Chuckie

A diminutive of the male given name Chuck.


Chucky

A diminutive of the male given name Chuck, related to Charles.


Camp

A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.


Chet

en-proper noun

Chet (countable and uncountable, plural Chets)

(countable) A diminutive of the male given name Chester.


Dima

From Russian Ди́ма (Díma), a diminutive of the male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij, “Demetrius”).

Ди́ма Дима#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name diminutive Ди́ма (Díma).

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name diminutive Діма (Dima).


Dore

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”).
* Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghràdh, from dubh + gràdh).
* As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais.
* As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

A diminutive of the male given name Isidore.


Dunky

A diminutive of the male given name Duncan.


Ebbie

A diminutive of the male given names Ebenezer and Eben.


Elbie

A diminutive of the male given name Elbert.


Ged

A diminutive of the male given name Gerard.


Gil

A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.


Gordie

A diminutive of the male given name Gordon.


Callistan

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Callisto.


Tripolitanian

An inhabitant or native of Tripolitania.


Huffie

A diminutive of the male given name Humphrey.


Julianne

A 19th/20th century variant of Juliana. Can also be interpreted as a combination of Julia + Anne.


Goddard

* As an English surname of Norman origin, name of a 10th-11th-century German saint, from Old High German got (“God”) + harti,herti (“hard, strong”). Brought to England by Normans. Compare Gothard, Godard.
* As a French surname, variant of Gaudet.

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Latinist

As the best plan will be to allow it to speak for itself, I here give the black-letter fac-simile, together with the original Latin without the contractions, from which it will be seen that the writer was a fair mediæval Latinist.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

A scholar who studies the Latin language.


Ladislaus

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Ladislaus, Latinization of a Slavic royal name *Voldislavъ, from the elements Proto-Slavic *voldь (“power”) (see *volděti) and Proto-Slavic *slava (“glory”). Doublet of Laszlo and Vladislav.

A male given name from the Slavic languages.


Semnani

Any of a group of languages spoken in the Semnan province of Iran


Limburgic

en-adj

Limburgic (comparative more Limburgic, superlative most Limburgic)

more Limburgic (comparative)
most Limburgic (superlative)

Limburgian, Limburgish (of, from, or relating to Limburg, its people or their language)


Galician-Portuguese

The division of Romance languages that encompasses Galician, Portuguese, Eonavian and Fala.

The common ancestor of these languages, spoken in the Middle Ages, also called Old Portuguese.


Alvis

It was not easy growing up with a first name like Alvis. Every year on the first day of school when the teacher would read off her seating chart, Alvis, all the snotty little kids in my class would laugh.

2010 December 15, David Moon, “The Lunar Report”, in The Herald:

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Adamorobe Sign Language

An indigenous sign language used in Adamorobe, a village of Ghana.


Uab Meto

The Malayo-Polynesian language of West Timor and Oecusse District of East Timor.


Proto-Eskimo

Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Eskimo languages, including Yupik and Inuit.

The category of Proto-Eskimo on Wiktionary


Kuanua

the language spoken by the Tolai people of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.


Haitian Vodoun Culture Language

A specialized vocabulary (perhaps not strictly a language) used in Haiti for religion, song, and dance purposes.


unstar

en-verb

unstar (third-person singular simple present unstars, present participle unstarring, simple past and past participle unstarred)

unstars (present singular third-person)
unstarring (participle present)
unstarred (participle past)
unstarred (past)

(transitive, UK politics) To demote a question from an oral one to a written one (because oral questions are conventionally marked with a star on the Order of Business in the House of Commons).


Alexandrina

Alexander of Russia, the patron saint of the Cobourgs, was dead, so Alexandrina of England, named in honour of him, gave way to Victoria the tutelary deity of his (when living) subservient Cobourgs. Both names are alike foreign and unharmonious to British ears,* although of the two, Alexandrina perhaps the most euphonious.
*George IV., who, whatever his faults, had a true British spirit and sentiments, declared both to be anti-British, and expressed himself in no measured terms at the time about giving the royal infant such unEnglish names.

1838 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Court and Cabinet Gossip of a New Reign, pages 512–513:


Alexandrine

Whoever will drink of an unadulterated stream must go to the fountain-head. This, Miss Laura Alexandrine Smith has done, and that she has drunk deeply, is easy to be seen from the spirit and enthusiasm with which she writes.

1887 June, R. M. Ballantyne, “Introductory Note”, in Laura Alexandrine Smith, The Music of the Waters. […], London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., […], published 1888, page ix:

Alexandrine Ave., named for Alexandrine M. Willis, the wife of B. Campau, land owner (1863)

2008, Kristin Palm, The Straits, Palm Press, →ISBN, page 21:

He teamed up with Amin and Iksander, named, Iksander said, for Alexander the Great. / Cool, John said. I read somewhere that the year he died, children all over the world were named for him. Alexander, Alexandrine, Alexandra.

2010, Pearl Abraham, American Taliban, Random House, →ISBN, page 194:


Ossete

Osete (alternative)
Osset (alternative)
Osseta (alternative)
Ossetine (alternative)


MIB

en-noun

MIB (countable and uncountable, plural MIBs)

(US, ufology, conspiracy theorists) Initialism of man in black.

(US, in the plural) Initialism of men in black.

Initialism of man in black.
Initialism of men in black.


Durga

A female given name from Sanskrit, common in India. Another name of Parvati


Zeelandic

A regional language similar to Dutch, spoken in the Dutch province of Zeeland and on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee.


Blue Planet

the Blue Planet (canonical)
blue planet (alternative)


Billary

(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) The political union of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.


Yevanic

From Hebrew יָוָן (yaván, “Greece”) + -ic.

The nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.


Minica Huitoto

An Huitoto language of the Witotoan family spoken in western South America.


Bajau

Learned borrowing from Indonesian Bajau bajau.

lbor

Badjao (alternative)
Bajao (alternative)

1937, W. F. Schneeberger, A Short Vocabulary of the Banggai and Bajau Language:

2007, Mark T. Miller, A Grammar of West Coast Bajau, PhD Thesis.

(linguistic) The native language spoken by the Bajau people (the indigenous of Bajau island in Indonesia).


Nastia

Transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian На́стя (Nástja), diminutive of Анастасія (Anastasija), Анастаси́я (Anastasíja, “Anastasia”).

When he got to their nary, Olga was hysterical, clutching Anastasia to her bosom. All he was able to make out, between Olga's sobs and cries was, “Oh, My God, Nastia is dead!!!”

2005, Anatole Kurdsjuk, The Long Walk Home with Miracles Along the Way:

На́стя Настя#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name diminutive На́стя (Nástja).


Lepontic

An extinct language attested in Europe until ~100BC, usually considered to be a member of the Celtic family.


Svetlana

Transliteration of Russian Светла́на (Svetlána), from свет (svet, “light”). Made up by Alexander Vostokov in 1802, later borrowed into English and other languages.

translit

Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity

A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.


Sveta

From Russian Све́та (Svéta), an informal pet form of Светла́на (Svetlána, “Svetlana”).

Then one evening Katya approached a girl named Svetlana.
“Sveta, you have such beautiful hair,” she said. “Where did you get your permanent?”

2008, Ellen Bailey, Katya's Gold: What Will Her Dreams Cost?, page 53:

A diminutive of the female given name Svetlana, from Russian


Terrianne

A female given name originating as a coinage.


commodate

Latin commodatum (“something lent, a loan”).


Bee

A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice.


Kyleigh

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kaylee or Kylie.


Torygraph

Blend of Tory + telegraph, from the newspaper's political leanings; popularised by Private Eye magazine.

I thought, I'm not going to do my spring boxes and give a picture to the bloody Torygraph.

1993, David Hare, Lyn Haill, Asking around, page 169:

(UK, derogatory, informal) The Telegraph newspaper.


Nun

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

(very rare) A male given name from Hebrew.


Arvanitic

/ˌɑːvəˈnɪtɪk/

From Arvanite + -ic, based on Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika).

A form of the Albanian language spoken by a minority in Greece.


Mickey Mouse Protection Act

the Mickey Mouse Protection Act (canonical)

So called because it served to prevent Disney's Mickey Mouse character from entering the public domain for a further period.

(informal, derogatory) The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.


Algerian Arabic

A group of Arabic dialects spoken primarily in Algeria.


Kutenai

Kootenai (alternative)
Kootenay (alternative)

The language isolate spoken by this people.

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A river in British Columbia, Canada and Montana and Idaho, United States.


Antonina

Borrowed from Latin Antonina, feminine form of Antoninus, derivative of Antonius.
Name of obscure early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A female given name from Latin of mainly historical use English.

Антонина Антонина#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Антонина (Antonina).

Антоні́на Антоніна#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Антоні́на (Antonína)


Zinaida

Borrowed from Russian Зинаи́да (Zinaída), cognate with the English historical name Zenaida, from Ancient Greek Ζηναΐς (Zēnaḯs), meaning "belonging to Ζεύς (Zeús)". Name of a first century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Doublet of Zenaida.

Зинаи́да Зинаида#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зинаи́да (Zinaída).


Yucatec Maya Sign Language

A sign language used in Yucatán, Mexico.


Maritime Sign Language

British Sign Language
British Sign Language

An endangered sign language descended from Old British Sign Language used in Atlantic Canada.


Ecuadorian Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of Ecuador.


Quebec Sign Language

A sign language of the French Sign Language family used primarily in Quebec.


Hawaii Pidgin Sign Language

A sign language used in Hawaii. The language is named after the Hawaiian Pidgin spoken language and is not itself a pidgin.


Japanese Sign Language

Sign language used in Japan. ISO 639-3 code: jsl.


Jhankot Sign Language

The sign language used in Jhankot, a village in western Nepal.


Kata Kolok

A sign language used in parts of northern Bali, Indonesia.


Malaysian Sign Language

The sign language used in Malaysia, ISO 639-3 code: xml.


Danish Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of Denmark.


Dutch Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of the Netherlands.

Flemish Sign Language

which is distinct from DSL, despite spoken Flemish being a variety of spoken Dutch


Estonian Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of Estonia.


Finnish Sign Language

A variant of sign language commonly used in Finland.


Flemish Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of Flanders.

Dutch Sign Language

which is distinct from FSL, despite spoken Flemish being a variety of spoken Dutch


Greek Sign Language

The sign language used by the deaf community of Greece.


