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  2. Latinisation of names - Wikipedia

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    Latinisation of names. Latinisation (or Latinization) [1] of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non - Latin name in a modern Latin style. [1] It is commonly found with historical proper names, including personal names and toponyms, and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences.

  3. Wikipedia:Random - Wikipedia

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    WP:RAN. On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Randomcan be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut(in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift+X).

  4. List of proper names of exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    Proper names of planetary systems often follow common themes – for example, the planets of the star Copernicus are named after European astronomers. Proper names for planets outside of the Solar System – known as exoplanets – are chosen by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) through public naming contests known as NameExoWorlds.

  5. List of placeholder names by language - Wikipedia

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    English. "Blackacre" and "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" are often used as placeholder names in law. Other more common and colloquial versions of names exist, including "Joe Schmo", "Joe Blow", and "Joe Bloggs". "Tom, Dick and Harry" may be used to refer to a group of nobodies or unknown men.

  6. Malaysian names - Wikipedia

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    The popular first elements in double Malay male names are: Muhammad /Mohammad/Mohammed (often abbreviated to Muhd., Mohd., Md. or simply M.) Mat – the Malay variant of Muhammad. Mat is also the casual spoken form of names ending with -mad or -mat such as Ahmad, Rahmat, Samad, etc. Mamat - another variety of Muhammad.

  7. Name - Wikipedia

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    Name. A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human.

  8. African-American names - Wikipedia

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    Even with the rise of created names, it is also still common for African Americans to use biblical, historic, or European names. Daniel, Christopher, Michael, David, James, Joseph, and Matthew were among the most common names for African-American boys in 2013.

  9. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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    In electricity generation, a generator[ 1] is a device that converts motion-based power ( potential and kinetic energy) or fuel-based power ( chemical energy) into electric power for use in an external circuit. Sources of mechanical energy include steam turbines, gas turbines, water turbines, internal combustion engines, wind turbines and even ...