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4/6/2024
Lyra
A famous bearer was Lyra McKee (1990-2019), a journalist and editor from Northern Ireland who reported on the consequences of the Troubles and was fatally shot while reporting on riots in Derry.
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3/3/2024
Luíse   f   Irish
Irish transliterated form of Louise; the usual form is Aloisia.... [more]
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3/3/2024
Aloisia
Also used as the Irish version of Louise or Louisa.
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10/6/2023
Provence-Alps-French Riviera   (Political Subdivision & Region)   English
English form of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
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10/6/2023
Rhône   (River)   French
From Gaulish *Rodonos or *Rotonos, from a Proto-Indo-European root *ret-, meaning "to run/roll", frequently found in names for rivers.... [more]
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10/6/2023
Rhône-Alpes   (Political Subdivision & Region)   French
From the French names of the Rhône river and the Alpes mountain range.... [more]
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10/6/2023
Auvergne   (Political Subdivision & Region)   French
From the ethnonym of a Celtic tribe, the Arverni, a Latinised form of Gaulish *Aruernoi. Its etymology remains unclear; proposed origins include *ar(e)-uer-no-, meaning "those who are above", or *uernā-, meaning "alder".... [more]
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10/6/2023
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes   (Political Subdivision & Region)   French
A region in southeast central France, combined from the former two regions of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes.
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8/7/2023
Herefordshire   (Political Subdivision & Region)   English
May mean "county of the army river crossing", deriving from the Old English for "army", here, and "river crossing", ford, making Hereford, and sċīr, from Proto-West Germanic *skīru... [more]
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8/7/2023
Buckinghamshire   (Political Subdivision & Region)   English
From Old English, meaning "the county of Bucca's home", from Buckingham, named after its 12th-century landowner, Bucca, with sċīr, from Proto-West Germanic *skīru... [more]
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