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2. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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   Minangkabau is the largest matrilineal society in the world. The Minahasan people of North Sulawesi have an extensive list of surnames, such as Toar, Lumimuut, Emor, Muntuan, Nayoan, Wenas and Luntungan. The Ambonese people of the Maluku Islands have family names such as Lawalata, Matulessy and Latumahina.

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   The Hanford Engineer Works (HEW) was a nuclear production complex in Benton County in the US state of Washington, established in early 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II. Plutonium manufactured at the HEW was used in the atomic bomb detonated in the Trinity test on 16 July 1945, and the Fat Man bomb used in the bombing of ...

4. Basque surnames - Wikipedia

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   History Oldest records. The earliest documented Basque surnames occur on Aquitanian inscriptions from the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania and Gallia Aquitania.For the most part these can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example ENNECONIS (the personal name Eneko plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz.

5. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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   The term "Arya" is from a Proto Indo-Iranian root, generally meaning "noble" or "free", cognate with the Greek-derived word "aristocrat". Persia (former name): from Latin, via Greek Περσίς Persis, from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, originally the name of Persis (modern-day Fars or Pars), a place name of a central district within ...

6. Clarke - Wikipedia

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   Irish surname origin. Clarke is a common surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept Ó Cléirigh, meaning "clerk". English surname origin. Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a ...

7. Cornish surnames - Wikipedia

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   Kendall - Of Norman English origin, an established gentry family occupying the manors of Pelyn and Treworgy who have resided in Cornwall since the fourteenth century. Rowe – of Norman origin, the name became popular in the region following large-scale Norman settlement. Remains a common surname in Cornwall to this day. Tangye – of Breton ...