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  2. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) [ 1 ] is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known, and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual. [ 2 ]

  3. Wikipedia:About - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have. Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia consists of freely editable content, with articles that often contain numerous links guiding readers to more ...

  4. Category:Given names - Wikipedia

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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Given names. For convenience, all given names should be included in this category. This includes all given names that can also be found in the subcategories. See also the categories Names by country and Surnames. Given names which have been used by individuals (historical and fictitious).

  5. Given name - Wikipedia

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    The term given name refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A Christian name is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. [1] In more formal situations, a person's surname ...

  6. History of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia, a free-content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers known as Wikipedians, began with its first edit on 15 January 2001, two days after the domain was registered. [ 2 ] It grew out of Nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations.

  7. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    The spider features metallic blue legs and a blue-green carapace, which give it its name. They are very active and fast-growing animals that are particularly attractive to hobbyists. This mounted greenbottle blue tarantula female is part of the collection of the Muséum de Toulouse in France.

  8. United States - Wikipedia

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    The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.

  9. Birth name - Wikipedia

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    Birth name. A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. [1]