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Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile, [citation needed] Spain, but later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish and Portuguese Empires. In Spanish and Portuguese, the word means "cross", either the Christian cross or the figure of transecting lines or ways.
[1] [2] This name can be seen borrowed into spoken Egyptian Arabic as faːrmasil. [3] Jimmies is the most popular term for chocolate sprinkles in the Boston, Philadelphia, and New England regions. [4] The origin of the name jimmies is uncertain, but it was first documented in 1930, as a topping for cake. [5]
This cupcake kit, showing Cinderella from the Disney movie, includes a printed paper decoration and colored cupcake liners. Cupcake kits are kits which provide a set of parts needed to allow an amateur baker to produce a themed batch of cupcakes, often to tie in with themed parties. Examples of themes include princess, pirate, fairies and ...
The town and its region (Γραϊκή, Graïkē) have been derived from the word γραῖα graia "old woman" which in its turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European language root *ǵerh 2-/*ǵreh 2-, "to grow old" via Proto-Greek *gera-/grau-iu; [224] the same root later gave γέρας geras (/keras/), "gift of honour" in Mycenean Greek. [225]
Margariteño musician and composer José Elías "Chelías" Villaroel proposes an alternate etymology for the malagueña, suggesting that the genre was originally entitled halagüeña (from halagar "to flatter") due to the flattering nature of the lyrics, and only later was the "m" added via conflation with the existing musical styles from Spain ...
The field of etymology is of no help in any effort to trace a supposed original meaning of crux. [ 5 ] Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65) records the use in the first century AD of the crux simplex ad infixionem (impalement), but does not mention the crux simplex ad affixionem ; he seems to indicate that execution on a crux tended to follow ...
Language of origin Source word Meaning and notes Aguascalientes: Spanish: aguas calientes "Hot waters". When the city was first founded in 1575, it was given this name for the abundance of hot springs in the region, which still are exploited for numerous spas and for domestic use. The state was named after its capital city, Aguascalientes City.
The "muffin" in question was the bread item also known as an English muffin, not the typically sweeter U.S. variety of muffin. [2] Drury Lane is a thoroughfare bordering Covent Garden in London. The rhyme and game appear to have spread to other countries in the mid-nineteenth century, particularly the US and the Netherlands.