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treble
treble highest part in choral music, thus corresponding in pitch to soprano, but associated with the voice of a boy or a girl. The term appeared in 15th-century English polyphony, probably as an anglicization of the Latin triplum, the name given in medieval polyphony to the part that was often th... Read more
Prince Philip Mountbatten Edinburgh, duke of
Prince Philip Mountbatten Edinburgh, duke of , 1921-, consort of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, b. Greece. He was the son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice, daughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg , and a grandson of George I of Greece, great-grandson of Christian IX of Denmark, ... Read more
Battenberg
Battenberg , German princely family, issued from the morganatic union of Alexander, a younger son of Louis II, grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Countess Julia von Hauke, who was created (1858) princess of Battenberg. Their oldest son, Louis (1854-1921), an admiral in the British navy, married a gr... Read more
Sir Edward Poynings
Sir Edward Poynings 1459-1521, English statesman. After taking part in an insurrection (1483) against Richard III, he fled to the Continent, where he joined the followers of Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond, who in 1485 ascended the English throne as Henry VII. Poynings served Henry on the Continent a... Read more
Cape Province
Cape Province former province, S South Africa. Under the South African constitution of 1994 it was divided into Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, and part of a fourth province, North West. The former capital and largest city was Cape Town (now the capital of Western Cape). Other cities i... Read more
Brooklyn
Brooklyn , borough of New York City (1990 pop. 2,300,664), 71 sq mi (184 sq km), coextensive with Kings co., SE N.Y., at the western extremity of Long Island ; an independent city from 1834, it became a New York borough in 1898. Brooklyn has the largest population of the city's five boroughs. Among... Read more
South Africa, Union of
South Africa, Union of. In 1939 South Africa was a British dominion, comprising the provinces of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal, with the additional mandated territory of South West Africa. Rich in gold and diamonds, as well as coal and iron ore, and other st... Read more
Scotland
Scotland political division of Great Britain (1991 pop. 4,957,000), 30,414 sq mi (78,772 sq km), comprising the northern portion of the island of Great Britain and many surrounding islands. Scotland is separated from England by the Tweed River, the Cheviot Hills, the Liddell River, and Solway Firth... Read more

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place names
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...x2018;Bally’ is not infrequently also the Anglicization of béal átha , ‘the mouth...Londan‐Doire is attested in Irish poetry. The Anglicization of Irish place names had begun with the Anglo‐...
SCOTS
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...early 16c, by which time it had become the national language of Stewart Scotland. Anglicization By the mid-16c, Scots had begun to undergo Anglicization , southern English word forms and spellings progressively invading written and later...
Sir Edward Poynings
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Yorkist party and set about subjugating Ireland. He summoned to Drogheda a Parliament that enacted statutes for the further anglicization of the Irish government. After his return (1496) to England, he had military and diplomatic posts and was warden of...
Cape Province
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Good Hope Colony and encouraged immigration from England. The new British settlers soon conflicted with the Boers over anglicization of the courts, control of farm- and pastureland, and slaveholding. Beginning in 1835 many Boers left Cape Colony (see...
BBC PRONUNCIATION UNIT
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...pronunciation (‘maarbélyă’). (2) When there is no established usage, an Anglicization is recommended, based on the native pronunciation or the usage of long-term English-speaking residents. Thus, Chernobyl...
magic
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...wakes and patterns , reflecting both the growing hostility of the Catholic church and the cultural changes associated with Anglicization and commercialization. Yet many such traditions remained alive, if in modified form, well into the 20th century.
church in medieval Ireland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...Augustinian canons and attempted to reform marital and sexual mores. The Anglo‐Norman presence after 1169 led to an Anglicization of the episcopate and by the end of the 15th century ten of the wealthier sees were controlled by the Anglo‐...
Sewall, Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...worldly extravagance, worried about the growing secularization of Boston life, and applauded those merchants who resisted Anglicization by keeping their shops open on Christmas Day. As a commissioner of Oyer and Terminer he served on the panel of judges that...
New England
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...that of other regions) aspired to the cultural style of the English gentry, a development sometimes termed “anglicization.” Still, far more than other regions, New England maintained its ethnic homogeneity, in large measure by...
Carmarthenshire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...smaller metal-using and engineering industries survive. Carmarthenshire is a county of rich Welsh tradition. The name, an Anglicization of the Welsh Caerfyrddin, is derived from the Welsh name of Merlin. Welsh is spoken by 58.0 per cent in the district...