Icelandic Sign Language

The sign language of Iceland's deaf community.


Slovenian Sign Language

A sign language used in Serbia and Slovenia.


Swiss-German Sign Language

Swiss German Sign Language (alternative)

The primary sign language of Liechtenstein and German-speaking areas of Switzerland.


Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language

A sign language used by some of the bedouins of al-Sayyid.


Old Catalan

The Catalan language as it existed in the Middle Ages.


Amal

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal, “hope”).


Arbëreshë Albanian

The form of the Albanian language spoken by the Arbëreshë people in southern Italy.


Aranadan

Eranadan (alternative)
Aranatan (alternative)

A Dravidian language spoken in Kerala, India.


Afade

Affade (alternative)
Afadeh (alternative)
Afaɗə (alternative)

[…] if the Musgum and Afade words are cognate, […]

1968, in Africana marburgensia (published by the Philipps-Universität Marburg), volumes 1-5

All Kotoko language speakers in Nigeria may speak Afade.

2003, William Frawley, editor, International encyclopedia of linguistics, volume 1, 2, page 235:

Other 'dialects' are spoken in Nigeria and Chad, and include Afade, Lagwan, Mser, Mpade, Maslam, Malgbe and Mazera.

2007, Tones and Tunes: Typological studies in word and sentence prosody (Tomas Riad, Carlos Gussenhoven), page 71


Aramanik

The original language of this people, Aasax.


Arvanitika Albanian

A form of the Albanian language spoken by a minority in Greece.


Mandobo Atas

(linguistics) A Papuan language spoken on the Upper Mandobo River.


Oksana

Окса́на Оксана#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Окса́на (Oksána).


Aleksandr

Borrowed from Russian Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr).

Алекса́ндр Александр#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr)


Sergei

Серге́й Сергей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Серге́й (Sergéj), equivalent to Sergius.


Dmitri

From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij) from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios)

Дми́трий Дмитрий#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Дми́трий (Dmítrij)


Huda

Borrowed from Arabic هُدًى (hudan, “guidance”)


Welsh English

The form of the English language that is chiefly used in Wales.


Ambonese Malay

Ambonese, a Malay-based creole language of Indonesia.


Abui

From Abui abui (“mountains; enclosed place”).

A language spoken in the Alor Archipelago of Indonesia.


Saint Lucian Creole French

A language of Saint Lucia, a French-based subvariety of Antillean Creole.


Juba

(historical) A male given name from Latin, notably borne by kings of Numidia.


Hijazi Arabic

An Arabic dialect spoken primarily in Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, and Taif in Saudi Arabia.


Omani Arabic

The variety of the Arabic language spoken in parts of Oman.


Cypriot Arabic

A language of Cyprus, a moribund variety of Arabic spoken by the Maronite community.


Dhofari Arabic

A variety of the Arabic language spoken in parts of Oman.


Aduge

A dialect of the Okpamheri language of Nigeria.


Amdo Tibetan

A variety of the Tibetan language spoken by Amdo Tibetans.


Gulf Arabic

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates

A variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia around the coasts of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iran and northern Oman.


Afro-Seminole Creole

A dialect of the Gullah language, spoken by black Seminoles in scattered communities in Oklahoma, Texas, and Northern Mexico.


pseudoelement

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoelement.wav

In a chemical formula, something that is called by a chemical symbol, but is not an element; e.g. Et may mean ethyl group, or Ph (or Φ) may mean phenyl group. (See "Skeletal formula" on Wikipedia; said article has a subsection titled "Pseudoelement symbols".)


Novgorodian

en-adj

Novgorodian (comparative more Novgorodian, superlative most Novgorodian)

more Novgorodian (comparative)
most Novgorodian (superlative)


Faizan

From Arabic فَيْضَان (fayḍān); compare فَيْض (fayḍ, “grace, favor”).


tin tabernacle

tin tabernacles (plural)
tin tab (alternative)

(UK) A church, usually nonconformist, clad in corrugated iron.


Proto-Italic

Hypothetical prehistoric Indo-European language, ancestor of all Italic languages.

Oeritalisch

hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language


Khwarshi

A Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan region of Russia.


Biebs

Clipping of Bieber + -s (hypocoristic suffix).


Standard German

The standardised German (more precisely High German) language, especially as distinguished from High German varieties such as Bavarian or Luxembourgish, or from Low German.


Alvina

Consequently Alvina, or Vina as she was called, understood only the explicit mode of good-humoured straightforwardness.

1920, D. H. Lawrence, The Lost Girl, Echo Library, published 2008, →ISBN, page 19:

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Ida'an

A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Ida'an people of Sabah, Malaysia


Irenæus

From Latin Irenaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρηναῖος (eirēnaîos, “peaceful”), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).

The book of Judith is a most interesting topic. We shall never believe, with John of Antioch, that it was written by Irenæus, nor, with the Pseudo‐Philo de Temporibus, by Joachim, successor of Joshua the high‐priest.

1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 12:

(archaic) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Mian

A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.


Zeshan

A male given name from Arabic, variant of Zeeshan or Zishan.


Suebi

From Latin Suēbī, from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz.

A group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.


Easter Islander

en-noun

Easter Islander (plural Easter Islanders)


Society Islander

Society Islander (plural Society Islanders)


Sandwich Islander

Sandwich Islander (plural Sandwich Islanders)

(obsolete) A person from the Sandwich Islands now known as Hawaii. Replaced by Hawaiian.


Midway Islander

Midway Islander (plural Midway Islanders)


Ascension Islander

Ascension Islander (plural Ascension Islanders)


Aleutian Islander

Aleutian Islander (plural Aleutian Islanders)


South Islander

A person from the South Island, New Zealand.


North Islander

A person from North Island, New Zealand.


Leeward Islander

Leeward Islander (plural Leeward Islanders)


Windward Islander

Windward Islander (plural Windward Islanders)


Massachusettsian

That he was a Virginian and I a Massachusettsian.

1802 [1962], John Adams, edited by L.H. Butterfield, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, volume 3, Cambridge, Massachusetts, page 336:

A young Massachusettsian (is this correct orthography?), by name Nathaniel II. Bishop, a mere lad of seventeen, who, prompted by a love of nature, starts off from his New England home, reaches the La Plata River, and coolly "walks" to Valparaiso, across pampa and cordillera, a distance of more than a thousand miles !

1869 January, Mayne Reid, “Trifles”, in Onward, G.W. Carleton, page 82:

Chadwick (54), though a Massachusettsian by birth, residence, and position is not so by preordination. He has a directness of thought, a humour, and a power of seeing himself as others see him that smack more of London or Paris than of Boston.

1916, Charles Villiers Stanford, A History of Music, The Macmillan Company, page 324:

Much to the chagrin of many a Massachusettsian, on January 29, 1 842, Secretary of State Daniel Webster dispatched directions to the US ambassador to Great Britain in support of Calhoun's resolutions.

1997, Maggie Montesinos Sale, The Slumbering Volcano: American Slave Ship Revolts and the Production of Rebellious Masculinity, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 131:

The minor appointments were the Virginian Edmund Randolph as attorney general and the Massachusettsian Henry Knox as secretary of war.

2003, John P. Diggins, John Adams, Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 42–3:

(dated) A native or resident of Massachusetts.


Mopán

Mopan (alternative)
Mopane (alternative)
Mopán Maya (alternative)
Mopan Maya (alternative)

A Mayan language spoken in Belize and Guatemala.


Ptolemæus

From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos, “warlike”).

uder

Since Tischendorf lays so much stress upon pseudo-Tertullian and Philastrius making Ptolemæus appear immediately after Valentinus, this explanation is after his own principle.

1874, Walter Richard Cassels, chapter X, in Supernatural Religion, volume II, page 219:

(archaic) Alternative form of Ptolemaeus: A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Ptolemy.


Judæus

Spinoza was rejected by his contemporaries from the congregation of Israel; Philo‐Judæus was neglected by the generations that followed him.

1910, Norman De Mattos Bentwich, Philo‐Judæus of Alexandria, preface, page 7:

(history) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Brontë

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”), used as a rendering of Prunty, an Anglicization of the Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of a person named Proinnteach (“Generous”)”).

der

descendant of a person named <i class="Latn mention" lang="ga">Proinnteach</i> (“Generous”)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Michif

A variant pronunciation of the French word Métis.

Mitchif (alternative)
Mechif (alternative)
Metchif (alternative)
Metsif (alternative)
Métif (alternative)
Métchif (alternative)
Métsif (alternative)

One of the languages of the Metis people, spoken mainly in Canada. They exist along a continuum with three main types:

A true mixed language with many elements from both French and Cree.


Vasconic

(linguistics) A language family spoken in the northern Pyrenees.


European Portuguese

The Portuguese language as spoken and written in Portugal, particularly when it differs from other regional varieties of that language.

Europæisk portugisisk

Portuguese spoken and written in Portugal


Nafaanra

a Senufo language spoken in northwest Ghana by the Nafana, along the border with Côte d'Ivoire, east of Bondouko.


Charmaine

20th century variant of Charmian, or coinage from the noun charm with the -aine ending as in Elaine and Germaine.

I wonder why you keep me waiting / Charmaine, my Charmaine / Rise in vain

1926, Ernö Rapée, Lew Pollack (lyrics and music), “Charmaine”:

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Northwest Germanic

(linguistics) The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the North Germanic and West Germanic languages combined. This includes all modern Germanic languages, and all ancient Germanic languages except for East Germanic (which includes primarily Gothic).


NIO

Stormont officials spelled out linguistic pitfalls that could offend nationalists and unionists in a 164-page guidance document for Mandelson and other new NIO ministers.

2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Northern Ireland Office
w:Northern Ireland Office

(UK politics) Initialism of Northern Ireland Office.


Hunsrik

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From German Hunsrückisch, a Moselle Franconian dialect spoken in Rhineland-Palatinate, from Hunsrück + -isch.

A Germanic language spoken by some 3 to 5 million people, mainly in southern Brazil. The vocabulary and pronunciation are influenced by Portuguese.


Pittsburghese

The dialect of American English spoken around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Conservative Party

the Conservative Party (canonical)
Conservative party (alternative)

Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party, was Britain's first female Prime Minister.

(UK politics) A centre-right political party, official full name Conservative and Unionist Party, informally known as the Tory Party or Tories.


Natchez

A member of a tribe of Native Americans once living in the area of Mississippi.


