Baghdad Bob

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
w:Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf


Rodge

Alternative form of Rog (“short form of the name Roger”)


riding interest

en-noun

riding interest (plural riding interests)

(Scots law) An interest that depends on another interest.


Alycia

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Turkmenistani

a person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmenistani descent.


Leyton

en-proper noun

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

der

(countable) A unisex given name, sometimes regarded as a variant of Leighton.


devale

From Sinhalese දේවාලය (dēwālaya), from Sanskrit देवालय (devālaya).

Both the Maligava and the devales are administered by chief temple officials and their deputies, the services during the festival from providing supplies and decorations to participation in the processions are performed by temple tenants who hold temple lands (vihāragam and dēvālagam) in lieu of their rājakāriya (lit. "king's work," in this case temple service).

1972, Hans Dieter Evers, Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon:

Worshippers at the devale would hand over a small offering of betel and incense sticks to the kapurala and tell him their problems.

1992, Piya Tan, Buddhist currents: a brief social analysis of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Siam, →OCLC:


Tongva

A member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.


Bushinator

Therefore, I’ve developed my own Presidential Candidate Rating System. The PCRS is based on the four candidates – Bigoted Buchanan, the Bushinator, Garish Gore and Nincompoop Nader – ranking them on an uncurved 100 point scale, based on the Florida Public School Grading Scale.

2000 September 17, Ronald Hsu, “Bush is best – or at least, lesser of 4 evils”, in Florida Today, volume 39, number 181, Melbourne, FL: Cape Publications Inc., →ISSN, The Verge, page 12D:

And this is why we should all be preparing to move to some oil free European, Asian or African nation. Let’s face it living in Fort McMurray can’t be safe with the Bushinator back in office for another four years.

2004 November 6, Jennifer Mills, “Election results depression”, in Fort McMurray Today, volume 8, number 44, Fort McMurray, Alta., page 6:

Maybe Labour will promise to have Howard tried for war crimes, but I think the US would invade us if that happened. It would nt^([sic]) do for the Bushinator's mates to get shipped off to the^([sic]) Hague.

2006 April 23, Roger, “Re: About all this ANZAC day stuff”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

(US politics, often derogatory) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009).


Taivoan

a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Taivoan people of Taiwan


Corbynism

Two accounts of Corbynism – by journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire and the Guardian’s Owen Jones – unpick Labour’s rapid descent from the optimism of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to landslide defeat at the polls[.]

2020 September 13, John Harris, “Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn; This Land: The Story of a Movement - review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Corbynism was as hopeful as it was hopeless. From his 2015 leadership election victory to the following general election, it offered a screen on to which people, tired of both technocratic and insipid New Labour wannabies and austerity, projected their hopes and fears. People queued round the block to hear him speak and then voted for him in droves.

2022 June 8, Neal Lawson, “Keir Starmer, you have a golden opportunity. Now try a bit of Corbynism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) The political philosophy exemplified by Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party, characterised by antiausterity and renationalization policies.


Lib-Lab

(UK politics, historical) A Liberal candidate who was financially maintained by trade unions and supposed to represent the working classes.


Lachy

A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.


Killary

Blend of kill + Hillary, inspired by conspiracy theories that allege Hillary Clinton was responsible for murders, especially in relation to Benghazi.

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Hillary Clinton, chiefly used by American conservatives.


Zed

“So you changed it.”
“Yes.” He turns off the tap.
“Why did you choose the name Zed? What does it mean?”
“Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.”

1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates:

A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.


Vinchenzo

Spelling alteration of Vincenzo, from Italian Vincenzo, from Latin Vincentius.


Theadore

Spelling alteration of Theodore, from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros).


Oenone

Borrowed from Latin Oenōnē, from Ancient Greek Οἰνώνη (Oinṓnē).

'Dinah and Oenone Lendrim.'
'I-now-ny? What the fuck kind of name's that?'
'Greek mythological.' Sam smiled, knowing Gibbs would assume he knew this because his father was Greek. 'She's Nonie for all practical purposes. She and her sister Dinah are the children of Sharon Lendrim.'

2012, Sophie Hannah, Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.


Southern Ohlone

A language of the Ohlone people once spoken from Santa Clara to Monterey counties in California.


Lyanna

'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!'

1893, Madison Julius Cawein, Poems of Nature and Love, page 142:

If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...

2010, James Barclay, Nightchild, Prometheus Books, →ISBN:

Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface. 'Lyanna, the ladies want to talk to you. All right?' Lyanna nodded. 'Are you still feeling shy, darling?' asked Erienne. 'A little,' admitted Lyanna.

2011, James Barclay, The Raven eBook Collection, Gollancz, →ISBN:

At the tourney's end, Prince Rhaegar shocked the attendees by crowning Lyanna the Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his wife, Elia of Dorne.

2014, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70:


Karenni

en-adj

Karenni (comparative more Karenni, superlative most Karenni)

more Karenni (comparative)
most Karenni (superlative)

Anglicized form of Burmese ကရင်နီ (ka.rangni, “red Karen”)


Kayah

A member of any of a number of Karenic ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Kayah State


Siya

A female or male given name used in South Africa, India, and the United States


Palaung

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.


Panthay

An ethnic group of Chinese Muslims in Myanmar.


Xicanx

From Xicano. The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o..

-a-o-x

(neologism) Chicano or Chicana (and of any gender).


Xicanx

(neologism) A Chicano or Chicana (of any gender).


Yagara

The Pama-Nyungan language spoken by the Yagara and Turrbal peoples.


Amye

A female given name from Latin, an old spelling variant of Amy, no longer current.


Daghestanian

The Tushines (a Georgian ethnic group) are referred to as Mosok, or Musek, by the Daghestanians.

2003, Ariel Golan, Prehistoric Religion, page 183:


Ingushetian

en-adj

Ingushetian (comparative more Ingushetian, superlative most Ingushetian)

more Ingushetian (comparative)
most Ingushetian (superlative)

The Ingushetian prosecutor has made several attempts to close the site... On 6 June, a Moscow court... ordered its closure. However, the court was unable to enforce the decision as it is registered in the United States.

2008 September 2, Human Rights House, "Ingushetian Opposition Website Owner Killed"

Of or related to Ingushetia, a republic of the Russian Federation.


Liberal Party

Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats#English

(UK politics) The predecessor of the Liberal Democrats


Mezquital Otomi

One of the two varieties of the Northwestern Otomi language, spoken in the Mezquital Valley of Hidalgo, Mexico.


Norb

A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.


Loosh

And in Chicago, Robert Horton was still teaching students in 1999, [... including] a man known to his friends and students simply as Loosh. Lucius Bateman, who taught at a driving range in Alameda, [...]

2005, A Course of Their Own: A History of African American Golfers, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 123:

Dr. Loosh came down from mother's bedroom with a worried expression on his face. [...] Dr. Loosh, meanwhile, was upstairs in mothers bedroom assessing the situation. [...] “Stand aside, Lucius.” Dr. Loosh gave in, [...]

2008, S. L. Varnado, Red Beans and Rainbows, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 23:

A diminutive of the male given name Lucius.


Brexit Party

(UK politics) A British single-issue trans-European political party of the European Parliament dedicated to extracting Great Britain from the European Union


Andronicus

Borrowed from Latin Andronīcus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρόνῑκος (Andrónīkos).

A male given name from Latin Andronicus.


Jebya

Jebya caves to his ultra-rightwing do-gooders without a clue yet fails to meet the needs of the vulnerable children of his state.

2003 October 22, Tom Jefferson, “GOP supports right to live without hope, but fights healthcare for those who can use it.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

Obviously the religious nuts have already decided that Dubya's God anointed one. They were screaming for Dubya and Jebya to throw out the rule of law and use their divinely ordained power to raise Terri Schiavo from the dead.

2005 April 4, Pete, “Re: Bush fooled by Hussein”, in soc.politics (Usenet):

Bush would've told Murkins they were traitors for not wanting his bailouts, CEO Bonuses, Wars, Cheney and Jebya's conflicts of interests and exposing spies who refused to lie for Chimpy.

2010 January 12, Palin On Beaver News, “Nobody Voted For it. Nobody Wants it. He campaigned AGAINST it.”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

(US politics, often derogatory) Jeb Bush (born 1953), the 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) and brother of former US president George W. Bush.


EHRC

Equality and Human Rights Commission
w:Equality and Human Rights Commission

(UK politics) Initialism of Equality and Human Rights Commission.


Middle Frisian

Language descended from Old Frisian spoken on the North Sea coast of modern Netherlands and Germany from the 16th century until c. 1820.


Michiganer

United States of America
United States of America

(US) A native or resident of the state of Michigan in the United States of America.


Tex-Mexican

A resident of Texas who is of Mexican ancestry or citizenship.


Whites

Directly opposite the imperial box in the Hippodrome were the seats assigned to the Blues, the Reds, the Whites, and the Greens. These were the colours of the chariot-racing factions, the professional organizations initially responsible for fielding the teams, though at some point in the fifth century they took charge of other public spectacles as well, and thus we can find factions even in cities which had no hippodromes.

2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 36

(sports, historical) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly

(historical) The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore white.

1996, S. Greenfield, "When the Whites Go Marching In? Racism and Resistances in English Football", Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Art. 7, p. 315: #*: "When the Whites go Marching In" is a version of the hymn "When the Saints go Marching In" and has been sung by football fans whilst attending "away" matches in other countries... In this context the reference is to English supporters indicating their disapproval of black players.

When the Whites go marching in, oh, when the Whites go marching in, oh, I wanna be in that number when the Whites go marching in!

(soccer, UK) The away team during international matches.


poor's roll

(Scots law, historical) The list of poor people who are litigants, but unable to pay the expenses of litigation, and therefore allowed to sue in forma pauperis.


Parris

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Crazy Dog

I give it below just as it was told me by Mr. J. W. Schultz, who received it from Crazy Dog, an old man of that tribe.

1892 April, George Bird Grinnell, “Early Blackfoot history”, in American Anthropologist, volume 5, number 2, page 154:

A male given name of Native American usage


Maba

The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.


Cushla

From Irish cuisle (“pulse”); compare acushla, macushla.


Raghava

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit राघव (rāghava).


base right

(Scots law, historical) The right which a disposer acquires when disposing of feudal property.


Brooksy

A diminutive of the male given name Brooks.


