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    Name Essay

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    Most of us have one name‚ given at birth‚ which we keep for life. Bethany (Beth-a-nee) is a Biblical name meaning “house of figs” and also was used in honor of Mary standing for selfless and devoted service. It is of the Hebrew‚ Aramaic and English origin. Therefore I feel as if I was meant to be named Bethany by only God himself. Micah 7:1 and Songs of Solomon 2:13 say that Jesus saw the fig tree with no figs and cursed it which makes me feel very loved by God because He loved figs! In the

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    Power Of Names

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    The Power Of Names In the novel I know Why The Caged Bird Sings‚ Maya Angelou makes a statement about the power of names to show that names can go a long way. Names are very powerful. We feel good when someone calls us by our name. We are hurt when someone calls us an unkind name‚ or even when someone calls us by the wrong name or forgets our name. Sometimes a nickname means more to us than our given name‚ especially if it’s given to us by someone we love deeply. In this novel

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    Meaning of Names

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    Springer Etymology 6th Period April 30‚ 2015 The Origin of Names Names are something that everyone has in common. Everyone has a surname‚ but they all come from different times and places in history. Many families have had countless surnames in the past; however‚ only one stuck through the generations. A few people have a basic understanding of what their family names mean‚ but few know exactly when it originated. Paul Blake says‚ “’What is in a name? Very much if the wit of man could find it out.’ Whoever

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    Lost Names

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    Rocco Thompson June 10‚ 2011 History 354 William Kinzley Lost Names Lost Names: Scenes From A Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim is an autobiographical fictionalization of the author’s youth in Japanese occupied Manchuria. Though not a traditional autobiography‚ the author tells his own story through the eyes of a nameless young man. The story takes place between 1932 and 1945. The young man grows and changes from the start of the novel to the end and meditates on the nature of war‚ family

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    GREEK name

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    Greek name Roman name Image Functions and attributes Zeus Jupiter King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky‚ and thunder. Youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Symbols include the thunderbolt‚ eagle‚ oak tree‚ scepter‚ and scales. Brother and husband of Hera‚ although he had many lovers. Brother of Poseidon and Hades. Hera Juno Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage and family. Symbols include the peacock‚ pomegranate‚ crown‚ cuckoo‚ lion‚ and cow. Youngest

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    me develop ideas about Eastern Europe from the start of Unit 1. It made me think about borderlands all over the world‚ not just in Eastern Europe. I started to wonder what exactly defines where a country ends‚ does it really end at the borderland? Julia Sushytska explains in her article “what is Eastern Europe – a philosophical approach” how “borderlands are the territories in which several different cultures‚ ethnicities‚ religious communities‚ etc. exist side by side. In contrast to borders that

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    Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because

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    River of Names

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    Butensky Eng2150 Time of Task: 3 hours River of Names‚ Tiny‚ Smiling Daddy and Girl proved to be three very powerful stories and a whirlwind of emotions for the authors and myself. We are approached with the same theme in different settings and at different points of the authors’ lives. Yet one characteristic seems to prevail: emotional abandonment‚ a subject most women can relate to in one form or another at some point in their lives. In River of Names‚ the author takes us on a journey of her gut-wrenching

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    Polygon Names

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    Polygon names | Name | Edges | Remarks | henagon (or monogon) | 1 | In the Euclidean plane‚ degenerates to a closed curve with a single vertex point on it. | digon | 2 | In the Euclidean plane‚ degenerates to a closed curve with two vertex points on it. | triangle (or trigon) | 3 | The simplest polygon which can exist in the Euclidean plane. | quadrilateral (or quadrangle or tetragon) | 4 | The simplest polygon which can cross itself. | pentagon | 5 | The simplest polygon which can exist

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    Names in Society

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    Names in Society Though some may feel insecure about their name while another person flaunts how “unique” or how they love their name. A normal human being is named as a baby usually by the parent or a loved one‚ which means we don’t have control over our own names. I was named by my grandfather as a newborn. My mother told me “We never planned a specific name‚ your grandpa named you Ajmal because it sounded nice.” I wondered if they even knew what the definition of my name meant. As I got older

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