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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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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...
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‐...
SCOTTICISM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...has served to indicate a usage to be avoided for reasons of refinement at home and ease of communication abroad. As the Anglicization of Scots proceeded after the Union of the Crowns in 1603, Scottish writers began apologizing for, vindicating, or seeking...
martial arts
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...chess in which the armies of two kingdoms seek to kill each other until ‘checkmate’, — an Anglicization of the Arabic sheikh mat (‘the sheik is dead’). As in war, success in sports requires strategy...
Winwar, Frances
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...x2013;85), born in Sicily, brought to the U.S. (1907), later naturalized, she adopted as a pseudonym the Anglicization of her Italian name, Vinciguerra, and under it wrote romantic novels, including Gallows Hill (1937), about the Salem...
Geraldine League
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...full constitutional rights, and to be granted peerages as appropriate. It would have been an important step towards the Anglicization of Ireland, introducing English law and language. St Leger's scheme made some headway and he even succeeded in raising...
Dublin, archiepiscopal diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...of Kells-Mellifont (1152), with five dioceses in the south-east of Ireland. Its link with Canterbury was broken. Anglicization came earliest to Dublin and took root there more deeply than elsewhere, so that all five sees of the Dublin province usually...
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‐...
Caddo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...than a dozen, including the Adai, Natchitoches, Kadohadacho, Hasinai, Hainai, and Eyeish. The name "Caddo" is an Anglicization of the French corruption of "Kadohadacho," the name of one of the subgroups. Each subgroup spoke a dialect of the Caddo...
Bengali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...the nation of Bangladesh in 1971. The native ethnic term for themselves is Bangli — of which "Bengali" is an anglicization. However, Bengalis who are citizens of Bangladesh will also most readily call themselves Bangladeshi. Location. Lying...

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renegade
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology renegade apostate XVI; deserter of a cause, etc. XVII. Anglicization of renegado (much used XVI–XVIII) — Sp. — medL. renegātus , sb. use of pp. of renegāre ; see next and -ADE , -ADO .
astir
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology astir stirring, up and about. XIX. Anglicization of Sc. asteer , f. ON , A-1+ Sc. form of STIR .
tidings
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology tidings (pl.; formerly also sg.) piece of news. Late OE. tīdung , prob., with assim. to -ING1 , anglicization of ON. tíóendi , -indi events, news, f. tíór adj. happening, occurring.
Kemoc
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Kemoc. Anglicization of Mo Cháemóc .
lough
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology lough. Standard anglicization of the Irish loch used in place-names for lake or arm of the sea. See also LOCH ; LLYN .
ollav
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology ollav, ollave . Phonetic anglicizations of ollam .
Dara
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Dara. Anglicization of Dáire .
Aidan
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Aidan. Common anglicization of Áedán .
Crageevil
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Crageevil, Craglee . Anglicizations of Craig Liath , the fairy residence of Aíbell .
Dermit
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Dermit, Dermot . Anglicizations of Diarmait .

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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...
The Chief Governors: The Rise and Fall of Reform Government in Tudor Ireland, 1536-1588.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...marked by the development of detailed programs for profitable Anglicization began not with Sidney, but with Sussex. Second, Brady...administration into Gaelic regions to promote order and Anglicization instead led to new problems. First, attempts to establish...
Angst over Anglicizing. (reforming the German language)
Magazine article from: Europe; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...a "grotesque manner." The object of its complaint are Anglicizations such as CityCall, HolidayPlus-Tarif, GlobalCall, and...In response, Deutsche Telecom says that the use of Anglicizations is a feature that is apparent in all countries - it is rather...