Zan

“[…] Scott, this is Zan Adams.” […]
“Her name's Suzanne,” Jon corrected.
“Hello, Scott. You can call me Zan or Suzanne . . . whichever you prefer.”

1984, Lyn Ducoty, A Pocketful of Dreams, Toronto: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 161:

6:00 a.m. My husband, Bruce, is perky, ready to start his, er, our vacation. While we wake up and get ready to head out of the Comfort Inn, we're watching that horrible HBO documentary […]
Susan “Zan” Meigs, 40, Austin, Texas; English instructor

2005, Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey, B. K. Rakhra, editors, This Day in the Life: Diaries from Women Across America, New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 306:

A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, or Susanna.


Irula

Their language, written in the Tamil script.


Hotoru

Regarding the "Mother of the Year" award, in 1951 Hotoru Matsudaira of Seattle was the first Japanese to win this honor by a vote among all Catholics in the nation.

1973, Kazuo Itō, Issei: A History of Japanese Immigrants in North America, Japanese Community Service, page 287:


Arikara

Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).

A member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.


Fujimatsu

Borrowed from Japanese ふじまつ (Fujimatsu).

That summer though, Fujimatsu Moriguchi passed away. He had left the store to his four sons (breaking with the Japanese tradition of leaving the business to the eldest son).

2003, Tony Zurlo, The Japanese Americans, Lucent Books/Thomson Gale, page 82:


Jovial

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

(astronomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.

I know the ſhape of's Legge: this is his Hand: / His Foote Mercuriall: his martiall Thigh / The brawnes of Hercules: but his Iouiall face— / Murther in heaven?

1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 390, column 1:

It was pointed out in chapter 3 that [C. S.] Lewis liked to regard Jupiter as his personal presiding deity, but Mercury would have been almost as apt a choice, for Lewis had been extraordinarily favoured by that Intelligence whom, in ‘The Planets,’ he calls the ‘Lord of language’: both as a speaker and as a writer Lewis was uncommonly fluent. However, despite these talents, despite the fact that he saw Mercurial as well as Jovial strains in his paternity, and despite his opinion that Mercury shared with Jupiter a special need of rehabilitation, Lewis claimed no special relationship with the planet of the second sphere. In fact, he confesses that the Mercurial essence is almost beyond his grasp: […]

2008, Michael Ward, Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(Roman mythology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus), the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods; Jovian.


Jovial

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian.


lawburrows

(Scots law) A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.


Bakuvian

The vast majority of Bakuvians identify themselves as Muslims but tend to see Islam as a badge of national identity as much as a strict religious code. Nearly two centuries of Russian rule added a strong European cultural element including a wide acceptance of alcohol as social lubricant. Although the small percentage of women who opt for Islamic dress is growing, a far greater proportion of Bakuvian ladies favour lavish make-up and toweing stilettoes over flapping chadors.


Venu

From Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”).

uder

A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in India.


Tongyong Pinyin

/ˌtɒŋjɒŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/

/ˌtʊŋjʊŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通用拼音 (Tongyòng Pinyin).

With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh.

2003, Julie Ju et al., editors, A Brief Introduction to Taiwan, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16:

By now, you may be as puzzled as most American visitors to Taiwan are. And there is more confusion to come. For the purpose of this book, keep in mind that we are using Tongyong Pinyin throughout, with Hanyu Pinyin in parentheses when the spelling is different.

2006, David C. King, Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89:

Rickshaw Magazine is a Tainan-based publication targeting expats, and free in many hotels and bars, while FYI South also has decent Tainan listings. The city has opted to use the Tongyong Pinyin system, with streets well marked in English and Chinese.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 316:

Taiwan’s still official but probably-not-long-for-this-world romanization system for Mandarin is Tongyong Pinyin.

2008 August 7, “Taiwan Google searches: Hanyu Pinyin vs. Tongyong Pinyin”, in Pinyin.info, archived from the original on 2008-08-12:

Although a few authors, long familiar with Wade-Giles or other older systems (or Tongyong Pinyin, a more recent system still used by some in Taiwan), have not switched to Pinyin in their writings, Chicago joins librarians in urging that Pinyin now be used in all writing about China or the Chinese language.

2017, “Languages Other than English”, in The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, University of Chicago Press, →DOI, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 651:

This promotion of Tongyong pinyin reflects Taiwan-identifying political elites seeking to supplant Guoyu with Taiwan-accented Mandarin as the prestige language variety in Taiwan.

2017 January 22, Martin Boyle, “Pinyin and a Taiwanese identity”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-01-21, Editorials, page 6:

The Taichung City Council on Monday (Aug. 24) gave initial approval to station names on the Taichung Mass Rapid Transit's (TMRT) green line, which is set to begin operation by the end of this year.
After a preliminary inspection of the 16.71-km line Monday, the city council gave a nod to the 18 station names on the green line. The English station names were converted using Tongyong pinyin (通用拼音) while four of the stations will also have alternate names, according to CNA.

2020 August 25, Ching-Tse Cheng, “Station names of central Taiwan Metro pass preliminary review”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2020-09-10:

Kaohsiung City Government said Wednesday that it will continue using the Tongyong Pinyin Mandarin romanization system on its street signs, passing on plans by the city's previous mayor to transition to the more widely-used Hanyu Pinyin system.
In a press release, Kaohsiung's Research, Development and Evaluation Commission said the city adopted Tongyong Pinyin in 2004 amid a push toward national spelling standardizaion by the central government, and later established an advisory committee to promote an English-friendly living environment in Kaohsiung.[…]
Taiwan's Ministry of Education adopted Tongyong Pinyin as the country's official romanization system in 2002, before switching to Hanyu Pinyin in 2008, though a number of Democratic Progressive Party controlled municipalities including Kaohsiung and Tainan have continued to use the former.

2020 October 14, Wang Shu-fen, Matthew Mazzetta, “Kaohsiung nixes proposal to adopt Hanyu Pinyin street signs”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-10-16, Society:

Some use romanization to make a political statement, a legacy of the “Great Tongyong-Pinyin Wars” of the 2000s. Here's a useful trick: if you notice someone is using the Hanyu Pinyin system that is standard in China for their name, they are likely pan-blue (pro-KMT), and if they use Taiwan’s Tongyong Pinyin, they are probably pan-green (pro-DPP).

2022 February 22, Courtney Donovan (石東文) Smith, “The joyous variety in Taiwanese chosen names”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-02-22:

For instance, while many DPP-led localities had favoured the locally designed Tongyong Pinyin system for the purpose of Mandarin transliteration (notably for toponyms), the incoming[…]

2022 August 5, Jean-François Dupré, “Language Politics and Recognition under Tsai Ing-wen”, in International Journal of Taiwan Studies, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Even within the Taigi community, there's the Pe̍h-ōe-jī, there's the Tongyong pinyin, there's the Tai lo, there's people who don't agree on kanji as orthography, there's people who don't use kanji at all, there's people who think you use kanji for everything except for these prepositions.[…]
What we did is that we held monthly, and later on bimonthly, MoeDict hackathons, where we invite the people of all these different schools to come together. Also, because it's software, so I wrote some programs that automatically turned the Taiwan romanization form to Tongyong or Peh oe ji or whatever form that people prefer.

2023 March 15, Audrey Tang, “Conversation with Cynthia Wang and Tyng-Ruey Chuang”, in Ministry of Digital Affairs, archived from the original on 2023-04-06, 新聞參考資料:

Around twenty years ago, during Taiwan’s romanization wars (when President Chen wanted to impose Tongyong Pinyin upon Taiwan and a great many foreigners and others reacted with dismay and disgust), a popular claim of the Tongyong supporters was, “If Taiwanese use Hanyu Pinyin for their names, no one will be able to tell Taiwanese from Chinese anymore.”

2023 May 9, “Why is the ROC govt trying to make Taiwanese look like Singaporeans?”, in Pinyin.info, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

A system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese developed and implemented in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1990s.

通用拼音

a romanization system of Mandarin Chinese


Sun King

(sobriquet) Louis XIV, king of France between 1643 and 1715


indy-curious

/ˌɪndiˈkjʊəɹɪəs/

(UK politics) Interested in the possibility of independence (for Wales), without necessarily being in favour of it.


personal exception

(Scots law) A ground of objection that applies to an individual and prevents them from doing something which, except for their conduct or situation, they would be allowed to do.


ghawa syndrome

Named after the resyllabification of dialectal Arabic قَهْوَة (gahwa, “coffee”) as قْهَوَة (ghawa), which is the prototypical example of the phenomenon.

(phonology) A phenomenon in some Arabic dialects in which the second consonant in a word forms a cluster with the first consonant.


Wodaabe

A pastoral subgroup of the Fula residing mainly in the eastern Sahel.


Brookie

(British, informal) Brookside, a British television soap opera.


Surmiran

Borrowed from Romansch surmiran, from the region Surmeir in Albula Valley. The placename is interpreted to mean "above the wall," from sur (“above”) (a derivative of Latin supra (“above”)) + meir (“wall”) (from Latin murus). There is no corresponding Swiss German name, which instead uses Mittelbünden.

A dialect of the Romansch language, spoken in the canton of Grisons, especially in the region of Surmeir, Switzerland.


El Pasoan

Someone from the city of El Paso in Texas or Illinois.


Malc

A diminutive of the male given name Malcolm.


Lewy

A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.


Oli

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.

A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.


service of an heir

(Scots law) A proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.


Lockie

A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.


Backstop

(UK) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.


Yoshitaro

Borrowed from Japanese よしたろう (Yoshitarō).


Sugar Lander

Someone residing in or from Sugar Land, Texas.


Petty France

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

A named street in the City of Westminster, London SW1 (OS grid ref TQ2979).


Modern South Arabian

An independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.


Elouisa

Alternative form of Eloise or Elouise, influenced by Louisa.


Fredo

Compare the given names Federico and Alfredo.


Molsom

A minor language of the Sino-Tibetan family, spoken in Tripura, India.


Tanchangya

bor

Tanchangya 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡

The Indo-European language of this people


Highland Popoluca

Calque of Spanish popoluca de la Sierra.

A variety of Popoluca spoken in the municipalities of Soteapan, Tatahuicapan, Hueyapan de Ocampa and Benito Juarez, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.


Bristol pound

(UK, historical) A local currency (not legal tender) in Bristol, England, tied to the pound sterling, introduced in 2012 to promote local business and retired in 2021. Symbol £B.