Natchez

The extinct Muskhogean language of these people.

A city, the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.


Roscoe

From a place in Lancashire, from Old Norse rá (“roebuck”) + skógr (“forest”).

Rosco (alternative)
Roscow (alternative)


Kiki

A pet form of several female given names beginning with K.


Cushite

From Cush + -ite, coined in the 1820s. In the early 19th century, the term referred to the tan to dark-skinned people of the Horn of Africa (synonymous with Herodotus' Ethiopians) in general. The technical linguistic sense is due to Friedrich Müller (1876).

Pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa, historically considered the descendants of biblical Cush.

كُوشِيّ

pertaining to the ancient people of the Horn of Africa


Cushite

Similarly, in the Hamitic area, the Berber languages of the north-west are clearly distinguished from Ful, and these, again, from the Nilotic languages, which, in their turn, are quite distinct from the “Cushite” languages in the east (i.e. Somali, Galla, Saho, Bedauye, etc.).

1915, Carl Meinhof, translated by A. Werner, An Introduction to the Study of African Languages, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, page 150:

The numerous Cushite languages of East Africa make up another branch of Afroasiatic and can be separated for convenience into five subgroups—northern, central, eastern, western, and southern. […] The northern branch of Cushite consists of a number of closely related dialects of which Bedauye, the best known, may be taken as representative.

1990, [Joseph H. Greenberg], “Internal a- Plurals in Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) (1955)”, in Keith Denning, Suzanne Kemmer, editors, On Language: Selected Writings of Joseph H. Greenberg, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 401:

In the second language category are Cushite speakers. Cushite is a subdivison of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Cushite speakers live in areas stretching from the coast of the Red Sea across the Horn of Africa.

1995, David M. Helgren, Robert J. Sager, World Geography Today, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, →ISBN, page 454:

(linguistics) The Cushitic subfamily of languages.


Cushite

(anthropology, dated in academic contexts) A member of one of various peoples native to the Horn of Africa, generally restricted to those that speak Cushitic languages.

Kuschite

member of one of the peoples of the Horn of Africa


Kushan

Epigraphic (Bactrian in Greek script) ΚΟϷΑΝ košan, Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Guṣāṇa, Parthian kšn, ultimately from Chinese 貴霜／贵霜 (Guìshuāng). The conventional name Kushan and the proposed connection with the Chinese term is due to Alexander Cunningham's Coins of the Indo-Scythians, Sakas & Kushans (1899).

(history) An ancient Indo-Scythian or Tocharian kingdom in Central Asia and Northern India.


Kushan

en-adj

Kushan (comparative more Kushan, superlative most Kushan)

more Kushan (comparative)
most Kushan (superlative)

(history) Of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm.

Kušanų

of or relating to the Kushans or the Kushan realm


Tehrani

A native or resident of the city of Tehran.


Nikolayev

From Russian Никола́ев (Nikolájev), from Никола́й (Nikoláj, “Nicholas”). Compare Mykolaiv.

Nikolaev (alternative)
Nikolaiev (alternative)

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Nikolayeva.


LAB

(UK politics) Abbreviation of Labour Party.


Frankie

Before arriving in Miami, he was known by his real name of Frankie King. Not Frank but Frankie; his mother had named him after the singer Frankie Laine.

1991, Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, Knopf, →ISBN, page 62:

A diminutive of the male given name Frank, Francisco, Francis or Franklin.

A diminutive of the female given name Frances or Francesca.

(humorous) A diminutive of the surname Frankenstein, used as a given name for a similar monster or mad scientist.


Mopsy

en-proper noun

Mopsy (plural Mopsys or Mopsyes or Mopsies)

Mopsys (plural)
Mopsyes (plural)
Mopsies (plural)

From mop + -sy. From mopsy, from mop. Compare moppet.

A nickname for a person with a mop of hair.


Odia

The official language of the state of Odisha, India.


Pythian

From Latin Pythius, from Ancient Greek πύθιος (púthios, “belonging to Pytho, the older name of Delphi and its environs”): compare French pythien.

der

Of or relating to Delphi or to its priestess, Pythia.


Bessarabian

en-adj

Bessarabian (comparative more Bessarabian, superlative most Bessarabian)

more Bessarabian (comparative)
most Bessarabian (superlative)


Amir

From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira.


Miley

Popularised as a female name by American pop singer Miley Ray Cyrus (nicknamed Miley from "smiley").


Primitive Irish

The Irish language as attested from the fourth to the seventh centuries C.E. and written in the Ogham alphabet, the predecessor of Old Irish.


Radder

Jocular modification of Radcliffe + -er. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) The Radcliffe Camera.


Ryukyuan

Loochooan (alternative)
Loo Chooan (alternative)
Lewchewan (alternative)
Lew Chewan (alternative)
Luchuan (alternative)
Ryūkyūan (alternative)

Any of the traditional languages of Ryukyu, in modern times predominantly displaced by Japanese.


Mile

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле (Mile)


United Statian

en-adj

United Statian (comparative more United Statian, superlative most United Statian)

more United Statian (comparative)
most United Statian (superlative)
Unitedstatian (alternative)
United-Statian (alternative)

All the boasted mountain scenery, from the New Hampshire “Notch” to far-famed “Lookout,” where the historic “Battle above the Clouds” never took place, would look like ant-hills and pig-troughs in any hundred miles of the Utah and Colorado Rockies — the only Real Wonderland, with the “R. W.” blown in the glass, of the United-Statian part of the new world.

1895, Peter Donan, “A wonderful tour” (chapter X), in Utah: a peep into a mountain-walled treasury of the gods, Buffalo: Matthews-Northrup Co., page 78:

Often, education in the US tends to be technocratic and anti-intellectual. United Statian students are not typically prepared, that is, prepared to accept the responsibility of becoming global citizens...

2004, Matthew Clay Bronson, Writing passage: Academic literacy socialization among ESL graduate students, a multiple case study, Davis: University of California, page 191:

Bilingual/ bicultural students do not fit easily into the prevailing United Statian racial categories.

2010, Lourdes Diaz Soto et al., Teaching Bilingual/Bicultural Children, page 71:

As Patterson asserts about the team, which includes an archaeology school primarily for United Statian and British students, Carriacou is an attractive place to conduct research ...

2014, Carla Guerrón Montero, “Tourism, cultural heritage and regional identities in the Isle of Spice”, in Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, →DOI, pages 1–21:

The aptitude of current teachers [...] declarative level of pluralism, and their attitudes or actual behaviours; or the United Statian challenges of growing re-segregation, inequality in school funding, and childhood poverty rates with increases of more than 50% since the 1970s.

2020, Lasso-Rodriguez, G., & Gil-Herrera, R., “Training the Teachers with Assistance of Robotic Process Automation”, in INTED2020 Proceedings, →DOI, pages 8714–8720:

(rare, nonstandard) Pertaining to the United States.


father-bother merger

/ˌfɑːðə ˈbɒðə ˈmɜːdʒə/

/ˌfɑðɚ ˈbɑðɚ ˈmɝdʒɚ/

The first is the father-bother merger, a loss of rounding contrast in the low back vowels by which the originally contrastive /ɒ/ has been subsumed by /ɑː/ into the fused phoneme /ɑ/.

2018, Gregory H. Bontrager, “Ambisyllabicity in an Optimal-Theoretic Model of English Stress Assignment”, in Florida Linguistics Papers, volume 5, number 2:

A phonemic merger in English of the vowels /ɑː/ (as in father) and /ɒ/ (as in bother).


Orrin

During the press conference, Orrin Hatch and the others spoke very graciously about our extraordinary efforts in getting this bill passed […]

2008, Diana DeGette, Daniel Paisner, Sex, science, and stem cells: inside the right wing assault on reason, page 110:

On June 3, 1931, she married Orrin Frink, Jr., who had joined the mathematics faculty at Penn State in 1928 as an assistant professor.

2009, Judy Green, Jeanne LaDuke, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's:

A male given name from Irish of obscure origin, possibly a variant of Oren or Oran.


spaceling

Thanks to the latest graphics technology, almost all of those spacelings will be ready for their close-ups.

2007 October 16, Seth Schiesel, “Elves Are Out, Aliens In”, in New York Times:


Kabuli

From Kabul + -i, or directly from Persian کابلی (“Kabuli”).

But they are physically no match for the Kabulis and every Kabuli considers himself more than a match for any number of travellers from the plains.

1918, The Indian Review, volume 19, page 11:


Bethy

“I'll settle Bethy's troubles, and then I'll tell you mine. They are not very wearing, so they'll keep,” and Jo stitched away, with a wise nod which set her mother's heart at rest about her for the present at least.

1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Elysse

A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Elise.


warrandice

(Scots law) A form of warranty in which a person conveying property is held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.


inbring

en-verb

inbring (third-person singular simple present inbrings, present participle inbringing, simple past and past participle inbrought)

inbrings (present singular third-person)
inbringing (participle present)
inbrought (participle past)
inbrought (past)
imbring (alternative)

From Middle English inbringen, from Old English inbringan (“to bring in, bring to, present”), equivalent to in- + bring. Cognate with Scots inbring (“to inbring, import”), Dutch inbrengen (“to bring in”), German einbringen (“to introduce, bring in”), Swedish inbringa (“to bring in, fetch”).

cog

(transitive, Scots law) To bring in by legal authority; produce in court; confiscate (the goods of a condemned criminal).


Russenorsk

An Arctic pidgin language combining elements of Russian and Norwegian, mainly used by traders in the nineteenth century.


Gedaged

An Austronesian language spoken around Astrolabe Bay in Papua New Guinea.


Johnsonian

en-adj

Johnsonian (comparative more Johnsonian, superlative most Johnsonian)

more Johnsonian (comparative)
most Johnsonian (superlative)

/d͡ʒɒnˈsəʊnɪ.ən/

To stop no-deal, MPs must adopt some Johnsonian ruthlessness and be ready to bring down the prime minister and put someone else, probably Jeremy Corbyn, in his place.

2019 August 29, “The Guardian view on Johnson v parliament: an unelective dictatorship”, 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.


Buffy

A pet form of Elizabeth (cf. Bethy), based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Popularized by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.


Tabby

A diminutive of the female given name Tabitha.

A diminutive of the female given name Tabetha.


mother language

en-noun

mother language (plural mother languages)

From Middle English modir langage, equivalent to mother + language.

