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Winston, a Peter Tinniswood character; Winston, the janitor's cat in The Bash Street Kids; Winston, a track inspection vehicle in Thomas & Friends; Winston, a character in Unicorn: Warriors Eternal; Winston Bishop, a character in New Girl; Winston Chu (Degrassi character) in Degrassi: The Next Generation; Winston Frost, Emma Frost's father in ...
Although named after Winston Churchill, the letter "W" was used to name all police horses in 1944. [2] As a police horse, Winston often was present on duty at public events such as the Changing of the Guard before he was selected for Royal duties. In 1947, Winston carried King George VI during the first Trooping of the Colour to take place ...
Sir Winston was sired by Awesome Again, who won the Queen's Plate and Breeders' Cup Classic during his racing career. His leading runners include Ghostzapper, Oxbow, Game On Dude, Ginger Punch, and Paynter. [2] Sir Winston's dam, La Gran Bailadora, is a stakes-winning daughter of Afleet Alex, who won the Preakness and Belmont in 2005. [3]
Winston (cigarette) Winston (band), a Canadian indie pop band; Winston (horse) a horse ridden by Queen Elizabeth II; Winston Cup, the name of a NASCAR racing series between 1972 and 2003; The Winston, now known as the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race; Winston 500 (disambiguation), referring to two different NASCAR Sprint Cup races
Winnie or Winny (/ ˈ w ɪ n iː / WIN-ee) is both a male and a female given name of Welsh origin, a short form of Edwina, Winona, Winifred or Winnifred, Winter, Gwendolyn, Guinevere (Welsh), Gwyneth (Welsh), and Wynne (Welsh). The name's meaning is: fair one, white and smooth, soft, happiness, or fair and pure.
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Also reference Alexander MacBain, M.A., LL.D "Etymology of the Principal Gaelic national names, personal names, surnames : to which is added a disquisition on Ptolemy's Geography of Scotland" [11] The name is translated from Old Irish to mean in English Son of the Horse Lord. The original spelling of the name in Old Irish is Ectigern.
The surnames MacEachen, McEachen, MacEachin, and McEachin are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic MacEachainn, which means "son of Eachann". [1] The Scottish Gaelic given name Eachann is composed of two elements. The first element is each, meaning "horse". The second element is donn, which has been given two