 pounds (79 kg), falling
Light_heavyweight
Welsh and English-language drama television series
The Light in the Hall (Welsh: Y Golau) is a Welsh drama television series. It has both English-language and Welsh-language versions. Series one premiered
The_Light_in_the_Hall
Painting series by René Magritte
The Empire of Light (French: L'Empire des lumières) is the title of a succession of paintings by René Magritte. They depict the paradoxical image of a
The_Empire_of_Light
1998 studio album by Madonna
Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on February 22, 1998, by Maverick Records. A major stylistic
Ray_of_Light
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up City of Light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "(The) City of Light(s)" may refer to: Paris, France, the city most commonly referred to as the
City_of_Light
Type of small to medium-sized warship
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that
Light_cruiser
1973 song by Bruce Springsteen
"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N
Blinded_by_the_Light
Class of tank
A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, and to outmaneuver heavier tanks. It is a smaller classification
Light_tank
Excess artificial light in an environment
Light pollution is the alteration of the natural patterns of light and dark in ecosystems, resulting from artificial lighting. In a descriptive sense,
Light_pollution
Topics referred to by the same term
Light bulb Traffic light Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-songwriter Light Records, a record label Light (Matisyahu album) (2009) Light
Light_(disambiguation)
Building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
The Light is a leisure and retail centre in central Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It occupies the rectangular space between The Headrow on the south
The_Light,_Leeds
World's longest-lasting light bulb
The Centennial Light is an incandescent light bulb recognized as the oldest known operating light bulb. It was first illuminated in 1901, and has only
Centennial_Light
1980 studio album by Talking Heads
Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980, by Sire Records. The band's third and
Remain_in_Light
Unit of length
The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels
Light-second
2015 video game
Dying Light is a 2015 survival horror[discuss] video game developed by Techland and originally published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The
Dying_Light
Description of navigational light
A light characteristic is all of the properties that make a particular navigational light identifiable. Graphical and textual descriptions of navigational
Light_characteristic
Fictional character from Death Note
Light Yagami (Japanese: 夜神 月ライト, Hepburn: Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
Light_Yagami
Football stadium in Sunderland, England
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England, and the eighth and current home to Premier League club Sunderland. With
Stadium_of_Light
Electrical device with an electric lamp
A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English) or luminaire is an electrical lighting device containing one or more light sources, such as light
Light_fixture
American metalcore supergroup
Light the Torch (formerly Devil You Know) is an American metalcore supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2012. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast
Light_the_Torch
Therapy involving intentional exposure to sunlight
Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy, is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order
Light_therapy
2020 single by various artists
"Be a Light" is a song recorded by American country music singer Thomas Rhett and featuring guest vocals from Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott, Chris Tomlin
Be_a_Light
Light shade of blue
Light blue is a color or range of colors, typically a lightened shade with a hue between cyan and blue. The first use of "light blue" as a color term
Light_blue
Set of spacetime events, light-connected to a given event
In special and general relativity, a light cone (or null cone) is the path that a flash of light, emanating from a single event — localized to a single
Light_cone
Topics referred to by the same term
Into the Light may refer to: Into the Light (Chris de Burgh album), 1986 Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album), 1991 Into the Light (David Coverdale album)
Into_the_Light
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up blue light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blue Light or Blue light may refer to: Portion of the visible spectrum related to the blue color
Blue_Light
American light beer
Coors Light is a 4.2% ABV light American lager beer sold by Coors (currently Molson Coors) of Chicago, Illinois. It was first produced in 1978 by the
Coors_Light
2022 British-American drama film by Sam Mendes
Empire of Light is a 2022 romantic drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Sam Mendes. Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, the