Yet neuertheleſſe, the rudenes of common and mother tonges, is no bar foꝛ wiſe ſpeaking. Foꝛ in the rudeſt contrie, and moſt barbarous mother language, many be found can ſpeake verie wiſelie: but in the Gréeke and latin tong, the two onelie learned tonges, which be kept, not in common taulke, but in pꝛiuate bookes, we finde alwayes, wiſdome and eloquence, good matter and good vtterance, neuer oꝛ ſeldom a ſonder.

a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, “[The Second Booke Teachyng the Ready Way to the Latin Tong]”, in Margaret Ascham, editor, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC, folio 46, recto:


Xandra

A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a short form of Alexandra.


Bashir

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).

der

Basheer (alternative)
Basher (alternative)


Basheer

From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”)


Classical Syriac

An extinct language of the Northwest branch of the Semitic language family.

ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ

Leššānā ‘atīqā


dotless i

A letter whose uppercase version is "I" and lowercase version is "ı". A letter "I"/"i" without the lowercase dot, that is used in the Turkish language.


Rachelle

20th-century variant of Rachel, from French Rachelle, or possibly coined independently of it.


Johannah

I can't reconcile myself to being called Miss Silver. I can't realise the character. It's like an affectation, like making-believe. Directly I relax my vigilance, I forget, and sink back into Johannah Rothe. I'm always Johannah Rothe when I'm alone.

1897 Henry Harland, Comedies and Errors, Ayer Publishing (reprint), page 284


Kiyoshi

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, known for his courage to challenge the U.S. government policy to evacuate, relocate, and intern all persons of Japanese ancestry during the Pacific War, was born in Seattle on April 23, 1918.

1983, Hyung-chan Kim, Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 113:


erhua

(Chinese phonetics) A phonological process that adds rhotic sounds to syllables in some lects of Chinese.


erization

/ˌɜːɹəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

/ˌɜːɹaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/

Calque of Chinese 兒化 /儿化 (érhuà). By surface analysis, er + -ization.

erisation (alternative)
-erization (alternative)


Blair

en-proper noun

Blair (countable and uncountable, plural Blairs)

Blairs (plural)
Blaire (alternative)
Blayre (alternative)

From Scottish Gaelic blàr (“field, plain”).

(countable) A unisex given name.
A male given name.

(countable) A unisex given name.
A female given name.


Leia

From the name of a princess in the American fantasy film Star Wars (1977).

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Jutlander

/ˈd͡ʒʌtlændəɹ/


Zillah

ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.

1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:


Rochelle

French: Nouvelle-Rochelle

Habitational or topographic name from places in France, La Rochelle, from Old French rochelle diminutive form of roche (“rock”).

She was a modern woman. "Rochelle!" I hear my grandma's taunt. "Imagine Rochelle!" And then in Yiddish: "Rachel is not good enough for her."

1971, E. L. Doctorow, The Book of Daniel, Random House, published 2007, →ISBN, page 42:

A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century usage.


Monrovian

A native or inhabitant of Monrovia, capital city of Liberia.


Lappish

A language family spoken by the Lappish people.


English-Canadian

en-adj

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

more English-Canadian (comparative)
most English-Canadian (superlative)
English Canadian (alternative)

Of or relating to Anglophone Canadians, of English Canada.

kanada anglalingva

anglophone Canadian, English-speaking Canadian, English-language Canadian


Old Low Franconian

(strict sense) The West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.

Altniederfränkisch (as adjective: altniederfränkisch)


Dari Persian

Synonym of Dari (variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan)


Vilamovian

A West Germanic language spoken in the Polish town of Wilamowice.


Timorese

Tetum (a national language of East Timor)


Bai

From Chinese 白 (Bái). Doublet of Bach (Vietnamese surname).


South Sudanese

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-South Sudanese.wav

From South Sudan + -ese, after Sudanese.

A person from South Sudan or of South Sudanese descent.


Australian Sign Language

Auslan; the sign language of the Australian deaf community.


Paulie

A diminutive of the male given name Paul.


Kazuyoshi

Borrowed from Japanese かずよし (Kazuyoshi).


Akira

A female given name from Japanese (uncommon)


Umeda

A Papuan language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.


Proto-Altaic

The hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Altaic languages, the existence of which is now often rejected.


Number Ten

No 10 (alternative)
Number 10 (alternative)

Coordinate term: Number 11

10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street#English

(UK politics, colloquial) Synonym of 10 Downing Street


Toshimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese としみつ (Toshimitsu).


Feejeean

Feejeean (comparative more Feejeean, superlative most Feejeean)

more Feejeean (comparative)
most Feejeean (superlative)


Kaycie

Kacee (alternative)
Kacie (alternative)
Kaycee (alternative)

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Casey.


Kaycee

Kacee (alternative)
Kacie (alternative)
Kaycie (alternative)


Kacie

Kacee (alternative)
Kaycee (alternative)
Kaycie (alternative)


Kacee

Kacie (alternative)
Kaycee (alternative)
Kaycie (alternative)


Mozela

A native of Nansemond County, Va., he was the widower of Mrs. Mozela Holliman Ashe and a son of the late Bennie and Meddie Ann Lawrence Ashe.

1968 December 2, “Lonnie Ashe”, in Suffolk News-Herald, volume 46, number 290, page 10:

Addie Mozela Sneed, daughter of Sherman and Inez Ross, was born on June 28, 1933.

2018 April 14, “Sneed, Addie Mozela”, in Chicago Tribune, page 2-6:

Aunt Luella Bailey was Grandpa and Grandma’s oldest living daughter. The oldest daughter, named Mozella, died in infancy.

2020, Joice Christine Bailey Lewis, My Ancestral Voices, →ISBN:


Hidemitsu

Borrowed from Japanese ひでみつ (Hidemitsu).


Mennonite Low German

Mennonite + Low German, because Mennonites were the ones to carry it out of Prussia.

a variety of or descending from Low Prussian (East Low German, Low German or Low Saxon), that developed in Royal Prussia and which is now spoken by communities not only in Germany but also in North America (Canada, the United States), South America (Argentina, Brazil), Russia and some other places. (Not to be confused with the High German language Pennsylvania German; both are spoken in Pennsylvania.)

Molotschna

historically and linguistically important settlements


double S

double S's (plural)
double s (alternative)
double-s (alternative)

The name of the Latin-script letter ẞ/ß.


Yasutoshi

Borrowed from Japanese やすとし (Yasutoshi).


Atlantan

Atlantans (plural)
Atlantian (alternative)


Izumi

Borrowed from Japanese 泉 (izumi, “spring; fountain”).


Nattie

A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.


Zuleika

Zuleica (alternative)
Zuleikha (alternative)

After all, Zuleika does mean 'The Magnificent One'.

2001, Bernardine Evaristo, The Emperor's Babe, Penguin Essentials (2020), page 117:


Chadic

Central African Republic
Central African Republic

(linguistics) A branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon.


Emmabeth

(rare) A female given name originating as a coinage.


Katsura

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (Katsura) or かつら (Katsura).


Nats

[…]We had lots of good times together at school - Nats was always happy and bubbly and would make anyone's bad day a good one, putting a smile on your face.' Natalie's teachers remember her well, of course.

2006, Tracey Hawthorne, Natalie Du Toit: tumble turn, page 67:


Robbo

A diminutive of the given name Robert or Robin.


Markie

A diminutive of the male given name Mark.


Gaz

A nickname of the given name Gareth or Gary.


Gazza

From Gareth (or any personal name starting Ga-) + -zza.


Rodders

A nickname of the given name Rodney or Roderick.


Hanyu Pinyin

zh-l

漢語拼音／汉语拼音 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn)

Mr. Jenner has also provided the Note on Pronunciation at p. 196, for Chinese names which are romanized in this volume according to the Hanyu Pinyin system.

1973, Lu Xun, translated by Gladys Yang, edited by Gladys Yang, Silent China Selected Writings of Lu Xun, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page xii:

I follow McKhann in using Naxi pinyin to transliterate sainii and paq but retain regular Hanyu pinyin for dongba instead of using Naxi pinyin dobbaq since this is the most familiar form.

1996, Bell Yung, Evelyn Sakakida Rawski, Harmony and Counterpoint: Ritual Music in Chinese Context, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 253:

This paper points out that since the 1986 National Conference of Language Works, Hanyu Pinyin and Hanzi no longer have equal status in the Chinese writing system. Hanyu Pinyin has assumed a subordinate status to Hanzi, and it is no longer regarded as an evolving alphabetized writing system to replace Hanzi in the future. This posture is much lower than that preferrred by Mao Zedong in the early stage of New China.

2000, Feng Zhiwei, Yin Binyong, “THE CHINESE DIGRAPHIA PROBLEM IN THE INFORMATION AGE”, in Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, volume 30, number 1, page 229:

Introducing Hanyu Pinyin is about convenience and consistency, but should not, through autocratic rules, become a new front in the battle over identity.
Pragmatism is exactly why we would see the retention of “Taipei,” “Kaohsiung” and “Hsinchu” instead of “Taibei,” “Gaoxiong” and “Xinzhu,” and is the most sensible way to proceed in a politicized environment.

2008 September 20, “EDITORIAL: Pinyin is welcome, but not coercion”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2008-09-20, Editorials, page 8:

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 May 2019, former Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) proposed adopting the Hanyu Pinyin system for the city's street signs at an estimated cost of NT$73 million (US$2.54 million), though the plan was ultimately delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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:

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. Usually called Pinyin.

漢語拼音 /汉语拼音

standard romanization of Mandarin Chinese


Aracanese

en-adj

Aracanese (comparative more Aracanese, superlative most Aracanese)

more Aracanese (comparative)
most Aracanese (superlative)
Arakanese (alternative)
Rakhine (alternative)

(historical) Of or pertaining to Aracan (or Arakan) in British Burma, corresponding to the modern Rakhine State.


Arakanese

Arakanese (comparative more Arakanese, superlative most Arakanese)

more Arakanese (comparative)
most Arakanese (superlative)


Uma

A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


Shion

* (given name): Transliteration of Japanese しおん.

Shion Takeuchi, b. 1988


Masaru

Japanese: マサル (reimportation to Japanese as foreign)

From Japanese Masaru (Masaru), from まさる, from various (優/勝/将/將/賢/真申).

ja-l/helper

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

ja-l

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申

優/勝/将/將/賢/真申


Sena

A language spoken in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.