Timeus

Alternative spelling of Timaeus; A male given name


Timaeus

From Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios), from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (tīmáō, “honour”, verb). Appears as the name of one of Plato's dialogues. It is also the name of a person mentioned in the New Testament (Mark 10:46).


Glorious Revolution

1964, Michael G. Hall, Lawrence H. Leder, Michael Kammen, Prologue, The Glorious Revolution in America: Documents on the Colonial Crisis of 1689, Institute of Early American History and Culture, University of North Carolina Press, page 4,
In 1688 New York and New Jersey were added to the Dominion of New England, and there is evidence that Pennsylvania and even Maryland were to be next. But before these imperial plans could mature, James II was toppled from the throne by the Glorious Revolution.

2007, Nick Harding, Hanover and the British Empire, 1700-1837, Boydell & Brewer (The Boydell Press), page 15,
Britain's union with Hanover was made possible by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

The defection of the old 'country' Whigs paved the way for the prominence of a new generation of Whigs after 1690 (the Junto Whigs), whose views and attitudes were considerably different from those Whigs who had served their political apprenticeship before the Glorious Revolution.

2012, Barry Coward, The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714, 4th edition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 367:

(historical, British history) The 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).

სახელოვანი რევოლუცია

1688 deposition and replacement of James II and VII

(historical, Spanish history) The 1888 revolution that resulted in the deposition of Queen Isabella II of Spain.


Tamaki

Borrowed from Japanese 玉城 (Tamaki), 玉木 (Tamaki) or たまき (Tamaki).


Methodius

From Byzantine Greek Μεθόδιος (Methódios), from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos), from μετ᾽ (apocopic form of μετά (metá)) + ὁδός (hodós).

af

apocopic form of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μετά</i> (metá)

A male given name, notably of the Byzantine Christian theologian and missionary.


Fyodor

Transliteration of Russian Фёдор (Fjódor).

translit

Фёдор Фёдор#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjódor).


Kuni

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (Kuni), 久邇 (Kuni) or くに (Kuni).


Hata

Borrowed from Japanese 畑 (Hata), 秦 (Hata), 羽田 (Hata) or はた (Hata).


Tomoe

A female given name from Japanese, found in ethnic-Japanese populations in English-speaking localities, as an ethnic given name, complementing their "English" name.


quoc ngu

Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries.

2003, Thaveeporn Vasavakul, edited by Brown & Ganguly, Fighting Words, page 223:

Students studied French and quoc ngu. Most (not all) agreed that Chinese characters no longer sufficed.

2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 107:

The romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.


Andreev

Borrowed from Russian Андре́ев (Andréjev).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Andreeva


Linc

A diminutive of the male given name Lincoln.


Restonian

Someone from or residing in Reston, Virginia, United States.


Jewish English

The interrelated socio-ethnolects of the English language used by the Jews of Anglophonic countries, typically peppered with religious or cultural influences from Hebrew, Yiddish, and other Jewish languages (though usually not to the same extent as Yeshivish, which is essentially English but with extensive use of Aramaic, Hebrew and Yiddish terminology related to halacha (Jewish law) and Gemara learning).


Nasrallah

bor

نَصْر اللَّٰه


Fathallah

Ultimately from Arabic فَتْح اللَّٰه (fatḥ allāh).

der

فَتْح اللَّٰه


Wasim

Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”).


Germantowner

Someone from or residing in any of the many places called Germantown in the United States.


San Andrean

Of or from San Andreas, California, United States.


San Andrean

Someone from or residing in San Andreas, California, United States.


Daytonian

Someone from or residing in Dayton, Ohio, United States.


McGregorite

Someone from or residing in the small city of McGregor, Texas, United States.


Tuskegeean

en-adj

Tuskegeean (comparative more Tuskegeean, superlative most Tuskegeean)

more Tuskegeean (comparative)
most Tuskegeean (superlative)

Of, pertaining to, or from the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.


Tuskegeean

Someone from or residing in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.


Beiruti

From Arabic بَيْرُوتِيّ (bayrūtiyy, “Beiruti”). Equivalent to Beirut + -i.

bor

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut.

بَيْرُوتِيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut


Tartan Tory

Compound of tartan (“distinctive pattern of cloth used by a Scottish clan”) + Tory (“Conservative”).

compound

(Scotland, UK politics, somewhat dated) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party, connoting sentimentality or old-fashionedness.


Baltimorean

A native or inhabitant of Baltimore, Maryland.


Guilfordite

(rare) Someone from or residing in Guilford, Connecticut, United States.


Geiseric

From Latin Geisericus, from a later form of the Vandalic *Gaisarīx, itself from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks.

(rare) A male given name from Latin. Mainly Historical. Name of a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.


Burlingamer

(rare) Someone from or residing in the city of Burlingame in San Mateo County, California, United States.


Gaiseric

From Latin Gaisericus, from Vandalic *Gaisarīx, itself from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Garrick.

(rare) A male given name of historical usage. Name of a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.


Semai

A semisedentary ethnic group living in the central Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.


Chilcotin

Borrowed from Chilcotin Tŝinlhqut’in (literally “river man”).

bor

A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot'in people.


Vadim

A Transliteration of Russian Вадим (Vadim).

translit

A male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to English Bademus.


Amirul

Ultimately from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). A case of rebracketing, the -l probably comes from Arabic ال (al-), through it being a shortening of Arabic أمير المؤمنين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn). Doublet of admiral.

der

أمير المؤمنين

Amirul says CHT Treaty in no way contradicts constitution

1997 December 4, soc.culture.bangladesh (Usenet):


Hildabeast

(Oxford University slang, humorous, self-referent) A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Oxford University slang; self-referent; Oxford University slang; self-referent


Hildebeast

Hildebeast (canonical)
the Hildebeast (canonical)

Blend of Hillary + wildebeest, beast, coined or popularized by conservative radio host Neal Boortz.

And, naturally, it was the one politician who “has never showed [sic] anything but contempt for our military” who refused to meet with the delegation. Who? Who else: “the Queen herself, the Hildebeast—Hillary Clinton.”

2002 July 21, Carol Muske-Dukes, “The Electronic Pillory”, in Los Angeles Times, page M6:

Trouble for some is, the Hildebeast is ahead.

2007 November 23, Marie Cocco, “Having it both ways with Hillary”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 99, number 213, page 15A:

It’s not too soon for Republicans to marshal our forces for a little shock and awe when the Hildebeast finally announces.

2013 November 2, “Republicans will need more than attacks on Hillary”, in Calgary Herald, page A11:

It is just another chance for libs to showcase their ignorance and express faux outrage just like the hypocrisy they display when comparing Sarah Palin and the Hildebeast.

2015 April 14, R Craig Bolander, “The daily STEW”, in Star-Telegram, 109th year, number 354, Fort Worth, Tex., page 15A:

Lesser people have gone to prison or had their careers destroyed for far less than what this criminal has done. But, hey, there’s nothing to see here, let’s move on. After all, she is the Hildebeast.

2015 September 6, Roddy D. Riggs, “What difference?”, in Belleville News-Democrat, page C2:

First Amendment will be reduced to rubble if Hildebeast is elected so maybe you can petition her to outlaw anti-Lobo speak.

2016 October 28, Jim, “Sports Speak Up!”, in Albuquerque Journal, page D4:

GHS are you guys smoking pot or doing coke to invite Hildebeast to speak.

2017 October 14, Tom Ambrosia, “30 Seconds”, in Press Enterprise, page 26:

(derogatory, US politics) Hillary Clinton


Lusitanic

(historical) An extinct language spoken by the Jews of Portugal.


kicking kuh

/ˈkɪkɪŋ ˈkə/

From the shape of the letter (resembling a person kicking).

Or did it start as Kill It Bang before they decided to soften it slightly by changing the kicking kuh to a curly cuh?

2014, Dave Gorman, Too Much Information, Random House, page 181:

(Sometimes these are spelt with a kicking ‘kuh’ rather than a curly ‘cuh’ as ‘homoskedasticity’ and ‘heteroskedasticity’.)

2018, Alan R. Jones, Best Fit Lines & Curves: And Some Mathe-Magical Transformations, Routledge, page 174:

(British, childish) The letter K, as distinct from the letter C ("curly cuh").


curly cuh

(British, childish) The letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").


Finland Swedish

the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland


Filipinx

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).

-a-o-x

(US, neologism) A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).


Sophronia

After casting about for some time for a name which should be worthy of her, he decided in favour of Sophronia Sphynx, as being euphonious and genteel, and furthermore indicative of mystery.

1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Last”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 220:

Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.

1898, George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, act II:


Vadym

A Transliteration of Russian Вади́м (Vadím).

translit

A male given name from the Slavic languages.


Ostap

Transliteration of Ukrainian Оста́п (Ostáp), ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐστάθιος (Eustáthios). Doublet of Eustace.

Оста́п Остап#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Оста́п (Ostáp).


Stormont

The proposal requires Stormont to approve the special arrangements for Northern Ireland to remain aligned with the EU before the end of the transition period and every four years after that.

2019 October 3, Lisa O'Carroll, “What are the concerns over Stormont's role in proposed Brexit deal?”, in The Guardian:

Downing Street hopes the package, combined with parallel negotiations with the DUP over post-Brexit trading arrangements, will persuade the DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, to restore Stormont after almost two years of political stasis.

2023 December 11, Rory Carroll, Ben Quinn, “Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly

(metonymically, UK politics) The Northern Ireland Assembly.


un-English

en-adj

un-English (comparative more un-English, superlative most un-English)

more un-English (comparative)
most un-English (superlative)

A quick scan of a couple of pages in a dictionary that records the origin of our vocabulary reveals that many entries in it are historically “un-English.” This is not surprising; languages travel […]

2009, Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell, English Words: History and Structure, page 24:

Fowler effectively refuted critics who had argued that Milton's high style was un-English, but he overstated the case.

1999, Ton Hoenselaars, Marius Buning, English Literature and the Other Languages, page 41:


Tlamacazapa Nahuatl

Calque of Spanish náhuatl de Tlamacazapa

calque

The variety of Nahuatl spoken in Tlamacazapa, Guerrero, Mexico.


Eben

Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).


Shinnecock

The extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by this tribe.


Massachusite

(archaic) A native or resident of the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America.


Elain

From Welsh Elain. Alternatively, a variant of English Elaine.


