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  2. Bayonne - Wikipedia

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    While the modern Basque spelling is Baiona and the same in Gascon Occitan, [11] [12] "the name Bayonne poses a number of problems both historical and linguistic which have still not been clarified". [13] There are different interpretations of its meaning. The termination -onne in Bayonne can come from many in hydronyms -onne or toponyms derived ...

  3. Bayon - Wikipedia

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    The name of Bayon was given by Etienne Aymonier in 1880. According to his report, Bayon was the Latin transliteration of what he had seen written in Khmer as "Bayânt" which he presumed must have been a corrupted form of the Pali Vejayant or Sanskrit Vaijayant , the name of the celestial palace of Indra of which the Bayon was presumed to be the ...

  4. Bayonet - Wikipedia

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    British infantryman in 1941 with a Pattern 1907 bayonet affixed to his rifle. A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.

  5. Bayonne, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    According to Royden Page Whitcomb's 1904 book, First History of Bayonne, New Jersey, the name Bayonne is speculated to have originated with Bayonne, France, from which Huguenots settled for a year before the founding of New Amsterdam. [34] However, there is no empirical evidence for this notion.

  6. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The English name comes from a Portuguese transcription (Benin) of a local corruption (Bini) of the Itsekiri form (Ubinu) of the Yoruba Ile-Ibinu ("Home of Vexation"), a name bestowed on the Edo capital by the irate Ife oba Oranyan in the 12th century. [citation needed] An alternate theory derives Bini from the Arabic bani (بني, "sons" or ...

  7. Bayonne ham - Wikipedia

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    Bayonne ham Seal (a lauburu) on every Bayonne ham Hams aging in an atmospherically controlled storage room in Mazerolles, Béarn. Bayonne ham or jambon de Bayonne is a cured ham that takes its name from the ancient port city of Bayonne in the far southwest of France, a city located in both the cultural regions of Basque Country and Gascony.

  8. Richardson (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Richardson is an English surname most commonly found in North East England. [2] The prefix Richard is a given name popularised during the Middle English period [ 3 ] [ 4 ] derived from the Germanic ric ("power") and hard ("brave"/"hardy").

  9. Byron (name) - Wikipedia

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    Byron (/ ˈ b aɪ r ə n /) [1] [2] is an English toponymic surname that is derived from Byram, North Yorkshire. [3] Its use as a given name derives from the surname. Surname