Vasthy

A female given name from Persian, variant of Vashti.


Kilian

A male given name from Irish, variant of Killian.


Mohamed

A male given name from Arabic, variant of Muhammad.


Surya

From Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.

bor

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.


vihara

viharas (plural)
vihare (alternative)
wihara (alternative)
wihare (alternative)


Lambda

Lambda, on the other hand, was practically giddy when she finished crawling through the lander.

2022, James Breakwell, The Chosen Twelve:


Amabel

Medieval English name apparently based on Latin amabilis (“lovable”).

All the same, they didn't hold it against her, and if, as sometimes happened behind closed doors, they referred to her origin, they called her shamefacedly but rather proudly, their love-child. Hence the name, Amabel, which seemed to unite love with beauty.

1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 4:


Speccy

TETRIS (Mirrorsoft)
Yes, it's the game that makes Amiga and ST owners look at your Spectrum with real jealousy, 'cos the Speccy version of this classic Russian reaction-tester out performs the 16-bit ports every time.

1991, Stuart Campbell, "The YS Top 100 Speccy Games of All Time (Ever!)" (in Your Sinclair magazine)

Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a 'map' of the adventure as you move around.

1992 October, Larry Horsfield, “The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games”, in Sinclair User, number 128:

1998, Bongo, “Emulation under threat (yes, Speccies too)”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):

Developers wasted no time making games for the Speccy.

2003, Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games:

(computing, colloquial, chiefly UK) A Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.


space invader

Made popular by the early video game Space Invaders (1978).

Alternative form: space-invader

When I forget to follow the rules with my hands, feet, and mouth, I become a Space Invader! A Space Invader makes it hard for others to work, think and play in their personal space.

2023 April 21 (last accessed), Kayla Weskamp, Space Invaders: A Social Skills Game (K – 5):

When someone enters my bubble, I may feel uncomfortable. They are my space invaders.

2023 April 21 (last accessed), Diana Sylvander, Don't Be A Space Invader!- Social Story:

A person who intrudes on others' personal space, making them emotionally or physically uncomfortable.


Grissel

For patience she will prove a second Grissel.

c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

A female given name from the Germanic languages; a medieval variant of Griselda, rare today.


Jimi

LEGAL COACH: Jimi Hendrix, Mr. President - the first name is spelled Jimi, not Jimmy, as you've written it here.
TRICKY: Well, let's correct it, then, because that is just the sort of error, inadvertently made, that tends to be totally misconstrued by the press. Now I never claimed to know how to spell the names of every colored person in this country, but I will tell you this much: where someone's name is concerned, colored or not, he has the constitutional right to have it spelled correctly

1971, Philip Roth, Our Gang (starring Tricky and his Friends), →ISBN, page 79:

A rare spelling variant of Jimmy, diminutive of the male given name James.


Dagestani

Dagestanis (plural)
Daghestani (alternative)
Daghistani (alternative)

/ˌdæɡɪˈstɑːni/


Ingush

From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people.

A member of a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.

(inexact) Synonym of Ingushetian: a resident of Ingushetia.


Ingush

The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.


Ingush

en-adj

Ingush (comparative more Ingush, superlative most Ingush)

more Ingush (comparative)
most Ingush (superlative)

(inexact) Synonym of Ingushetian: of or related to Ingushetia, a Russian republic in the northeastern Caucasus.


Kalmyk

Transliteration of Russian калмы́к m anim sg (kalmýk, noun), itself a Turkic exonym ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kiāl-mak (“to stay behind”, literally “those who stayed behind”).

der

Kalmyck (alternative)
Kalmuck (alternative)
Calmuck (alternative)

A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.


East African

An East African person; one who comes from or lives in East Africa.


East German

An East German person; one who comes from or lives in East Germany.


Izhorian

Ultimately from Ingrian ižorat (“Izhorians”).


Tuvan

A Turkic language spoken around the area of Tuva.


Barça

Shortened form of Futbol Club Barcelona, keeping the Catalan spelling rules. Since this football team is a symbol of the city of Barcelona, this word has been associated with the whole city, although it's wrong to use Barça to refer to the city itself; instead, one would use Barna.

(soccer) Clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona.


Buryat

A Mongolic language spoken around Buryatia.


Biloxi

Biloxi language
Biloxi people
Biloxi, Mississippi

A city in and one of the two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.


Mentor

en-proper noun

Mentor (countable and uncountable, plural Mentors)

From Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).

(countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


belter

(science fiction) A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt.


Paymon

From Classical Persian پیمان (paymān, literally “pact, promise, commitment”), possibly transmitted via Tajik Паймон (Paymon) based on transliteration.

bor

پیمان پیمان#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian male given name پیمان (peymân).


menology

menologies (plural)
Menology (alternative)

Partially from meno- (“month-”) + -ology (“study, account”) and partially from anglicization of Medieval Latin mēnologium and Byzantine Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), q.v. Doublet of menologion, menologium, and menologe.

doublet

In the Mart. of Donegal, this is the day of St. Comgall (Comhgall), placed in the Menology on the 27th June, as having no day.

1892, Richard Stanton, A Menology of England and Wales..., p. 645

The menology of the tenth century has the formula ...

1935, Stephen Langdon, Babylonian Menologies and the Semitic Calendars, page 86:

The duration of the rites of mourning over nine days is... supported by references in a Standard Babylonian menology...

2003, Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic..., p. 53

The Menology of St Symeon mostly repeats earlier accounts but includes some small additions as well.

(often capitalized) Synonym of menologium, a monthly record, particularly in Assyriology and certain Christian contexts.


neotribalism

The sociological concept that humans have evolved to live in a tribal society and thus will naturally form social networks constituting new "tribes".


Dario

Borrowed from Italian Dario and Spanish Darío.


Vincenzo

A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Vincent.


Aurelius

Would the name Marcus Aurelius have meant anything to him? In all probability, he would have thought it a fancy name for a black slave.

1992, Anne Rice, The Tale of the Body Thief, Arrow Books, →ISBN, page 169:

A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.


Aurelian

From Latin Aurelianus, derivative of the gens name Aurelius (“golden”).

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


Persis

Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís, “a Persian woman”).

uder

A female given name from Ancient Greek, in occasional use since the 16th century.


Tiziano

A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Titian.


Bikol

The language of the native inhabitants of the Bicol Region, Bikol Central.


Brayon

en-adj

Brayon (comparative more Brayon, superlative most Brayon)

more Brayon (comparative)
most Brayon (superlative)

From French brayer (“to break flax for spinning”).

uder

Of or relating to the Brayons, their language, or their mixed French–English culture.


Syeda

Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida).
* (female given name): From Urdu سیدہ, from Arabic سَيِّدَة (sayyida)

A female given name from Urdu; feminine of Syed


Linette

In modern use a spelling variant of Lynette, though it is also identical with a rare French name, diminutive of Line, from Caroline, Pauline and other female names ending in -line.

When Damian addressed the wild flower, perhaps you are not aware that Linné is the name of a beautiful weed, originally selected by a great botanist to bear his appellation, and that it is also the endearing abbreviation for Linette. - - - The roses still continued to bloom on the grave, whose headstone recorded the name of "Linette".

1850 Linne, the Woodland Flower, from Gazette of the Union, The Golden Rule, Vol. 12, J. D. Stewart & W. B. Smith, page 270


Olly

A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.


Taos

From Spanish Taos (“Taos”), from Taos tə̂o (“village”), as in tə̂otho (“in the village”) or tə̂obo (“to the village”).

A town, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico, south of Taos Pueblo.


Harun

From Arabic هَارُون (hārūn). Doublet of Aaron.

Haroon (alternative)
Haroun (alternative)

An Arabic male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Aaron.


Osman

From Ottoman Turkish and Persian عثمان (ʿOsman), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕUṯmān). Widely used as an anglicization of cognate names across the Islamic world, including Somali Cismaan.

der

Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕUṯmān)


Humbert

From Old English Hunbeorht, from Proto-Germanic *hūnaz (“offspring, (bear) cub”) + *berhtaz (“bright”). Name of a Flemish saint, and of Italian royalty.

inh

"Humbert Humbert", their author, had died in legal captivity, - - -
And I have toyed with many pseudonyms for myself before I hit a particularly apt one. There are in my notes "Otto Otto" and "Mesmer Mesmer" and "Lambert Lambert", but for some reason I think my choice expresses the nastiness best.

1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Foreword; - - - Chapter 36:

A male given name from the Germanic languages, rare in English.


Osmond

Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”). Later merged with a Norman French Osmont, from the same Old Norse root.


Osmund

A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Osmond.


Pankaj

Borrowed from Sanskrit पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “mud-born”), from पङ्क (paṅka, “mud”) + ज (ja, “born”).

bor+

A male given name from Sanskrit common in India.


Anselm

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German helm (“helmet”).

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


adminicle

From Latin adminiculum (“support pole”).


Dmitry

From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”). Doublet of Demetrius and Dimitris.

Dmitriy (alternative)
Dimitri (alternative)
Dimitry (alternative)
Dmitri (alternative)

Maria Ressa, the chief executive and cofounder of Rappler, and Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, were named as this year’s laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.

2021 October 8, Jon Henley and Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win Nobel peace prize”, in The Guardian:

Дми́трий Дмитрий#Russian

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


Winona

From Dakota winúŋna (“firstborn daughter”). While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers.
John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of wi- (“female”) + no (“first”) + -na (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/*nǫ (“one”). That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of *wį(y)ą (“one”) instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with winyan (“woman”).