Volodymyr

From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), a Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir.

Володи́мир Володимир#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), equivalent to Vladimir.


Brina

A diminutive of the female given name Sabrina.


Kazanian

Kazan Tatar; Tatar proper, an agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan, and distinguished from Crimean Tatar and Siberian Tatar.


Kazanian

From, of or pertaining to the Kazan Tatars, the "nominate" Tatarian ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Eastern Europe and Russia) that are simply called Tatars, distinguished from Crimean Tatars and Siberian Tatars.

From, of or pertaining to Kazan Tatar, Tatar proper, an agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan, and distinguished from Crimean Tatar and Siberian Tatar.


Kazanian

A Kazan Tatar; a member of the "nominate" Tatarian ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Eastern Europe and Russia) that are simply called Tatars, distinguished from Crimean Tatars and Siberian Tatars.


North Macedonian

en-noun

North Macedonian (plural North Macedonians)

Rajhl, 54, a North Macedonian, said that ahead of the fall of Kabul, his employer Kam Air, the largest Afghan private airline, had contingency plans to rebase its three Boeing 737s and three Airbus 340 to Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

2021, Ognen Teofilovski, "We sneaked past the crowd": Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul, Reuters:

A native or inhabitant of North Macedonia.

Noord-Masedoniër

a native or inhabitant of North Macedonia


Johannesburger

By using a midget, skin-tight car of the kind made in Italy the Johannesburger might save himself much tribulation, but he likes large and glittering things, and would rather toil round his city in vain search of a place to put his supercharged, supergrinning Mammalac than use a baby car.

1949, Douglas Reed, Somewhere South of Suez: A Further Survey of the Grand Design of the Twentieth Century, page 48:

A Johannesburger will seldom ask a visitor what he thinks of the city.

1978, Johannesburg: The Cosmopolitan City, page 7:

All Refilwe knew was that Lerato was a Johannesburger.

2001, Phaswane Mpe, Welcome to Our Hillbrow: A Novel of Postapartheid South Africa, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 81:


Clemmie

A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.


La Tène

A European Iron Age culture, apparently Celtic.


Toyosaburo

Borrowed from Japanese 豊三郎 (Toyosaburō).

The slim young man told Poulsen that his name was Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu.

1983, Peter Irons, Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases, University of California Press, published 1993, page 93:


Mitsuye

Mitsuye Endo (Tsutsumi), who died in fall 2006, represents an unusual case of heroism—a hero both self-effacing and effaced by others.

2016, Greg Robinson, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches, University Press of Colorado, page 93:


Tory Party

(UK politics, historical) Any of several centre-right groupings that historically existed in the UK Parliament between 1678 and the 1800s. Members of the Tory Party founded the modern Conservative Party.

Mr Cleverly, the Chairman of the Tory Party, hit out at Philip Hammond following his announcement to not stand as Conservative MP in the December 12 election.

2019 November 5, Claire Anderson, “James Cleverly savages Philip Hammond's reasons for leaving Tory party as 'wrong'”, in The Express:

Following Theresa May’s departure, Tory party candidates running for prime minister appeared to agree that an investigation into the problem was needed, only to backtrack and give the nod instead to an investigation into all types of “prejudice and discrimination, including antisemitism.”

2019 November 18, Mobashra Tazamal, “I've been researching Islamophobia for years – don’t let anyone tell you there isn’t an epidemic within the Tory party”, in The Independent:

British Conservative Party
w:Conservative Party (UK)

(UK politics) Synonym of the British Conservative Party


Old Tagalog

The ancient or older medieval language of Tagalog mostly spoken and sparsely written using the Baybayin script in the Philippines from around its split off from other Central Philippine languages to around 1565 C.E., when it soon developed into Classical Tagalog after Christianization by the Spanish arrival. It developed from Central Philippine, under Greater Central Philippine, under Proto-Philippine, with influence from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and either or both Medieval Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese.

Lumang Tagalog

Baybayin: ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Pre-Kudlit:ᜎᜓᜋᜆᜄᜎᜓ


Classical Tagalog

Generally they are no longer productive, and cannot be used for derivation either in Classical Tagalog or Classical Arabic.

2013, Jean-Paul G. Potet, Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, pages 82–83

The older form of Tagalog spoken and written in the Philippines from about 1565 C.E. to 1897 C.E., before soon developing into Modern Tagalog (Filipino) by the time of the Philippine Revolution and subsequent American colonial period to present. It developed from Old Tagalog after Christianization in the Spanish colonial period, with heavy influence from Spanish (Early Modern Spanish and Modern Spanish, including influence from Classical Nahuatl (Aztec) and Taíno), Chinese (especially Hokkien), and Japanese. This was also when it first started being written in the Latin script and later the Baybayin script becoming sparsely rarely written.


Ammiyya

Borrowed from Arabic الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʕāmmiyya).

bor

الْعَامِّيَّة

Colloquial, non-standard Arabic (used especially of eastern Arabic dialects).


Fusha

Arabic الْفُصْحَى (al-fuṣḥā)

Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, taken together: "standard" Arabic, used in religious texts, in writing, and in formal speech, as opposed to the regional "dialects" used for most daily communication.


Armazic

From Armazi + -ic, in reference to Armazi, an ancient site near Mtskheta, Georgia, where several specimens of a local idiom of written Aramaic have been found.

An extinct written Aramaic language used for administration in the South Caucasus in the first centuries AD.


Gepidic

The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Gepids.


Ciera

A female given name, a modern variant of Sierra.


Koryo-mar

(linguistics) The Korean dialect spoken in Russia and Central Asia.


United Kingdom Independence Party

UK Independence Party
UK Independence Party#English

(UK politics) Alternative form of UK Independence Party.


Article 50

Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty sets out how an EU country might voluntarily leave the union. The wording is vague, almost as if the drafters thought it unlikely it would ever come into play.

2016 June 25, Jennifer Rankin, Julian Borger, Mark Rice-Oxley, “What is article 50 and why is it so central to the Brexit debate?”, in The Guardian:

The Scottish cross-bench peer who wrote Article 50 - the procedure by which the UK would leave the EU - believed it was "not irrevocable". In a BBC interview, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard said the UK could choose to stay in the EU even after exit negotiations had begun.

2016 November 3, Glenn Campbell, “Article 50 author Lord Kerr says Brexit not inevitable”, in BBC News:

Today, therefore, I am writing to give effect to the democratic decision of the people of the United Kingdom. I hereby notify the European Council in accordance with Article 50 (2) of the Treaty on European Union of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the European Union.

2017 March 29, Theresa May, Theresa May’s Letter Invoking Article 50:

If the Liberal Democrats were to secure a majority in December, they would revoke Article 50, cancelling Brexit.

2019 November 24, Stephen Wynn-Davies, “Hastings and Rye candidates outline their stances on Brexit”, in The Hastings Observer:

(European politics) Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon which holds the EU's exit clause, allowing and setting out rules for countries leaving the European Union.


divorce bill

In part, this is because it is impossible to know what the UK’s divorce bill will be until the EU knows what the relationship looks likes after 2019: if the UK seeks to stay as a paying member within some programmes, for example, that would reduce the bill.

2017 June 20, Daniel Boffey, “Brexit divorce bill: what is it and how does it affect talks?”, in The Guardian:

Theresa May has told MPs the UK could withhold payment of its £39bn Brexit "divorce bill" if a deal is not reached with Brussels.

2018 September 13, Alec McGuinness, “Theresa May says UK might not pay Brexit 'divorce bill' in 'no-deal' scenario”, in Sky News:

The Brexit party revealed plans today to slash the foreign aid budget and withhold the £39billion so-called 'divorce bill' from the EU if it takes power.

2019 November 1, David Wilcock, “Cut the foreign aid budget and don't give Brussels a penny of the £39billion 'divorce bill' - the Brexit Party reveals its general election manifesto”, in The Daily Mail:

The UK's Brexit divorce bill could soar to £42.5 billion after the Treasury increased its estimate of the payments owed to the European Union by more than £5 billion.

2022 July 21, Sam Blewett, “Brexit Divorce Bill Could Soar to £42.5 Billion as Treasury Boosts Estimate”, in Bloomberg:

(UK politics) The payment to be given to the EU on the UK's exit of the European Union, estimated at around £39bn.


Baalbeki

en-adjective

Baalbeki (comparative more Baalbeki, superlative most Baalbeki)

more Baalbeki (comparative)
most Baalbeki (superlative)


Baalbeki

بَعْلَبَكِّيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Baalbek


Micaella

A female given name of rare usage, variant of Michaela


Staggers

Jocular modification of Stephen + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) St Stephen's House, Oxford.


Laboya

From Laboya Laboya, from the de-prenasalization of earlier Lamboya.

Moro in Laboya language means "Owner, master". The "Master of the feast" is a translation of the Indonesian "Tuan Pesta", a term which West Sumbanese use when they speak Indonesian. When speaking Laboya, different terms are used, according to the type of feast which is given.

1987, Danielle Geirnaert, “Hunt Wild Pig and Grow Rice: On Food Exchanges and Values in Laboya, West Sumba (Eastern Indonesia)”, in Rob de Ridder, Jan A. J. Karremans, editors, The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology: Essays in Honour of P.E. de Josselin de Jong, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 121:

For example, in the Laboya language, which is spoken by a community who are neighbors of the Kodi in western Sumba, nyale is the word for "seaworms" while nare refers to an inedible kind of seaworm that Laboya people say causes an itchy reaction if eaten.

2017, Cynthia T. Fowler, chapter 3, in Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia, London: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 48:

An Austronesian language spoken in the Sumba island in eastern Indonesia.


Naufal

From Arabic نَوْفَل (nawfal), meaning "extremely generous". It can also mean "handsome young man" or "sea" or "ocean".


Jaidyn

A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.


post-Brexit

In a step that may stoke concerns in Britain that Brexit could hasten the fragmentation of the UK, diplomats are planning to ask leaders of the EU’s 27 post-Brexit member countries to endorse the idea in a summit on Saturday.

2017 April 28, Alex Barker, Arthur Beesley, Vincent Boland, “EU prepares for post-Brexit membership for united Ireland”, in The Financial Times:

Senior EU figures have attacked Theresa May’s post-Brexit immigration plan with the president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signalling that he expects a row with the British prime minister at an upcoming “moment of truth” summit.

