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name (s), names (pl) (nouns)
1. A word or expression that refers to or which can refer to a specific person, place, or thing: "She was asked to sign her first and last name on the line."

"He has one of the most famous names in the world."

2. A word or phrase that refers to a specific place in the world or a particular thing: "The students were required to learn all of the names of countries that belong to the European Union."
3. A term or words that are used to describe or to insult somebody: "The girl was crying because the boy at school was calling her dirty names."
4. Etymology: from Old English nama, from Proto-Germanic namon and possibly Greek onoma, onyma, and Latin nomen; plus many other language sources.
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(Greek > Latin: suffix; from French -aque, or directly from Latin -acus, from Greek -akos forming adjectives. This suffix was used to form names of arts and sciences in Greek and it is now generally used to form new names of sciences in English; meanings, "related to, of the nature of, pertaining to, referring to")
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(words which originated from the names of people, things, and places)
(traditional and modern group names that try to describe group characteristics)
(Greek: a suffix that forms nouns and is usually used to form names of arts and sciences)
(Latin: a suffix used to form names of zoological groups, classes, and orders)
(Greek: a suffix used to form the names of families in zoology and biology; descended from, related to)
(Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force)
(Greek: a combining form occurring in the names of chemical compounds in which the methyl group is present; alcohol, wine)
(names that describe Venery or group names as determined by traditional terms of the hunt and those of more modern creations that attempt to describe group characteristics)
(Greek: a suffix referring to a device, tool, or instrument; more generally, used in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments)
(terms of Venery or group names from traditional terms of the hunt and some more modern creations that attempt to describe group characteristics of animals, humans, and groupings)
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Aztec day names (20)

There are twenty named days contained in one month. Each day also names the years.


cipactli: crocodile
ehecatl: wind
calli: house or underworld
cuetzpallin: lizard
coatl: serpent or snake
miquiztli: death
mazatl: deer
tochtli: rabbit
atl: water
itzcuintli: dog
ozomatli: monkey
malinalli: herb: grass
acatl: reed
ocelotl: jaguar
quauhtli: eagle
cozcaquauhtli: vulture
ollin: movement
tecpatl: flint knife
quiauitl: rain
xochitl: flower
—From Chronology of the Ancient World by E.J. Bickerman;
Cornell University Press; Ithaca, New York; 1968.

This entry is located in the following unit: Calendar Names of Days and Months in Different Languages (page 1)
family name, last name (s) (noun); family names, last names (pl)
A name shared in common with all of the members of a fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children; which is distinguished from each member's given or first name: The official medical form which was to be completed asked for all of the family names or surnames; as well as, each member's given name.
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group names
1. Any collection or assemblage of persons or things; a cluster; an aggregation.
2. A number of people or things ranged or considered together as being related in some way.
3. Venereal terms are those group names that come from traditional terms of the hunt and which have evolved into modern terminology of descriptive group names or collective nouns.
This entry is located in the following unit: Names for Groups: Characteristic Terms (page 1)
Names for Groups: Characteristic Terms
Names that describe Venery or group names as determined by traditional terms of the hunt and those of more modern creations that attempt to describe group characteristics.
This entry is located in the following unit: Special Contents of Interest (page 3)