Wenona (alternative)
Wenonah (alternative)
Wynona (alternative)

I've met the full Clairol spectrum of Winonas, and I have come to recognize them the way you might watch for pretty little coral snakes in Florida. Isn't that sweet? you think—until it bites you and you die. Just like those pretty little snakes, Winona talks in a sort of a soft and wispy hiss and tells you how confused she is […]

2001, Julia Cameron, God Is No Laughing Matter:

A female given name from Dakota, used mainly in the United States.


Wenonah

In the moonlight and the starlight,
Fair Nokomis bore a daughter.
And she called her name Wenonah,
As the first-born of her daughters.

1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha:

A female given name, a less common spelling of Winona.


Allegra

Borrowed from Italian allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.

From my study I see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair.

1860, Henry Wadswoth Longfellow, The Children's Hour:

(rare) A female given name from Italian.


Jahan

جهان جهان#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).


Carrol

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name from the Germanic languages, of less common usage, variant of Carol.


half-noble

An ancient unit of currency of England, equivalent to half a noble.


Saba

From Latin Saba, from Ancient Greek Σάβα (Sába), from Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā).

der

Hebrew שְׁבָא (Šəḇā)

Sheba: an ancient civilization in South Arabia (now Yemen), and crossing the Red Sea into the Horn of Africa.


Central Atlas Tamazight

A Berber language spoken by some three million people in central Morocco.


Interglossa

From Latin inter- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “language”).

constructed language
constructed language

An constructed language devised by Lancelot Hogben (1895-1975).


Leander

From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.


Debora

A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Deborah.


Dutton World Speedwords

Invented by Reginald J. G. Dutton (1886-1970) in 1922.

A constructed language used as both an international auxiliary language and a shorthand system.


Láadan

From Láadan Láadan, created by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982.

A constructed language designed as an experiment in feminist linguistics.


Glosa

Based on Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, mother language”).

A constructed language intended to be used by the global scientific community.


Kiowa

A language of the Kiowa-Tanoan language family.

A place in the United States:
A minor city in Barber County, Kansas.

An unincorporated community in Glacier County, Montana.

A ghost town in Thayer County, Nebraska.

Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County#English

A place in the United States:
A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.


Blissymbols

In the 1970s, disabled people who couldn't write or speak—such as those with cerebral palsy—used Blissymbols to communicate by point to the drawings on a large board. It was time-consuming and required a person who knew Blissymbols to help translate.

2020, Carla Sinclair, Girl Genius, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 139:

A constructed language using ideographs invented by Charles K. Bliss after the Second World War.


Kotava

a constructed language invented by Staren Fetcey, who began the project in 1975.


Romanova

A constructed language based on Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.


ufological

en-adj

ufological (comparative more ufological, superlative most ufological)

more ufological (comparative)
most ufological (superlative)


speos

A tomb or temple carved from the solid rock


Fabius

Latin Fabius, name of a Patrician Roman gens, from faba (“bean”).

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


Irvine

en-prop

Irvine (countable and uncountable, plural Irvines)

Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Cathleen

A female given name from Irish, a less common spelling of Kathleen.


Octavia

From Latin Octāvia, feminine form of the gens name Octāvius, from octavus (“the eighth”).

If beauty, wisdom, modesty can settle
The heart of Antony, Octavia is
A blessed lottery to him.

A female given name from Latin, in quiet use since the Middle Ages.


Octavius

From Latin Octāvius, name of a Roman gens.

A male given name from Latin, in occasional use.


Fareed

فَرِيد فريد#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name فَرِيد (farīd).


Ehsan

From Persian احسان (ehsân, literally “favor, kindness, beneficence”), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān).

der

Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān)

احسان احسان#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian male given name احسان (ehsân).


Mei

From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.


Church Slavonic

A liturgical language of various Slavic church traditions, with dialectal basis of Old Church Slavonic mixed with vernacular lexical and phonological developments.


goober-grabbler

goober-grabblers (plural)
goober grabbler (alternative)
gouber-grabbler (alternative)
gouber grabbler (alternative)

From goober (“peanut”) + grabbler (“grabber, one who searches on hands and knees”).

compound

A Georgian is popularly known in the South as a ‘Gouber-grabbler’.

1869, Overland Monthly, number 3, page 129:


goober grabbler

en-noun

goober grabbler (plural goober grabblers)

(Southern US, dated slang) Alternative form of goober-grabbler.


Swazi

From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.

Sarawat (alternative)
Swati (alternative)

A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.


Southern Ndebele

An African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of South Africa.


Northern Ndebele

An African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe.


Nyanja

He laughed. Her Nyanja wasnʼt bad. ‘You were born here?’

2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 405:


Ganda

Now Kirabo understood why the Ganda considered the selling of family land an abomination. But then again, after Amin’s regime, which had left the Ganda desperately impoverished, things were changing.

2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 394:

A member of the ethnic group of Uganda who speak the Luganda language.


Luba-Katanga

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

a language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mostly in the south-east.


Hiri Motu

An official language of Papua New Guinea. It is a pidgin based primarily on Motu.


Beijinger

/beɪˈdʒɪŋə(ɹ)/

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#English

A native or inhabitant of Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.


Cathi

A 20th century spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.


Cathie

A spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.


Amey

Variant spelling of Amy, from Old French or Latin.

By their dresses, their names, and the airs of quality they give themselves, I am rendered ridiculous among all my acquaintance. My wife, who is a very plain good woman, and whose name is Amey, has been new-christened, and is called Amelia; and my little daughter, a child of a year old, is no longer Polly, but Maria.

1776 Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756

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


Cathryn

A female given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Catherine.


Catheryn

A female given name from Ancient Greek, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.


Amory

Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).

der

Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while.

1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter I, in This Side of Paradise:

A male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.


Usonian

Sense 1, Usona + -ian, or Usonia + -an.
: Senses 2–4, Usonia + -an.

usonian (alternative)
USonian (alternative)
Usonan (alternative)

This much was already evident in the opinions expressed by Usonian politicians and ideologues following the end of the War of 1898.

It is hoped that every reader will have a sufficient share of the general sense of humor to enjoy, and not to take offense at, such bits of Usonian and Canadian lingo.

1956, W. L. McAtee, “Facetious Monickers for American Birds”, in American Speech, volume 31, number 3, page 180:

Right below Juan Ponce is the Palace of the Fortaleza de Santa Catalina drawn in such a way so as to highlight the Puerto Rican and the Usonian flags waving above.

2003, Toshiko Mori, Materials, Fabrication + Performance: The Journal of the School of Architecture and Planning, page 121:

United States of America
United States of America

Of or relating to the United States of America.


Johnny Canuck

1869, Johnny + Canuck, a character in political cartoons.


Canadian French

The Design on Lequesne, supposing all to have been honest that produced it, could have taken it's Rise from nothing but want of Knowledge in common Geography: No Eye that follows the Course in the Map, which is always taken by the Canadian French from Quebec to Fort Lequesne, but must be necessarily convinced that the taking Niagara would have answered all the Purposes of possessing that and Lequesne.

1755, John Shebbeare, A Letter to the People of England: On the Present Situation and Conduct of National Affairs, volume 1, page 42:


Canadian French

en-adj

Canadian French (comparative more Canadian French, superlative most Canadian French)

more Canadian French (comparative)
most Canadian French (superlative)


Canadian French

The French language as spoken by Francophones in Canada.


French Canadian

(US) The French language as spoken in Canada, Canadian French.


French-Canadian

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

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

Of or relating to Francophone Canadians or French Canada.

Of or relating to Canadians of French ancestry or descent.


Peregrine

Saint's name from Latin Peregrinus, from peregrinus (“foreigner”).

Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.

1985, Ruth Rendell, The New Girlfriend: The Fen Hall, pages 124, 127:

(rather rare) A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.


Kathie

A spelling variant of the female name Kathy.


Kathi

A 20th-century variant of Kathy, diminutive of the female given name Katherine and related names.


autonym

Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.

(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.


Emery

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

Amery (alternative)
Amory (alternative)
Emory (alternative)

A surname transferred from the given name.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.


Emory

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


USO

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS IF I CAN’T REGALE THEM WITH TALES OF WHOREPUNCHING AND SKULLFUCKING? THREE WORDS: INDIETITS USO SHOW

2007, Jeph Jacques, Indietits: SUPPORT OUR TROOPS:


cee

I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


Montanan

Montanan Has Speed, Endurance and Judge of Pace to Accomplish Feat, Mentor Believes; Deacon Gil Dodds Looks Eyeingly at Honor

1942 June 23, “Rice Pointed To as Prospect for Long-Dreamed-of Mile Run in 4 Minutes: Jack Ryder, Veteran Coach Of Boston, Urges Test”, in Great Falls Tribune, 58th year, Great Falls, Mont., page 9, columns 1–2:

President Trump has tapped Mr. Zinke, 55, a House member and fifth-generation Montanan who grew up in this timber-and-tourism community, to be secretary of the interior.

2017 January 3, Julie Turkewitz, “He Will Soon Run a Fifth of the Nation. Meet Ryan Zinke.”, in The New York Times:

Jesse Laslovich, the U.S. attorney in Montana, said in a statement that Mr. Schubarth’s actions did not represent how Montanans treat their wildlife population.

2024 September 30, Alexandra E. Petri, “Rancher Gets 6 Months in Prison for Scheme to Create Giant Sheep Hybrid”, in The New York Times:

A native or resident of the state of Montana in the United States of America.


Yanomamö

Yanomamo (alternative)
Yanomami (alternative)


yat

A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use

jat

an obsolete letter of the Cyrillic alphabet "Ѣ/ѣ"


Swabian

An Upper German dialects of High German chiefly spoken in the region of Swabia.


Newfoundland English

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador

The form of English spoken in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.


Trish

"Trix" was a derivation of Trish, our mother's girlhood name, or cognomen, as she called it; Trish was itself a derivation of Patricia. Trix disliked her original name because she thought it prissy and old-fashioned, but she didn't much like "Trix" either.