2018 October 2, Daniel Boffey, “EU anger over May's post-Brexit immigration plan”, in The Guardian:

Tens of thousands of low-skilled migrants could come to the UK to work for up to a year under proposed new post-Brexit immigration rules. The measure, which would last until 2025, is intended to protect parts of the economy reliant on overseas labour.

2018 December 19, “Immigration: White Paper sets out post-Brexit rules for migrants”, in the BBC:

Theresa May's government consistently rejected proposals and amendments to the 2018 Withdrawal Act to maintain current rights and protections post-Brexit. She appeared content to see the back of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, a huge loss which would mean less power to protect rights for women, and also to do away with the 2006 and 2010 Equalities Acts.

2019 November 25, Mary Honeyball, “Boris Johnson's Brexit day would be a dark day for women”, in The New European, archived from the original on 2019-11-27:

Member states, MEPs and the new EU commission are all gearing up to launch a discussion on the future of post-Brexit Europe early next year.

2019 November 26, Eszter Zalan, “EU gears up for post-Brexit renovation”, in The EU Observer:

‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit [title]

2023 October 6, Heather Stewart, “‘Choose London’: Sadiq Khan steps up efforts to lure EU citizens post-Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(European politics) Referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.


Soham

Transliteration of Hindi सोहम (soham) or Bengali সোহম (śōhom).


Isfahani

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Isfahan.


Clitus

From Ancient Greek κλειτός (kleitós), from κλέω (kléō, “to celebrate”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).


Arch

A diminutive of the male given names Archibald or Archie.


Kait

A diminutive of the female given name Kaitlyn.


angelic salutation

en-noun

angelic salutation (plural angelic salutations)


Irminones

From Ancient Greek Ἑρμίονες (Hermíones).

(historical) A large group of early Germanic tribes who settled in the Elbe watershed and by the 1st century AD had expanded into Bavaria, Swabia and Bohemia.


Cumbric

From Cumbria + -ic under influence from Welsh Cymraeg (“Welsh (language)”). Doublet of Cymric.

A Brythonic-Celtic language (code xcb) closely related to Welsh that was spoken in Northern England and Southern Scotland but went extinct in perhaps the 13th century.


APNI

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

(UK politics) Abbreviation of Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.


Myrt

A diminutive of the female given name Myrtle


African American Vernacular English

Alternative form of African-American Vernacular English


Berytian

From Berytus + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from, related to, or like’; or ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). Berytus is derived from Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from a Semitic source.

suffix

So that whether the Hermippus, whom he ſo frequently quotes, was the Smyrnean or the Berytian, is not always certain, and for the moſt part, can only be collected from Circumſtances and Conjecture.

1736, [Charles Hayes], A Vindication of the History of the Septuagint from the Misrepresentations of the Learned Scaliger, Dupin, Dr. Hody, Dr. Prideaux, and Other Modern Criticks, London: […] T. Woodward, […], →OCLC, page 42:

Nonnus, the poet of Panopolis in Egypt, records this claim of the Berytians in verses [...]

1846, John Dudley, “On Cave Temples”, in Naology: Or, A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, and Symbolical Import of the Sacred Structures of the Most Eminent Nations and Ages of the World, London: F[rancis] and J[ohn] Rivington, […]; Leicester, Leicestershire: J. S. Crossley, →OCLC, page 289:

It is scarcely possible to attribute to it any other use but that of a basilica, a large public hall, where the Phœnician merchants were in the habit of congregating, probably for commercial transactions. It may have been the Exchange of the Berytans.

1854, F[élicien] de Saulcy, chapter I, in Edward de Warren, editor, Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea and in the Bible Lands; […], new (2nd) edition, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 13:

Sanchuniathon also, a Sidonian according to some, according to others a Syrian, and to others a Berytean, is said to have lived before or during the time of the Trojan war.

1877, Max[imilian Wolfgang] Duncker, “The Religious Rites of the Canaanites”, in Evelyn Abbott, transl., The History of Antiquity. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley & Son, […], →OCLC, page 352:

In the commercial, social and religious activities of Delos, the Berytians occupied a position second only to that of the Italians.

1951, Philip K[huri] Hitti, “Trade and Industry”, in History of Syria: Including Lebanon and Palestine, London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, part III (The Greco-Roman Period), page 274:

If we widen the search for evidence to take in the undated, but Hellenistic, inscriptions recording the presence of Berytians, the picture is less restricted geographically, but equally instructive commercially.

1991, John D. Grainger, Hellenistic Phoenicia, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 209:

At the time of the Messiah Jesus, Tyre had such a large number of Syrians (Arameans), Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Berytians, Aradians, Tripolitanians, Egyptians and Sareptians that there is no evidence, even according to the archaeological finds, that inhabitants had Tyrian/Phoenician blood.

2004, Martiniano Pelligrino Roncaglia, In the Footsteps of Jesus, the Messiah, in Phoenicia/Lebanon: […], Beirut: Arab Institute for East and West Studies, →OCLC, page 68:

(historical) A native or inhabitant of Berytus (“the ancient city of Beirut”).


Barbadan

en-adj

Barbadan (comparative more Barbadan, superlative most Barbadan)

more Barbadan (comparative)
most Barbadan (superlative)


Tulse Hill

A named road in this area (postcode SW2).


Photius

From Latin Photius, from Ancient Greek Φώτιος (Phṓtios).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Photios I of Constantinople


Heads of the Valleys Road

The A465 trunk road in Wales, so-called for at least part of its length as it crosses the tops of the South Wales Valleys.


Tamsyn

Alternative spelling of Tamsin. A female given name


Dallasite

From Dallas + -ite (“native or resident of a specified place”).


Fenchurch Street

Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street railway station

(rail transport) A relatively small railway terminus near the above street, which has train services to southern Essex.


Guinevieve

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Guinevieve.


Algiz

Learned borrowing from Proto-Germanic *algiz (“elk”). Doublet of alce.

lbor

Algiz is a solid, stable, and very firm rune. It makes a good fence or wall, and functions nicely to guard one's Wyrd and one's property.

2009, Galina Krasskova, Runes: Theory & Practice, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 95:

Algiz, one of the oldest runes, associated with sedge grass, and Thor, and Heimdall, and a number of other things depending on who you asked and which runic alphabet you used. Algiz had a universal meaning: protection.

2011, Ilona Andrews, Magic Slays, Penguin, →ISBN, page 73:

Hold up the stone and trace the Algiz rune in the air before you. Visualize it as glowing with white, purifying light. As you do so, growl the word Algiz.

2020, Denny Sargent, Werewolf Magick: Authentic Practical Lycanthropy, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

The 15th rune in the Elder Futhark, the 7th rune in Hagal's Aett, ⟨ᛉ⟩.


Bahdan

Багда́н Багдан#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Багда́н (Bahdán).


Henadz

Гена́дзь Генадзь#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Гена́дзь (Hjenádzʹ).


Ihar

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name І́гар (Íhar).


Leanid

Леані́д Леанід#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Леані́д (Ljeaníd).


Piatro

Пятро́ Пятро#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Пятро́ (Pjatró).


Alyaksandr

Алякса́ндр Аляксандр#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Алякса́ндр (Aljaksándr).


Aleh

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Але́г (Aljéh).


Radzivon

Радзіво́н Радзівон#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Радзіво́н (Radzivón).


Mikalai

Мікала́й Мікалай#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Мікала́й (Mikaláj).


Hauryla

Гаўры́ла Гаўрыла#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Гаўры́ла (Haŭrýla).


Alyaksey

Аляксе́й Аляксей#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Аляксе́й (Aljaksjéj).


Aliaksei

Аляксе́й Аляксей#Belarusian


Yakiv

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Я́ків (Jákiv).


Artsiom

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Арцём (Arcjóm).


Aliaksandr

Алякса́ндр Аляксандр#Belarusian


Ryhor

Рыго́р Рыгор#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Рыго́р (Ryhór).


Yahor

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яго́р (Jahór).


Ihnat

Ігна́т Ігнат#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ігна́т (Ihnát).


Uladzislau

Уладзісла́ў Уладзіслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Уладзісла́ў (Uladzisláŭ).


Syamyon

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Сямён (Sjamjón).


Vadzim

Вадзі́м Вадзім#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Вадзі́м (Vadzím).


Fedir

Фе́дір Федір#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Фе́дір (Fédir).


Stanislau

Станісла́ў Станіслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Станісла́ў (Stanisláŭ).


Fyodar

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Фёдар (Fjódar).


Mykyta

Мики́та Микита#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Мики́та (Mykýta).


Alyaksei

Аляксе́й Аляксей#Belarusian


Vasyl

Васи́ль Василь#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Васи́ль (Vasýlʹ), equivalent to Basil.


Kanstantsin

Канстанці́н Канстанцін#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Канстанці́н (Kanstancín).


Viachaslau

Вячасла́ў Вячаслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Вячасла́ў (Vjačasláŭ).


Viktar

Ві́ктар Віктар#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ві́ктар (Víktar).


Dzyanis

Дзяні́с Дзяніс#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Дзяні́с (Dzjanís).


Hierasim

Гера́сім Герасім#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Гера́сім (Hjerásim).


Dzianis

Дзяні́с Дзяніс#Belarusian


Siarhei

Сярге́й Сяргей#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Сярге́й (Sjarhjéj).


Syarhey

Сярге́й Сяргей#Belarusian


Syarhei

Сярге́й Сяргей#Belarusian


Tsikhan

Ці́хан Ціхан#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ці́хан (Cíxan).


Vyachaslau

Вячасла́ў Вячаслаў#Belarusian


Yakau

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Я́каў (Jákaŭ).


Kiryl

Кіры́л Кірыл#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Кіры́л (Kirýl).


Yaraslau

Ярасла́ў Яраслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ярасла́ў (Jarasláŭ).


Dzmitryy

Дзмі́трый Дзмітрый#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Дзмі́трый (Dzmítryj).


Dzmitry

Дзмі́трый Дзмітрый#Belarusian


Rastsislau

Расцісла́ў Расціслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Расцісла́ў (Rascisláŭ).


Kostiantyn

Костянти́н Костянтин#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Костянти́н (Kostjantýn).


Dzmitryi

Дзмі́трый Дзмітрый#Belarusian


Hryhorii

Григо́рій Григорій#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Григо́рій (Hryhórij).


Iuryi

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Ю́рый (Júryj).


Branislau

Бранісла́ў Браніслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Бранісла́ў (Branisláŭ).