Empire_of_Light
2008 single by David Cook
"Light On" is the first official single released from American Idol season 7 winner David Cook's major label debut studio album, David Cook (2008). It
Light_On
American electronic gaming and gambling company
Light & Wonder, Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corporation (SG), is an American corporation that provides gambling products and services. The company
Light_&_Wonder
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up red light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Red light or redlight may refer to: Red, any of a number of similar colors evoked by light in the wavelength
Red_light
2008 EP by The Naked and Famous
No Light is the second extended play released by New Zealand band The Naked and Famous. It was released on 8 September 2008. Stuff described No Light as
No_Light
American psychedelic rock band
Clear Light was an American psychedelic rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1966. The group released one studio album, Clear Light. It
Clear_Light
1983 studio album by Bad Brains
Rock for Light is the second full-length studio album by American rock band Bad Brains, released in 1983. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The
Rock_for_Light
1996 studio album by Phil Collins
Dance into the Light is the sixth solo studio album by the English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released on 21 October 1996 in the United
Dance_into_the_Light
Welsh singer-songwriter (born 1982)
professionally as Bright Light Bright Light, is a Welsh electro-pop singer, DJ, composer and producer based in New York City. Bright Light Bright Light incorporates
Bright_Light_Bright_Light
Graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time
astronomy, a light curve is a graph of the light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received
Light_curve
Hypothetical solid form of light
Solid light, or hard light, is a hypothetical material consisting of light in a solidified state. It primarily appears in science fiction. It has been
Solid_light
1967 novel by Roger Zelazny
Lord of Light (1967) is a science fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. It was awarded the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novel and nominated for
Lord_of_Light
Manga and television series
With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (光とともに…〜自閉症児を抱えて〜, Hikari to Tomoni… ~Jiheishōji o Kakaete~) is a josei drama manga by Keiko Tobe. It began
With_the_Light
Topics referred to by the same term
Ghost light or ghostlight may refer to: Ghost light (theatre), a light left lit overnight in a theater Atmospheric ghost lights, lights (or fires) that
Ghost_light
Topics referred to by the same term
Light a Light may refer to: "Light a Light", a song by Janis Ian on the album Between the Lines (1975) "Light a Light", a cover of the Janis Ian song
Light_a_Light
American conservative-led boycott
A boycott of Bud Light, the top beer brand in the United States, began in April 2023. The boycott began in response to a social media promotion the company
Bud_Light_boycott
Faint solar glow caused by interplanetary dust at sunset and sunrise
The zodiacal light (also called false dawn when seen before sunrise) is a faint glow of diffuse sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. Brighter around
Zodiacal_light
Device producing regular flashes of light
A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that
Strobe_light
Palamist doctrine of seeing God's light
theology, the Tabor Light (Ancient Greek: Φῶς τοῦ Θαβώρ "Light of Tabor", or Ἄκτιστον Φῶς "Uncreated Light", Θεῖον Φῶς "Divine Light"; Russian: Фаворский
Uncreated_Light
2013 novel by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
A Memory of Light is the 14th and final book of the fantasy series The Wheel of Time, written by American authors Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
A_Memory_of_Light
Line of powdered beverage mixes produced by Kraft Foods
Crystal Light is an American brand of powdered and artificially sweetened beverage mixes produced by Kraft Heinz. It was introduced in 1982 to a test
Crystal_Light
2012 single by Florence + the Machine
"No Light, No Light" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their second studio album, Ceremonials (2011). The song was written
No_Light,_No_Light
Minimalist mobile phone series, 2017-
The Light Phone is a brand of minimalist mobile phones by The Light Phone, Inc., a startup company in Brooklyn, New York, founded by Joe Hollier and Kaiwei
Light_Phone
English rock band
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev
Electric_Light_Orchestra
Lighthouse
The Highland Light (previously known as Cape Cod Light) is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current
Highland_Light
Topics referred to by the same term
A Different Light may refer to: A Different Light (album), a 2007 album by the band Sherwood A Different Light (bookstore), an LGBT bookstore chain that
A_Different_Light
Supernatural lights that appear in Eastern Texas
