Sunday, June 17, 2007

JOHANN , JÁNOS , and Mao Mei

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O'Sullivan Family Motto:
What we gain by conquest we secure by clemency.
 
Miller (Mueller) Family Motto:
Virtute ingenioque valemus.
 
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virtue and intelligence are our strength

virtute
= virtue
ingenioque = and intelligence (que is 'and' - latin often puts 'and' at the end of a word)
valemus = is a verb, and literally means 'we are strong'
a more literal translation would be: We are strong in virtue and intelligence.
 
 
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Freedom in Russian: 
    Свобода  (Svoboda)
Liberty in Russian:  
    Свобода  (Svoboda)
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冒昧   - take the liberty of / venture to / presume - Mao Mei
 
Trad. Simp. Pinyin English
mèi conceal; dark
 
 
冒1 【字譜】 【聖經57】 【L】 【LS】 【300Y】 brave/bold/to cover 不揣冒昧 venture to /
presume to/
take the liberty of (doing x)
 
冒犯者offender 冒煙smoking 冒險take a ...
 
Trad. Simp. Pinyin English
mào brave; bold; to cover
冒犯 mào fàn offend; affront
冒犯者 mào fàn zhě offender
冒號 冒号 mào hào colon (punctuation)
冒進 冒进 mào jìn (v) go forward prematurely
冒牌 mào pái (adj) fake; imitation
冒牌貨 冒牌货 mào pái huò (n) impostor; fake
冒險 冒险 mào xiǎn take a risk
冒煙 冒烟 mào yān smoking
 
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JÁNOS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: YAH-nosh   [key]
Hungarian form of JOHN
 
 
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JOHANN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: German
Pronounced: YO-hahn   [key]
German form of Johannes (see JOHN). A notable bearer was Johann Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press in the 15th century. Other famous bearers include German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Austrian composers Johann Strauss and his son Johann Strauss Junior, and German novelist and poet Johann Goethe.
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SEÁN
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish
Pronounced: SHAWN   [key]
Irish form of JOHN
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What is "Low German"?
 
 

1 comment:

cat said...

HI I love the name Saoradh. Is this your real name and does it mean freedom or liberation as it would in the Irish (Gaelic) language?

Sorry don't know anything about American politics!
From Catherine Dublin Ireland