1991, Joyce Carol Oates, Heat And Other Stories, Dutton, →ISBN:

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.


Main Street

The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.


Louisianan

From, or pertaining to, the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.


Kirstie

A diminutive of the female given name Kristine, variant of Kirsty, a 20th-century variant of Kirsty, a form of Christina.


Kammryn

(rare) A female given name transferred from the surname, of uncommon usage, variant of Kamryn.


Joelle

A female given name from French Joëlle [in turn from Hebrew], masculine equivalent Joel.


Ogden

Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

Even from an aesthetic point of view the sight of the bulging child offended him. Ogden Ford was round and blobby and looked overfed.

1917, P.G.Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim:

A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.


Palaic

From Pala (“a region in Anatolia northwest of Hattusa”) + -ic.

suffix

An extinct Indo-European language belonging to Anatolian branch, attested in cuneiform tablets in Bronze Age Hattusa.


Geffrey

That Geffrey was thy elder brother born,
And this his son; England was Geffrey's right,
And this is Geffrey's.

c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

A male given name from the Germanic languages, a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, rarely used today.


Guendolen

"I am quite aware," she added, "that we shall be in a certain sense gambling with a conscipious, individualizing name, for she may grow up commonplace-looking or a fright; but we must take some chances in life, mustn't we, Fred?"
"Either Rosamond, Eleanor, or Guendolen is appropriate for a beauty," said I, with non-committal subserviency,

1892, Robert Grant, The Reflections of a Married Man, Scribner, page 101:

A female given name from Welsh, variant of Gwendolen.


Vincentian

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


Montezuma

From Classical Nahuatl Motēuczōma (literally “he frowns like a lord”).

der

A Nahuatl male given name, the name of two Aztec emperors.


Lorie

A less common spelling of Laurie, diminutive of the female given name Laura.


Carolinian

/ˌkæɹəˈlɪniən/

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands

An Austronesian language, one of the official languages of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Wyomingite

This effort has taken the form of an Internet-based recruitment program called Wyoming Grown. Young Wyomingites who have left the state sign up on the program’s website, and quickly receive a call from a recruiter who helps link them to work here.

2015 July 15, Julie Turkewitz, “Wyoming, Long on Pride but Short on People, Hopes to Lure Some Back”, in The New York Times:

[Liz Cheney] introduced herself as a “fourth-generation Wyomingite.”

2022 August 16, Trip Gabriel, “Lawyer Who Defeated Cheney Spent Career Fighting Environmental Rules”, in The New York Times:

A native or resident of the state of Wyoming in the United States of America.


Connecticuter

Connecticuters (plural)
Connecticutter (alternative)

A native or resident of the state of Connecticut in the United States of America.


Delawarean

A native or resident of the state of Delaware in the United States of America.


Sammarinese

Someone from San Marino or of Sammarinese descent


Saint Lucian

Someone from Saint Lucia or of Saint Lucian descent


Clarice

Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse.


Krissy

Chrissie (alternative)
Chrissy (alternative)

A diminutive of the female given names Kristine/Christine or Kristina/Christina.


three-line whip

en-noun

three-line whip (plural three-line whips)

From the triple underlining of very important votes on “the whip” — a document detailing upcoming business distributed weekly to British MPs by party managers.

Since the metaphysical status of egg-casing is not one on which the church has yet pronounced, opposition appears based on "yuck" and nothing else. But yuck has become diktat, with Catholic MPs up to cabinet level being given a three-line whip by their bishops.

2008 April 12, Simon Jenkins, Richard Harries, “Atheist versus Bishop”, in The Guardian:

Deputy Chief Whip Craig Whittaker told them it will be a “100% hard” three-line whip, saying: “This is not a motion on fracking. This is a confidence motion in the Government.”

2022 October 19, Ashley Cowburn, quoting Craig Whittaker, “Liz Truss declares fracking vote tonight a ‘confidence motion’ in her government”, in Mirror:

(UK politics) A directive to MPs from party leaders to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the MP might believe or what his or her constituents might like.


Menominee

Menominee (plural Menominees or Menominee)

Menominees (plural)
Menominee (plural)
Menomini (alternative)

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

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoominii (literally “wild-rice people”); from Ojibwe manoomin.

bor

A member of a nation of Native Americans indigenous to what is now Wisconsin.


Menominee

Jo Daviess County
Jo Daviess County#English

A village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.

Menominee County
Menominee County#English

A city, the county seat of Menominee County, Michigan, United States.

An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States.

A town in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States, which is coextensive with and consolidated with the county.


Atayal

Their Austronesian language, which uses the Latin alphabet.


spad

spads (plural)
SpAd (alternative)
SpAD (alternative)

SPAD Special Advisor

1997 November 25, Reddy Hannah with Wimbush, Angela and Linesberry, Debbie, “Abbreviations and Acronyms”, in Dr. Russell G. Swenson, editor, Defense and Intelligence Abbreviations and Acronyms, Washington, DC: Joint Military Intelligence College, archived from the original on 2017-09-18, page 192:

A successful stint as a spad can be a crucial political apprenticeship - as many of the current crop of professional politicians including the Miliband brothers, David Cameron and George Osborne can testify - so long as they stay in the dark.

2009, Ben Wright, Hidden world of the political advisers, BBC:

The hit BBC sitcom satirising the inner workings of Whitehall and the so-called spads contains "more than a grain of truth", the head of the cross-party public administration select committee has warned.

2012, Avoid The Thick of It-style spad appointments, ministers told, The Guardian

(UK politics, informal) A government adviser, often in a political or media role.


Bryant

en-prop

Bryant (countable and uncountable, plural Bryants)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Bryon

A male given name from Irish, a nonstandard spelling of Brian.


Georgianna

Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.

1936, George Weller, Clutch and Differential, Ayer, published 1970, →ISBN, page 196:

A female given name from Ancient Greek, a spelling variant of Georgiana, confused with George + Anna.


Miki

A unisex given name.
diminutive of Michael
Alternative form of Mickey


Miki

Borrowed from Japanese 三木 (Miki), 三鬼 (Miki) or みき (Miki).


Jugg

(obsolete) A female given name, nickname for Joan.


Ararat

From Latin Ararat, from Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ (Ararát), from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărārāṭ), in Genesis 8:4. Corresponds to Akkadian 𒆳𒌵 (Urarṭu, “Urartu”), the name of a land which in Classical Antiquity became known as 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (in Behistun inscription, 6th century BC), Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (in Hecataeus of Miletus, ca. 476 BC).
The place names in modern Armenia and the given name are from Armenian Արարատ (Ararat).

Արարատ Արարատ#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արարատ (Ararat).


Jerald

A male given name from the Germanic languages, a nonstandard spelling of Gerald.


ǂHõã

ǂHõã (isolate, genetically unassigned)

2001, Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages, Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal, →ISBN, page 83:

Unclassified Isolates
28 ǂHõã

2007, Matthias Brenzinger, Language Diversity Endangered, page 189:

Alternative form of ǂHoan (Khoisan language of Botswana).


Beki

A modern spelling variant of Becky, which is in itself, a shortened form of Rebecca, a female given name.


Jimmer

/ˈd͡ʒɪmə(ɹ)/

You see, Da Jimmer has been to outer space and he’s different. Very different.

(North Wisconsin, Yooper) Alternative form of James, usually a diminutive, but also occasionally a given name.


Kelley

en-proper noun

Kelley (countable and uncountable, plural Kelleys)

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Earle

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

(chiefly US) A male given name, variant of Earl.


Earlene

Outside of that, and having a name like Earlene, what’s her problem?

1991, Elmore Leonard, Maximum Bob, Dell, published 1992, →ISBN, page 232:

(US) A female given name from English derived from Earl.


Earline

He reached into the wallet he kept chained to his bell loop and pulled out two hundred 1-dollar bills. He said, "My given name's Earl. Earl for a boy, Earline for a girl." I don't know why I said okay, but I did.

2001, George Singleton, These People Are Us: Short Stories, River CityPress, →ISBN, page 27:


Mabelle

Mabelle his wife - what an affected way of spelling Mabel. The next moment it seemed pretty and aristocratic, such was the Trimingham spell.

1953, L. P. Hartley, The Go-Between, Hamish Hamilton, published 1974, page 168:

A female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.


Germanize

en-verb

Germanize (third-person singular simple present Germanizes, present participle Germanizing, simple past and past participle Germanized)

Germanizes (present singular third-person)
Germanizing (participle present)
Germanized (participle past)
Germanized (past)
Germanise (alternative)

to Germanize a province, a language, or a society

Why should Pennsylvania […] become a Colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs, any more than they can acquire our complexion?

1751, Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.:

(transitive) To give a German character to (something).

(intransitive) To adopt German customs or culture.


entering tone

(Chinese phonetics) A short, sharp tone found with syllables that end in plosives (usually /-p -t -k -ʔ/).


Valerius

"Here you are!" said George, pointing with his cigar. "Cato - Publius Valerius by Virgil out of Lydia. That's what you want. Publius Valerius is Christian enough."
Dartie, on arriving home, had informed Winifred. She had been charmed. It was so 'chic'. And Publius Valerius became the baby's name, though it afterwards transpired that they had got hold of the inferior Cato. In 1890, however, when little Publius was nearly ten, the word 'chic' went out of fashion, and sobriety came in; Winifred began to have doubts. They were confirmed by little Publius himself, who returned from his first term at school complaining that life was a burden to him - they called him Pubby. Winifred - a woman of real decision - promptly changed his school and his name to Val, the Publius being dropped even as an initial.

