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Telugu names refer to the naming conventions used by Telugu-speaking people, primarily from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and the Yanam district of Puducherry. Telugu names are distinctive for their use of a "family name, given name" format, in contrast to Western naming practices where the family name often appears last.
Astor is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948), British businesswoman; Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–56), daughter of John Jacob Astor IV
The Astor family achieved prominence in business, society, and politics in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 19th and 20th centuries. With German roots, some of their ancestry goes back to the Italian and Swiss Alps, [1] the Astors settled in Germany, first appearing in North America in the 18th century with John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest people in history.
Older forms of the name include Teluṅgu and Tenuṅgu. [50] Tenugu is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ten ("south") [51] to mean "the people who lived in the south/southern direction" (relative to Sanskrit and Prakrit-speaking peoples). The name Telugu, then, is a result of an "n" to "l" alternation established in Telugu. [52] [53]
Telugu script (Telugu: తెలుగు లిపి, romanized: Telugu lipi), an abugida from the Brahmic family of scripts, is used to write the Telugu language, a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as well as several other neighbouring states.
Astor Court Building, an apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; Astor Hotel (disambiguation), several hotels; Astor Place (Manhattan), a place leading to Broadway in New York City; Astor Row, the name given to 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Lenox in Harlem; Astor Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres and cinemas
Telugu is the most widely spoken Dravidian language on Earth and is spoken in all of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India and parts of other southern states as well. The history of Telugu goes back as early as to 230 BC to 225 AD, [1] and the evidence for the existence of Telugu language is available in the Natya Shastra of the Bharatha people.
Telugu literature includes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and other works composed in Telugu. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium. The earliest extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.