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Clune2016 Food Lca
Clune is an anglicised form of the Irish names of either ''O Cluanain'' or ''McCluin''. ''O Cluanain'' dervies from the Irish "cluana" meaning either "deceitful", "flattering" or "rogue." ''McCluin'' comes from the Irirsh Gaelic "glun" meaning "knee". People Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Clune (born 1995), Australian rugby league player *Conor Clune (1893–1920), Irish scholar and activist killed during Bloody Sunday (1920) * Daniel A. Clune (born 1949), United States diplomat *Deirdre Clune (born 1959), Irish politician *Don Clune (born 1952), American football player *Frank Clune (1893–1971), Australian writer *Henry W. Clune (1890–1995), American journalist and novelist *Jackie Clune (born 1965), British entertainer and writer * John J. Clune (1932–1992), former Director of Athletics at the United States Air Force Academy * Michael W. Clune, American writer *Patrick Clune (1865–1935), Catholic Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia *Richard Clune ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
