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Thandiwe is a given name of Nguni origin which means "beloved". [1] [2] Notable people with the name include: Thandiwe Banda (born 1971/1972), Zambian political science teacher; First Lady of Zambia; Thandiwe Mweetwa (born 1988), Zambian wildlife biologist and educator; Thandiwe Newton (born 1972), English actress
Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (/ ˈ t æ n d iː w eɪ / TAN-dee-way; [1] born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton (/ ˈ t æ n d i / TAN-dee), is a British actress. She has received various awards , including a Primetime Emmy Award , and a BAFTA Award , as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards .
The other people mentioned are the priests of the temple of Apollo and thus manumission inscriptions constitute an excellent source for tracing the succession lists of the priesthood of Delphi. A careful examination of the names and place of origin of those who liberated their slaves proves that the "trend" of liberating slaves in Delphi came ...
Thandiwe Newton is reclaiming her name. The 48-year-old actress covers the May issue of British Vogue, and reveals that the long-credited spelling of her name as "Thandie" is incorrect.The ...
Taking it back. Thandiwe Newton, who has gone by Thandie Newton for nearly 30 years, just revealed her stage name was created by a misspelling in 1991. While starring in Flirting alongside Nicole ...
For example, names embedding Apollo, such as Apollonios or Apollodorus, existed in Greek antiquity. [3] Theophoric personal names, containing the name of a god in whose care the individual is entrusted (or a generic word for god), were also exceedingly common in the ancient Near East and Mesopotamia.
A non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. [12] The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where some of the oldest oracular shrines originated.
The Greek name Φοίβη Phoíbē is the feminine form of Φοῖβος Phoîbos meaning "pure, bright, radiant", an epithet given to Apollo as a sun-god. [2] [3] [4] Phoebe was also an epithet of Artemis as a moon-goddess.