Oireachtas

The Oireachtas, Ireland’s legislature, was put into a virtual lockdown for hours on Wednesday by a small but abusive group of about 200 people.

2023 September 21, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Alarm over ‘fascist-like’ protest at Ireland’s seat of government”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


Taira

Borrowed from Japanese 平 (Taira) or Japanese 平良 (Taira).


Takaki

Borrowed from Japanese 高木 (Takaki) or たかき (Takaki).


Marley

Marlee (alternative)
Marleigh (alternative)
Marly (alternative)

From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Will County, Illinois, United States.

(chiefly British) A male given name transferred from the surname.

(chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.


Seanad Éireann

(Ireland) The upper house of the Parliament of Ireland.


Toshikatsu

Borrowed from Japanese としかつ (Toshikatsu).


Toshiharu

Borrowed from Japanese としはる (Toshiharu).


Norichika

Borrowed from Japanese のりちか (Norichika).


Corydon

From Ancient Greek κόρυδος (kórudos, “crested lark”).

der

They give voice to Corydon′s passion; they confront in their own culture the constraints that hedge his passion in.

1994, Bruce R. Smith, Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics, page 92:

Byron shocked regency England by citing it^([Virgil's second eclogue]) in the opening canto of Don Juan, and Andre Gide gave the title Corydon to the controversial defense of homosexuality he published in 1924.
Virgil depicts Corydon’s passion with psychological realism and a touch of wry irony.

2006, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, page 92:

The harlequinade ceases for the moment, and a two-character tragedy begins with the shepherds Thyrsis and Corydon, whose names derive from ancient pastoral poetry.

2008, Bernard F. Dick, Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty, page 18:

(literary) A male given name from Greek, notably used as a stock name for a shepherd in pastorals, in particular a shepherd whose love for a boy is described in Virgil's Eclogues.


Hiromitsu

Borrowed from Japanese ひろみつ (Hiromitsu).


Mitsuyuki

Borrowed from Japanese みつゆき (Mitsuyuki).


Rollo

en-proper noun

Rollo (countable and uncountable, plural Rollos)

Latinization of the Old French equivalent of the English Rolf.

There was always a conflict in Rollo Martins ― between the absurd Christian name and the sturdy Dutch (four generations back) surname.

1950, Graham Greene, The Third Man, Heinemann, published 1964, page 15:

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


skaith

en-noun

skaith (countable and uncountable, plural skaiths)

[…] the Commissioners of Burghs... meet yearly at Inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandize, the good rule and statutes for the common profit of burghs, and to provide for remeid upon the skaith and injuries sustained within the burghs.”

1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64

There never yet was Englishman
That came to skaith by me.

1904, William Edmonstoune Aytoun, The Bon Gaultier Ballads:

(Scots law, obsolete) Alternative form of scathe (“damage”)


Philadelphian

My grandmother was a Philadelphian, having come out from that city after the war.

1932, Amelia Earhart, chapter 1, in The Fun of It, Harcourt Brace and Company, page 4:

The promenade was filled with Philadelphians of all color and kind.

2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 194:

A person who originates from or lives in Philadelphia.


Yoshihisa

Borrowed from Japanese よしひさ (Yoshihisa).


SLD

Scottish Liberal Democrats
w:Scottish Liberal Democrats

(UK politics) Initialism of Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Social and Liberal Democrats
w:Social and Liberal Democrats

(UK politics) Initialism of Social and Liberal Democrats the former name of the Liberal Democrats.


Columbian

United States of America
United States of America

(dated or poetic) American, from the United States of America


Columbian

Columbian (countable and uncountable, plural Columbians)

(dated or poetic) An American, a person from the United States of America.


Corrine

A female given name from Ancient Greek. Variant of Corinne.


Crusoe

Perhaps from French Crusiaux, a topographic surname from a diminutive of creux (“hollow”), or alternatively a variant of Croiseau, a habitational surname.


Creighton

en-proper noun

Creighton (countable and uncountable, plural Creightons)


Cullen

Cullen (countable and uncountable, plural Cullens)


Cormack

From the Old Irish given name Cormac.
The town in Newfoundland is named after explorer and entrepreneur William Epps Cormack (1796 - 1868).


Segovian

en-adj

Segovian (comparative more Segovian, superlative most Segovian)

more Segovian (comparative)
most Segovian (superlative)


Pamplonan

Pamplonan (comparative more Pamplonan, superlative most Pamplonan)

more Pamplonan (comparative)
most Pamplonan (superlative)


Bond

en-proper noun

Bond (countable and uncountable, plural Bonds)

An occupational surname, from Old Norse bóndi ("peasant," "farmer").


Azeri Turkic

Yet, classifying these varieties, which are spoken in the sphere of influence of the two major Oghuz languages, Azeri Turkic and Ottoman or Modern Standard Turkish, is difficult

2006, Christiane Bulut, "Syntactic traces of Turkic-Iranian contiguity: An areal survey of language contact-induced shift in patterns of relativization", Turkic-Iranian contact areas: Historical and linguistic aspects (Turcologica 62), page 187


Cleggmania

Before the debate the Daily Telegraph, a Conservative-leaning newspaper, had tried to prick the Cleggmania bubble by running a story alleging that Clegg had received payments from party donors directly into his private bank account.

2010, John Bartle, Nicholas Allen, Britain at the Polls 2010, page 192:

Cleggmania briefly hit Orpington but we need to call our voters and tell them to stick to the blue corner[…]

2011, Rachel Johnson, A Diary of The Lady: My First Year As Editor:

(UK politics, informal) Enthusiasm for British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg.


Nootka

From Nootka nuučaan̓uł (“all along the mountains”).


Eburones

A Belgic people of Germanic or Celtic descent who lived in the upper north of Gaul in ancient times.


Schleswiger

From Schleswig + -er, or directly from the German Schleswiger.

There I met another German, or rather a Schleswiger, by the name of Bondiz, who was also a merchant.

1979 (reprint), Elise Amalie Tvede Wærenskjold, The Lady with the Pen, page 79


Emmett

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

A male or unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Emmitt

Emmett (alternative)
Emmott (alternative)


decree arbitral

en-noun

decree arbitral (plural decrees arbitral)

(Scots law) An award made by an arbiter.


West Slavic

A subgrouping of the Slavic language family spoken mainly in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lusatia (a small area in Germany).


Tamahaq

The only known Northern Tuareg language, spoken in Algeria, western Libya, and northern Niger.


Ma

A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Athelstan

An Anglo-Saxon male given name derived from Old English æþele (“noble”) and stān (“stone”), meaning "Gem". Old English variants are Æþelstān and Æðelstān. In modern English it is also found as Æthelstan, Athelstane, Addleston, Athelston, Athelstone and Ethelstone, usually surnames or place names. It is akin to the Dutch noun edelsteen and German noun and surname Edelstein and the Icelandic male given name Aðalsteinn.


Scanian

Of or pertaining to Scania, a region of southern Sweden.


Scanian

The dialect of Swedish spoken in the region of Scania.


Layton

en-proper noun

Layton (countable and uncountable, plural Laytons)

* (perseonal names): Derived from various place names in England.


Morgana

(Arthurian legend) Morgaine (Morgan le Fay).


Proto-Kartvelian

The reconstructed ancestor of the Kartvelian languages.


Kimball

Kimball (countable and uncountable, plural Kimballs)

From Old Welsh Cynbel, from cyn (“chief”) + bel (“war”). Possibly also from Old English Cynebeald.

The half-caste woman who looked after him (she smoked opium, and pretended to keep a second-hand furniture shop by the square where the cheap cabs wait) told the missionaries that she was Kim’s mother’s sister; but his mother had been nursemaid in a colonel's family and had married Kimball O’Hara, a young color-sergeant of the Mavericks, an Irish regiment.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 1, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:

(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.


Clœlius

(chiefly history) A male given name from Latin.


Zacchaeus

From Late Latin Zacchaeus, from Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος (Zakkhaîos), from Hebrew זכי (zakkay), literally "pure, innocent", which came from זכה (zacha, “be clean, pure”).

Zacchæus (alternative)
Zaccheus (alternative)

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 19:8:


Mila

From a diminutive in many Slavic languages Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian, etc.) of female given names containing the element Mil-, -mila ("grace, beloved"), such as Ludmila, Milena, Milica, and of the cognates of Emily. Also from Spanish Mila.

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At the end of the evening―and remember it was a sad occasion―Auntie Fanny says, 'Shoiley, do me a favour, ask Myla'―she never called her Mila―'for the recipe.'

1992, Sally Armstrong, Mila, Macmillan Canada, →ISBN, page 59:

My name is Mila. Mila is the name others gave me. The ones who found me. Mila is miracle.

1996, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, Scholastic Inc., published 1998, →ISBN, page 52:

And she persisted in calling me Mila after I had decreed that people should now use my full name: Sharmila.

2003, Dina Mehta, Mila in Love, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 4:

A female given name from the Slavic languages.

A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Ми́ла (Míla)


Kamboji

The language of ancient Kamboja, or the script in which it was written.


Icelandish

From Middle English *Islandish, *Islondisch, equivalent to Iceland + -ish. Compare Dutch IJslands, German Isländisch, Danish islandsk, Icelandic íslenskur.

Some geographical manuscripts written in the Icelandish language in the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and based in part on the statement of the Abbot Nicholas of Thingeyre, who died in 1159 A.d., according to Storm, Werlauff, and Rafn, also bear early witness to the discovery of Vinland by Leif Ericson, to Leif's Christianizing Greenland, and to the establishment of an episcopal see in Gardar.

1903, United States Catholic Historical Society, Historical Records and Studies:

A short time ago open war broke out between the two elements over the new translation of the Bible into the Icelandish language, which had been prepared by Haraldus Nielsson, a teacher in the Theological Seminary at Reykjavik, [...]

(rare, dated [unless linguistic use]) Icelandic (North Germanic language, national tongue of Iceland).


Vick

A diminutive of the male given name Victor


Kalo Finnish Romani

The first part is derived from Kalo Finnish Romani kaalengo tšimb, the language's endonym.

A variant of Romani language spoken by the Finnish Roma.


Saz

A nickname of the given name Sarah or Sally.


Zenobia

From Latin Zenobia, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβία (Zēnobía), name of a third century Queen of Palmyra. Ostensibly from Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), but also suggested to be a rendering of the Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, “Zaynab”). First recorded as an English given name in Cornwall in 1586.

