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Lion's head mail slot at the Palace of Letters in Valladolid, Spain.. The lion mask is a motif used from antiquity as an emblem of strength, courage, and majesty. [1] [2] Lion masks (also referred to as "lion heads") are frequently employed as water spouts on the modillions, or consoles, of the Corinthian Order. [3]
A Turk's head couped in the arms of the Hungarian town Komádi.. The heads of humans and other animals are frequently occurring charges in heraldry.The blazon, or heraldic description, usually states whether an animal's head is couped (as if cut off cleanly at the neck), erased (as if forcibly ripped from the body), or cabossed (turned affronté without any of the neck showing).
The most common suffixes are -άκης/-akis and -ούλης/-ulis for the male gender, -ίτσα/-itsa and -ούλα/-ula for the female gender, and -άκι/-aki for the neutral gender. Several of them are common as suffixes of surnames , originally meaning the offspring of a certain person, e.g. Παπάς/Papas "priest" with ...
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The lion became popular in Japanese art from the 14th century onwards, under Chinese influence. The Chinese artistic form of the "dog-lion" (kara-shishi in Japanese) was almost always used, but was generally somewhat fatter, and with a shorter torso, than in China, with a short fan-like tail and a flattened face. [59]
-ina (female equivalent of -in; especially rare for male names, but the suffix alone is an actual female name) [citation needed]-yn (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian) possessive [citation needed]-in (French) diminutive [citation needed]
Nala (voiced by Moira Kelly in the films with Sally Dworsky providing her singing voice in The Lion King; Niketa Calame as a cub in The Lion King with Laura Williams providing her cub form's singing voice; Gabrielle Union in The Lion Guard; Beyoncé in the 2019 film and Mufasa: The Lion King and Shahadi Wright Joseph as a cub in the 2019 film) is Sarafina's daughter, Simba’s best friend and ...
a-, an-: Pronunciation: /ə/, /a/, /ən/, /an/.Origin: Ancient Greek: ἀ-, ἀν-(a, an-). Meaning: a prefix used to make words with a sense opposite to that of the ...