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The Isis. Coordinates: 51.7429°N 1.2497°W. Punting on the Isis at Oxford. Map of Oxford c. 1900, with the river labelled as "River Thames or Isis". Rowing on the Isis opposite the Oxford college boathouses. " The Isis " (/ ˈaɪsɪs / EYE-siss) is an alternative name for the River Thames, used from its source in the Cotswolds until it is ...
The River Thames (/ tɛmz / ⓘ TEMZ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At 215 miles (346 km), it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the River Severn. The river rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire and ...
The OE name of Bexhill-on-Sea was Bexelei, a glade where box grew. [14] blen, blaen C, W fell, hill, upland Blencathra, Blencogo, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Blantyre: bost [10] ON farm Leurbost: suffix cf. ster, (bol)staðr; this form is usually found in the Outer Hebrides. Related to Swedish 'bol' as in Bäckebol and Brandsbol, as well the direct ...
Version 0.3 of Linux distribution elementary OS, originally to be called Isis, was renamed Freya. [1] ( Freya is a Norse goddess.). A mobile banking app previously known as ISIS changed its name to Softcard in 2014, stating "We have no desire to share a name with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and our hearts go out to those affected by this violence".
Given name. Isis Anchalee (b. 1993), creator of the #ilooklikeanengineer gender equality campaign. Isis Casalduc (b. 1981), Puerto Rican beauty pageant titleholder and model. Isis Finlay (1934–2007), 1954 Miss Cuba. Isis Gaston (b. 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice. Isis Gomes (b. 1985), Brazilian model.
Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. Most twenty-first century historians think that it was originally a settlement established shortly after the Claudian invasion of Britain, on the current site of the City of London around 47–50 AD, [4] [5] [3] but some defend an older view that the city originated in a defensive ...
Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott, [1] Eliott[2] and Elyot[3]) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males, females have increasingly been given the name as well in the United States. [4][5][better source needed][6] The main difference is the ...
The name Isidoros, meaning "gift of Isis" in Greek, [292] survived in Christianity despite its pagan origins, giving rise to the English name Isidore and its variants. [293] In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, "Isis" itself became a popular feminine given name. [294] Isis continues to appear in modern esoteric and pagan ...