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E-Type (disambiguation)
E-Type may mean: E-type (musician), a Swedish musician.Jaguar E-type, a carE-Type (game), a driving game named for the car, for BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, and Acorn ArchimedesE-type asteroidE-type pronoun, in linguisticsE-Type Qualification, touch-typing qualification This is a [disambiguation..
E-Type (game)
E-Type was a clone of Sega's arcade driving game Out Run for the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and Acorn Archimedes written by Gordon J. Key and published by The Fourth Dimension. However, instead of featuring a Ferrari as the player's vehicle, the game featured a blue Jaguar E-type. The basic objectiv..
E-type (musician)
A press photo of E-type This article is about the Swedish musician. For other uses, see E-Type (disambiguation) E-Type (born Bo Martin Eriksson on August 27, 1965) is a Swedish Eurodance singer/rapper whose debut single Set the world on fire topped Sweden's singles chart in 1994. E-type is al..
E-type asteroid
E-type asteroids are inner-belt asteroids that are thought to have enstatite achondrite surfaces. They have a high albedo (0.3 or better), which distinguishes them from the more common M-type asteroids. Their spectrum is featureless flat to reddish. This grouping may be related to the Xe-type of th..
Etymologiae
First printed edition of 1472 (by Guntherus Zainer, Augsburg), title page of chapter 14 (de terra et partibus), illustrated with a T and O map. Etymologiae (or Origines) is an encyclopedia compiled by Isidore of Seville (died 636) towards the end of his life, at the urging of his friend Braul..
Etymological dictionary
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the OED and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. Although useful tools, etymological dictionaries must be used with some caution, as r..
Etymological fallacy
An etymological fallacy is a linguistical misconception based on the idea that the etymology of a word or phrase is its actual meaning. For example, the meaning of the word prevent may be thought to signify "to go before" based on its etymology: from the Latin prae + venire. This falsely deduced m..
Etymological list of counties of Romania
This is a list of the origins of the names of counties of Romania. Many of the etymologies are Romanian interpretations of Slavonic names (e.g.: Gorj and Dolj), as the administration documents in the Middle Ages Romanian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) were written in this language. Count..
Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom
Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of counties of the United Kingdom. For England and Wales it includes both traditional counties and administrative counties. Throughout the histories of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom a varie..
Etymologicum Genuinum
Etymologicum genuinum is a grammatical encyclopedia edited at Constantinople in the ninth century. The work, which is alphabetical to the third letter, borrows from Choiroboskos, Herodian, Methodius, Orion, Oros and Theognostos. Photius, patriarch of Constantinople took up the Etymologicum, which h..
Etymologies of place names in Los Angeles, California
Source of the place names in the city of Los Angeles, California. Place Name Source Alvarado Street Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican Governor of Alta California from 1836 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1842 Baldwin Hills neighborhood E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin Bel-Air neighborhood Alphonzo E. B..
Etymologies of place names in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source of the place names in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Place Name Source Baltimore Avenue Originally Baltimore Pike, named for the city of Baltimore, Maryland Christopher Columbus Boulevard Formerly Delaware Ave, named in honor of the famous explorer. Franklin Square ..
Etymologies of street names in San Francisco, California
Source of the street names in San Francisco, California. Street Name Named After Alemany Boulevard Joseph Sadoc Alemany Alvarado Street Juan Bautista Alvarado Anza Street Juan Bautista de Anza Arguello Boulevard José Darío Argüello Baker Street Edward Dickinson Baker Ba..
Etymologist
An etymologist is a linguist who focuses primarily on the origins of words. They are interested in the socioeconomic and cultural value of words. Etymology can provide interesting insights into popular culture by showing the history of its words. ..
Etymology
Linguistics Theoretical linguistics Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Lexical semantics Structural semantics Prototype semantics Stylistics Prescription Pragmatics Applied linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Generative linguistics Cognitive linguis..
