Anne is well-known for her extensive hillwalking experience, including her recent compleation of two Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) Full Houses, when she became the first-known woman to undertake two full rounds of Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds and Furths. ...
Old English Names For Boys Starting With K Kenneth Origin/Gender: Old English, Scottish, and Irish boy name Meaning/Description:“Born of fire” or “handsome” Pronunciation:“keh-neth” Length: 7 letters, 2 syllables Popularity/Rank: #264 Namesakes: British actor and filmmaker Sir ...
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For Scottish forms, see Elspeth and Elsabeth. 'Eliza' in records of this period is an abbreviation for Elizabeth; Eliza was not used as a name until after the period. Elizab. Eliz. Elizth. Eliza. Elisabetha Elizabetha Bess Betsy Bessie Tibby Libby Tetty Tetsy; Eliza (for the ...
) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone. Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the key...
Just one year after Maggie Gyllenhaal (“The Lost Daughter”) became the second woman to win the Directors Guild of America’s First-Time Film Director award, Charlotte Wells (“Aftersun”) is set to follow her as the category’s third female champ. The 35-year-old Scottish filmmaker, who...
Owen.As an Anglicized version of the Welsh nameOwain, Owen is an excellent contender for old-fashioned boy names as it means “youth.” Many believe it has ties to the name Eugene, while others connect it to the Irish and Scottish name Eoin, which is a Gaelic name for John. ...
Brown raced it in Scottish hillclimbs in 1980 before it went. Raced by Geoff Nicol in Australian Formula Pacific in 1981, and by John Blennerhasset in 1982. Then to Michael Miller, brothers Peter and Terry Simms, then the Kendall family, then to Bryan Miller in 2002. Sold by Bryan to...
bàirneach[baːr̪ˠn̪ʲəx] = barnacle or limpet in Scottish Gaelic ba(a)rnagh= barnacle in Manx brennigen= limpet in Welsh brenigen= limpet in Cornish brennigenn= barnacle or limpet in Breton Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots includebernache(barnacle) in French,barnaclein...
(Nov 18, 1838 - April 13, 1911) was a Scottish-American painter famous for his California landscapes. Keith was born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1850. He lived in New York City, and became an apprentice wood engraver in 1856. He first ...