Ghost Road of Saratoga, the Saratoga Light, and Bragg Light by local residents. Located on a dirt road, it is a light that may appear and disappear at random
Light_of_Saratoga
Type of industry
Light industry are industries that usually are less capital-intensive than heavy industries and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as
Light_industry
Semiconductor light source
A light-emitting diode (LED) is an electronic component that uses a semiconductor to emit light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor
Light-emitting_diode
1932 novel by William Faulkner
Light in August is a 1932 novel by American author William Faulkner. It belongs to the Southern Gothic and modernist literary genres. Set in the author's
Light_in_August
Composition by the Beatles
"Carnival of Light", originally known as "Untitled", is an unreleased avant-garde recording by the English rock band the Beatles. It was commissioned
Carnival_of_Light
Projection of light energy
A light beam or beam of light is a directional projection of light energy radiating from a light source. Sunlight forms a light beam (a sunbeam) when
Light_beam
Structure designed to emit light to aid navigation
a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational
Lighthouse
Light that appears in a Michigan valley
The Paulding Light (also called the Lights of Paulding or the Dog Meadow Light) is a light that appears in a valley outside Paulding, Michigan. Reports
Paulding_Light
2026 single by Lana Del Rey
"First Light" is the theme song to the 2026 James Bond video game 007 First Light, recorded by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. She wrote and produced
First_Light_(song)
Type of highly mobile soldier on horseback
Light cavalry comprised lightly armed and armored cavalry troops mounted on fast horses, as opposed to heavy cavalry, where the mounted riders (and sometimes
Light_cavalry
Class of fighter aircraft
A light fighter or lightweight fighter is a fighter aircraft towards the low end of the practical range of weight, cost, and complexity over which fighters
Light_fighter
Short story by Leo Tolstoy
"Walk in the Light While There is Light" is a short story by Leo Tolstoy written in 1893. According to famed Tolstoy-translators Louise Maude and Aylmer
Walk in the Light While There is Light
Walk_in_the_Light_While_There_is_Light
cone of light, or light reflex, is a visible phenomenon which occurs upon examination of the tympanic membrane with an otoscope. Shining light on the tympanic
Cone_of_light
2023 EP by Zara Larsson
Honor the Light is the fourth EP by Swedish singer Zara Larsson. It was released on 1 December 2023 by Sommer House and Epic. The EP was announced on
Honor_the_Light
2007 Mexican film
Silent Light (Plautdietsch: Stellet Licht) is a 2007 film written and directed by Carlos Reygadas. Filmed in a Mennonite colony close to Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua
Silent_Light
Type of mobile infantry
Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history. They have a more mobile or fluid function than other types of
Light_infantry
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up let there be light in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Let There Be Light may refer to: "Let there be light", a phrase from English translations
Let_There_Be_Light
Taiwanese television series
Light the Night (traditional Chinese: 華燈初上; simplified Chinese: 华灯初上), previously known as Blue Hour, is a 2021 Taiwanese Netflix original series written
Light_the_Night
Category of aircraft weighing less than 5670 kg
A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) or less. Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft commercially
Light_aircraft
Class of commercial carrier vehicle
A light commercial vehicle (LCV) in the European Union is a commercial vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of no more than 3.5 metric tons (tonnes) or
Light_commercial_vehicle
Bomber class made for attacking ground targets with small bomb loads over short distances
A light bomber is a relatively small and fast type of military bomber aircraft that was primarily employed before the 1950s. Such aircraft would typically
Light_bomber
1938 British thriller play by Patrick Hamilton
Gas Light is a 1938 thriller play, set in 1880s London, written by the British novelist and playwright Patrick Hamilton. Hamilton's play is a dark tale
Gas_Light
English Idiom
Sweetness and light is an English idiom that can be used in common speech, either as statement of personal happy consciousness, (though this may be viewed
Sweetness_and_light
Feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg
The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert
Cathedral_of_Light
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English
English : unexplained; perhaps a variant spelling of Light.
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Spanish (LucÃa) and southern Italian
Spanish (LucÃa) and southern Italian : from the female personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux ‘light’.English : from a Latinized form of Luce.Respelling of French Lussier.
