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Granite is one of the principal materials used in the architecture of Aberdeen, to the extent that it has become known as "The Granite City". Aberdare "Swît Byr-dɛ̄r (Gwentian Welsh), Sweet 'Berdare (English)" [3] – A nickname remembered by the very old in the town, but no longer in general use.
From the word قند, kand or qand in the local languages (Persian and Pashto), meaning "sweet" and هر, har may be short for شهر, shahar (city or town). The ancient word Gandh, derived from Gandhar also means a sweet, nice smell. The city is a source of fine grapes, pomegranates, apricots, melons and other sweet fruits.
The town of Papantla in the state of Veracruz was founded by the Totonac people around the 13th century AD. [38] The neighboring monumental city of El Tajín was settled around the 1st century AD [39] [37] until it was destroyed around the same time Papantla was founded. [37] [38] Oraibi: Puebloan peoples United States: c. 1100 AD [40]
The thing the carriage maker made a lot of every time Pistol Pete rode into town—a coffin. The poetic slang for a cheap coffin originated in the late 19th century, with the earliest use found in ...
Sharm Old Harbour (a common English name for the old harbour at Sharm el Sheikh) (harbour old harbour – Arabic) Skarðsskarð, Iceland (Pass's Pass: A mountain pass named after a farm which in turn is named after the pass to begin with.) South Australia (Australia being Latin for "southern land". Strictly, this is not a tautology for the same ...
Since Old Norse had many similarities to Old English, there are also many hybrid English/Norse place-names in the Danelaw, the part of England that was under Danish rule for a time. Norse toponyms also frequently contain personal names, suggesting that they were named for a local chieftain.
For example, the Old English name Scipeton ("sheep farm"), which would normally become *Shipton in modern English, instead was altered to Skipton, since Old English sc (pronounced 'sh') was usually cognate with Old Norse sk — thus obscuring the meaning, since the Old Norse word for 'sheep' was entirely different. Lost reason. Interpreting ...
One page that is dedicated to celebrating photography from history is Old-Time Photos on Facebook. This account shares digitized versions of photos from the late 1800s all the way up to the 1980s.