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  2. Dragon Ball (manga) - Wikipedia

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    Character names are almost always puns sharing a theme with characters related to them, most commonly food. For example, all Saiyans are named after vegetables, saiya (サイヤ) being an anagram of the syllables for yasai (野菜) which means vegetable; such as Kakarrot (カカロット, Kakarotto) taken from carrot (キャロット, kyarotto ...

  3. List of countries named after people - Wikipedia

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    Country Source of name Afghanistan: Supposedly named after tribal chief Prince Afghana. [2] Armenia (Hayastan) Hayk: Bangladesh: from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah [3] [4] [5] Belarus: Rus: Cambodia: Sage Kambu Swayambhuva: Czech Republic: Čech: Denmark: Dan I of Denmark ...

  4. List of Dragon Ball characters - Wikipedia

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    A selection of Dragon Ball ' s extensive cast of characters at the conclusion of the manga. Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, Dr. Slump.

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  6. List of Texas county seat name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Named San Angela by founder Bartholomew DeWitt after an unknown woman named Angela, possibly a nun sister-in-law or a wife Carolina Angela. Emended to San Angelo after the postal service complained of the ungrammatical construction. San Antonio: Bexar: Named for the San Antonio River, discovered on the Catholic Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua ...

  7. Gohan - Wikipedia

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    Gohan's name comes from the Japanese word "gohan" (ご飯, lit. "cooked rice" or "meal of any sort"), a continuation of the naming scheme of foods by Toriyama.Rice, being a grain, is not normally considered to be a vegetable, even though it is a common food.

  8. List of places in the United States named after people ...

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    Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President; Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner) [156] Cooper River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury [156] Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper

  9. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Mexia, Texas (Named after General José Antonio Mexía, a Mexican hero for the Republic of Texas Army during the Texas Revolution) Mexico, Missouri (Named after Mexico) Miramar, Florida (named after a town in Granma Province, Cuba, it means "sea view" or "sea-sight".