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Darragh Darragh
Darragh ♂ (Irish) and Scottish: popularly associated with the Scottish Gaelic vocabulary word darach ‘oak’ (Irish dair, genitive darach). As an Irish name it also functions as an Anglicized form of Dáire. It is one of the Celtic names that is now spreading into more... Read more
Henry Luttrell Henry Luttrell
Luttrell, Henry (c.1655–1717), initially a leading supporter, with his brother Simon, of Sarsfield and the Jacobite militants in the Williamite War, but arrested after Aughrim for corresponding secretly with the enemy. Following the treaty of Limerick, he brought his regiment into the... Read more
David Russell Lange David Russell Lange
David Russell Lange , 1942-2005, New Zealand politician. After receiving his law degree (LL.M., 1970) he fought for the rights of the underprivileged in Auckland, and was elected to the House of Representatives as a Labor party member in 1977. He became deputy leader of the party in 1979 and leader... Read more
coitus coitus
coitus is the technical term for sexual conjunction or copulation. It is derived from the Latin ‘co’, meaning together, and ‘ire’, a verb form meaning to come or to go. Tracing the etymology of the term, the Oxford English Dictionary indicates that during the sixteenth... Read more
Cathal mac Finguine Cathal mac Finguine
Cathal mac Finguine (d. 742), of the Eóganacht Glennamnach, king of Cashel from 721, was notable for his challenge to the supremacy of the Uí Néill kings. By attacking Leinster and raiding Brega (Co. Meath, north Co. Dublin, and part of Co. Louth) at intervals, he hoped to curb the... Read more
Tim McGraw Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw Singer Began Singing in the Mid-1980s Offended Native Americans with Song Broadened Musical Interests Continued Success Selected discography Sources As the lyrics from one of country artist Tim McGraw’s number one number one singles says, “I like it, I love it, I want some... Read more
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Guercino Guercino
Guercino , 1591-1666, Italian painter whose original name was Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, b. near Bologna. He studied with Ludovico Carracci. Between 1621 and 1623 he was in Rome, where he painted the ceiling frescos of the Casino Ludovisi and his superb Burial of St. Petronilla (Capitoline Mus.,... Read more
Jotunheimen Jotunheimen
Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway Jotunfjell Named in 1822 as the ‘Giant's Mountains’, they were renamed at the beginning of the 20th century ‘Giant's Home’.... Read more
Henry Mountains Henry Mountains
Henry Mountains, Utah/USA Named after Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, at the time when the Colorado River was being explored in 1869 and 1871.... Read more

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