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Alois (Latinized Aloysius) is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs ( French ), Aloys ( German ), Alois ( Czech ), Alojz ( Slovak , Slovenian , Croatian ), Alojzy ( Polish ), Aloísio ( Portuguese , Spanish , Italian ), Alajos ( Hungarian ), and Aloyzas ( Lithuanian ).
It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s.
Aloysius is a male given name. Aloysius may also refer to: Aloysius (song), song by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins; Aloysius (teddy bear), the Lord Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945; Bobby Aloysius (born 1974), Indian athlete
Aloysius de Gonzaga as a boy. Gonzaga was born the eldest of eight children, at his family's castle in Castiglione delle Stiviere, between Brescia and Mantua in northern Italy in what was then part of the Duchy of Mantua, into a cadet branch of the illustrious House of Gonzaga. "Aloysius" is the Latin form of his given name in Italian, "Luigi". [1]
He rewrote the famous Blue Bird play in Hindi under the name Neel Panchhi. Bulcke was often invited to give conferences on Tulsidas and his devotional Rama -songs, which he did with much enthusiasm. He brought people in touch with the profound values of their own spiritual traditions, and, according to him, Tulsidas was also an excellent ...
from charpoy चारपाई,چارپائی Teen payi (तीन पाय) in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "three legged" or "coffee table". [26] Thug from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ Thag in Hindi-Urdu, meaning "thief or con man". [27] Tickety-boo possibly from Hindi ठीक है, बाबू (ṭhīk hai, bābū), meaning "it's all right, sir". [28]
Robert, name with a similar meaning Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article " Louis ". Louis is the French form of the Old Frankish given name Chlodowig and one of two English forms, [ 1 ] the other being Lewis ( / ˈ l uː ɪ s / ).
Aloisio or Aloísio is a Romance masculine given name, arising via an Old Occitan form Aloys from Louis. Aloisio da Milano, also known as Aloisio da Carezano, Aleviz Milanets and Aleviz Fryazin, 15th/16th century Italian architect; Aloisio the New, 16th century Italian Renaissance architect; Aloísio Pires Alves (born 1963), Brazilian ...