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Eavan Aisling Boland [1] (/ iː ˈ v æ n ˈ æ ʃ l ɪ ŋ ˈ b oʊ l ə n d / ee-VAN ASH-ling BOH-lənd; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University, where she had taught from 1996.
Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John. Similar names that share this origin include Euan , Ivan , Ian , and Juan . "John" itself is derived from the ancient Hebrew name יְהֹוחָנָן (romanised: Yəhôḥānān), meaning " Yahweh is gracious".
He followed the girls back to their house. The next morning at dawn, he went to their house and hid behind a tree and eventually saw the secret origin of flowers. He asked his parents (King and Queen) to marry the girl that sold flowers and told them the secret. The minister summoned the girls' mother and presented the proposal.
Evan Evans (20 May 1731 – 4 August 1788) (bardic name Ieuan Fardd, also known as Ieuan Brydydd Hir) was a Welsh-language poet, clergyman, antiquary and literary critic. [ 1 ] Evans, son of Jenkin Evans, was born at Cynhawdref, in the parish of Lledrod , Cardiganshire .
To the same Flower (second poem) [Sequel to "To the Small Celandine"] 1802, 1 May "Pleasures newly found are sweet" Poems of the Fancy: 1807 Resolution and Independence: 1802, 3 May – 4 July "There was a roaring in the wind all night;" Poems of the Imagination: 1807 I grieved for Buonaparte 1802, 21 May "I Grieved for Buonaparte, with a vain"
Chrysanthemum is a young mouse who loves her unique name, until she is teased about it by her classmates. Her main tormentors are three mice named Jo, Rita and Victoria, who ridicule her for being named after a flower and point out that her name is so long it barely fits on a name tag.
Evin may be one of several unrelated given names: anglicized form of Irish Éimhín, for Saint Evin (6th century). The name is a diminutive of the adjective eimh "swift, active". a variant of Evan, the Welsh form of John. Kurdish ئەڤین means love, and given as girl first name; Syriac ܐܝܒ̣ܢ [citation needed]
Evan Jones was born on 29 December 1927 in Portland, Jamaica.His father, the Hon. Frederick McDonald Jones OBE, was a wealthy planter and Custos of Portland from 1965 until his death in 1971.