Where did the name Lindeneau come from?
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sorry don't know\nthank you
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it comes from the name Rebecca....
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The correct way........Ill i noy..........The "S" is silent.\n\nIllinois (pronounced "ill-i-NOY")\n\nIts name was given by the state's French explorers after the indigenous Illiniwek people, a consortium of Algonquian tribes that thrived in the area. The word Illiniwek means simply the "men," i.e. "people."
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Our word comes from:\nMiddle English - knif\nOld English - cnf\nOld Norse - knfr\n\nWhilst the French now use the word 'couteau', not long ago the word 'canife' was more common. Not surprising perhaps when the part of modern France called Normandie was the place of the North-men (Norse).
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The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygiene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington who in 1596 invented an indoor water closet for Queen Elizabeth I.
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Apparently the origin is unknown although there is a possible French connection
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it actually originated from french language
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Vikings settled in Labrador but they were not a nation. Canada first appears on Portugese maps, the name Canada comes from the portugese Ca Nada meaning nothing there\n English settled most of Canada except Quebec and Nova Scotia which were French settlements. Brits took over control of French Areas after victory in the French and Indian War in the mid 18th century. Some Russsians fur trappers had settlements on the west coast
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The fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys; plural fleurs-de-lis or -lys; an archaic spelling is fleur-de-luce) is used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy (see King of France). The fleur-de-lis remains an unofficial symbol of France (along with the Bees and the napoleonic eagle), but has not been used as an official symbol by the various French republics.\n\nIt is also used by Various Scout organizations, worldwide as part of their logo.\n\nThe variant fleur-de-luce has been interpreted as meaning "flower of light" since lux (oblique stem luc-) is Latin for "light".\n\nOrigins\nThe name translates into English as "lily flower", and the symbol is in fact a stylized Iris Pseudacorus l.. It was adopted by King Philip I of France in the 11th century. His grandson Louis VII was the first to adopt the Azure semé-de-lys Or (a blue shield with a tight pattern of small golden fleur-de-lis) as his badge, and this came to be so closely associated with his country that it is now known as "France Ancient". Three gold flowers on a blue background ("France Modern") dates to 1376 and Charles V of France.\n\nThe fleur-de-lis' origins with French monarchs stems from the baptismal lily used in the crowning of King Clovis I. To further enhance its mystique, a legend eventually sprang up that a vial of oil descended from heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis as King. The thus "anointed" Kings of France later maintained that their authority was directly from God, without the mediation of either the Emperor or the Pope. Other legends claim that even the lily itself appeared at the baptismal ceremony as a gift of blessing in an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church later endorsed the legend by associating Mary with the symbol. There are many legends, for instance that Clovis saw an angel.\n\nThe oldest legend tells that the lily sprung from the tears shed by Eve (Adam and Eve) as she left the Garden of Eden. (just as that unrelated flower, the lily of the valley, was said to have grown from the tears of the Virgin at the foot of the Cross). From early records (it was the flower of Hera, the Greek moon goddess) it has been the symbol of purity and was accordingly readily adopted by the Church to associate the Virgin Mary's sanctity with events of special significance. Some historians of heraldry have claimed that the fleur-de-lis actually originated as a stylized bee, or a stylized frog. Other explanations include the shape having been developed from the image of a dove descending, which is the symbol of the Holy Ghost.\n\nIt is not rare, until the end of the 12th century, to see Christ represented amidst more or less stylised lilies or fleurons, whose design also recall the Trinity of the Chrismon (Tree) (Christ's monogram).Then, slowly, on this Christic content is added a Marial symbolic, linked to the development of the Cult of Mary, and to which the next verse of the Song of Solomon is related (2:2): "sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter lilias" ("as the lily [stands out] among the thorns, thus my love [stands out] among the lilies"), as well as many parts of the Scriptures and the Fathers of the Church, where the lily is presented as symbol of purity, virginity and chastity. In iconography, the fleur-de-lis becomes the favorite attribute in the Assumption of Mary, the Black Madonna.\n\nSo contrary to popular belief, the fleur-de-lis did not originate in France. Its traces origins back to Ancient Egypt (or earlier) and the sacred lotus symbol for plant meaning Tree of Life explained. Here it is room for speculations about Moses ("son of Egypt") and his Egyptian cultural heritage in the writing of the book of Genesis). In ancient Egypt and in India (as in Christianity etc) the fleur-de-lis was used as symbol meaning life and resurrection. In Egypt it was also the attribute of th
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Dando:English (Norman) habitation name, with fused preposition "de", from Aunou in Orne, Normandy, which gets it's name from Old French aunaie meaning alder grove.\n\nso it wouldv'e been D'aunou, then it got anglicised.
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Teusa is a nick name for Teusajaure.. I believe that's in Sweaden.  Maybe that's where it came from
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Name  ,   Meaning       ,     Origin \nShelby ,   Willow Farm,  Old English
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I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOUISIANA ANS I DON'T EVER RECALL HEARING OF LAFAYETTE PARISH,  IT IS A CITY MY DAD LIVES IN!  are you sure you don't mean Lofouche parish? 'cause that in down the bayou near terrebone parish by Houma
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kaylyn\n\nkayley is a morphed irish name..  caol meaning slender.\nlyn is also from the welsh llyn, which means lake.\n\nthe book i'm looking at doesn't really say much about the italian version of your name, so i'm going to have some fun here!\n\ncara-beloved, dear (from carus)\nlina-bringer of good news (a short form of evangelina)\n\nso maybe...  Caralina?
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It means rival.  It's root is Emil.
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It is the corruption of Aleut word meaning “great land” or “that which the sea breaks against”.  \n\nHere is the origin of all state names:\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html
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When the French, Swiss, and French Canadian families named LEVEQUE arrived in America and/or in England, many anglicized the spelling to LaVake, La Vake, and Lavake, since English-speaking peoples would often have trouble pronouncing the Veque as "Vake" (Vay-k). They just simplified the spelling so it would be easy to pronounce in school or at work.