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Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed". [8]
Beatrice (/ ˈ b iː (ə) t r ɪ s / BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe]) [1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one". [2] Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.
The phrase engraved onto a CWGC gravestone Use on a First World War gravestone for an unknown Australian lieutenant Use on a Second World War grave marker for a soldier of unknown allegiance Used on a variant headstone for geologically unstable areas Use on a 1900 Second Boer War grave marker of an unknown British soldier, though the plaque is of a later date
Beatriz (Spanish: [be.aˈtɾiθ], Portuguese: [bi.ɐˈtɾiʃ]) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'. [1]
The German word Müller means "miller" (as a profession).It is the most common family surname in Germany, Switzerland, and the French départements of Bas-Rhin and Moselle [1] (with the spelling Müller, Mueller or Muller) and is the fifth most common surname in Austria (see List of most common surnames in Europe).
For his efforts, Von Miller was named first-team All Big-12 at defensive end and was named a first-team All-American by Sporting News and Sports Illustrated. [14] [15] He became the first Aggie to be named a first team All-American since Jason Webster in 1999. [16] Then-Aggies defensive coordinator Joe Kines compared Miller to the late Derrick ...
Miller's work has led him to support many related eye health causes, including the My Glaucoma campaign, which urges people to test their knowledge about the disease — and to get themselves checked.
"Only a soldier's blanket! Make haste and return it to him at once." [4] — Ralph Abercromby, Scottish soldier and politician (28 March 1801). Wounded at the Battle of Alexandria, he asked what had been placed under his head and was told it was "Only a soldier's blanket." [note 1] "Let me die in the old uniform in which I fought my battles for ...