Matsvei

Мацве́й Мацвей#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Мацве́й (Macvjéj).


Matsvey

Мацве́й Мацвей#Belarusian


Heorhii

Гео́ргій Георгій#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Гео́ргій (Heórhij).


Yehor

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Єго́р (Jehór).


Kandrat

Кандра́т Кандрат#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Кандра́т (Kandrát).


Stsyapan

Сцяпа́н Сцяпан#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Сцяпа́н (Scjapán).


Heorhiy

Гео́ргій Георгій#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Гео́ргій (Heórhij), equivalent to George.


Ihor

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name І́гор (Íhor).


Hryhoriy

Григо́рій Григорій#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Григо́рій (Hryhórij), equivalent to Gregory.


Bahuslau

Багусла́ў Багуслаў#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Багусла́ў (Bahusláŭ).


Yauhen

Яўге́н Яўген#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́н (Jaŭhjén).


Stsiapan

Сцяпа́н Сцяпан#Belarusian


Yevhen

Євге́н Євген#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Євге́н (Jevhén).


Pyatro

Пятро́ Пятро#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Пятро́ (Pjatró).


Yauhenii

Яўге́ній Яўгеній#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Яўге́ній (Jaŭhjénij).


Yawhen

Яўге́н Яўген#Belarusian


Kostyantyn

Костянти́н Костянтин#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Костянти́н (Kostjantýn).


Yauheni

Яўге́ній Яўгеній#Belarusian


Hienadz

Гена́дзь Генадзь#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Гена́дзь (Hjenádzʹ).


Yauheniy

Яўге́ній Яўгеній#Belarusian


Mykola

Мико́ла Микола#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Мико́ла (Mykóla), equivalent to Nicholas.


Arkadziy

ZHURAUSKI Arkadziy, b. 5 Aug 1924, Yanova, Byelorussia. Philologist; Scientific Worker.

1993–1994, Dictionary of International Biography, 22nd edition, Cambridge: International Biographical Centre, →ISBN, page 751:

SCIENTISTS OF BELARUS¶ Arkadziy Iosifovich Zhurausky (To the 85th anniversary)

2009, Vjesci Nacyjanalʹnaj akademii navuk Bjelarusi: Sjeryja humanitarnyx navuk (overall work in Belarusian), Minsk: Bjelaruskaja navuka, →OCLC, table of contents, page 3:

Арка́дзій Аркадзій#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Арка́дзій (Arkádzij).


Uladzimir

Уладзі́мір Уладзімір#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Уладзі́мір (Uladzímir).


Arkadzii

Zhurauski (Zhuravskii), Arkadzii losifovich, he received his first degree in philology in 1965 or earlier. His writings include Гісторыя беларускай літаратурнай мовы (1967), and he edited Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы (1982). lc

2004, Wolfgang Behn, Concise biographical companion to Index Islamicus, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 694:

Note, in particular, that the complete Metrika encompassed more than 550 volumes, with materials from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries, most of which before 1600 were written in Old Belarusian. Cf. A. I. Zhuravskii (Arkadzii Iosifavich Zhuravski, b. 1924), “Деловая письменность в системе старобеларусского литературного языка," Восточнославянское и общее языкознание (Moscow: Nauka, 1978), 185-91.

2007, Lawrence N. Langer, Peter B. Brown, editors, Festschrift for Richard Hellie (Russian History/Histoire Russe; 34), part 1, →OCLC, page 92:

Arkadzii Yushyn, Belarusian-American composer and guitarist, was playing life throughout the play. In the climax of Ulad’s story, Arkadzii was playing the Belarusian tune Kupalinka, a song about night, loss and tears.

2012 October 10, “Trash Cuisine by the Belarusian Free Theater premiere in Amsterdam”, in Civil Initiative We Remember, archived from the original on 2016-07-12:

Bulyka, Aliaksandr Mikalaevich, Arkadzii Iosifavich Zhuraŭski & Ivan Ihnatavich Kramko. 1979. Histarychnaia marfalohiia belaruskai movy [Historical morphology of the Belarusian language]. Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika.

2022, Christina Y. Bethin, “Stress, gender, and declension class in Belarusian”, in Linguistics, volume 60, number 1, De Gruyter Mouton, →ISSN:

Арка́дзій Аркадзій#Belarusian


Semen

en-proper noun

Semen (countable and uncountable, plural Semens)

Семе́н Семен#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Семе́н (Semén).


Wusi

An Austronesian language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.


Judyth

A female given name from Hebrew; variant of Judith.


UFO nest

(ufology) A crop circle, regarded as a landing site for UFOs.


Noeline

A female given name from French, a 20th-century variant of Noelle.


ufonaut

(ufology) A pilot or passenger of a UFO.


Arny

A diminutive of the male given name Arnold, from the Germanic languages.


Yarden

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan”). Doublet of Jordan.


Johnsonite

The diffuse nature of the uprising has had some advantages. Johnsonites haven’t been able to plausibly portray them as disgruntled remainers when the regicides include such staunch enthusiasts for Brexit as Steve Baker and David Davis.

2022 June 12, Andrew Rawnsley, “Boris Johnson’s spineless cabinet of mediocrities are too feeble to wield the dagger”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Boris Johnson (born 1964), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2019 to 2022.


Mozambiquan

en-adj

Mozambiquan (comparative more Mozambiquan, superlative most Mozambiquan)

more Mozambiquan (comparative)
most Mozambiquan (superlative)

From Mozambique + -an (suffix forming adjectives).


Mozambiquan

“The Mozambiquans,” quips Mai disparagingly.

2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 299:


Ginnie

A diminutive of the female given names Virginia or Ginevra


NHI

(ufology, astrobiology) non-human intelligence


Old South Arabian

related to the Old South Arabian languages.

related to the Ancient South Arabian script.

sud-arabique

related to homonymous script or language


Old South Arabian

A subfamily of extinct West Semitic languages formerly spoken in southern Arabia.

Ancient South Arabian
Ancient South Arabian#English


dullahan

From Irish dulachán, from dubh (“black”) + another word (compare lucharachán (“elf, dwarf”)), possibly originally a term for a dark or sullen person (compare the surname Dullahan) and only subsequently applied to the spirit.

The dullahans always came in a mist. But Devin wasn't afraid of dullahans. If he saw one, he would club it over the head. But then Devin remembered that dullahans didn't have heads. He grasped his stick a little tighter in his hand, […]

1990, Elona Malterre, The Last Wolf of Ireland, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 3:

“A dullahan,” both Phelan and Coriel whispered. Coriel looked her square in the eye, “You did remember the gold, right?” ML blushed, “No, I didn't. I was so scared I just started running.” “Then how did you escape?” “My pocket tore on a bush. […] “You're lucky you're not dead anyway. The dullahan could have stopped or spoken your name, or both.”

2008, Jessica Borchardt, A Fairy Yarn, →ISBN, page 53:

There is no way to bar the road against a dullahan. All locks and gates open on their own when it approaches. Dullahans do not appreciate being watched while on their errands, throwing a basin of blood on those who dare to do so […]

2014, Tony Locke, Mayo Folk Tales, The History Press, →ISBN:

But the values of a fairy manifested into physical form in this city—a dullahan.” Celty Sturluson was not a human being. Celty was a type of fairy known as a dullahan that appeared to those close to death, signaling their impending demise.

2015, Ryohgo Narita, Durarara, volume 1, Yen Press LLC, →ISBN:

Because she is a dullahan, her head is not connected to her body—it's held in place by her gear.

2017, Kugane Maruyama, Satoshi Oshio, Overlord, volume 4, Yen Press LLC, →ISBN:

(fantasy, Irish mythology) A black-clad (usually male) horserider in Irish folklore which carries its severed head like a lantern and may be repelled by gold; when it stops riding (or calls out someone's name), someone will die. (Also called the Gan Ceann, Irish for "[one] without a head".)


St Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St Clair—abbreviated without punctuation—following Commonwealth practice.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.


Leptines

An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek


Ione

A city in Amador County, California, United States.


Mestizx

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o.

-a-o-x

(neologism) Mestizo or Mestiza (and of any gender).


Mestizx

(neologism) A Mestizo or Mestiza (of any gender).


Lindu

The Austronesian language of these people.


Proxer

(science fiction) Inhabitant of the Proxima Centauri system.


Bow Street

The street was named in 1638 for its shape, it is slightly curved.

A street in London WC2, England, of Bow Street Runner fame (OS grid ref TQ3081).

w:List of United Kingdom locations: Bou-Boz#Bow

A hamlet in Great Ellingham parish, Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0198).

A village in Tirymynach community, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, possibly named after the London street (OS grid ref SN6284).


Bucharester

a native or resident of Bucharest, Romania


Increase

(historical, used by Puritans) A male given name.


Alizé

[…] mother who can really pass for Alizé's older sister, that Alizé is extremely hyper and has a problem keeping quiet in class. […] "I realized that talking to Alizé's mother would get me nowhere, […] [Alizé's grandmother] went into great detail about how young she was when she had Brandy, Alizé's mother, […]"

2008, Nikita Lynette Nichols, A Man's Worth, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 223:

And then she rushed inside to find the office suite of Ms. Alizé Stone. Alizé was already in the lobby when Alle arrived. “Could you be Ms. Alle Rednic?” Alizé asked as she reached out to shake her hand. “I am,” Alle replied ...

2016, Margie Woods, Alle Rednic, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

Alizé Mack


Alize

Alice

which many occurrences of Alize are typos of

Alize Lily Mounter

I rarely had birthday parties, so I leached onto other people's parties, especially Alize's. Alize's birthday is perfect because it is at the beginning of June. We were still in school, but it was close enough to summer that you could have a good party […]

2019, Chloelia Salome, While I'm Young, →ISBN, page 155:

Paris didn't flinch as Alize moved within an inch of her mouth and began caressing the side of her face. "You just don't know how good I could make you feel." The feel of Alize's hand on her breast shocked Paris out of her standoff.