1920 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: In Chancery:I: Chapter 2

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


Juley

Seated in a row close to one another were three ladies — Aunts Ann, Hester (the two Forsyte maids), and Juley (short for Julia), who not in first youth had so far forgotten herself as to marry Septimus Small, a man of poor constitution.

1906 John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga: The Man of Property: Chapter 1

A diminutive of the female given name Julia.


Murad

From Ottoman Turkish مراد (murad), from Arabic مُرَاد (murād).

A male given name, of Turkish origin, borne by various Ottoman dignitaries


Grauniad

Deliberate misspelling of Guardian, coined by the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, implying that the Guardian newspaper was prone to typographical errors.

Good old Grauniad.

1984 [1981], Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay, “The Right to Know”, in The Complete Yes Minister, →ISBN, page 135:

Stop along the road for papers; scan headlines, make sure that no late-breaking story displaced the Vanguard piece and that it's intact (ninety-five percent – a satisfyingly high score), check out Doonesbury in the Grauniad, then away.

Katherine Viner wants to appoints a "1 per cent correspondent" to hound the filthy rich. As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.

2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11:

His appointment marked the start of a daily corrections and clarifications column, a first for a UK newspaper, which has mined a rich seam of typos and other slips for which “the Grauniad” is fondly known.

2021 May 12, Elisabeth Ribbans, “Typo negative: the best and worst of Grauniad mistakes over 200 years”, in The Guardian:

(UK, newspapers, humorous) The Guardian, a British daily national newspaper.


Melony

A female given name from Ancient Greek, a less common spelling of Melanie.


Benjie

A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin.


Rickie

A diminutive of the male given name Richard.


star visitor

(informal) An extraterrestrial person who visits from a different star system.


Fulton

From Foulden, a village in Norfolk, from Old English fuġol (“bird”) + tūn (“dwelling”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.


early day motion

en-noun

early day motion (plural early day motions)

(UK politics) A formal motion submitted for debate in the House of Commons.


Jacobite

From Latin Jācōbus (“James”) + -ite, equivalent to Jacob + -ite.

Syriac Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church

(Christianity, dated) A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from 15th c.]


sukun

sukuns (plural)
sukkun (alternative)
sukūn (alternative)

Near-synonyms: virama, halant

A diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.

سُكُون

Diacritic used to mark the absence of a vowel


damma

dammas (plural)
damma (plural)
ḍamma (alternative)
Damma (alternative)
dammah (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic ضَمَّة (ḍamma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ضَمَّ (ḍamma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.

(linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.

ضَمَّة

an Arabic diacritic denoting the vowel point "u" (ḍamma)


shadda

A diacritic (◌ّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.


Archimedes

är′kə-mēʹdēz

/ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).


Jeannie

A diminutive of the female given name Jean.


Buginese

A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia.


Caty

Catie (alternative)
Katie (alternative)
Katy (alternative)

A less common spelling of Katie, diminutive of the female given name Catherine and related names.


Louie

A diminutive of the male given name Louis.

A diminutive of the female given names Louise or Louisa.


Combine

From combine, referring to the merger and purchase of various underground railway, tram and bus companies in London, combining them into one organisation. Originally applied to Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd, since used for successor organisations.


wau

From the transliteration of Ancient Greek *ϝαῦ (*waû) (reconstructed from Latin vau (/wau̯/)), from Phoenician 𐤅 (w /wāw/). Doublet of vav and waw.


Vikki

20th-century fanciful respelling of Vicky.

A diminutive of the female given name Victoria, variant of Vicky, also used as a formal given name.


Bennie

A diminutive of the female given names Bernice or Bernadette.


Uto-Aztecan

From Uto- + Aztecan.
* (General American) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˌju.toʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ˌjuː.təʊ.æzˈtɛ.kən/
*
 Audio (Southern England): (file)
* Rhymes: -ɛkən
* Hyphenation: U‧to-Az‧te‧can

IPA

A certain Native American language family including a large number of geographically distant languages such as Hopi, Nahuatl (Aztec) and Comanche.


Lauretta

An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.

Lauretta, ay, you would have her called so; but for my part I never knew any good come of giving girls these heathen Christian names; if you had called her Deborah, or Tabitha, or Ruth, or Rebecca, or Joan, nothing of this had ever happened; but I always knew Lauretta was a runaway name.

1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, St. Patrick's Day, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 58:


Hollander

Hollanders (plural)
Hollender (alternative)

From Middle English holander, Hollander; equivalent to Holland + -er; compare the German Holländer.


Marshall Islander

en-noun

Marshall Islander (plural Marshall Islanders)


Pitcairner

A native or inhabitant of the Pitcairn Islands.


Solomon Islander

Solomon Islander (plural Solomon Islanders)


Haryanvi

A Hindi language spoken by about thirteen million people in northern India.


Brython

From Welsh Brython. Doublet of Briton and Breton.

A (historical) Briton: a member of that people that spoke Brythonic languages.


Marky

A diminutive of the male given name Mark.


Baekje

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 백제(百濟) (Baekje).

Paekche (alternative)
Paykcey (alternative)

(historical) An ancient language spoken in that kingdom.


Kirundi

The standardized dialect of the Bantu language Rwanda-Rundi which is spoken in Burundi.


Thatcherize

en-verb

Thatcherize (third-person singular simple present Thatcherizes, present participle Thatcherizing, simple past and past participle Thatcherized)

Thatcherizes (present singular third-person)
Thatcherizing (participle present)
Thatcherized (participle past)
Thatcherized (past)
Thatcherise (alternative)

From Thatcher + -ize, named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).

named-after

Throughout the 1980s, she had been Thatcherizing the Cabinet.

1991, Bruce Anderson, John Major: The Making of the Prime Minister:

This Thatcherized ethos showed how easily militant economism worked against the Left, once the postwar settlement's corporatist scaffolding was gone […]

(transitive, UK politics) To subject to Thatcherism.

(transitive) To modify (an image) by partial inversion, so that it triggers the Thatcher effect in observers.


Adullamite

From Adullam + -ite, in the political sense from a speech by John Bright in Parliament on 13 March 1866 deriding the anti-reformist faction of Edward Horsman as a “Cave of Adullam”, i.e. a group of malcontents.

(UK politics, historical) A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.


tekke

tekkes (plural)
tekye (alternative)
tekyeh (alternative)

From Ottoman Turkish تكه (tekke), from Classical Persian تکیه (takya). Doublet of takya, takiyya, and takyeh.

In Turkey, a dervish or Sufi lodge or place of worship; alternative form of takya.


Maccy D's

Mum would kill me if she saw me in Maccy D's for breakfast.

We sat in Maccy D's for a little while before she started work in the afternoon.

2006, Jason Ellis, Banana Skins on the Table:

And anyway we went into the service station because he wanted a burger from Maccy D's and I wanted a Coke.

Tony H said: “Handy for something to eat simply .Great coffee. I like Macky Ds occasionally when I am out and about. It was clean and food was hot. So good!”

2019 December 21, Elle May Rice, “The best and worst McDonald's in Liverpool as rated by TripAdvisor”, in Liverpool Echo:


Nigerian Pidgin

An English-based creole of Nigeria, combining vocabulary and grammar from the English language as well as various indigenous Nigerian languages.


Sts'Ailes

From Halkomelem Stsʼaʼí:les (the name of a village, literally “beating heart”). Doublet of Chehalis.

bor

A First Nations people in the Lower Mainland of the Canadian province of British Columbia.


personal name

A proper name identifying an individual person, especially the full name.


Elmo

From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar.
* By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer.

MING. About his name. Oscar. Asians always pick out the most curious and most discarded English names from books and TV. Like Cornelius. Elmo. Wellington.

1996 Chay Yew, A Language of Their Own, Two Plays, Grove/Atlantic Inc.

An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Twitter was far from perfect before Elmo happened to it but it’s a total shitshow now!

2022 December 12, marie_cast (@marie_cast@toad.social), Mastodon:

It is certainly conceivable that Elmo’s ragtag of leftover desperate engineers put out a feature without properly testing it. 😂

2023 February 8, Jim Stewartson (@jimstewartson@toad.social), Mastodon:

Incredible how low Twitter has sunk since Elmo fired the grownups.

2023 March 19, Alice (@alicek@mas.to), Mastodon:

(derogatory or humorous) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.


Sasak

The language spoken by the Sasak people.


i-breve

The Latin letter "I" with the breve diacritical mark.


legal name

He signs his name "Johnny Reb Smith", but his legal name is "Jean-Marie Smith".

(law) The name of a natural person recognized on official records, especially as recorded on a birth certificate or as changed by a legal process.


Kirby

en-proper noun

Kirby (countable and uncountable, plural Kirbys)

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) + -by (“habitation”), "village with a church".

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


Cohen

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Haida

From Southern Haida X̲aayda /ħaːjd̥a/; compare Northern Haida xaad /ħaːd̥/.

The Haida language, called Skittagetan by Powell, was anciently spoken only on the Queen Charlotte islands off the coast of British Columbia.

1911, John R. Swanton, “Haida”, in Franz Boas, editor, Handbook of American Indian Languages, Washington, page 209:


Muscogee

The Muskogean language spoken by the Muscogee.


Kokborok

Borrowed from Kokborok Kok Borok, from kok (“language”) + borok (“people”).

The Sino-Tibetan language of the Tripuri people in the Indian state of Tripura and its neighboring areas of Bangladesh.


Prue

Rosalind savors of quips and hose, / Araminta of wits and beaux; / Prue of old puddings, and Coralie / All of sawdust and spangled shows;

~1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19


Illinoisan

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪzən/

Illinoian (alternative)
Illinoisian (alternative)


Illinoisan

Illinoisans (plural)
Illinoian (alternative)
Illinoisian (alternative)

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪzən/


Ibibio

The language spoken by the Ibibio people of Akwa Ibom State of southern Nigeria. It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family.


