Where does the word starina come from and what does it mean?
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Starina is one of the characters Nathan Lane plays in the "Bird" Cage.\nHe plays a gay man named Albert who performs in a drag show as "Starina."
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all the words can be found to come from other languages, the majority of them are originally from Greek!\nBritain, comes from Brutus, the person who founded the new Troy, now known as London!\nScotland, is the Land of Darkness, since the Greeks went there some winter time, more than 5,000 years ago, and since it was dark, they name her so!\nGo, from the Greek verb A go\nsyndicate\ndemocracy\nkiss\nbrake\nstrategy\nand I would need a century or two to proceed!
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The original name is from Greece : Aikaterine\n( Katharos ) and it means "Pure"
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My friend thats my last name i life in Colombia, I have seen it comes from Spain in Burgos... It means something like the one who uses the -translated by computer- crossbows.You know\n------> ballestas the one who was expert in that.
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I actually have no idea! And I'm French. So I've checked in an encyclopedia, and it says that it's still open to debate.\n\nOne of the possible origins of the word would be "serpe volante", which in Latin means "serpent volant" (flying snake), or "sèrp-volante", which means the same in Occitan. It makes sense because the first kites represented snakes or dragons.\n\nIt could also come from "Ercum volanti", "Arcum valante" or "Cercum volante", which in Latin mean "Arc volant" (flying arch). So, what's the link with the deer? Well, the deer was (still is?) wearing a crown (not sure where they saw that)... I'm not sure I really understood what they meant. There was no pictures.
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Many of the entomology's will say it is from late french writing about prostitutes.  But I don;t buy it.\n\nSeveral years ago I was reading an early (1st century) roman text. It had the a word similar to pornia or pornios or in it. ( I can't remember and it wasn't important to what I was doing) I tried to find the word in dictionaries but it wasn't there. It was obvious from the context the word had something to do with pictures. The current Latin dictionaries do not have any words for picture or anything like it. If you go back to roman ruins you can see that they had the most extensive art it the history of the world to that point, and no word for "picture" ? (" pictura" latin for paint is the root of our word picture but Romans had pictures as well and where is that word?) \n\n I stick with a Latin root I am willing to bet no one has done the necessary footwork to document it. Pictures of sex have been around for a couple of thousand years and the Romans didn't miss a beat when it came to anything of perversion or commerce. \n\nThe late 19th century explanation is just plain wrong. The word is much older than that.
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It came from the word "Melita," which the Romans dubbed it. Melita is the Greek word for "honey."
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Domina = mistress, lady   (not God or lord!)\nadjuva = help, support, sustain\n\nThe basic meaning would therefore be..\n~ Help me, lady
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I love all that name... Cause I love them I find some information about that name just for you from me...\n\nTATIANA  \nGender: Feminine \n\nUsage: Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman \n\nOther Scripts: Татьяна (Russian), Татяна (Bulgarian) \n\nPronounced: ta-tee-AN-a, ta-TYAN-a, tah-TYAH-nah (Spanish, Italian)   [key] \n \nFeminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, which was from the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning. Several early saints bore this name. \n\nMARIE  \nGender: Feminine \n\nUsage: French, Czech \n\nPronounced: ma-REE   [key] \n \nFrench and Czech form of Maria (see MARY). A notable bearer of this name was Marie Antoinette, the queen of France who was executed by guillotine during the French Revolution. Another was Marie Curie, a physicist and chemist who studied radioactivity with her husband Pierre. \n\nDEVON  \nGender: Masculine & Feminine \n\nUsage: English \n\nPronounced: DEV-un   [key] \n \nFrom the name of the county in England, which got its name from the Dumnonii, a Celtic tribe. This name can also serve as a variant of DEVIN. \n\nSorry I can't find the meaning of Jaachi, but I hope I can help you with those infos....\n\nTake care and happy choosing...\n\nDee
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The "dog star" refers to Sirius, and is referred to in literature, as well as being a point of reference in navigation.\n\nI don't know the exact quote that you're referring to -- I looked around a bit on Wikipedia, which isn't totally reliable, but it may jog your memory, or give you some good leads.
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yeah the English word for 'maina' is 'Myna' and it has actually came from indian word 'maina'. Its scientific name is Acridotheres Tritis!\nIn India, where the Common Indian Myna originated, it is called the “Farmer’s Friend” because it eats insects that destroy crop plants. The name myna comes from a Hindi word, “maina” meaning a bird of the starling family, Sturnidae, to which mynas belong. Mynas in India are also regarded as symbols of undying love, because they often pair for life and maina is also sometimes used as a term of endearment for young girls. \nCommon Indian Mynas and some other species of myna, particularly Indian Hill Mynas, Gracula religiosa, are accomplished mimics and can learn to talk. For this reason mynas have been taken to many parts of the world as cage birds.\nFor more info:\nhttp://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/myna/problem.html\nA story on Myna bird: http://www.samsloan.com/mynabird.htm\nSome pictures of birds\nhttp://thailandbirding.com/bird-pictures.htm
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Often times, in the past, parents made up names that sounded good to them.\n\nAlso it could have been written down incorrectly.\n\nIf it is correct it might be a mix of Esther (persian for "star") and Sheba (hebrew for "oath")
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It means "native soda", "genes" or "forming"\nIt means same as in greek word too. =)
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A latin phrase! In plain English this means 'To the stars, through difficulties'.
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Middle English whirlen, probably from Old Norse hvirfla.\n\nA direct quote from this:
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O.E. seolfor "silver," from P.Gmc. *silubra- (cf. O.S. silvbar, O.N. silfr, M.Du. silver, Du. zilver, O.H.G. sillabar, Ger. silber, Goth. silubr), from a common Germanic/Balto-Slavic term (cf. O.C.S. sirebo, Rus. serebo, Lith. sidabras "silver"), possibly from a language of Asia Minor. Perhaps from Akkad. sarpu "silver," lit. "refined silver," related to sarapu "to refine, smelt." Chemical abbreviation Ag is from L. argentum "silver," from the PIE root (see argent). The verb, "to cover or plate with silver" is recorded from 1440. Silverware is from 1860. \n\nHope this helps.
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I think that your first name Raynish is just a made up name and has no specific meaning - however you might want to ask your parents how they came up with it. \n\nRobinson simply means son of Robin.