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In Philippine languages, kabayan or kababayan means "fellow Filipino, countryman, or townmate". It is used throughout the Philippines and throughout the various Philippine languages. Literally, ka-means "co-" and bayan means "town". In the narrow sense, kababayan means a fellow from the same town.
The original European meaning of patriots applied to anyone who was a fellow countryman regardless of the socio-economic status. [3] The use of patriotism and nationalism originally shared a similar meaning in the 19th century, but their use and connotation gradually grown apart.
"Friends, Romans": Orson Welles' Broadway production of Caesar (1937), a modern-dress production that evoked comparison to contemporary Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.
The name Nostratic derives from the Latin word nostrās, meaning 'our fellow-countryman' (plural: nostrates) and has been defined, since Pedersen, as consisting of those language families that are related to Indo-European. [8]
The modern Welsh name Cymru is the Welsh name for Wales, while the name for the Welsh people is Cymry.These words (both of which are pronounced ) are descended from the Brythonic word combrogi, meaning "fellow-countrymen" or a "compatriot".
For a Kings team that has to rely almost exclusively on Domantas Sabonis to rebound — which he does at a ridiculously elite level himself — his fellow countryman Valančiūnas makes for a ...
Spanish: mambo, enchilada, rumba, (the Spanish words mambo and rumba are commonly used in Italian with the same meaning). Neapolitan: paisà (in Italian paesano; in English villager or fellow countryman). A number of Italian words are deliberately misspelled ("Giovanno" instead of "Giovanni", and "hello, che se dice" for "hello, what's up?").
"Fellow-citizens! the momentous case is before you. On your undivided support of your government depends the decision of the great question it involves, whether your sacred Union will be preserved, and the blessing it secures to us as one people shall be perpetuated."