"I shall always think," said Zenobia, "that Lord Liverpool went much too far, though I never said so in his time; for I always uphold my friends."

This Zenobia ("Nobby") Hopwood was old Worplesdon's ward, as I believe it is called. A pal of his, just before he stopped ticking over some years previously, had left him in charge of his daughter.

1946, P. G. Wodehouse, Joy in the Morning, Overlook Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 12:


Temperance

From temperance. A virtue name first used by Puritans in the 16th century.


Bet

A diminutive of the female name Elizabeth.


Maybel

It's an awkward name: Isamay, pronounced Is-a-may. Isa is my paternal grandmother's name (shortened from Isabel) and May my maternal grandmother's (it comes, somehow, from Margaret). The amalgamation is, as you see, strictly alphabetical. Life, I feel, would have been much easier if they had chosen Maybel.

2010, Margaret Forster, Isa & May, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 5:


Isa

Even "Liz" brought little to his memory; though he said: "The name does recall the fact of a sister. But why call her Isa?" "Just as easy as Liz, or any of the lot, Eliza, Elizabeth, Betsy and Bess. Isa, that's, I think, a sort of a city name," Lee said, with a shadow of a smile.

1885, Arthur's Home Magazine, volume 53, page 165:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel or of its variant forms, sometimes also used as a formal given name.


Isa

Transliteration of Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā) or anglicized from Turkish İsa, both equivalents of Jesus as a given name.

A male given name from Arabic mainly used by Muslims.


Jacquie

Jackie (alternative)
Jacky (alternative)
Jacqui (alternative)

A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline and of its variant spellings.


Zemfira

Transliteration of Russian Земфи́ра (Zemfíra), name of the heroine in Pushkin's poem Цыга́ны (Cygány, “The Gypsies (1827)”). Possibly of Romani origin.

transliteration

Земфи́ра Земфира#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra).


Ramsay

"Ramsay!" Adrian repeated to himself. He sighed again―or no, this time he was laughing. "I bet you live in Roland Park," he told Delia. "Well, yes, I do." "I knew it! Everybody in Roland Park has a last name for a first name." "So?" she said, stung. "What's wrong with that?"

1995, Anne Tyler, Ladder of Years, Knopf, →ISBN, pages 10–11:


Tecumseh

Elizabeth first met a presentable young lieutenant stationed at Fort Moultrie by the name of William Tecumseh Sherman. - - - My poor brother Tee, who grew up mortified by his given name, Tecumseh, was christened in honor of the soldier, not the great chieftain.

1995, Pat Conroy, Beach Music, Bantam Books, published 1996, →ISBN, page 271:


Rumelian

en-adj

Rumelian (comparative more Rumelian, superlative most Rumelian)

more Rumelian (comparative)
most Rumelian (superlative)


Adie

"My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.

1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245:

A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, or Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish.

"I'd like if you call me Adie. It is short for Adele."

2010, Mary Carnaghan, Adie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33:

A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adriana, or Adrienne, from the Germanic languages, Latin, or French.

The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.

A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.


nom de Web

noms de Web (plural)
nom de web (alternative)
nom-de-Web (alternative)

Friedberg — whose nom de Web is StinkE — is an 18-year-old, hip hop-loving Hiero fan who started his site in August, 1995 as a tribute to his favorite crew.

1996, Vibe, volume 4, numbers 7-10, page 378:

On the same day, Barista of Bloomfield Avenue, the nom de Web of Debbie Galant, who lives in a suburban town in New Jersey and is one of the most esteemed "hyperlocal bloggers" in the country, led with a picture from her recent vacation in the Berkshires.

2006, The New Yorker, volume 82, numbers 20-28, page 48:

We are smitten with Nemo Wolfe. That's the charming nom de Web of Mercantile Library executive director Albert Pyle (our own Dr. Know) when he posts on their delightfully omnivorous blog.

2009 December, Cincinnati Magazine, page 93:

(informal) A pseudonym used when publishing on the World Wide Web.


Clemmy

A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.


Hyderabadi

Hyderabadi (comparative more Hyderabadi, superlative most Hyderabadi)

more Hyderabadi (comparative)
most Hyderabadi (superlative)

Of, from or relating to Hyderabad, India.


Hyderabadi

A native or inhabitant of Hyderabad, India.


Vyacheslav

Transliteration of Old East Slavic Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv). Cognate with English Wenceslaus.

Вячесла́в Вячеслав#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Вячесла́в (Vjačesláv).

В'ячесла́в В'ячеслав#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name В'ячесла́в (Vʺjačesláv).


PEP

Coordinate term: PSI

Come a survey like last week’s PEP report on the extent of race prejudice, and another such wave looks like jogging the Government into introducing legislation dealing with housing and employment.

1967, “Researchers find widespread discrimination and prejudice against immigrants to Britain”, in The Observer:

Political and Economic Planning
w:Political and Economic Planning

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of Political and Economic Planning, a British policy think tank.


Talitha

From Aramaic טליתא (ṭalyəṯāʾ, “female child, girl, maiden”). From a passage in the New Testament (Gospel of Mark) in which Jesus restores to life a little girl.

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Talitha Bateman

Talitha Getty

Talitha Washington

A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.


Cephas

Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Aramaic כֵּיפָא

A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.


Tammi

A female given name, a spelling variant of Tammy.


Keara

A female given name from Irish, variant of Keira.


Late Egyptian

The Egyptian language as spoken from 1069 to 700 BCE

Earlier Egyptian

Middle Egyptian [Late Middle Egyptian, Neo-Middle Egyptian]


Proto-Inupik

A hypothetical prehistoric ancestor of all Inuit languages, including Greenlandic, Inuktitut and Inupiak.

The category of Proto-Inuit on Wiktionary


Wake Islander

On the other side of the coin is the story of a fluttery lady visitor who glanced at a flag over the air terminal. ‘My goodness!”’ she said. “Isn’t that wonderful—to see flying up there the same tattered flag that the marines refused to surrender to the Japanese?”’
The Wake Islander beside her just smiled. He didn’t trouble to explain that the marines did surrender, flags and all, or that the terminal colors are tattered because the wind blows a lot. This was near the end of the month, almost time for the new flag which goes up every thirty days.

1956 January 28, William L. Worden, “Exiles on a Pinpoint”, in The Saturday Evening Post, page 84:

On January 20, the Nitta Maru departed Yokohama and headed toward the Japanese-controlled Chinese port at Shanghai. During the voyage, the Japanese committed an atrocity that no Wake Islander learned about until later.

2003, John Wukovits, Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island, New American Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 207:


Martyn

Мартын Мартын#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Мартын (Martyn)

Марти́н Мартин#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Марти́н (Martýn)


Dulcie

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”) in the 19th century, probably inspired by earlier names like Dowsabel and Spanish Dulcinea.

Three green bonnets at church one day / Dulcie and Daisy and Dorothy May / Three green bonnets that nod in a row/ Each bonnet tied with a green ribbon bow.

1904 Al Harris - Guy d'Hardelot, Three Green Bonnets (a song)

"Probably most people hate the name they've got," she said. "Take Dulcie."
"It's not bad," he said slowly. "It's sort of exotic."
That was a word he had decided to adopt.
"No, it isn't. It's awful, really. It means 'sweet'. And Dulcie's a plump girl with fair hair and blue eyes. A complexion."

1966, Patrick White, The Solid Mandala, Avon Books, published 1975, →ISBN, page 88:


Kekulé formula

en-noun

Kekulé formula (plural Kekulé formulas or Kekulé formulae)

Kekulé formulas (plural)
Kekulé formulae (plural)

After Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896).

(organic chemistry) A skeletal formula, especially a schematic representation of benzene as a hexagon made up of alternating single and double lines that represent alternating single and double bonds


skeletal formula

skeletal formula (plural skeletal formulas or skeletal formulae)

skeletal formulas (plural)
skeletal formulae (plural)

(chemistry) A structural formula which is reduced (i.e., skeletal) in the sense that carbon atoms forming the backbone of the structure (esp. of an organic compound) are not labeled — they are shown simply as vertices — and hydrogen atoms are not shown at all (except those which are bonded to heteroatoms, or the exceptionally labeled carbon atoms) but heteroatoms are always labeled. (Labels of labeled hydrogen atoms are written next to labels of the atoms that they are bonded to, without a bond drawn between them. If there are several labeled hydrogen atoms bonded to the same atom then they are written as an H with a subscript for their number.) Carbon atoms which are (optionally) labeled tend to be in reactive extremities of the molecule, not the backbone of it.


decreet

(Scots law) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.


Tibbie

Her brothers call Mary Poor Mary, and indeed the meagreness and timidity of many of the women in their family has caused that word to be attached to the names they were given at their christening ― names that were themselves altered into something less substantial and graceful. Isabel became Poor Tibbie, Margaret, Poor Maggie, Jane, Poor Jennie.

2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 36:

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel.


Erdoğan

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Erdoğan.


Ak

A Sepik language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.


Northern Irishman

en-noun

Northern Irishman (plural Northern Irishmen)

The rejigged visiting defence was quickly under pressure, Dean Shiels played a neat one-two with Zdenek Kroca and only a brave Peter Enckelman save at the feet of the Northern Irishman prevented an opening goal.

2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport:


Hamza

From Arabic حَمْزَة (ḥamza, literally “lion”), from the Arabic root ح م ز (ḥ m z).

ar-root

ح م ز (ḥ m z)

The Muslim Sahabi Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib.


Tay

en-proper noun

Tay (countable and uncountable, plural Tays)

A diminutive of the unisex given name Taylor.


Haidée

Coined by Byron for his poem Don Juan (1824).

He had an only daughter, call'd Haidée, / The greatest heiress of the Eastern Isles; / Besides, so very beautiful was she, / Her dowry was as nothing to her smiles:

1824 Lord Byron, Don Juan/Canto the Second:CXXVIII

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Lucretius

From Latin Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum (“profit”).

A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use in English.


Samo

A language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.


Sera

From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).

A female given name from Hebrew, of occasional usage.


Sams

A diminutive of the female given name Samantha, variant of Sam.

A diminutive of the male given name Samuel, variant of Sam.


Esti

A diminutive of the female given name Esther.


Ems

From the clipping of Emma or Emily + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

A diminutive of the female given names Emma or Emily.