Etymology of Cumbrian Place Names
The county of Cumbria in the north west of England has a long and complex history of human settlement. Geographically, Cumbria is situated right between the four major countries of the British Isles. Historically, the contrasting landscapes between the mountains and the fertile coastal areas and t..
Etymology of ham radio
By the early 20th century, the term "ham" for an amateur radio operator was well established, although origins of the term remain obscure. It is known that by the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 and the subsequent government regulation of radio spectrum it brought on, that the term was well es..
Etymology of India
History of the Indian Subcontinent Stone Age 70,000–7000 BC Mehrgarh Culture 7000–3300 BC Indus Valley Civilization 3300–1700 BC Late Harappan Culture 1700–1300 BC Vedic Civilization 1500–500 BC Kuru Dynasty 1200–316 BC Maha Janapadas ..
Etymology of Kamboja
Articles related to Kambojas Location Language and ethnicity Etymology in Indian Literature Kamboja Migration Horsemen Ashvakas Kambojas of Panini Kambojas and Manusmriti Parama Kamboja Kamboja (or Kambuja) is the name of an ancient Indo-Iranian tribe who spoke a la..
Etymology of Moldova
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Moldova is the Romanian name of a medieval Principality (Moldavia) which included territories in Eastern Romania..
Etymology of Romania
Neacşu's letter, the oldest surviving document written in Romanian has the oldest appearance of the word "Romanian" Romanians are a people living in Central and South-Eastern Europe speaking a Romance language. Their name ultimately is derived from the city of Rome and the Roman Empire and m..
Etymology of Rus and derivatives
This article should [Duplicate articles include] the material from Rus' (people). Originally Rus (Русь, Rus’) was a medieval country and state that comprised mostly Early East Slavs. The territories of that old Rus are today distributed among the Russian Federation, Belarus and Uk..
Etymology of Sarajevo
The earliest name for a major city on the region of today's Sarajevo is Vrhbosna. To claim however that Sarajevo and Vrhbosna are one and the same would be faulty, considering that the latter seems to have been destroyed well before the Ottomans occupied the region. Rather, the city of Sarajevo as w..
Etymology of Sweden
Sweden was originally a plural form of Swede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English Sweoðeod, which meant "people of the Swedes" (Old Norse Svíþjóð, Latin Suetidi). This word is derived from Sweon/Sweonas (Old Norse Sviar, Latin Suiones). As the name for the country itself, Swede..
Etymology of the Korean currencies
Won is the currency of both North and South Korea. Won is a cognate of the Chinese currency unit, yuan and the Japanese currency unit, yen, meaning "round object". The won is subdivided into 100 jeon (전; 錢; McCune-Reischauer: chŏn; Revised Romanization: jeon). Yang is a former Korean currency...
Etymology of the name of Julius Caesar
Using the Latin alphabet as it existed in the day of Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) (i.e., without lower case letters, "J", or "U"), Caesar's name is properly rendered "GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR" (the form "CAIVS" is also attested and is interchangeable with the more common "GAIVS"). It is often see..
Etymology of the word Arab
The proper name Arab or "Arabian" (and cognates in other languages) has been used to translate several different but similar sounding words in ancient and classical texts which do not necessarily have the same meaning or origin. The etymology of the term is of course closely linked to that of the pl..
Etymology of the word Jew
Part of a of articles onJews and Judaism Who is a Jew? · Etymology · Culture Judaism · Core principles Tanakh (Torah / Nevi'im / Ketuvim) Talmud · Halakha · Holidays · Prayer Ethics · 613 Mitzvot · Customs · Midrash Jewish ethnic divisions A..
Etymotic Research
Etymotic Research, Inc. Logo Etymotic Research, Inc. Website Etymotic Research, Inc. is an Illinois, USA-based research, development and manufacturing company that designs and manufactures in-ear products. It is perhaps best known for being one of the earliest and foremost manufacturer..
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