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Ordinal numbers may be written in English with numerals and letter suffixes: 1st, 2nd or 2d, 3rd or 3d, 4th, 11th, 21st, 101st, 477th, etc., with the suffix acting as an ordinal indicator. Written dates often omit the suffix, although it is nevertheless pronounced. For example: 5 November 1605 (pronounced "the fifth of November ...
In India, the 11th Grade is the first year of higher secondary education and is often considered the third year of high school (Higher/Senior Secondary School or Senior High School). It is commonly known as "Class 11" or "Plus 1" (derived from "10+1") and, in some states, as the first year of Junior College (Intermediate or Pre-University Course).
"Eleven" derives from the Old English ęndleofon, which is first attested in Bede's late 9th-century Ecclesiastical History of the English People. [2] [3] It has cognates in every Germanic language (for example, German elf), whose Proto-Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as *ainalifa-, [4] from the prefix *aina-(adjectival "one") and suffix *-lifa-, of uncertain meaning. [3]
In music theory, an eleventh is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a fourth.. A perfect eleventh spans 17 and the augmented eleventh 18 semitones, or 10 steps in a diatonic scale.
The lead section should summarise with due weight the life and works of the person. When writing about controversies in the lead section of a biography, relevant material should neither be suppressed nor allowed to overwhelm: always pay scrupulous attention to reliable sources, and make sure the lead correctly reflects the entirety of the article.
1941 – Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China; 1941 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2015) 1941 – Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988) 1941 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
Mid-11th century – Sponsus; After c. 1040 – Le Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland), original version, perhaps by Turold; c. 1049 – Chronicle of Nantes (Chronicon Namnetense) concludes; c. 1054–76 – Cançó de Santa Fe by an anonymous clerk in a Catalan dialect of Old Occitan; After 1056 – Liber precum variarum by John of Fécamp
1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876) 1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876) 1960 – Richard Cromwell, American actor (b. 1910) [38] 1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887) 1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)