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Obelisks were prominent in the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, and played a vital role in their religion placing them in pairs at the entrance of the temples.The word "obelisk" as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveler, was one of the first classical writers to describe the objects.
Obelisk (biology), a class of viroid-like elements; Obelisk (hieroglyph), an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph; Obelisk (typography) or dagger (†), a typographical symbol; Obelisk posture, a position that some dragonflies and damselflies assume to avoid overheating; Obelisk (Prague Castle), a monolith and World War I monument in Prague, Czech Republic
This is a sublist of List of irregularly spelled English names.. These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent.
The Obelisk of Montecitorio (Italian: Obelisco di Montecitorio), also known as Solare, is an ancient Egyptian, red granite obelisk of Psamtik II (595–589 BC) from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome with the Flaminio Obelisk in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus to be used as the gnomon of the Solarium Augusti, it is now in the Piazza Montecitorio ...
Finedon Obelisk. The Finedon Obelisk is a monument erected in 1789 to record the blessings of the year by Sir John English Dolben, the fourth and last of the Dolben baronets and lord of the manor of Finedon. The blessings are thought to include the return to sanity of George III. The 23 April 1789 was appointed a day of thanksgiving to ...
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...
"People pronounce my name many different ways. Let #KidsForKamala show you how it’s done," she wrote in the original tweet, from May 2016. It's just a short video, ...