Baha

From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ, “splendor, glory”).


Kumyk

a Turkic language spoken by the Kumyks in the Dagestan region of the Russian Federation.


PCC

parochial church council
parochial church council#English

(Church of England) Initialism of parochial church council.


Smriti

Smṛiti (alternative)
Smṛti (alternative)
smriti (alternative)
smṛiti (alternative)
smṛti (alternative)

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.


Edythe

A female given name from Old English, variant of Edith.


Meyer

en-proper noun

Meyer (countable and uncountable, plural Meyers)

* As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Meier (“leaseholder of a manor”). Compare Maier, Mayer, Meier, Myer.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish מאיר (mir). Compare Majer, Major, Mayor, Meir.
* As a Dutch/West Flemish surname, variant of Meijer.

(countable) A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, an alternative form of Meir.


Ndrumbea

Dubea (alternative)
Dumbea (alternative)
Ndumbea (alternative)

An Austronesian language spoken in parts of New Caledonia, with ISO 639-3 code duf.


Istanbulite

(demonym) a person from or living in Istanbul


Dutch Low Saxon

(uncommon) A non-standardized cluster of regional dialects of Low Saxon (Low German), influenced by Dutch, spoken in the northeastern provinces of the Netherlands, and recognized as a minority language by the European Union.


Yurok

Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".

bor+

A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.


Vahagn

Borrowed from Armenian Վահագն (Vahagn). Doublet of Verethragna.

Վահագն Վահագն#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահագն (Vahagn).


Pumpokol

A Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Siberia that has been extinct since the 18th century.


Thais

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.


Kott

A Yeniseian language which was spoken in Siberia and has been extinct for 150 years.


Franco-Provençal

A Romance language spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland, and northwestern Italy.


Arpitan

/ˈɑː.pɪˌtæn/

A neologism coined by Joseph Henriet, a word meaning "mountaineer" or "shepherd" deliberately chosen to "sound like Occitan," based on a local derivative of Latin Alpes (“the Alps, mountain highlands”). Aligned with Franco-Provençal arpetan, New Latin arpitanus. Also see Arpitania and Franco-Provençal.


Yeniseian

A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.

Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.


Yeniseian

Jenisejisch

of or relating to the languages of the Yeniseian family, or their speakers

Of or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers.

Of or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.


Alander

From Aland (“group of islands in the Baltic Sea”) + -er.


Zooey

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zoë.


Gazan

Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.

2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times:

A native or inhabitant of Gaza (Gaza City or the Gaza Strip in general).


Arvanitika

/ˌɑːvəˈnɪtɪkə/

Borrowed from Greek αρβανίτικα (arvanítika), a dialectal variant of αλβανικά (alvaniká, “Albanian”) related to Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs).
Borrowed from the albanian word and self-designation Arbër, rhotic variant of Arbën.

Arvanítika (alternative)
Arvanitikà (alternative)

An archaic form of the Albanian language spoken by a linguistic minority in Greece.


Arbëresh

Borrowed from Albanian arbëresh, a rhotic variant of arbënesh (“Albanian”), from Arbën (“Albanian”) + -esh (ablative suffix).

Arberesh (alternative)
Arbresh (alternative)

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

arbërisht

form of Albanian spoken in southern Italy


Tadzhik

The archeological office of the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region museum discovered a large number of ancient tombs in Tashihkuerhkan Tadzhik Autonomous County.

1977 November 25 [1977 November 20], “Sinkiang Archeological Find Refutes Soviet Distortion of History”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 227, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page M 2:


Tennessean

Tennesseans (plural)
Tennesseean (alternative)

A native or resident of the state of Tennessee in the United States of America.


Jurchen

Jurchens (plural)
Jurchen (plural)
Jurched (alternative)
Jurchet (alternative)
Jurgen (alternative)

From a reconstruction of Jurchen *jörcen, attested via Middle Chinese 竹里真 (ʈɨuk̚ lɨ^X t͡ɕiɪn) and Khitan 𘲮𘯤𘰭 (*ju rả n), developed under the influence of Manchu ᠵᡠᡵᠴᡳᡨ (jurcit) and Classical Mongolian ᠵᠦᠷᠴᠢᠳ (ǰürčid). Vajda argues for a derivation from a Proto-Tungusic word meaning "reindeer people", cognate with the Orochs of Russia's Khabarovsk Province and the Oroks of Sakhalin.

A member of a medieval and early modern Tungusic people, progenitors of the Manchus.


Jurchen

Jurched (alternative)
Jurchet (alternative)
Jurgen (alternative)

An extinct Tungusic language (code jur), related to Manchu.


Zolten

A male given name derivative of the common Hungarian name Zoltán.


Sekgalagadi

Sekgalagadi has noun classes like those of the other Bantu languages.

1997, Lars-Gunnar Andersson, Tore Janson, Languages in Botswana: Language Ecology in Southern Africa:

A language spoken in the Kgalagadi region of Botswana.


Saterland Frisian

a Frisian language spoken mostly in the municipality of Saterland in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany


Zsuzsanna

A female given name from Hungarian, equivalent to English Susanna.


Burhan

From Arabic بُرْهَان (burhān, “proof”), an epithet of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.


Kenzie

A female given name, short form of MacKenzie

A male given name, short form of MacKenzie


Jehoshaphat

/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/

/d͡ʒəˈhɒʃ.ə.fæt/

/d͡ʒɪˈhɒʃ.ə.fæt/

From Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט, from יהוה (“Yahweh”) + שָׁפַט (shafát, “to judge”), meaning "Yahweh has judged".

der

Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט

compound

Jehosaphat (alternative)
Josaphat (alternative)
Jehosophat (alternative)

(biblical) A male given name from Hebrew.


Bennet

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.


Malia

Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”).


Jensen

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Croesus

Audio (US)

From Latin Croesus, from Ancient Greek Κροῖσος (Kroîsos), from Lydian.

(historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Abednego

/əˈbɛd.nɪˌɡoʊ/

From Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא, itself derived from a reconstructed Aramaic name meaning likely "servant of Nabu" or "servant of Nergal".

bor

עֲבֵד נְגוֹא

Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא

Abdenago (alternative)
Abed-nego (alternative)
Abed-Nego (alternative)


Miggy

Fantastic, superb, brilliant, bloody marvellous — I could go on and on calling out superlatives about Xenon 2. It's had enough pre-release hype to rival Batman and it's blown away all other Miggy shoot-'em-ups to date and I can safely say, for quite a while to come as well.

1989, Xenon II Megablast (video game review in Zzap! issue 54, October 1989)

Then do like I do and keep the Miggy for all e-mail and news. No dodgy headers to give you away then :-)

1997, Chris Hewitt, “Where Is everybody?”, in demon.ip.support.amiga (Usenet):

I had no problems with using WD hard drives on my Miggies.

1998, Zorko Antonic, “Western Digital HD”, in comp.sys.amiga.applications (Usenet):


Kamassian

An extinct Samoyedic language that was spoken by Kamasins in Siberia.


Kamasin

A member of an extinct Samoyedic tribe that lived in Siberia.


Maharashtrian

en-adj

Maharashtrian (comparative more Maharashtrian, superlative most Maharashtrian)

more Maharashtrian (comparative)
most Maharashtrian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to Maharashtra, its people, culture or languages (i.e. Marathi people).


Mangalorean

Mangalorean (comparative more Mangalorean, superlative most Mangalorean)

more Mangalorean (comparative)
most Mangalorean (superlative)

Of or pertaining to the former South Canara, its people, culture or languages


Malayali

Malayalis (plural)
Malayali (plural)
Malayalee (alternative)

A member of an ethnic group in south-west India, traditionally, residents of the state of Kerala who speak Malayalam.


South Indian

South Indian (comparative more South Indian, superlative most South Indian)

more South Indian (comparative)
most South Indian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to South India, its people, culture or languages


North Indian

North Indian (comparative more North Indian, superlative most North Indian)

more North Indian (comparative)
most North Indian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to North India, its people, culture or languages


Taino

Tainos (plural)
Taino (plural)
Taíno (alternative)

From Taíno taino (“lord, noble, foremost”).

He was accepted as a Taino now and must adapt to their ways.

2015, Donald H Sullivan, Turnbull's Slaves: A Minorcan Story - Plus Taino, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

Following the birth of a baby, Tainos would perform a naming ritual where the child would be pronounced as a Taino and a human being (Keegan, 1997).

2016, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health: History, Theory and within Group Differences, Routledge, →ISBN, page 24:

A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.


Dholuo

A Nilotic language of Kenya and Tanzania.


Dhupadhola

The Nilotic language of the Jopadhola people of Uganda.


Braiden

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Macanese

A creole language originating in Macau, based on Portuguese and some East Asian languages.


Remington

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).


Elissa

From Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă); probably from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤕 (ʾlʾst /Elishat/), 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs /Elisha/).


Caddy

A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.


midwesterner

But he's not a native midwesterner; he came here from Portland, Oregon, in 1973 to become an architecture student at the U. of I.

1988 August 26, Sandy Henderson, “In Print: Larry Kanfer's pictures of prairie poetry”, in Chicago Reader:

Alternative letter-case form of Midwesterner


Midwesterner

Midwesterners (plural)
midwesterner (alternative)

People from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Kentucky are often considered Midwesterners.


Madeiran

Madeiran (comparative more Madeiran, superlative most Madeiran)

more Madeiran (comparative)
most Madeiran (superlative)


Madurese

An Austronesian language spoken predominantly on the island of Madura.


Meshach

From Biblical Hebrew מישך (myšk /mēšak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *mayšáh (“sheep, ram”) with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

Misac (alternative)
Misach (alternative)
Mishak (alternative)

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.


