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The Welsh translation of lord mayor is Arglwydd Faer. The Irish translation of lord mayor is Ard-Mhéara, which means "chief mayor". The Malay translation of lord mayor is Datuk bandar, which means "city chief". In the Ethiopian Empire, the Mayor of Addis Ababa was known as Lord Mayor .
The term Don (Spanish:, literally 'Lord') [a] abbreviated as D., is an honorific prefix primarily used in Spain and Hispanic America, and with different connotations also in Italy, Portugal and its former colonies, and formerly in the Philippines.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin is still styled the Right Honourable, as previous lord mayors of Dublin were ex-officio members of the former Irish Privy Council until its abolition in 1922. References [ edit ]
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign [1] and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.
Portrait of a Spanish nobleman, The 5th Duke of Alburquerque, Grandee of Spain, at the height of the Spanish Empire, 1560 The Spanish nobility are people who possess a title of nobility confirmed by the Spanish Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, as well as those individuals appointed to one of Spain's three highest orders of knighthood: the Order of the Golden ...
The number of lord mayors or provosts in the United Kingdom entitled to the prefix now stands at six: in 1956 the dignity was allowed to the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, when the city was declared capital of Wales. [22] The Lord Mayor of Bristol continues to use the prefix without official sanction. [46]
Mayors have the title of His/Her Worship whilst holding the position. In councils where councillors are elected representing political parties, the mayor is normally the leader of the party receiving the most seats on council. In Queensland, the lord mayor and mayors are elected by popular vote at the general council election.
An interesting etymological conundrum, an origin of the large family of honorific based on gospodь, is reflected by number of theories surrounding it.Most recent and interesting one is proposed by linguist Adrian Poruciuc, who asserts an early borrowing from the Old Germanic compound gōd-spōd (good fortune), in opposition to proposed unconvincing explanation based on Proto-Slavic compound ...