Sian

An anglicization of Welsh Siân, ultimately from Latin Joanna, 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 Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

doublet

A female given name from Welsh [in turn from Hebrew].


Cimbrian

(uncountable) The Bavarian Germanic language of these people, which is a variety of German.


Faliscan

The language of these people, related to Latin.


Kenan

* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n).
* Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Kilivila

An Austronesian language spoken in the Trobriand Islands.


Slovincian

Alexander Hilferding
Slovincian language
Slovincians

From Kashubian Słowińc (“Slovincian”, person) + -ian. The ultimate origin is uncertain; the name is often said to be coined by Alexander Hilferding, but it actually predates his research, being found in (17th century) German slowinzisch, related to wendisch and often mistaken with Latin vandalicus.

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Slnc. (alternative)
Slovinzian (alternative)

The extinct language of the Slovincians.

سْلُوفِينْسِيَّة

extinct language of the Slovincian people


Timur

From Turkish Timur and other languages, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *temür (“iron”).


Clelia

Clelia: the name, at first hearing, was so uncannily like Clara that Clara dispensed with the notion that she might have misheard the initial consonant, and that the girl might be supposed to be called Dahlia.

1967, Margaret Drabble, Jerusalem the Golden, Popular Library, published 1979, →ISBN, page 16:


New Zealand English

The form of the English language used in New Zealand.


Hixkaryana

/ˌhɪʃkæˈɹjɑːnə/


Dottie

She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60:

A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dotty, and sometimes also used as a formal given name.


great house

Coordinate term: country house

Near-synonyms: manor house, great hall

A large, luxurious house or mansion, with a sizeable indoor and outdoor staff; especially of properties in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United Kingdom and United States.


Sayan

Transliteration of Bengali সায়ন (śaẏon).


Nerys

From Welsh, probably derived from Old Welsh Generys (literally “white lady”).


Yola

An extinct West Germanic language formerly spoken in Wexford, Ireland.


Tobit

From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).

I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 1:3:


Phillipa

"Well, you know when a father's name is Paul and they name the baby girl, Paulette?" "Or Paula." "That's right. Or his name is Philip and they name her Phyllis?" "Or Phillipa. Don't forget Phillipa. I love the name Phillipa."

2002, Patricia McCune Irvine, A Tinkling Cymbal, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 183:


Phillida

While he dressed he sang an ancient ballad, at the top of his voice, to an air he improvised.
Phillida was a fair maid / As fresh as any flower; / Whom Harpalus the herd-man praide / To be his paramoure. / Harpalus and eke Corin, / Were herd-men both ysere; / And Phillida would twist and spinne, / And thereto sing ful clere.
"Phyllis!" cried John. "Can you hear in the bedroom? I sing of thee!" "I thought her name was Phillida," said Phyllis, setting the bedroom door ajar. "Phillida is Old English for Phyllis," he explained.

1914 Munson Aldrich Havens, Old Valentines, Chapter X


West German

Person who comes from or lives in West Germany.

vesttysker

person who comes from or lives in West Germany


Taryn

A 20th-century coinage, apparently from Tara combined with names like Karen. In the case of the American actress Taryn Power, derived from her father's given name Tyrone.

I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven[…]

2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You:

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Kolarian

Neo-Indian has retained a few prepositions. Dravidian and Kolarian have none.

1969, Demetrius Charles Boulger, Asian Review, page 504:

Kol, Munda, and the dialects classed as "other Kolarian " are recorded almost solely from Sambalpur and the Uria States.

3,000,000, held aloof from outside influences, retained their tribal usages and primitive religion, and may now be distinguished by their Kolarian speech.

1909, L. Krishna Anantha Krishna Iyer (Diwan Bahadur), The Cochin tribes and castes, page xxviii:

The language or language family spoken by the Kolarian people.


Angelino

What native Angelino would willingly subject themselves to a fifty-minute commute?

2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), page 217:


Batu

A Mongolian male given name, notably borne by Batu Khan, a Mongol ruler.


Banba

(Irish mythology) A patron goddess of Ireland.


Nobby

Nobby Stiles
Norbert is a moniker one normally doesn't associate with one of the game's most intimidating midfielders, but "Nobby" provided the steel for the England side that prevailed in the 1966 World Cup, and his gap-toothed visage would have earned him a guest spot in the movie Halloween.

2009, Jeff Carlisle, Soccer's Most Wanted II, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 234:

A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.

There's Nobby, now―here he indicates Zenobia with his pipe―"as has 'ad a whole cartload o' troubles, besides me a riding on the shafts, an' that's bad enough, an't it, Nobby?"

1855, Watts Phillips, The Wild Tribes of London, page 49:

A diminutive of the female given name Zenobia.


Konda

A South Bird's Head language, the westernmost mainland Trans-New Guinea language.


Konda

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

A Mansi language, also known as the Eastern Mansi, (was) spoken in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia

A river in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Russia


Konda

Various origins:
* Topographic surname borrowed from Telugu కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill, hillock”).
* Borrowed from Japanese 近田 (Konda).
* Borrowed from Slovene Konda, a diminutive of the personal name Konrad.


Waldo

English surname, from the obsolete English given name Waltheof, from Old English weald (“power”) + þēof (“thief”), as in "one who snatched victory from battle." Comparable to, or ultimately Anglicized from, the Old Norse equivalent Valthiófr, from vald + *ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ). Compare Walthall, Waldie.

Waldeve (alternative)
Waldef (alternative)
Waltheof (alternative)

He was our first baby, born September 4, 1939, our only boy. Named Waldo after a kind of bakin powder I liked. 'Waldo's Cream Powder.'

2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 217:

A male given name from Old English, in modern American use transferred back from the surname.


Ubangian

From Ubangi + -an, after the Ubangi River.

Of or pertaining to a language family centred on the Central African Republic, including Sango.


moonling

From moon + -ling. Compare moon-related origins of lunacy and lunatic.

The sky was not quite as blue as her—Thunderation, he was no moonling!

2011, Barbara Metzger, A Suspicious Affair:

Remaining there long enough to hear Those words that moonling longs to hear...I love you

2013, Zara Borthwick, Nicholas Arnold, Wonderful, page 55:

Here he was, reputed to be a rake among rakes, but he discovered, where Thea was concerned, he was as vulnerable and uncertain as the greenest moonling in love for the first time.

2017, Shirlee Busbee, Swear by Moonlight:

(archaic or poetic) One who is lovesick; one who moons over a beloved.

"I see. He's a black man. But Jacob Millhaven is not black. Eldridge was left on his doorstep as a baby, and the philosopher adopted him." "Oh! Then he's a moonling! He doesn't seem to suffer from any stigma."

2011, M. P. Rogers, Oona Paraselene, page 140:

A shy moonling hangs on the suit of an astronaut and is taken back to earth.

1981, Ruth Beall Heinig, Lyda Stillwell, Creative Drama for the Classroom Teacher, page 248:

For a given walking speed, will an earthling astronaut or a moonling do less, equal, or more work when taking a stroll on the Moon, and by what factor?

2010, Michael M. Domach, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, page 204:

This, together with the 'balloon manufactured entirely of dirty newspaper' in which the dwarf/moonling descends at the tale's opening, points to some self-referential satire on behalf of Poe, a newspaperman himself.

2016, Adam Roberts, The History of Science Fiction, page 142:

(science fiction) Someone from the Moon.


Kawésqar

[A]lso in the Kawesqar or Alacaluf language of southern Chile.

2008, Willem Adelaar, “Towards a typological profile of the Andean languages”, in Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics,, volume 33, page 27:

An Alacalufan language spoken in southern Chile by the Alacaluf people.


Yuchi

Euchee (alternative)
Uchee (alternative)

The language isolate spoken by this tribe.


Vinny

A diminutive of the male given name Vincent.

A diminutive of the female given name Lavinia.


Wrighty

Nickname of Steve Wright (1954–2024), English radio broadcaster.


Etrurian

A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.


Helvetic

en-adj

Helvetic (comparative more Helvetic, superlative most Helvetic)

more Helvetic (comparative)
most Helvetic (superlative)

From Latin helveticus, from Helvetii (“the Helvetii”).

the Helvetic confederacy

Helvetic states

Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitants of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions.


Appian

A Roman male given name from Latin, notably borne by Appian of Alexandria (c. 95 – c. 165), a Roman historian of Greek descent


Howell

en-proper noun

Howell (countable and uncountable, plural Howells)

From Welsh Hywel. Doublet of Huell and Powell.

(countable) A male given name from Welsh.


Neill

Neills (plural)
Naill (alternative)
Neeld (alternative)
Neild (alternative)

Variant spelling of Neil, anglicised form of Goidelic/Irish Niall.

A male given name from Irish, variant of Neil.


Goodwin

From Old English gōd (“good”) + wine (“friend”).

A medieval male given name from Old English, rare today.


Klamath

From Chinook Jargon Tlamatl (“either "swiftness" or "they of the river"”), with the first syllable's onset consonant cluster dissimilated and the coda of the second syllable changed to the somewhat similar-sounding interdental fricative during the process of anglicization.

bor

Del Norte County
Del Norte County#English

A census-designated place in Del Norte County, California, United States.


Goguryeo

/ɡəʊˈɡʊəjəʊ/

/ɡoʊˈɡʊəɹjoʊ/

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 고구려(高句麗) (Goguryeo). Compare Goryeo and Korea.

Koguryŏ (alternative)
Koguryo (alternative)
Kokwulye (alternative)

One of the Three ancient Kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula, existing between 37 BCE and 668 C.E..

(historical) The language spoken in the Goguryeo kingdom.


Berbice Creole Dutch

An extinct creole language formerly spoken in Guyana.


Kendrick

From Middle English Cenric, Kendrich, of several origins:
* From Old English Cyneric, from cyne- (“royal”) + ric (“power”),
* Borrowed from Middle Welsh Cynwrig (“greatest champion”), from cynt (“before, first”) + gwr (“man”) + -ig
* Borrowed from Irish Mac Ionnrachtaigh via Enright, in which case also a doublet of Hanratty

Kindrick (alternative)
MacKendrick (alternative)
McKendrick (alternative)
MacHendrie (alternative)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Havanese

The natives or inhabitants of Havana in Cuba.


Pictish

en-adj

Pictish (comparative more Pictish, superlative most Pictish)

more Pictish (comparative)
most Pictish (superlative)

From Pict + -ish. Compare Old English Pihttisċ, Pyhtisċ.