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English
English : from Middle English fether ‘feather’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a trader in feathers and down, a maker of quilts, or possibly a maker of pens. Feathermongers are recorded from the 13th century onwards. In some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname denoting a very light person or perhaps a person of no account.Americanized form of German Feder.
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English
English : nickname for a cheerful or boisterous person, from Middle English ga(i)le ‘jovial’, ‘rowdy’, from Old English gÄl ‘light’, ‘pleasant’, ‘merry’, which was reinforced in Middle English by Old French gail. Compare Gail 2.English : from a Germanic personal name introduced into England from France by the Normans in the form Gal(on). Two originally distinct names have fallen together in this form: one was a short form of compound names with the first element gail ‘cheerful’, ‘joyous’. Compare Gaillard, the other was a byname from the element walh ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’.English : metonymic occupational name for a jailer, topographic name for someone who lived near the local jail, or nickname for a jailbird, from Old Northern French gaiole ‘jail’ (Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of classical Latin cavea ‘cage’).Portuguese : from galé ‘galleon’, ‘war ship’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a shipwright or a mariner.Slovenian : from a pet form of the personal name Gal (Latin Gallus), formed with the suffix -e, usually denoting a young person.
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English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool)
English (chiefly northern England, especially Liverpool) : nickname for a messenger or for a fast runner, from Middle English lyght ‘light’, ‘nimble’, ‘quick’ (Old English līoht) + fote ‘foot’.
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English
English : nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht ‘light’ (not dark), ‘bright’, ‘cheerful’.English : nickname for someone who was busy and active, from Middle English lyght, Old English līoht ‘light’ (not heavy), ‘nimble’, ‘quick’. The two words lēoht and līoht were originally distinct, but they were confused in English from an early period.English : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite, Old English l̄t ‘little’, influenced by lyght as in 1 and 2.
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English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
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English (Durham)
English (Durham) : unexplained.Perhaps an Americanized form of German Lichtel, a habitational name from a place named Lichtel, recorded in 1224 as Lihental. This name occurs chiefly in LA.
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French (Léger) and English
French (Léger) and English : from the Germanic personal name Leodegar (see Ledger).French : nickname from léger ‘light’, ‘superficial’.English : see Letcher.Dutch (also de Leger) : occupational name from Middle Dutch legger, ligger ‘bailiff’, ‘tax collector’.A Leger from Normandy, France, was in Quebec City by 1644; another was in Montreal by 1659. One from Limousin, France, was in Quebec City by 1691; another, from Paris, was there by 1706; and a third, from Poitou, France, arrived in 1711.
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Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic)
Polish, German, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Polish litwin, an ethnic name for someone from Lithuania (Polish Litwa, Lithuanian Lietuva, a word of uncertain etymology, perhaps a derivative of the river name Leità ). In the 14th century Lithuania was an independent grand duchy which extended from the Baltic to the shores of the Black Sea. It was united with Poland in 1569, and was absorbed into the Russian empire in 1795. The region referred to as Lite in Ashkenazic culture encompassed not only Lithuania but also Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, parts of northern Ukraine, and parts of northeastern Poland.English : from an Old English personal name, Lēohtwine, composed of the elements lēoht ‘light’, ‘bright’ + wine ‘friend’.
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English
English : nickname, perhaps for a messenger, from Middle English gÅ(n) ‘to go’ (Old English gÄn) + lihtly ‘lightly’, ‘swiftly’ (Old English lÄ“oht(lÄ«c)).Scottish : altered form of a surname of uncertain origin, possibly an unidentified habitational name. The earliest known bearer is William Galithli, who witnessed a charter at the beginning of the 13th century. Henry Gellatly, an illegitimate son of William the Lion, of whom little or nothing is known, was the grandfather of Patric Galythly, one of the pretenders to the crown of Scotland in 1291.Irish : adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac an Ghallóglaigh ‘son of the galloglass’, Irish gallóglach. A galloglass was a mercenary retainer or auxiliary soldier (a compound of gall ‘foreigner’ (see Gall 1) + óglach ‘youth’, ‘warrior’). The name is also found pseudo-translated as English.
