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  2. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. "PhD", "CCNA", "OBE").

  3. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -dóttir "daughter (of)" (patronymic suffix (sometimes matronymic) (by law) of not a family name but part of the Icelandic last name where (usually) the father's name is always slightly modified and then dóttir added) [citation needed]-dze "son of" [citation needed]-dzki variant of -ski, -cki [citation needed]

  4. Newspeak - Wikipedia

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    In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitarian superstate.To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, which is a controlled language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary designed to limit a person's ability for critical thinking.

  5. List of commonly used taxonomic affixes - Wikipedia

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    The suffix "-aspis" is used to describe armored fish. Examples: Aspidochelone ... Meaning: short, and the short part of the arm, or upper arm, respectively. Used in ...

  6. List of English suffixes - Wikipedia

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    Search for List of English suffixes in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings. Start the List of English suffixes article , using the Article Wizard if you wish, or add a request for it ; but please remember that Wikipedia is not a dictionary .

  7. What George Orwell got right in '1984' - AOL

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    In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author outlines. There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th ...

  8. List of generic forms in place names in the British Isles

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    cwm in Welsh and cum in Cumbric; borrowed into old English as suffix coombe. dal [5] SG, I meadow, low-lying area by river Dalry, Dalmellington: prefix Cognate with and probably influenced by P Dol: dale [10] OE/ON valley OE, allotment OE Airedale i.e. valley of the River Aire, Rochdale, Weardale, Nidderdale: suffix Cognate with Tal (Ger ...

  9. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    alternative meanings of ambiguous morpheme, e.g. 2/3 for a morpheme that may be either 2nd or 3rd person, or DAT/GEN for a suffix used for both dative and genitive. [ 27 ] [ 6 ] [optional in place of period] a morpheme indicated by or affected by mutation, as in Väter-n (father\ PL-DAT.PL ) "to (our) fathers" (singular form Vater )