The Gothic monarch and the Pictish peer


Pictish

The extinct, poorly attested language spoken by the Picts.


Biscayan

The westernmost of the modern varieties of the Basque language, spoken in Biscay and neighbouring parts of Álava and Gipuzkoa.


reptiloid

Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids and superintelligent shades of the colour blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to ballpoint life forms.

1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 15, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:

(science fiction) A reptilian humanoid creature.


Karan

A female given name of North American usage, variant of Karen.


Karan

Derived from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa, “Karna”). Doublet of Karna.

der+

Sharmishta Roy, who did the sets of K3G, has this to say about Johar: “Karan cannot handle dirt, he cannot deal with grime, he went to Chandni Chowk and almost fainted.”

2007, Ranjani Mazumdar, Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City, University of Minnesota Press, page 227:

A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.


onerosity

From onerous + -ity, from Latin onerositas.

It may be presumed to be a necessary ingredient in onerosity, that the obligation to be fulfilled is a legal one.

1845, John Hill Burton, The Law of Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Mercantile Sequestration, in Scotland, W. Tait, page 145:

(Scots law) The legal state of affairs resulting from being done or given in return for receipt of something of value.


Yooper

(informal) A native or inhabitant of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.


Oneida

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Derived from Oneida Onyota'a꞉ka (“men of upright stones”).

der

"Tutaktsi'kwáni'" is Oneida for "kiss me".


Narragansett

en-noun

Narragansett (plural Narragansetts or Narragansett)

Narragansetts (plural)
Narragansett (plural)

/ˌnɛrəˈɡænsət/

A member of an Algonquian Native American tribe that formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.


Zach

Zac (alternative)
Zack (alternative)
Zak (alternative)

A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah or Zachary.


Zac

Zach (alternative)
Zack (alternative)
Zak (alternative)


Onondaga

Borrowed from Onondaga Onöñda’gaga’. Compare Seneca Onödowáʼga:.

A town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.


Mothman

(cryptozoology, ufology) A legendary creature, regarded as a cryptid or alien, reportedly seen in West Virginia in the mid-1960s.


Amyas

From Old French Amis, a given name and nickname, from Latin amīcus (“friend”). Later interpreted as a masculine form of Amy.

The morrow next about the wanted howre, / The Dwarfe cald at the doore of Amyas, / To come forthwith unto his Ladies bowre.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 59:

Because there was fellow-feeling of old in merry England, in county and in town; and these are Devon men, and men of Bideford, whose names are Amyas Leigh of Burrough, John Staveley, Michael Heard, and Jonas Marshall of Bideford, and Thomas Braund of Clovelly: and they, the first of all English mariners, have sailed round the world with Francis Drake, and are come hither to give God thanks.

1855, Charles Kingsley, Westward Ho!, Macmillan and Co., published 1871, page 17:

She was an admirer of Kingsley. That's why she called her son Amyas. His father scoffed at the name - but he gave in.

1942, Agatha Christie, Five Little Pigs, HarperCollins, published 1994, →ISBN, page 39:

(literary, rare) A male given name from Latin.


Amis

Borrowed from Amis amis (“north”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS (“north wind”). Compare Sakizaya amis (“north”).


Berry

Variant of Bury and (in dialects with Mary-marry-merry merger) Barry. The given name is also a pet form of names beginning with Ber-.

Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry.

1930 P. G. Wodehouse, Big Money, Colliers' Weekly, Vol.86, page 110

Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.

1979, Berry Gordy, Movin' Up. Pop Gordy Tells His Story, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 9:

A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.


Berry

From berry; also a pet form of Beryl, Berenice, or Berinthia.

"I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.

2002, James Hadley Chase, Not My Thing, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 152:

"What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.

2005, Sandra-Kay Austin, The Old Man's Secret, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

(rare) A female given name from English.


Ellison

en-proper noun

Ellison (countable and uncountable, plural Ellisons)

Ellisons (plural)
Ellyson (alternative)
Elison (alternative)

Ellison D. Smith

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

Ellison Barber

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Ceylonese

en-adj

Ceylonese (comparative more Ceylonese, superlative most Ceylonese)

more Ceylonese (comparative)
most Ceylonese (superlative)


Petre

From a medieval spelling variant of Peter.

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly transferred back from the surname.


Tibby

A diminutive of the female given name Isabel.

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Tuscarora

Frederick County
Frederick County#English

An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Maryland.

An unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada.

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.


Alanis

A feminine form of Alan best known for the Canadian singer Alanis Morissette whose father was named Alan.

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Alemanni

From Latin Alemannī (“the confederation of German tribes related to Suebi who lived near the upper reaches of Danube”).

der

The hasty army of volunteers gradually coalesced into a great and permanent nation, and, as it was composed from so many different tribes, assumed the name of Alemanni, or Allmen ; to denote at once their various lineage, and their common bravery.

1846, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, page 271:

The Alemanni were originally composed of fragments of several Germanic peoples, and they remained a loosely knit confederation of tribes in the Suebi group (see Suebi).

2011 September 15, “Alemanni”, in Encyclopædia Britannica:

A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.

On the basis of their location along the Rhine River during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I have concluded that my ancestors were Alemanni and Franks, though lacking in ethnic purity.

2011 October 1, Richard J. Gehman, “Reflections on our Germanic Mennonite Heritage”, in Bible Fellowship Church Online History Center, archived from the original on 2020-12-16:

Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.


Alemanni

This time, however, his troops faced the full brunt of an Alemanni force that attacked them on the way.

2007, Michael Curtis Ford, Gods and Legions: A Novel of the Roman Empire, page 109:

Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.


Huw

A male given name from Welsh, equivalent to English Hugh.


Hero

You hear, Count Claudio: I can be secret as a dumb man; I would have you think so; but on my allegiance mark you this, on my allegiance: he is in love. With who? now that is your Grace's part. Mark how short his answer is: with Hero, Leonato's short daughter.

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek of English-speakers.


Volsci

(historical) An ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic.

Volsques

an ancient Italic people and culture from the first century of the Roman republic


Porscha

Probably from the luxury car brand Porsche.

But when her second child, Porscha, was still in diapers, Apryll's husband, a delivery driver, began to change.

2003, Working Mother, volume 26, number 5, page 48:

The Woman's Guide to Money will ask you to not only take responsibility for your life as Porscha did in chapter three of her autobiography, but it will also ask you to entertain the possibility of a chapter four and five in your life.

2008, Kelley Keehn, The Woman's Guide to Money, page 12:

Then Porscha sees Ramone standing in line behind two of the Newnan High girls at the snack bar. He was talking and laughing with them.

2010, Tamala Callaway, Super Natural: New Beginnings, page 81:

A female given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th century African-American usage.


Wilkie

en-proper noun

Wilkie (countable and uncountable, plural Wilkies)

Wilkies (plural)
Wilk (alternative)
Wilke (alternative)
Wilkey (alternative)
Wilks (alternative)
Wilkes (alternative)

From a Scottish diminutive of Wilk, a back-formation from Wilkin.

(countable) A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.


Wilsonian

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(UK politics) Of or relating to British politician Harold Wilson or his policies.


Chancy

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Clancy

Clancys (plural)
Clancey (alternative)
Glancey (alternative)
Glancy (alternative)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhlannchaidh (“descendant of a person named Red Warrior”), from flann (“blood-red”).


Christabel

From Middle English, from Christ + -bel (“beauty”) (see Belle).

Christabella (alternative)
Christabelle (alternative)
Christobel (alternative)


Radhi

bor

Arabic رَاضِي (rāḍī)


Peelite

From Peel + -ite, after Sir Robert Peel.

(UK politics, historical) One of a breakaway faction of the British Conservative Party in the nineteenth century, characterised by a commitment to free trade and a managerial, almost technocratic, approach to government.


starman

(science fiction) An alien; a person who comes from another star system.


Suky

An 18th-century pet form of Susan and Susanna.


Borôro

An indigenous language of Brazil believed to be part of the Macro-Gê family.


Angor

A language of Papua New Guinea in Sandaun province. It belongs to the small Senagi family.


Morori

An endangered language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is a sole member of the Moraori branch within the large Trans-New Guinea family.


Dobby

A male given name (See Dobby (disambiguation); it lists several real persons with the given name Dobby.)


Dobie

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert.


Hob

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robin, and separately as a French diminutive of Robert.

(archaic) A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; (later) the devil


Vedda

From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v.

Beda (alternative)
Veddah (alternative)
Wedda (alternative)
Weddah (alternative)


Zou

The Kukish language spoken by the Zou people.


surnominal

Blend of surname + nominal. Equivalent to sur- + nominal.


Turcoman

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Classical Persian ترکمان (turkamān). Doublet of Turkman and Turkmen.

bor+

Turkeman (alternative)
Turkoman (alternative)


Slavonian

en-adj

Slavonian (comparative more Slavonian, superlative most Slavonian)

more Slavonian (comparative)
most Slavonian (superlative)

Of or relating to the Slavs or their language.


Townsend

en-proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

Townsends (plural)
Townshend (alternative)
Townhend (alternative)
Townend (alternative)

From town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).


Montagnais

Borrowed from French montagnais, from montagne (“mountain”) + -ais.

An Algonquian language spoken by approximately 11,000 people in Eastern Canada.


Innu

Derived from Montagnais inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *erenyiwa. Not related to Inuit.


Yprois

First attested in nominal use in May 1845 and in adjectival use in 1890; from the French noun Yprois and adjective yprois, both from Ypres.

A few amongst them even fled, some of whom in endeavouring to swim across the Lys were drowned, and others who made for the city were stopped by the Yprois who manned the ramparts, and driven back to the fight.

1845 May, “The Battle of the Spurs”, in Colburn’s United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal, II, page 20:

They were the work of the Yprois Taillebert, who, both in stone and wood, has left in his native town and its neighbourhood incontestible proofs of his activity and talent.

1910, Thomas Francis Bumpus, The Cathedrals and Churches of Belgium, page 123:

David Nicholas […] provides fascinating detail about the mutual indebtedness of the Yprois at the end of the thirteenth century.

2010 June, Martha C. Howell, “Introduction”, in Commerce Before Capitalism in Europe, 1300-1600, footnote 42, page 26:

An inhabitant of the city of Ypres; (also, more broadly) an inhabitant of the municipality of the same name.