2006, Christal Jordan-Mims, Under the Cherry Moon, page 143:

Alize Johnson

[…] the deaths of two black men whose bodies were found dismembered […] The bodies of Alize Smith and Jarron Moreland, both 21, were found […]

2018 May 7, Remains of 2 men found dismembered, chained to cinder blocks in pond, CBS News


Appalonia

Another daughter, Appalonia, may have died between 1821, when she was named as a distributee, and the actual transfer in 1824, […]

"My mother and Appalonia were stepsisters. Appalonia's mother died when she was twelve, and my grandfather remarried a much younger woman. Appalonia was sixteen and almost ready to leave the house when my mother was born,[…]"

1993, Holly S. McClure, Island Magic, Thomas Bouregy & Company, →ISBN:

Sister Appalonia was the Mother Superior. She was maybe five foot two but she was sturdy and strong.

2016, Joe A. Creath, Sister Mildred Hit Harder, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:


Anguish

The given name, most famously borne by the character of King Anguish of Ireland, is thought to be a variant of Aengus/Angus, from Irish. The surname is probably also a variant of Angus.

[…] been ready and willing to take one of the children by her husband, not being the eldest, to live with her; and that she did afterwards fix upon one of such children, named Anguish, and did request her husband to permit the said child to reside and live with her, […] and the defendant futher pleaded, that the said Anguish, the said child in the said declaration mentioned was not born at the time of the sealing and delivering of the said indenture, but long afterwards.

1819, “Durant v Titley”, in Francis Joseph Troubat, George Price, editors, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer, published 1835, page 231:


Dazza

A nickname of the given name Darren or Darryl.


Ammani

From Amman + -i (“denotes people of a particular place or region”).


Nizhegorodian

a native or resident of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


Blagoje

bor

<i class="Cyrl mention" lang="sh">Благоје</i>


San Antonian

a native or resident of San Antonio, Texas


Kyivite

From Kyiv + -ite, from Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv).

Someone living in or originating from Kyiv.


Bergenser

a person who speaks Bergensk, a dialect of Norwegian


Rwanda-Rundi

Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, considered as dialects of the same language


Grenadinese

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

a person from or the people of the Grenadine Islands or Grenadine Parish of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (in contrast with the people of Saint Vincent)


Wee Free

(UK politics, historical) A small group in the 1918 Liberal Party who on principle did not want to go into coalition with the Conservative Party.


Ponsonby Rule

Named after British politician and legislator Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede.

named-after

(UK politics) A constitutional convention (which acquired legal force in 2010) dictating that most international treaties had to be laid before Parliament 21 days before ratification.


Elymaean

en-adj

Elymaean (comparative more Elymaean, superlative most Elymaean)

more Elymaean (comparative)
most Elymaean (superlative)

Elymaean Aramaic


Black Act

(UK, historical) An act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1723 in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers, known as the Blacks. It greatly strengthened the criminal code and specified over 200 capital crimes.


Sebastion

From Latin Sebastianus, from Greek Sebastianos.


Rozwi

From Kalanga rozvi (“destroyer, plunderer”).

a person from or the people of the historical Rozwi Empire in present-day Zimbabwe


Yayan

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 雅言 (Yǎyán), literally, "elegant speech".

A standard form of spoken Chinese, and lingua franca, of ancient China.


Luba

From Slavic
* (English-language female given name found in Canada): From Ukrainian Люба (Ljuba)

sense

(Canada) A female given name from Ukrainian [in turn from Slavic]


Luba

en:Luba
en:Luba people
en:kingdom of Luba

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

A member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A Bantu language spoken by the Luba people of central Africa; one of the two Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


McDo

(Philippines, colloquial, informal) McDonald's


Pancras

Inherited from Middle English Pancrace, borrowed from Latin Pancratius, from Ancient Greek Παγκράτιος (Pankrátios), a name derived from παγκρατής (pankratḗs, “all-powerful, almighty”).

A male given name from Latin, of rare usage


Vanna

From Slavic Vanna, from Ivana (Ѝвана) and Ivanna (Ива́нна), ultimately from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.

doublet

A female given name from the Slavic languages


official language

en-noun

official language (plural official languages)

A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.


Vidya

From Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”).


Closing Opposition

The team in a British Parliamentary Style debate which gets the sixth and eighth (last) speech.


Dorotheus

en-proper noun

Dorotheus (plural Dorotheuses or Dorothei)

Borrowed from Latin Dorotheus, from Ancient Greek Δωρόθεος (Dōrótheos), from δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) + θεός (theós, “God”).


Rona

"Rona! Corona Mitchell! Corona Margarita! Cuckoo! Where've you gone to?" "Coo—ee!" came in reply from the distance, and presently Rona appeared beckoning vigorously.

1915, Angela Brazil, For the Sake of the School, reprint, published 2018, →ISBN, page 71:

I feel that I should like if possible to contribute that I am enclosing the usual cheque with the request that you will pass on the usual fiver to Rona [Corona Watson] with my best love.

1952, letter from Netherton William Langford Watson to Diane Curtis [Watson], quoted in 2019, Peter J F Coutts, Alan Watson, The Watsons of Kilconnor, County Carlow, 1650 – present, Paragon Publishing, page 431

“Scott—Corona Scott.” She stretched to shake his hand across the narrow aisle. “But my friends call me Rona—Corona sounds a bit uppish, so I've been told.” “Gordon C. McCormick—Gordy,” he introduced himself, giving her another grin.

2011, M. R. Tighe, Judgment on Tartarus, Wheatmark, Inc., →ISBN, page 3:


Catanian

A native or inhabitant of Catania, Italy.


Hugonian

A native or resident of one of several places in the United States called Hugo, of which the most populous is Hugo, Minnesota.


Makedon

Borrowed from Macedonian Ма́кедон (Mákedon).

bor+

Македон Македон#Macedonian

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Македон (Makedon)


Oroch

The moribund Tungusic language spoken by the Oroch.


Zialo

The language spoken by the Zialo people of Guinea.


Glenealy

Along Glenealy between the Albany Road and Lower Albert Road, there are railings on both sides of the road, except a small section of footpath about six metres long near the Albany Road junction.

2001 July 25, “Glenealy paved over and fenced in”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-24:

While Dent & Co. left little mark in that particular area, Glenealy (己連拿利) in Mid-Levels is named after the residence of Dent & Co.’s partner.

2024 February 17, Diana Pang, “Foreign influence Part 4.: From wharves to wealth – how trade & commerce shaped Hong Kong’s street names”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 2024-02-17, Hong Kong:


Siculo-Arabic

A variety of Arabic that was spoken in the Emirate of Sicily.


Evvie

A diminutive of the female given names Eva, Eve, Evelyn, or Evangeline.


Borisian

Driverless Tube trains may sound like a dystopian Borisian fantasy, but even if the London mayor may wish to reduce the workforce, much of the actual driving was eliminated from some Underground drivers' jobs as early as 1967 when the Victoria line opened.

2014 August 13, Gwyn Topham, “Open data and driverless buses: how London transport heads to the future”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Boris Johnson (born 1964), English politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.


Arla

Downstairs my slippers make scuff-scuffing sounds on the hardwood floor that I'm sure announce my arrival before I enter the kitchen, but Arla doesn't look up; she's too interested in whatever she's reading on her cell phone and too busy eating her breakfast.

2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 24:


No 10

Coordinate term: No 11

As it is, there was something almost surreal about a No 10 press conference that saw journalists asking when we might be allowed out again while the death toll was climbing towards 1,000 a day.

2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian:

Government sources, however, continued to brief that No 10 and No 11 were considering bringing the date forward.

2022 October 4, “Truss government in chaos amid budget confusion and coup accusations”, in The Guardian:

10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street#English

(UK politics) Synonym of 10 Downing Street.


Hema

Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमा (hemā, “gold”).

A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Mallika

Borrowed from Sanskrit मल्लिका (mallikā).


Gayatri

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री (gāyatrī).


Cardi

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


Hong Kong English

While many students furnished their own lexical items, I also provided a list of localized lexis, based on my own Hong Kong English citation database, from which they could select items if they were having trouble finding one themselves.

2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:

The form of the English language used in Hong Kong.


Roopa

Borrowed from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “any outward appearance or phenomenon or colour, form, shape, figure”).


Satyanarayana

From Sanskrit सत्यनारायण (satyanārāyaṇa); from सत्य (satya) + नारायण (nārāyaṇa).

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Sadhu

From Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”).


Suryanarayana

From Sanskrit सूर्यनारायण (sūryanārāyaṇa); सूर्य (sūrya) + नारायण (nārāyaṇa).


Srinivas

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रीनिवास (śrīnivāsa, “abode of Shri”) from श्री (śrī) + निवास (nivāsa).


Ranganath

From Sanskrit रङ्गनाथ (raṅganātha); ultimately from रङ्ग (raṅga, “color, hue, theater”) + नाथ (nātha, “otector, patron, possessor, owner, ward, guardian, lord”).


Sasikala

From Sanskrit शशिकला (śaśikalā, “a digit or sickle of the moon”); ultimately शशि (śaśi) + कला (kalā).


Lenca

A nearly extinct language once spoken by these people.


Tiwi

A Tiwian Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island, in the Northern Territory.


Phani

From Sanskrit फणिन् (phaṇin, ‘hooded’, a serpent).


Venkatayya

From Sanskrit वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa) + అయ్య (ayya).


Toryshire

From Tory + -shire, as if the name of a county.

(UK politics, informal) Those parts of the United Kingdom whose residents overwhelmingly vote for the Conservative Party.


Narendra

From Sanskrit नरेन्द्र (narendra), from नर (nara, “man”) + इन्द्र (indra, “ruler, chief; Indra”), meaning "ruler of men".


Kishore

Borrowed from Sanskrit किशोर (kiśora, “a colt; a youth, lad”).


Damodar

Transliteration of Hindi दामोदर (dāmodar), Nepali दामोदर (dāmodar), etc.


Vidyasagar

Borrowed from Sanskrit विद्यासागर (vidyāsāgara, “ocean of knowledge”), a compound of विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge”) + सागर (sāgara, “ocean”).


Barlaam

Unknown. The immediate source is Medieval Latin Barlaam, borrowed from Byzantine Greek Βαρλαάμ (Barlaám) in the Byzantine Life of Barlaam and Josaphat (probably 11th c.), itself likely borrowed from Georgian ბალაჰვარ (balahvar). First attested c. 8th century as Arabic بِلَوْهَر (bilawhar), perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān, “God”) or from Sanskrit पुरोहित (purohita, “priest”) via an unattested Middle Persian form.


Sunil

From Sanskrit सुनील (sunīla, “very black or blue, dark”); ultimately from सु (su) + नील (nīla).


