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Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for, Angus, August, Augustine, ... (of Latin origin) Kostas or Konstantinos (Constantin), especially amongst Greek ...
Negus is a noun derived from the Ge'ez Semitic root ngś, meaning "to reign". The title Negus literally translated to Basileus (Greek: βασιλεύς) in Ancient Greek, which was seen many times on Aksumite currency. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature.
It is an Anglicised form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Aonghas (also spelt Aonghus), which is composed of Celtic elements meaning "one" and "choice". Short forms of the name include Gus, which may be lengthened to Gussie, and Irish Naos. [1] Angie (/ ˈ æ ŋ ɡ iː / ANG-ghee; Scottish Gaelic: Angaidh) is a common pet form of the name.
The New Cambridge Medieval History, however, suggests that it originated far to the west of Poland and was adopted under German influence. [8] Originally śmigus and dyngus were two separate events, with śmigus involving symbolic whipping with willow twigs and the act of throwing water ( oblewanki ) and dyngus bribing people with pisanki to ...
While researchers are still trying to figure out how and why Gus ended up on one of the Australian beaches, people are remembering the story of the 10-month-old penguin called Happy Feet who ...
The word Nibru in the East Semitic Akkadian language of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia comes from a root meaning to 'pursue' or to make 'one flee', and as Rawlinson pointed out not only does this closely resemble Nimrod's name but it also perfectly fits the description of Nimrod in Genesis 10:9 as a great hunter.
Richards—who wrote the acclaimed 2000 memoir Life, as well as 2014’s biographical Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar—spoke about the importance of books while accepting ...
Watching her father, Hope, 23, mouthed the words “I love you” and made a heart shape with her hands. "Hope, Gus and Gwen,” said Walz, “you are my entire world, and I love you."