fanciful appellation
1Piperales — ▪ plant order order of flowering plants comprising 4 families, 17 genera, and 4,090 species. Along with the orders Laurales, Magnoliales, and Canellales, Piperales forms the magnoliid clade, which is an early evolutionary branch in the… …
2sobriquet — n. [Fr.] Nickname, by name, fanciful appellation …
3name — namer, n. /naym/, n., v., named, naming, adj. n. 1. a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. 2. mere designation, as distinguished from fact:… …
4arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
5Sobriquet — So bri quet (s[ o] br[ e] k[asl] ), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or… …
6soubriquet — Sobriquet So bri quet (s[ o] br[ e] k[asl] ), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful… …
7John Bigler — Infobox Governor name = John Bigler order = 3rd office = Governor of California term start = January 8 1852 term end = January 9 1856 lieutenant = Samuel Purdy predecessor = John McDougall successor = J. Neeley Johnson birth date = birth… …
8Shahi — For a town in Bareilly District, India see Shahi, Uttar Pradesh. Obv: Recumbent bull facing left, trishula on bulls rump, Devnagari Legends : Sri Spalapati Deva. Rev: Rider bearing lance on caparisoned horse facing right. Obv: Rider bearing lance …
9Frank Fetter — Infobox Philosopher region = Western philosophy era = Classical liberalism color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = Frank Albert Fetter birth = 8 March 1863 death = 21 March 1949 school tradition = Austrian School main interests = Economics,… …
10Origin theories of Christopher Columbus — Christopher Columbus depicted in The Virgin of the Navigators by Alejo Fernández, 1531–36. The exact origin of Christopher Columbus (his national or ethnic background) has been a source of speculation since the 19th century.[1] However, it is… …
