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A viscount (/ ˈ v aɪ k aʊ n t / ⓘ VY-kownt, for male [1]) or viscountess (/ ˈ v aɪ k aʊ n t ɪ s /, for female [2]) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. The status and any domain held by a viscount is a viscountcy. In the case of French viscounts, the title is sometimes left untranslated as vicomte.
Example: James, Viscount Severn . Viscounts are often the children of an earl, like Prince Edward’s son, James, but it’s also a title that can be given. This title ranks above a baron and ...
While most of us commoners are familiar with terms like queen or king, princess or prince, there are a handful of other titles used in the British royal family that are slightly less familiar ...
Viscount Severn is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the viscountcy is derived from the River Severn that runs through England and Wales . The title, along with the Earldom of Wessex , was bestowed on Prince Edward by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II , upon his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones . [ 2 ]
The dictionary was edited by the honorary director general of the board Maulvi Abdul Haq who had already been working on an Urdu dictionary since the establishment of the Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, in 1958. [1] [2] [3] Urdu Lughat consists of 22 volumes. In 2019, the board prepared a short concise version of the dictionary in 2 volumes.
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Cyril John Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, GBE, PC, FBA (30 March 1899 – 1 April 1977) was a British lawyer and Law Lord best known for his role in the Partition of India. He served as the first chancellor of the University of Warwick from its foundation in 1965 to 1977.
Farhang-e-Asifiya (Urdu: فرہنگ آصفیہ, lit. 'The Dictionary of Asif') is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi. [1] It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes. [2] It was first published in January 1901 by Rifah-e-Aam Press in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. [3] [4]