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Autochthon (ancient Greece) In ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self," and χθών chthon "soil"; i.e. "people sprung from earth itself") means the indigenous inhabitants of a country, including mythological figures, as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves ...
Autochthon (geology), a sediment or rock that can be found at its site of formation or deposition. Autochthon (nature), or landrace, an indigenous animal or plant. Autochthonous landrace, a plant or animal that is native to a particular agricultural system. Autochthonous transmission, the spread of disease between two individuals in the same place.
Allochtoon (plural: allochtonen) is a Dutch word (from Greek: ἀλλόχθων, from ἄλλος allos 'other' and χθών chthōn 'soil, earth, land', literally meaning "emerging from another soil". It is the opposite of the word autochtoon (in English "autochthonous" or "autochthon"; from Greek αὐτόχθων, from αὐτός autos ...
Autochthon (geology) An autochthon in structural geology is a large block or mass of rock which is in the place of its original formation relative to its basement or foundation rock. The word is derived from Greek: autos means self, and chthon means earth. It can be described as rooted to its basement rock as opposed to an allochthonous block ...
CNES ( French: Centre national d'études spatiales, lit. 'National Centre for Space Studies') is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency comes under the supervision of the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation . It operates from the Toulouse Space ...
An anglophone Cameroonian is widely regarded as anyone who has lived in the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, who has received an education from institutions modeled on the British system of education and law. The two English-speaking regions of Cameroon make up 17% of a population of 17 million (2005). [ 2]
From an alternative language: This is a redirect from a page name in French to a page name in English.These words may directly translate or they may be related words, names or phrases.
This list excludes words that come from French, but were introduced into the English language via a language other than French, which include commodore, domineer, filibuster, ketone, loggia, lotto, mariachi, monsignor, oboe, paella, panzer, picayune, ranch, vendue, and veneer . English words of French origin can also be distinguished from ...