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  • 21Lists of most common surnames — List of most common surnames by region: List of most common surnames in Africa List of most common surnames in Asia List of most common surnames in Central America List of most common surnames in Europe List of most common surnames in North… …

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  • 22List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations — This is a set of lists of English personal and place names whose pronunciations are counterintuitive to their spelling, either because the pronunciation does not correspond to the spelling, or because a better known namesake has a markedly… …

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  • 23List of United States Presidential names — contains lists of nicknames, name origins, and the first, middle, and last names of each President of the United States. Most of the nicknames listed are political, such as Tricky Dick , which belonged to Richard Nixon, initialisms like T.R.… …

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  • 24Daivajna surnames and Gotras — Daivajna is one of the Hindu Brahmin Community that hails from western coast of India, predominantly from Goa, coastal Karnataka, coastal Maharashtra. Main article: Daivajna Study of old Portuguese,Marathi,Kannada,Konkani documents found in Goa… …

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  • 25Esperanto and Ido compared — This article attempts to highlight the main differences between Esperanto and Ido, two constructed languages that have a related past but have since parted ways. Ido was invented in the early 20th century after a schism between those who believed …

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  • 26Japanese place names — include names for geographic features, present and former administrative divisions, transportation facilities such as railroad stations, and historic sites in Japan. The article Japanese addressing system contains related information on postal… …

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  • 27Christian Names —     Christian Names     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Christian Names      Christian names , says the Elizabethan antiquary, Camden, were imposed for the distinction of persons, surnames for the difference of families. It would seem from this that,… …

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  • 28Malay styles and titles — The Malay language has a complex system of titles and honorifics, which are still used extensively in Malaysia and Brunei. Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its… …

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  • 29Indonesian-sounding names adopted by Chinese Indonesians — A large number of ethnic Chinese people have lived in Indonesia for many centuries. Over time, many of these have adopted names that better match the local language.Colonial era to 1965During the Dutch colonial era until Japan invasion in 1942,… …

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  • 30Hard and soft C — A hard c vs. a soft c is a feature that occurs in many languages, including English, in which two distinct major sounds (phonemes) are represented by the Latin letter c . A hard c is pronounced as the voiceless plosive IPA| [k] (like in car );… …

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