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English
English : possibly a habitational name from a place called Lightollars in Lancashire, so named from Old English lēoht ‘light-colored’ + alor ‘alder’. The surname, however, is not found in current English sources.
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North German (Lüttmann)
North German (Lüttmann) : variant of Lüdemann (see Ludemann).North German (Lüttmann) : nickname for a small man, from Low German dialect lütt ‘small’.English : nickname for a small, light man (see Light).
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Jewish
Jewish : Americanized form of Lichtman.English : nickname from Light (in any of its senses) + man ‘man’.
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English, Scottish, German, and Dutch
English, Scottish, German, and Dutch : from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch horn ‘horn’, applied in a variety of senses: as a metonymic occupational name for someone who made small articles, such as combs, spoons, and window lights, out of horn; as a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal; as a topographic name for someone who lived by a horn-shaped spur of a hill or tongue of land in a bend of a river, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element (for example, in England, Horne in Surrey on a spur of a hill and Horn in Rutland in a bend of a river); as a nickname, perhaps referring to some feature of a person’s physical appearance, or denoting a cuckolded husband.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from Old Norse horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Swedish : ornamental or topographic name from horn ‘horn’, ‘spur of land’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably from German Horn ‘horn’, adopted as a surname for reasons that are not clear. It may be purely ornamental, or it may refer to the ram’s horn (Hebrew shofar) blown in the Synagogue during various ceremonies.
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Jewish
Jewish : shortened form of some Ashkenazic surname such as Littman or Litwin.English : variant of Light ‘little’.Dutch and North German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with liut ‘people’, ‘tribe’ as the first element.
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Americanized spelling of German Lutz.English
Americanized spelling of German Lutz.English : patronymic from Lutt, a medieval personal name which probably preserves an Old English byname Lutt(a), derived from l̄t ‘small’ (see Light 3).
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English
English : nickname for a small man, or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English l̄tel, originally a diminutive of l̄t (see Light 3).Irish : translation of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Begin).Translation of French Petit and Lepetit; also used as an English form of names such as Jean-Petit ‘little John’.Translation of any of various other European name meaning ‘little’.
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German
German : nickname from the small medieval coin known as the häller or heller because it was first minted (in 1208) at the Swabian town of (Schwäbisch) Hall. Compare Hall.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name for someone from Schwäbisch Hall.German : topographic name for someone living by a field named as ‘hell’ (see Helle 3).English : topographic name for someone living on a hill, from southeastern Middle English hell + the habitational suffix -er.Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hild ‘strife’ + hari, heri ‘army’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a person with fair hair or a light complexion, from an inflected form, used before a male personal name, of German hell ‘light’, ‘bright’, Yiddish hel.
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English
English : nickname for the smaller of two men with the same forename, from the comparative of Light.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Leiter.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Voted; Headscarf
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Greek Latin Swedish
Rock.
Girl/Female
Australian, French, German, Greek, Swedish, Swiss
Stone; Rock; Female Version of Peter; Strong
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Indian
Deep Contemplation; Reflection through Study
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English
English : unexplained.Dutch (Minsen) patronymic from the Germanic personal name Me(g)inzo.
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Tamil
Contending war
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Australian, British, English, Jamaican
Derived from a British Place Name; Homestead of Peotla
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Arabic
Beautiful
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Hindu, Indian, Tamil
A Son of Krishna
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Hindu, Indian, Marathi
The Sun; Fire
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Lightening.
n.
A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.
n.
A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
n.
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
a.
Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
adv.
With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
n.
A man who carries or takes care of a light.
a.
Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
a.
Destitute of light; dark.
pl.
of Lighthouse
n.
A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
n.
Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
n.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.
n.
A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
n.
Hence: A light or wanton woman.
a.
Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building.
n.
A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
a.
Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
a.
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.