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  2. Bengali name - Wikipedia

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    Many people in Bangladesh and West Bengal have two given names: a "good name" ( Bengali: ভালো নাম, romanized : bhalo nam ), which is used on all legal documents, and a "call name" or "nickname" ( Bengali: ডাক নাম, romanized : dak nam ), which is used by family members and close friends. The two names may or may not be ...

  3. Jack (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jack is a given name, a diminutive of John or Jackson; alternatively, it may be derived from Jacques, the French form of James or Jacob. [ 2] Since the late 20th century, Jack has become one of the most common names for boys in many English-speaking countries. Jack is also used to a lesser extent as a female given name, often as a shortened ...

  4. Jackfruit - Wikipedia

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    The common English name "jackfruit" was used by physician and naturalist Garcia de Orta in his 1563 book Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India. [18] [19] Centuries later, botanist Ralph Randles Stewart suggested it was named after William Jack (1795–1822), a Scottish botanist who worked for the East India Company in Bengal, Sumatra, and ...

  5. List of pen names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...

  6. Jacqueline (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Jacqueline is a given name, the French feminine form of Jacques, also commonly used in the English-speaking world. Older forms and variant spellings were sometimes given to men. Older forms and variant spellings were sometimes given to men.

  7. List of Bangladeshi spices - Wikipedia

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    Many of the spices are native to the region of Bangladesh, while the others were imported from similar climates and have since been cultivated locally for centuries. [1] Spices are typically heated in a pan with ghee or cooking oil before being added to a dish. Lighter spices are added last, and spices with strong flavor should be added first.

  8. Amar Sonar Bangla - Wikipedia

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    Etymology. The word amar is a possession meaning "my" or "mine" and the word sonar is the adjectival form of the root word sona, meaning "gold". sonar literally means "made of gold" or "golden", but it is used as a term of endearment meaning "beloved", but in the song the words Sonar Bangla may be interpreted to express the preciousness of Bengal .

  9. Jacob (name) - Wikipedia

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    Jacob is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. The English form is derived from the Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰάκωβος ( Iakobos ), ultimately from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב ‎ ( Yaʿaqōḇ ), the name of Jacob, biblical patriarch of the Israelites, and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. The name comes either from ...