Gangadhar

From Sanskrit गङ्गाधर (gaṅgādhara, “‘Ganges-receiver’, the ocean; ‘Ganges-supporter’, Name of Siva.”); ultimately from the river Ganges + धर (dhara).


Mahendra

From Sanskrit महेन्द्र (mahendra, “the great Indra.”); ultimately from महा (mahā) + इन्द्र (indra).


BroShep

The fact that advertising for Mass Effect 3 included “FemShep” as well as “BroShep” was significant for many fans.

2012, Jillian Scharr, "From 'Epic' to 'Epic Win': Play and performance as open-database storytelling in pre- and postliterate media", paper submitted to Vassar College, page 83

While BroShep displays obliviousness to issues of "reproductive rights and control over the female body," FemShep expresses solidarity with the female Krogan, Eve, indicating there are some galactic power struggles only FemShep can truly understand.

2017, Lynda Clark, “Commander Shepard”, in Jaime Banks, Robert Mejia, Aubrie Adams, editors, 100 Greatest Video Game Characters, page 44:

There is little deviation between the FemShep and BroShep scripts for the romance with Liara, which positions Commander Shepard as an experienced soldier (and lover) pursuing the naïve, reticent academic.

2020, Amanda Phillips, Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture, page 148:

(fandom slang, video games) The male version of the Commander Shepard player character in the Mass Effect series.


FemShep

Playing as FemShep hints that the game world's claims to gender equality may be overstated.

Interestingly, this seems the reason why FemShep is considered to be one of the most popular heroines in gaming history (Cobbett 2012: online), or even one of gaming's first true feminist and feminine protagonists (Hillier 2011).

2018, Silvia Pettinni, “Gender in Game Localization: The Case of Mass Effect 3's FemShep”, in Irene Ranzato, Serenella Zanotti, editors, Linguistic and Cultural Representation in Audiovisual Translation, unnumbered page:

A reveal trailer for Mass Effect Legendary Edition went live several hours ago, and fans have been watching it over and over. As has Jennifer Hale, the voice actor who played the female version of Commander Shepard across all three games, or "FemShep" as the character was dubbed.
Though her performance made FemShep more popular with hardcore fans, the marketing for the original games tended to focus on the default "BroShep", voiced by Mark Meer. Until now. This trailer shows a montage of scenes from across the series, and while BroShep is there—that's him macking on Miranda—there's more screen-time devoted to FemShep.

2021 February 2, Jody Macgregor, “FemShep finally gets her due in Mass Effect Legendary Edition trailer, Jennifer Hale extremely stoked”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 2021-02-03:

(fandom slang, video games) The female version of the Commander Shepard player character in the Mass Effect series.


Neddy

A diminutive of the male given name Edward


Mahavir

From Sanskrit महावीर (mahāvīra, “a great hero”).


Purushottam

From Sanskrit पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama, “the best of men”).


Brexocalypse

2016 July 4, Alex Proud, “10 reasons to be cheerful (during the Brexocalypse)”, in The Daily Telegraph:

In Britain, stockpiling for the Brexocalypse has taken over from Black Friday shopping as the consumer event of the year, with reports of everything from wine to tins of chilli con carne being hoarded in the name of #takingbackcontrol – but should we be doing the same?

2018 December 18, Jennifer O'Connell, ““Brexit stockpile: Favourite foods you might not know are British”, in The Irish Times:

How should we, on our small island in Spain be preparing for an inevitable and impending Brexocalypse?

2019 March, “Galley Goddess”, in The Islander Magazine, page 116:

(UK politics) The negative economic and political impact of Brexit.


UAP

During World War II (and probably before), high flying pilots were reported to have observed unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP), often now called transient luminous events (TLE’s), particularly in the vicinity of thunderstorms.

2012 September 17, Don Lipman, “Red sprites, blue jets, and elves What are these mysterious, elusive phenomena?”, in The Washington Post:

“You know, there’s a new name,” Mrs. Clinton said in the March appearance. “It’s unexplained aerial phenomenon,” she said. “U.A.P. That’s the latest nomenclature.”

2016 May 10, Amy Chozick, “Hillary Clinton Gives U.F.O. Buffs Hope She Will Open the X-Files”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The founders say they believe “there is sufficient credible evidence of UAP [unidentified aerial phenomenon] that proves exotic technologies exist that could revolutionize the human experience.”

2017 December 16, Bryan Bender, “The Pentagon’s Secret Search for UFOs”, in Politico Magazine, →ISSN:

This is an effort that I believe is rare and timely given current events, such as the apparent increase in UAP incidents through official military channels.

2019 October 23, M J Banias, “This Silicon Valley Startup Is Dedicated to Detecting UFOs Off the California Coast”, in Vice Magazine, →ISSN:

The spokesman at the time said UAP was preferred over UFO because of the stigma surrounding the latter term.

2020, Jordan Culver, Adrianna Rodriguez, “Pentagon declassifies 3 leaked US Navy UFO videos”, in USA Today:

Pentagon officially released three videos of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

2020, “To the Stars Academy of Arts & Science Acknowledges the Pentagon's Official Release of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Video Footage”, in Baker City Herald:

The US military is worried some of the UAPs spotted by military pilots in the past may represent technologies of strategic rivals unknown to US scientists.

2023 January 12, “US government logs more than 500 UFO reports with hundreds unexplained”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

unidentified aerial phenomenon
unidentified aerial phenomenon#English

(ufology) Initialism of unidentified aerial phenomenon; synonym of UFO (“unidentified flying object”)


Thorley

en-proper noun

Thorley (countable and uncountable, plural Thorleys)

From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).

A male given name transferred from the surname


Gab

A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.


Padmini

Borrowed from Sanskrit पद्मिनी (padminī, “a lotus, a multitude of lotuses or a lotus-pond”).


Vaidyanatha

From Sanskrit वैद्यनाथ (vaidyanātha, “lord of physicians”).


Lokesh

From Sanskrit लोकेश (lokeśa, “lord of the world”).


ball and stick

The handwriting sense derives from the resemblance of the circular and linear elements of the letters to a ball and a stick.

(education) A style of handwriting in which the letters are not joined and feature straight lines and circular arcs; block letters.


Harikrishna

Transliteration of Sanskrit हरिकृष्ण (harikṛṣṇa).

translit

A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage


Hartfordian

en-adj

Hartfordian (comparative more Hartfordian, superlative most Hartfordian)

more Hartfordian (comparative)
most Hartfordian (superlative)

Of or relating to Hartford, Connecticut, United States.


Hartfordian

A native or inhabitant of Hartford, Connecticut, United States.


Gelasius

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Pope Gelasius I and Pope Gelasius II.


Priyadarshini

From Sanskrit प्रियदर्शिन् (priyadarśin, “looking with kindness upon everything”).

uder

प्रियदर्शिन्


Early Modern Latin

From early modern (time period) and Latin.

The Latin language, as developed from Renaissance Latin in the early 16th century, which served as the lingua franca of science, education, and to some degree diplomacy in Europe and was mostly displaced with national languages by the late 18th century.


moon-man

(science fiction) A native alien of the Moon.


Holyokian

It was clear to us that among real Holyokians the word Transcript and the word newspaper are used synonymously.

A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.


Rohit

Transliteration of Hindi रोहित (rohit), Bengali রোহিত (rōhito), etc.


Charla

A female given name, modern feminine form of Charles.


Kassie

A diminutive of the female given name Kassandra.


Demeraran

Our little coasting-steamer — she is commanded by the same cheery, semi- Indian captain who last week had our river-craft in charge — will in a day more cast anchor by the Demeraran shore, off the busy wharfs of Georgetown; and Surinam ...

1876, William Gifford Palgrave, Dutch Guiana, London: Macmillan, page 260:

Another point in which the Demeraran form seems to differ from the other forms described is that the colour of the antennae is black. This point is not specially mentioned in the descriptions of the other American Peripati.

1883, The Shipley collection of scientific papers, page 196:

The colour of the Demeraran Peripatus is a dark brick-red above and pinkish below with a dark suffused median line on the dorsal surface, such as Ernst (25) described in his specimens. The antennae are very much darker than the rest […]

1887, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London:

It is also not the less important that the rights of the Demeraran sugar manufacturers should be established even if only on a fresh basis consonant with the incidence of modern methods of manufacture, and that they should know exactly how ...

It has also been proved that Demeraran cane is better able to resist damage by storms, so that taking it all in all it would appear that the newer varieties are quite likely to displace the older kinds.

1917, George Morrison Rolph, Something about Sugar: Its History, Growth, Manufacture and Distribution, page 178:


Wuhanite

On Chinese social media, holed-up Wuhanites showed how they were coping in videos that quickly went viral. Neighbors exchanged meat for vegetables out of their high-rise windows. Aunties sat around a mah-jongg table placing bets with their prized protective face masks instead of cash.

2020 January 28, “Concern — and boredom — mount for those trapped at the center of the coronavirus outbreak”, in The Washington Post:


Cable Street

Cable Street started as a straight path along which hemp ropes were twisted into ships’ cables (i.e., ropes).

Unlike Spain, Cable Street was a success and proved the turning point in the defeat of Fascism in Britain in that period.

1986, AEU, Amalgamated Engineering Union, page 30:

Third, Cable Street was a clear victory for the working-class against fascism, although its success was ensured by the united working-class campaign for better housing, which began with Paragon Mansions.

1998, Jewish Culture and History, volume I, number 1, Frank Cass in conjunction with the Parkes Centre, University of Southampton, page 96:

Cable Street happened, and thousands of ordinary folk did actually stop a fascist march from taking place in an unprecedented manner: the East End was never the same again.

1999 June 28, Harold Rosen, Are you still circumcised?: East End memories, Five Leaves, →ISBN, page 114:

(history, metonymically) The Battle of Cable Street.


Nabil

From Arabic نَبِيل (nabīl), meaning "noble".


Lazlo

Borrowed from Hungarian László. Doublet of Vladislav.


Lunan

Relations between Terra and Luna had been strained since the Lunans had eaten Neil Armstrong in 1960.

2012, A. Lee Martinez, Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain:

Despite the war games, the Jovans considered themselves invincible, and the Lunans were their only worthy opponent in the solar system. Having their own ships blown up in orbit by unknown forces, the Lunans were no longer transgressors.

2014, William Tedford, Battlefields of Silence:

(science fiction) Synonym of Lunarian (“inhabitant of the Moon”).