Shadrach

From Biblical Hebrew שדרך (šdrk /šadrak/), from Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *čiθráh with the hypocoristic suffix *-akah.

Sedrach (alternative)
Shedrack (alternative)
Shadrak (alternative)
Sidrach (alternative)
Sydrac (alternative)


Old Armenian

The oldest attested form of the Armenian language, first written down at the beginning of the 5th century AD and spoken until 12th century; then replaced by Middle Armenian. Served as a literary language until the 18-19th centuries. Partly intelligible to speakers of modern Armenian.


Gascon

From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.

Gascoigne (alternative)
Gascoine (alternative)

The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.


Vashti

bor

Hebrew וַשְׁתִּי (vaštī)

A female given name from Persian of biblical origin.


Prajesh

A Hindi name that can be translated as "leader of men". It is also a name for Brahma, the Creator God.

A male given name from India, popular for boys in Nepal and India.


Magar

From Nepali मगर (magar), from the name in Eastern Magar.

The Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Magar people.


Sino-Tibetan

/ˌsɪnəʊtɪˈbɛtən/

Mandarin, Burmese, and Tibetan all belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

(linguistics) Of the Sino-Tibetan languages, one of the major language families.


Magdeburgian

en-adj

Magdeburgian (comparative more Magdeburgian, superlative most Magdeburgian)

more Magdeburgian (comparative)
most Magdeburgian (superlative)

/ˌmaɡdəˈbɜːɡɪ.ən/

/ˌmæɡdəˈbɝɡi.ən/

Of, from or relating to Magdeburg, Germany.


Magdeburgian

/ˌmaɡdəˈbɜːɡɪ.ən/

/ˌmæɡdəˈbɝɡi.ən/

A native or inhabitant of Magdeburg, Germany.


Picard

From Picardy, region of northern France.


Picard

(historical) A member of an Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia.


Picard

A Romance language closely related to French


Leilani

Sweet Leilani, Heavenly Flower
I dreamed of a paradise for two.

1934, Harry Owens, Sweet Leilani (a song):


double-u

en-noun

double-u (plural double-ues or double-u's)

double-ues (plural)
double-u's (plural)
double U (alternative)
double-U (alternative)
double you (alternative)
double-you (alternative)
doubleyou (alternative)

→ Malay: dabel yu

→ Portuguese: dáblio, dâblio (Portugal)

→ Russian: дабл-ю (dabl-ju)

→ Tagalog: dobolyu

Inherited from Middle English doble W, in reference to the letter's origins as a ligature of two Us or Vs (V originally being a typographical variant of U).
The failure of the sequence /bljuː/ to simplify in this word's bisyllabic pronunciation (as in blue) is doubtlessly due to the letter U's name. For colloquial pronunciations without /l/, compare Straya.

The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.


Anatoli

Transliteration of Russian Анато́лий (Anatólij), from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with English Anatole and Latin Anatolius.

der

Anatoliy (alternative)
Anatoly (alternative)

Анато́лий Анатолий#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Анато́лий (Anatólij).

Анатолій Анатолій#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian or Ukrainian male given name Анатолій (Anatólij), equivalent to Anatoly


Kirill

From Russian Кири́лл (Kiríll), from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos). Doublet of Cyril.

Кири́лл Кирилл#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Кири́лл (Kiríll).


Nadezhda

Transliteration of Russian Наде́жда (Nadéžda), from наде́жда (nadéžda, “hope”).

transliteration

Наде́жда Надежда#Bulgarian

A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda).


Yelena

Yelenas (plural)
Jelena (alternative)
Elena (alternative)

From Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian Еле́на (Jeléna), from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Helena.

bor

Еле́на Елена#Bulgarian

A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Еле́на (Eléna), equivalent to Helen.


Caló

a mixed language or dialect spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani.


Lunda

The language of the BaLunda people of central Africa.


Multicultural London English

An English sociolect peculiar to modern-day London, being a mixture of Cockney, Jamaican, West African, and Indian accents and dialects.


MLE

ante''' 2009: Ignacio Ramos, A. Jesús Moya Guijarro, and José Ignacio Albentosa Hernández [eds.], New Trends in English Teacher Education, page 209 (Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; →ISBN
In terms of its characteristics, MLE is anchored to a large extent in Jamaican Creole, throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s a competitor to Cockney. But Kerswill et al report that it has now encompassed and synthesized elements of everything from Cockney and African English to Hindi, Bangladeshi languages and Arabic. For this reasons it is sometimes called, erroneously, “Hinglish” or “Jafaican”.

Multicultural London English
Multicultural London English#English

(linguistics) Initialism of Multicultural London English.


Coleen

Her name is spelled Coleen making her "Co" with a hard O and not Colleen by any stretch - I'm suspicious on her authority on the subject.

2007, Laurie Lindeen, Petal Pusher, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 137:

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Coline, from Nicoline.


Anatolius

From Latin Anatolius, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Name of early saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

A male given name from Ancient Greek, of only historical usage (though its cognates are common given names in Eastern Europe).


Anatole

From French Anatole, from Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “sunrise”). Cognate with Latin Anatolius.

(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Electra

From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Ēléktra), from ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.


Euphemia

Name of an early Christian martyr, from Ancient Greek Εὐφημία (Euphēmía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “repute”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).

affix

"Euphemia is Grandmama's name, my dear." The children looked grave. Euphemia sounded very strange and old-fashioned to them. "Or Effie," added Mr. Barclay, "if you like that better."
Effie, the prettiest of diminutives, gained all suffrages.

1835, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Home, James Munroe and Company, published 1850, page 52:

"Euphemia," said Kipps at last, unable altogether to keep to himself this suspicion of a high origin that floated so delightfully about him, "Eu-phemia; it isn't a name common people would give to a girl, is it?" - - -
"It's givin' girls names like that," said Buggins, "that nine times out of ten makes 'em go wrong. It unsettles 'em. If ever I was to have a dozen girls, I'd call 'em all Jane.

1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps, Kessinger Publishing, published 2005, →ISBN, page 136:


Phemie

I was named Euphemia, after my mother's mother. A terrible name, such as nobody has nowadays. At home they called me Phemie, but when I started to work, I called myself Fame. My husband, Dan Casey, called me Fame. Then in a bar of the Shamrock Hotel, years later, after my divorce, when I was going out, a man said to me, "Fame, I've been meaning to ask you, just what is it that you are famous for?"

1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987, →ISBN, page 7:

A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia.


Saints

Still, Saints looked the likeliest to make the breakthrough, and it came when Jonny Evans could only half-clear a long ball and Chaplow took full advantage.

2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(soccer) A nickname of Southampton Football Club, a football club from Southampton, England.


Satvinder

A unisex given name from India, of Punjab usage.


Visigoth

Borrowed from Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic. According to Mallory & Adams, possibly a tribal name derived from Proto-Germanic *wesuz (reflected in personal names such as Old High German *wisu), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good, excellent”). If so, related to Proto-Celtic *wesus (found in personal names), the Italic goddess Vesuna, and Sanskrit वसु (vasu, “good, excellent”).
The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".

der

Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.


Indian English

en-noun

Indian English (countable and uncountable, plural Indian Englishes)

Much more common was the bureaucratic use of Indian English. Below the level of the most highly educated, whose English was invariably modelled on old-fashioned teaching, were the English-using clerks of the Imperial administration.

1986, McCrum, Robert, William Cran, & Robert MacNeil, The Story of English, Viking Penguin Inc., page 329:

A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India.


language isolate

language isolate (plural language isolates)

(linguistics) A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.


Jocasta

Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler.

2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:


Euclid

From Ancient Greek Εὐκλείδης (Eukleídēs).

A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.


Fiji Hindi

The Indo-Iranian language spoken by people of Indian descent in Fiji.


Labourite

(UK politics) a member or supporter of the British Labour Party, the left wing party of Great Britain


Cass

* As an English surname, from a pet form of Cassandra.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Cais (“descendant of the curly-haired one”), from cas (“curly”).

Most of the time, Anne Marie and Kathleen got along as well as any sisters six years apart would: Kathleen called Anne Annie, and Anne Marie called Kathleen Cass or Kate.

1999, Ann Rule, And Never let Her Go, Warner Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 30:

A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval origin, later also used for Cassidy, and Catherine with its variant forms.

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A diminutive of the male given name Cassius.


Cassian

From Latin Cassianus, derivative of Cassius. Name of early saints.

A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.


Sharlene

The name Sharlene sounds like a chemical, she thought. Aunt Gwen has no taste.

1968, Myron S. Kaufmann, Thy Daughter's Nakedness, Lippincott, published 1968, page 39:

A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Charlene.


Darla

A female given name from English, a back-formation from Darlene.


Gervase

Name of an early saint, Latin Gervasius, of unknown meaning, possibly Latinized from some Germanic name: Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), second element of uncertain meaning, possibly vallis (“valley”), Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”), or the Brythonic name for the river Isara.

A male given name from the Germanic languages, common in the Middle Ages but rare today.


Jarvis

A surname derived from a Middle English form of Gervase.

A male given name from the Germanic languages transferred back from the surname.


kue

The names of the letters, as now commonly spoken and written in English, are A, Bee, Cee, Dee, E, Eff, Gee, Aitch, I, Jay, Kay, Ell, Em, En, O, Pee, Kue, Ar, Ess, Tee, U, Vee, Double-u, Ex, Wy, Zee.

1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:

And there is [a] proverbial warning to mind your pees and kues.

1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:

SQL is pronounced either "ess-kue-ell" or "see-kwell" depending on your preference.

2003, Cristian Darie, Karli Watson, The Programmer's Guide to SQL, Apress, page 1:

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue.


