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Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch , the Antonii gens were Heracleidae , being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles . [ 2 ]
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Tony is an English masculine given name that occurs as a diminutive form of Anthony [3] or Antonio in many countries. [4] As a diminutive form of Antonia [3] or Antonietta, it is found in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, and Sweden. [4]
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This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
On his way from the hospital to a jail cell, he attempted to play a game when he challenged an officer to the spelling bee and spelled out the word “Britain,” according to the police report.
Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin Antonius meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin.. The name is used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Chad, Central African ...
Could Anthony Davis finally have the mindset that everyone has always wanted him to have? The Lakers are counting on it.