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  2. Abuela, grandma? Not so much. Parents picking host of new ...

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    Watch my head swivel the second I hear my name called, a very Pavlovian reaction. The Hubby wanted to be known as Zayda, the Yiddish name for grandfather. Fair enough.

  3. 92 grandma names and nicknames for the grandmother in ... - AOL

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    92 grandma names to consider. Struggling to find the perfect grandma nickname for the special woman in your life? Here are 92 names for grandma to consider. Grandma. Gran. Grandmom. Grammy. Granny ...

  4. Omaha kinship - Wikipedia

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    The system is named for the Omaha, a Native American tribe historically located on the Northern Plains in present-day Nebraska.The Omaha system has been found among some indigenous groups of Mexico, the Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina, the Dani tribe of Indonesia, the Shona of Zimbabwe [2], the Igbo of Nigeria and is proposed to be reconstructuted for indoeuropean kinship.

  5. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    It does not cover names of ethnic groups or place names derived from Indigenous languages. Most words of Native American/First Nations language origin are the common names for indigenous flora and fauna, or describe items of Native American or First Nations life and culture. Some few are names applied in honor of Native Americans or First ...

  6. Cherokee descent - Wikipedia

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    The academic Joel W. Martin noted that "an astonishing number of southerners assert they have a grandmother or great-grandmother who was some kind of Cherokee, often a princess", and that such myths serve settler purposes in aligning American frontier romance with southern regionalism and pride. [24]

  7. 40 Unique Grandparent Names That Aren't Grandma and Grandpa - AOL

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    Twenty20. 4. Nana. Short and sweet, not to mention easy to pronounce for the little ones. 5. Nani and Nana. The maternal grandparent names (i.e., mom’s parents) in Hindi.

  8. List of place names of Native American origin in the United ...

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    Miami – Native American name for Lake Okeechobee and the Miami River, precise origin debated; see also Mayaimi [44] Micanopy – named after Seminole chief Micanopy. Myakka City – from unidentified Native American language. Ocala – from Timucua meaning "Big Hammock".

  9. Baba (honorific) - Wikipedia

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    Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is an Indo-Iranian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures.. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics and Sikh gurus, as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Baba Ramdev, etc. [1] [3]