Seljuk

Book of Dede Korkut
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Mahmud al-Kashgari
Seljuk (warlord)

From Ottoman Turkish سلجوق (Selcuk), ultimately from Old Anatolian Turkish سلجك (Selcuk) attested in the Dede Korkut and Karakhanid سلجك (Selcuk) attested in Mahmud al-Kashgari's Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, of uncertain etymology. Compare modern Turkish Selçuk.
Pelliot & al. favored derivation via Arabic سَلْجُوق (Saljūq) from Proto-Oghuz [Term?] (*Sälčük), following some accounts taking the name from Proto-Turkic *sāl (“raft”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”) from the warlord's supposed birth on a raft on the Syr Darya. There are other early Persian and Arabic transcriptions, however, including سلجوك (Saljūk), سلچوق (Salčūq), and سلجق (Saljuq). Some sources take the original form of the name to have been *Salçuğ or *Salçığ with the meaning "one who fights", "disputes", or "struggles". Some arguing for an original pronunciation of [Term?] (*Selčük) or [Term?] (*Selčuk) would derive it from an early borrowing of Persian سیل (seyl, “flood”) + *-čük (“-ock, -let: forming diminutives”); others from *Sel as an earlier name of the Muztagh Ata in the Eastern Pamirs. Caferoğlu and Gedikli argue for derivation from a modified borrowing of Old Uyghur clean, pure (sil) + Proto-Turkic *-čük.

Seljuq (alternative)
Saljuq (alternative)
Saljūq (alternative)
Seljouk (alternative)
Seljook (alternative)
Seljuck (alternative)

...the House of Seljuk...

Seljuk Bey, the legendary founder of an Oghuz Turk dynasty that ruled an eponymous Sunni Muslim empire in Southwest Asia and numerous successor states, particularly in Anatolia.


Lulogooli

A Bantu language spoken by the Avalogoli or Maragoli people of Kenya.


Caddo

Clipping of French Kadohadacho, from Caddo kadawdáachuh.

A Caddoan language of the Southern Plains of the United States, spoken by the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.


Alutiiq

From Russian алеу́ты (aleúty, “Aleuts”), from Aleut allíthuh (“community”).

(linguistics) A language of the Eskimo-Aleut family.


Luhya

A Bantu language spoken in western Kenya and Uganda. Luhya has a number of dialects, including Maragoli, Abagisu, Marama, Kibukusu, Wanga, and Bukusu.


Shawna

From Shawn + -a. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

doublet

"That's an interesting name—Shawna. Almost sounds Indian," he said, knowing she was dying to tell him about her.

1979, Sandy Johnson, The CUPPI, Delacorte Press/E.Friede, →ISBN, page 31:


Bel

Short form of Isabel; a variant of Belle and Bell.


Lani

Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.

1940, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106:

(chiefly US) A female given name from Hawaiian.

Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. […] Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

2002, Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page XI:


Lani

An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.


Lauje

The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by this tribe.


Literary Chinese

The written Chinese language used from the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.) to the early 20th century. In Chinese, 文言 (wényán, “literary writing”).

The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature.

Written Chinese for this entire period, without distinction.


Chicagoan

en-adj

Chicagoan (comparative more Chicagoan, superlative most Chicagoan)

more Chicagoan (comparative)
most Chicagoan (superlative)

/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡoʊən/

/ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊən/


Chicagoan

/ʃɪˈkɑː.ɡoʊən/

/ʃɪˈkɔ.ɡoʊən/

Chicago was the turning point of my journey and I left there at midnight abroad ^([sic]) the "Chicagoan," an express of the New York Central System.

1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493:


Earthman

Such dreams! Always of Mars, and during my waking hours at night my eyes always sought out the Red Planet when he was above the horizon and clung there seeking a solution of the seemingly unfathomable riddle he has presented to the Earthman for ages.

1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Master Mind of Mars, page 2:

(usually science fiction) A male inhabitant of Earth.


Classical Chinese

The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”) or, formally, 古典漢語 /古典汉语 (“Classical Chinese”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature.

The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) to the early 20th century.


Khotanese

From Khotan + -ese. For the first element see Hotan.

An extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.


Laal

An unclassified language spoken in Chad.


Abau

A Papuan language, spoken in the Sandaun province of Papua New Guinea.


Akha

An ethnic group and Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Burma, China, and neighboring countries.


Alamblak

A Papuan language spoken in the Angoram district of Papua New Guinea.


Alune

A Malayo-Polynesian language of Indonesia.


Andi

A Northeast Caucasian language of Russia.


Anuta

An Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands.


Arin

An extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia.


Dargwa

Dargin (alternative)
Darghin (alternative)

A Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, Russia.


Dyula

A Niger-Congo language spoken in Upper Volta and Ivory Coast.


Evenki

Derived from Russian эвенки́йский (evenkíjskij) or Evenki эвэнкӣ (əwənkī).

der

эвенки́йский

A Tungusic language spoken in Russia, Mongolia and China.


Gumatj

An Aboriginal Australian language spoken in the Northern Territory.


Gurindji

/ˈɡʊrɪndʒiː/

A Ngumbin Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken in the Wave Hill and Victoria River regions of the Northern Territory.


Xavánte

Chavante (alternative)
Shavante (alternative)
Xavante (alternative)

A Ge language spoken by the Xavánte people in and surrounding eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil.


Yao

A Bantu people living in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania in Africa.


Yao

From Mandarin 姚 (yáo) and Hokkien 姚 (iâu).


Tsou

An Aboriginal Taiwanese language spoken in the Alishan region of Taiwan.


Tsakhur

A Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Russia and Azerbaijan.


Karakalpak

/ˌkæɹəˈkælpæk/

A Turkic language of Uzbekistan and neighboring countries.


Karamojong

* From Karamojong language. The name means "the old men sat down", referring to a migration.

(linguistics) A Nilo-Saharan language of Uganda.


Timucua

An extinct language isolate formerly spoken in Florida.


Shina

Borrowed from Shina ݜݨیاٗ (ṣiṇyaá), from Sanskrit श्रेण्यक (śreṇyaka), from श्रेण्य (śreṇya, “tribesman”).

Their language, sometimes regarded as multiple languages, which belong to the Dardic family.


Old Japanese

the oldest stage of the Japanese language; spoken through the 8th century and followed by Late Old Japanese


Carpathian

Carpathian Shepherd Dog
Carpathian Shepherd Dog#English


Kalani

Kalani Wright, a 24-year old^([sic]) from Mississippi, wanted to have Lipo 360, a procedure that removes fat from all areas of the midsection, and a B.B.L. last year.

2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:


disproven

(archaic, Scots law) Not proven, in a legal case where the jury verdict has inconclusive evidence for conviction, but sufficient to suspect guilt


Kurukh

A Dravidian language spoken in India and Bangladesh.


Gondi

The Dravidian language spoken by the people in Gondwana, central India.


Dinka

The Nilo-Saharan language spoken by these people.


Royal

A habitational surname, shaped by folk etymology, from places in England, Riehale, Righale, Ryhill and Ryall, Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”), and Royle, rā (“roe”) + hyll (“hill”).

Royal - he had been his mother's little king. Most of his mates called him "Roy". Perhaps only her and Mrs Natwick had stuck to the christened name, they felt it suited.

1974, Patrick White, Five-Twenty, Shorter Novels and Stories, Cape, published 1974, →ISBN, page 173:

A male given name from English from the surname


Royal

A male given name from the word "royal".


Deane

* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac an Deagánaigh (“son of the Deacon”), see Deacon.
* As an English surname, variant of Dean.

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Meggie

I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie’s heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.

1980 October, Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 170:

A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.

"Meggie...It hasn't got enough dignity, it doesn't suit you a bit. I'd rather you were called something like Belinda or Madeline, but if Meggie's the best you've got to offer, I'll go for it. What's the Meggie stand for - Margaret?"
"No, Meghann."

1977, Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds, Gramercy Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 290:

A diminutive of the female given name Megan (and variant spellings).


Meghann

"Meggie...It hasn't got enough dignity, it doesn't suit you a bit. I'd rather you were called something like Belinda or Madeline, but if Meggie's the best you've got to offer, I'll go for it. What's the Meggie stand for - Margaret?"
"No, Meghann."
"Ah, now that's more like! I'll call you Meghann."
"No, you won't!" she snapped. "I detest it!"

A female given name from Welsh, a rare modern spelling variant of Megan.


Kaylie

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


butsudan

From Japanese 仏壇 (ぶつだん butsudan), from Middle Chinese 佛 (bjot "Buddha") ＋ 壇 (dan "altar", "platform").

A Buddhist shrine, comprising a wooden cabinet with doors that enclose and protect a religious icon.


Hollywoodian

Someone who works in the film industry in Hollywood.


Jerseyman

(dated) A male inhabitant of Jersey (the largest island of the Channel Islands).


Raymonn

A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Raymond or Ramón.


Malabarese

The predominant language spoken in Malabar, also known as Malayalam.


Chamicuro

Their Western Maipuran language, a member of the Arawakan family.


Aristarchus

From Ancient Greek Ἀρίσταρχος (Arístarkhos).

A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical use only in English.


Khitan

Khitans (plural)
Khitan (plural)
Kitai (alternative)
Khitai (alternative)
Kitan (alternative)
K'itan (alternative)

Borrowed from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 (*qid ún) or 𘱿𘱤 (*qid i) under influence from Chinese 契丹 (Qìdān), and Mongolian Кидан (Kidan).
Doublet of Cathay. Cognate with Russian Кита́й (Kitáj, “China”) and the various forms of Cathay (“legendary northern medieval China”) in European languages.

A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E..