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Sharvan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Sharvan. Anglicization of Searbhán .
sheevra
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology sheevra. Anglicization of síabair .
Tirowen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Tirowen. Anglicization of Tír Eógain .
Uí Néill
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...Red Hand is also the crest of the MacDonnells of Antrim. Despite the common misconception, the name O'Neill is not an anglicization of Uí Néill. Instead, many a family derives from the Uí Néill, including O'Doherty...
urisk
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology urisk. Anglicization of ùruisg .
leprechaun
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ...leprechauns] near Lismore, Co. Waterford, and Poulaluppercadaun [pool of the leprechaun] near Killorglin, Co. Kerry . The anglicization lubrican appeared in 1604. The leprechaun recovered from Irish tradition lacks the high spirits and insouciance of his...
Oriel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Oriel. Anglicization of Airgialla .
Quelgny
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Quelgny. Variant anglicization of Cuailnge ; see TÁIN BÓ CUAILNGE [Cattle Raid of Cooley].
Icolumkill
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Icolumkill. Anglicization of Í Choluim Chille, i.e. Iona .
Keevan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Keevan. Anglicization of Ciabhán .

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Nation building and anglicization in Canada's capital region
Magazine article from: Inroads; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...capital region have failed. In Ottawa, anglicization of the francophone minority is accelerating...independence - still helps to keep anglicization from getting out of control in the...bilingualism has done nothing to halt rampant anglicization of francophones on the Ontario side...
Nation building and anglicization in Canada's capital region.(Bilingual Cities)
Magazine article from: Inroads: A Journal of Opinion; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...independence--still helps to keep anglicization from getting out of control in the...bilingualism has done nothing to halt rampant anglicization of francophones on the Ontario side...side, which would have caused the anglicization of francophones to rise there also...
A litorature of revenance.(Haunted English: The Celtic Fringe, the British Empire, and De-Anglicization)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Fringe, the British Empire, and De-Anglicization. Johns Hopkins University Press...in the essay. The ideology of de-Anglicization theorizes cross-cultural exchange...intertwined losses" produced by Anglicization: a denial of the ambition to be English...
Bishop J.T. McNally and the anglicization of the diocese of Calgary: 1913-1915.
Magazine article from: Historical Studies; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...eliminate the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a major French-speaking influence in Calgary. It was a step in his larger plan of anglicization in the Diocese, part of an even larger vision of ensuring that Catholicism would be an effective force on the prairies...
Bishop J. T. McNally and the Anglicization of the diocese of Calgary: 1913-1915.
Magazine article from: Historical Studies; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...eliminate the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a major French-speaking influence in Calgary. It was a step in his larger plan of anglicization in the Diocese, part of an even larger vision of ensuring that Catholicism would be an effective force on the prairies...
Haunted English; the Celtic fringe, the British Empire, and de-anglicization.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2007; 421 words ; 0801884330 Haunted English; the Celtic fringe, the British Empire, and de-anglicization. O'Connor, Laura. Johns Hopkins U. Press 2006 240 pages $49.95 Hardcover PR8491 O'Connor (English and comparative literature...
Only English by the third generation? Loss and preservation of the mother tongue among the grandchildren of contemporary immigrants
Magazine article from: Demography; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...of contemporary groups suggest that Anglicization is occurring at roughly the same pace...which a three-generation process of Anglicization has, by and large, prevailed. Stated...fragmentary at best. This model of Anglicization was first formulated by the sociolinguists...
Mail.(Letter to the editor)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...colonization of Ireland did not speed up the Anglicization of Ireland. It's preposterous that...nationalist groups blamed the rapid Anglicization of Ireland on centuries of British...native institutions and culture) that Anglicization is a consequence of centuries of British...
"Some kind of gibberish": Irish-speaking children in the National Schools, 1850-1922.
Magazine article from: Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the Board") were mostly Irishmen, but saw their task as anglicization. Their major goal was to transform Irish boys and girls...This, along with decades of educational and other forms of anglicization severely reduced the numbers of monoglot or bilingual Irish...
Before the Melting Pot: Society and Culture in Colonial New York City, 1664-1730.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...Dutch on society and culture." Second, the concept of "Anglicization" is "limited in its explanatory power," because it focuses...productive trades. Her main thesis is that a better concept than Anglicization for explaining New York City's brand of pluralism is the...