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  2. Khaleesi (given name) - Wikipedia

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    A cat named Khaleesi. Both children and pets worldwide were named for the character Daenerys Targaryen.. Khaleesi is a feminine given name derived from the Dothraki title meaning queen that was used for the fictional character Daenerys Targaryen in American author George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books and in Game of Thrones, the television series based upon the novels.

  3. Names of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known use of the name "America" dates to 1505, when German poet Matthias Ringmann used it in a poem about the New World. [2] The word is a Latinized form of the first name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who first proposed that the West Indies discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 were part of a previously unknown landmass, rather than the eastern limit of Asia.

  4. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    Map showing the source languages/language families of state names. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.

  5. The rise of Arya, Khaleesi, and Daenerys: How pop culture ...

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    The term Khaleesi was not the only "Game of Thrones" reference inspiring parents after the popular show's release; the character names Arya, Sansa, and Daenerys also saw spikes.

  6. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name derives from the mountainous and hilly landscape of the western half of the island of Hispaniola. Hispaniola (name of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) – a Latinization of the Spanish name La Española, meaning "The Spanish (island)", a name given to the island by Columbus in 1492. [232]

  7. Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    America is also inscribed on the Paris Green Globe (or Globe vert) which has been attributed to Waldseemüller and dated to 1506–07: as well as the single name inscribed on the northern and southern parts of the New World, the continent also bears the inscription: America ab inuentore nuncupata (America, named after its discoverer).

  8. Daenerys (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Daenerys is a feminine given name usually used in reference to the A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen, created by American author George R. R. Martin. Parents who used the name said they were inspired by the strength and beauty of the character and her actions in liberating slaves and assuming power in her ...

  9. González (surname) - Wikipedia

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    González is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, the second most common (2.16% of the population) in Spain, [1] as well as one of the five most common surnames in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela, [2] and one of the most common surnames in the entire Spanish-speaking world.