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Auto-da-fé a judicial 'act' or sentence of the Inquisition from auto da fé (= "act/sentence of faith") [9] Ayah Anglo-Indian native nurse, children's governess from Port. aia, originally from Latin avia (grandmother). Etymogically related to English "uncle" [10] Banana from Portuguese, of African origin; akin to Wolof banäna banana [11] Banyan
Saint Dominic anachronistically presiding over an auto de fe, by Pedro Berruguete (around 1495) [1]. An auto-da-fé (/ ˌ ɔː t oʊ d ə ˈ f eɪ, ˌ aʊ t-/ AW-toh-də-FAY, OW-; from Portuguese auto da fé) or Spanish: auto de fe ([ˈawto ðe ˈfe]) meaning 'act of faith'; was the ritual of public penance, carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries, of condemned heretics and apostates ...
An auto-da-fé (or auto da fé or auto de fe) is a Roman Catholic church ritual which became associated with the Spanish Inquisition. Auto-da-fé may also refer to: Auto Da Fe, rock climbing route at Mount Arapiles in Victoria, Australia
Dakota, Chiwere via French: ayúxba/ayuxwe via Aiouez: Via French Aiouez, and named after the Iowa tribe. This demonym has no further known etymology, [38] [39] though some give it the meaning 'sleepy ones'. [40] Kansas: May 12, 1832: Kansa via French: kką:ze via Cansez [41] Named after the Kansas River, [42] [43] which in turn was named after ...
Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 3rd edn. 5 vols. Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 1977 (1st edn. 1952). Antonio Geraldo da Cunha. Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, 4th edn. Revised by Cláudio Mello Sobrinho. Rio de Janeiro: FAPERJ/Lexikon, 2010 (1st edn. 1982). Russian. Vladimir Orel.
The Ponte Vecchio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈponte ˈvɛkkjo]; [1] "Old Bridge") [2] is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno, in Florence, Italy.The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during World War II, it is noted for the shops built along it; building shops on such bridges was once a common practice.
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The English word "vampire" was borrowed (perhaps via French vampire) from German Vampir, in turn derived from Serbo-Croatian vampir, continuing Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, [12] [13] although Polish scholar K. Stachowski has argued that the origin of the word is early Slavic *vąpěrь, going back to Turkic oobyr. [14]