Khitan

Kitai (alternative)
Khitai (alternative)
Kitan (alternative)
K'itan (alternative)

The extinct Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.


Malayo-Polynesian

/məˌleɪəʊˌpɒlɪˈniːʒən/

A subgroup of languages of the Austronesian language family, mostly dispersed around the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.


moonspeak

From moon + -speak; probably derived from the anime Turn A Gundam (1999–2000) where the inhabitants of the Moon, known as the Moonrace, have their own language, called Moonspeak by fans.

(slang, derogatory or humorous) Any foreign language deemed confusing by the speaker, especially Japanese or another East Asian language.


Amsterdammer

Alternative form: Amsterdamer

A person from, or residing in, Amsterdam.

Amsterdammer

An inhabitant or a resident of Amsterdam


Sheilagh

Rare spelling variant of Sheila, anglicization of Irish Síle.


antisigma

en-noun

antisigma (plural antisigmata or antisigmas)

antisigmata (plural)
antisigmas (plural)

An unattested Claudian letter, possibly resembling Ↄ or ↃC.


Beyoncé

The recent use of this name is due to the American singer Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981), after her mother's maiden name, which was different from her own parents' surname, Beyincé, due to a clerical error on her birth certificate. It is probably derived from the French surname Boyancé.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Clarinda

Her nearest handmayd, whom she most did trust, / And to her said: Clarinda, whom of all / I trust a live, sith I thee fostred first; […]

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 29:


chemical structure

chemical structure (plural chemical structures)

(physical chemistry) The arrangement of chemical bonds between atoms in a molecule (or in an ion or radical with multiple atoms), specifically which atoms are chemically bonded to what other atoms with what kind of chemical bond, together with any information on the geometric shape of the molecule needed to uniquely identify the type of molecule.


Yucatec Maya

Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, northern Belize and parts of Guatemala.


Websterism

Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]

[…] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism.

1881, Isaac Pitman, Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education:

(dated) An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.


hog island

Late 19th century, akin to hog waller and hog town.

(slang, US, derogatory) Any poor town or out-of-the-way place.


Vishal

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.


COCA

w:Corpus of Contemporary American English

(linguistics) Acronym of Corpus of Contemporary American English.


condescendence

condescendence (countable and uncountable, plural condescendences)

From French condescendance, from condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere (“to let oneself down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”). See condescend.

der

(Scots law) An articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded.


Bay Street

(Canada, by extension) Financial interests in Canada, especially in Toronto.


Sussex Drive

en:Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex

From Sussex + drive. The road was named after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843).

A street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on which the official residence of the prime minister of Canada, and that of the governor general of Canada, are located


odonym

From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). Compare French odonyme and Italian odonimo.

An identifying name given to a street; a street name.


Suren

Ultimately from Parthian 𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭍 (swryn /Sūrēn/).

Սուրեն Սուրեն#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Սուրեն (Suren).


goober

Conscripts by the dozen...
Come pouring in the Castle...
Some from Mississippi state and “Goobers” from Tar river.

1863, anonymous author, “Castle Thunder”, in Louis Napoléon Boudrye, editor, Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry..., Appendix, page 339:

The peanuts or earth-nuts known in North Carolina and the adjoining States as Goober peas, so that during the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State was apt to be nick-named a Goober.

1871, Maximilian Schele de Vere, Americanisms, page 57:

(chiefly Southern US, dated slang) A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.


off-worlder

off-worlders (plural)
offworlder (alternative)
off worlder (alternative)

/ˌɒfˈwɜːldə/

/ˈɔfˈwɜɹldəɹ/

From off-world (adjective) + -er (suffix denoting a person characterized by [the adjective to which the suffix is attached]).

suffix

suffix denoting a person characterized by 􂀿the adjective to which the suffix is attached􂁀

So? On your world you do as custom rules. Customs are different here, off-worlder.

1955, Andre Norton [pseudonym; Alice Mary Norton], “Classic move to Disaster”, in Star Guard, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 58:

The distinguished scientist, winner of the Seo Oren Prize for service to all nations through science, has accepted a professorship at Ieu Eun University, an honor never before accorded to an off-worlder.

1974, Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, chapter 3, in The Dispossessed, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published July 1975, →ISBN, page 63:

TRAVEL ADVISORY: Korlus ranks second in murder per capita in the Terminus Systems and first in offworlder murder. Civilian traffic is encouraged to employ security professionals when visiting.

2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Korlus:

(fantasy, science fiction) One who is not from the local world (whether a dimension, plane, planet, or universe); an alien.

ulkoplaneettalainen

one who is not from the local world — see also alien


Arabise

en-verb

Arabise (third-person singular simple present Arabises, present participle Arabising, simple past and past participle Arabised)

Arabises (present singular third-person)
Arabising (participle present)
Arabised (participle past)
Arabised (past)

‘Asalaamu Alaikum,’ said an unfamiliar voice in the faux-Arabised accent of a non-Arab Muslim who is trying too hard, and Parvaiz looked up to see a compact but powerfully built man, muscles distorting the shape of his tightly fitting bomber jacket.

2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 123:


Arabize

Arabize (third-person singular simple present Arabizes, present participle Arabizing, simple past and past participle Arabized)

Arabizes (present singular third-person)
Arabizing (participle present)
Arabized (participle past)
Arabized (past)
Arabise (alternative)

Iran was indeed Islamized, but it was not Arabized. Persians remained Persians. And after an interval of silence, Iran reemerged as a separate, different and distinctive element within Islam, eventually adding a new element even to Islam itself.

1999, Bernard Lewis, "Iran in History", Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, page 2:

(transitive) To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.


Geri

A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine, also used as a formal given name.


Jeri

Teleplay by Kenneth Biller and Jeri Taylor.

1999, Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, The Star Trek encyclopedia:

Jeri Ellsworth invented the C-One, a single board computer that is not an emulator, but a reimplementation of the original C64 hardware.

2011, Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks, page 258:

A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.


Jerri

A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.


Harper

A male given name transferred from the surname.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Hereward

Borrowed from Old English Hereweard, a compound of here (“army”) + weard (“guard”). Doublet of Harvard and Harward.

Look at me, dread me! I am the Hereward. [Footnote: “Guardian of the army”]

1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 94:

A male given name from Old English of mostly historical use.


Thatcherist

(UK politics) A proponent of Thatcherism.


mandir

Transliteration of Hindi मंदिर (mandir).

On the contrary, in the afternoon, he said, “It was good that I went to the mandir. Even physically, I feel well.”

1960, The Visva-Bharati quarterly: Volumes 26-27, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, page 58:

The word mandir derives from the Sanskrit mandira, meaning a dwelling place. A mandir is a home to God as represented by the deity singled out for honour within the building's inner sanctum.

2003 September 30, Jerome Monahan, Places of worship, week 4: a mandir:

"The stories and carvings include diverse portions of India's geography and Hindu belief systems. This would include Mahabharata and Ramayana as well as the Puranas and regional histories. In fact, this mandir will be uniquely identified by its intricate mandovar facade which will share many traditional tales from across India as well as unique designs from the Gulf," he said.

2020 November 10, 25,000 Cubic Feet Of Stone Carved In India For Abu Dhabi's First Hindu Temple:


Huave

Their language, which is a language isolate with several dialects.


Edeline

A female given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Adeline.


Ewen

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Ewan.


Greig

A male given name transferred from the surname, of mainly Scottish usage.


Khinalug

A Northeast Caucasian language spoken mainly in the villages of Khinalug and Qalayxudat just north of Quba (Quba Rayon, Azerbaijan).


Jenn

A diminutive of the female given name Jennifer.


Vivaan

Borrowed from Hindi विवान (vivān), from Sanskrit विवान (vivāna, “plaiting, twisting”).


Jemma

A female given name from Italian, a spelling variant of Gemma; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James/Jem.


Keri

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


Kirsteen

A female given name from Ancient Greek, a Scottish variant of Kirsten (Christina).


Manhattanite

This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:


Nogai

A Turkic language spoken in the northern Caucasus region of southwestern Russia and in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.


Lafe

(US) A diminutive of the male given name Lafayette.


Fayette

Fayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

After Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

(US) A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.


Latonya

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Latonia.


Nimbari

A language spoken in northern Cameroon and Nigeria.


doubleyou

doubleyous (plural)
double-u (alternative)

I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.


Lilias

First recorded in 16th-century Scotland, a variant of Lilian or possibly from the Spanish Liliosa, name of a 9th-century saint, both ultimately from Late Latin lilium (“lily”).

"Poor little thing! She is very wee and frail, isn't she? Only two months old. We came away from the north, as soon as I was able to travel. She is called Lily."
I remembered Horace having once told me that his mother's name had been Lilias.

1864, Frances Eleanor Trollope, The Tale of Aunt Margaret's Trouble, in All the Year Round, Aug 11th, 1866, page 100

"Lilias! Lilias!" he answered. "Lilias! Where are you?"
"In the garden," it came back like a sound from a golden flute.

1909, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter XXVII, in The Secret Garden:


Lillias

A female given name from Latin, alternative spelling of Lilias


Linnet

Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet. (She'd been named for an English bird that a soldier had mentioned to their mother during the war.) At first Karen had tried to call her that too, but it had felt so unnatural that she'd gradually given it up.

2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:

A female given name from English, occasionally recorded since the 19th century.


Anmol

From Hindi अनमोल (anmol, literally “priceless”).

bor

A unisex given name from Hindi used in India among the followers of Hinduism, particularly in the northern part of the country.


Thatcherization

From Thatcher + -ization, named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).


Aleister

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, from Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρ- (andr-), the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, of rare usage, variant of Alastair.


Minangkabau

A Malayo-Polynesian language of Malaysia and Indonesia.