Phonology and morphology were unaffected save by the many foreign-sounding terms and names that came with Christianity and by a toleration of – indeed, a preference for – vulgarisms (see, e.g., Augustine,De doctrina christianaIV). Syntax was not greatly affected save that the prestige of ...
Do remember that the Greek islands are, well, Greek, and therefore they have Greek names.You will probably see them listed in the Latin alphabet at the ticket office, but be aware that the process of transliterating Greek into the Latin alphabet (very loosely, "spelling Greek in English")...
Names like Active Member, FFC, and TXC started to write their own history. More than thirty years later, the genre is one of the most loved by the Greek public. Every day, we are exposed to a vast array of new artists, each one with their unique sound and style, all ...
Soon, we found out it was one of the workers of the canal who had done this, back in the days of its construction. He wanted to carve his own name for posterity, but he wasn’t anywhere near as humble as all the others who had done the same. We saw many names carved in the ca...
Fig. 9 – A top view of Buddhist cosmic geography overlaid with the names of real world countries (larger version). Adapted from Buswell & Lopez, 2014, pp. xxxi. Fig 10 – Detail from a map of East Asia (larger version). Map found here. Update: 08-26-23 Tumblr user digitalagepulao...
Dat is Latijn voor mij (That's Latin for me) Daar kan ik geen chocola van maken (I can't make any chocolate from that) Ik snap er geen jota van (I don’t understand one iota of it) EnglishIt's (all) Greek to me It's (all) Chinese to me ...
Assoros, Greek for Assoro Baarìa, Sicilian for Bagheria (also the title of a film by Giuseppe Tornatore) Balad al-fīl ("the Village (or Country) of the Elephant"), one of the Arabic names for Catania Balarm, Arabic for Palermo Butirah, Arabic for Butera (one of the largest citie...
Sika means figs in English, and I’m posting this photo of some sika growing nearby because our village, Sykia (or Sikia or Sikya) means fig tree. In the age of sail, seaside villages often took their names from some distinguishing feature of interest to mariners. Fresh water was always...
a书斋命名用字研究 The library names with the character studies [translate] a一个简单的故事,一个平凡的老人,一条普通的大马林鱼 A simple story, an ordinary old person, an ordinary big marlin [translate] a邮件收到,内容悉知 The mail receives, the content knows entirely [translate] a浅论中国有...
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