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Eavan Aisling Boland [1] (/ iː ˈ v æ n ˈ æ ʃ l ɪ ŋ ˈ b oʊ l ə n d / ee-VAN ASH-ling BOH-lənd; [2] 24 September 1944 – 27 April 2020) was an Irish poet, author, and professor. She was a professor at Stanford University , where she had taught from 1996.
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form.
Evan is a Welsh masculine given name, derived from Iefan, a Welsh form of the name John.Similar names that share this origin include Euan, Ivan, Ian, and Juan. "John" itself is derived from the ancient Hebrew name יְהֹוחָנָן (romanised: Yəhôḥānān), meaning "Yahweh is gracious".
A poem of the same name by Eavan Boland was written as a counter to Pearse's poem, and its treatment of Ireland and her children. [6] Pearse had already written optimistically on the fate of Ireland's strong sons' martyrdom in his poem "The Mother"; Is Mise takes the opposite, more pessimistic view of the sacrifice. [7]
Evan Mehdi Fournier (French pronunciation:; born 29 October 1992) [1] is a French professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played junior basketball at the French INSEP academy from 2007 to 2009.
Aoibheall, (pronounced "ee-val" /ˈiːvəl/) commonly known as Aoibhinn the Beautiful, is the queen of the Northern Fairies.; The Green Man, (or Fear Glas in Irish) it is said if you see him in the morning, "no ill follows"; but if at night, death or some other terrible misfortune will surely overtake you.
Ewan, a character from the TV series Merlin Season 1 Episode 2; Ewan O'Hara, Juliet O'Hara's brother on the TV series Psych; Ewan, a guard in the book The Wizard's Child; Ewan Doherty, Head of English in Teachers, a UK Channel 4 show
The English Pronouncing Dictionary (EPD) was created by the British phonetician Daniel Jones and was first published in 1917. [1] It originally comprised over 50,000 headwords listed in their spelling form, each of which was given one or more pronunciations transcribed using a set of phonemic symbols based on a standard accent.