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Eliza (given Name)
Eliza is a female given name in English language, English, meaning "pledged to God" or "joyful." Etymology The name first developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth (given name), Elizabeth in the 16th century and its use as an independent name started in the 18th century. The name Elizabeth has been around since the Middle Ages, mainly popularised by the French people, French (using the spelling Elisabeth). Elizabeth with a “z” is the typical spelling in English. Elizabeth is found in the Bible (Luke 1:57) as the mother of John the Baptist. Elizabeth became popularised during the late medieval period as a given name, mostly influenced by two saints – Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Elizabeth of Hungary and Elizabeth of Aragon, St. Elizabeth of Portugal. It was brought to England by the French and the English People, English can be credited with the formation of Eliza as a hypocorism (the French use Élise). It may also be used as a variant of the Hebrew name Aliza, עַלִיזָה mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved throughout history as the main liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. Hebrew is the only Canaanite language still spoken today, and serves as the only truly successful example of a dead language that has been revived. It is also one of only two Northwest Semitic languages still in use, with the other being Aramaic. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' Lashon Hakodesh'' (, ) since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John The Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Baptista; cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲓⲡⲣⲟⲇⲣⲟⲙⲟⲥ or ; ar, يوحنا المعمدان; myz, ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡌࡀࡑࡁࡀࡍࡀ, Iuhana Maṣbana. The name "John" is the Anglicized form, via French, Latin and then Greek, of the Hebrew, "Yochanan", which means "YHWH is gracious"., group="note" ( – ) was a mission preacher active in the area of Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. He is also known as John the Forerunner in Christianity, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, and Prophet Yahya in Islam. He is sometimes alternatively referred to as John the Baptiser. John is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and he is revered as a major religious figure Funk, Robert W. & the Jes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
Eliza Lee Cabot Follen (August 15, 1787January 26, 1860) was an American writer, editor, and abolitionist. In her early life, she contributed various pieces of prose and poetry to papers and magazines. In 1828, she married Prof. Charles Follen, who died on board the ''Lexington'' in 1840. During her married life, she published a variety of popular and useful books, all of which were characterized by her Christian piety. Among the works she gave to the press are, ''Selections from Fénelon'', ''The Well-spent Hour'', ''Words of Truth'', ''The Sceptic'', ''Married Life'', ''Little Songs'', ''Poems'', ''Life of Charles Follen'', ''Twilight Stories'', ''Second Series of Little Songs'', as well as a compilation of ''Home Dramas'', and ''German Fairy Tales''. Holding an interest in the religious instruction of the young, she edited, in 1829, the ''Christian Teacher's Manual'', and, from 1843 to 1850, the ''Child's Friend.'' She died in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1860. Early years E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Dushku
Eliza Patricia Dushku (; born December 30, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Faith in the supernatural drama series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1998–2003) and its spin-off series ''Angel'' (2000–2003). She also had lead roles in the Fox supernatural drama series ''Tru Calling'' (2003–2005) and the Fox science fiction series ''Dollhouse'' (2009–2010), for which she was a producer. Dushku had starring roles in various films, including ''True Lies'' (1994), '' Bye Bye Love'' (1995), ''Bring It On'' (2000), ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' (2001), ''The New Guy'' (2002), '' Wrong Turn'' (2003), '' On Broadway'' (2007), '' The Scribbler'' (2014), '' Jane Wants a Boyfriend'' (2015), and '' Eloise'' (2016). She has also done voice work for numerous video games and animated films. Early life Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the only daughter and youngest of the four children of school teacher and administrator Philip Richard George Dus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Ann Dupuy
Eliza Ann Dupuy ( – December 29, 1880) was a littérateur and pioneer author of the Southern United States. She is remembered as the first woman of Mississippi to earn her living as a writer. Dupuy wrote approximately 25 Gothic thrillers during the period of 1845 through 1881, as well as domestic novels, and short stories, making her perhaps one of the most widely-known authors of her day. At an early age, she became a governess in Natchez, Mississippi and while so employed wrote her first book, ''The Conspirators'', in which Aaron Burr is the principal character. Her other works included ''The Huguenot Exiles'', ''Emma Wattou, or Trials and Triumphs'', ''Celeste'', ''Florence, or the Fatal Vow'', ''Separation'', ''Concealed Treasure'', ''Ashleigh'', and ''The Country Neighborhood''. She wrote in all about forty stories, most of them for the ''New York Ledger''. In later life, she experienced a weakness of the eyes. Early life and education Eliza Ann Dupuy was born in Peters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Doolittle (singer)
Eliza Sophie Caird (born 15 April 1988), better known by her stage name Eliza (formerly Eliza Doolittle), is an English singer and songwriter from Westminster, London. After performing her music in live venues around London from the age of 15, Eliza signed to Parlophone in 2008. Her debut album was released on 12 July 2010 and went Platinum in the UK. The album produced two UK top 40 hits: " Skinny Genes" and "Pack Up", the latter of which peaked within the top five on the UK Singles Chart. In 2013, Eliza contributed writing and vocals to " You & Me" a single from British electronic music duo Disclosure's number one debut album ''Settle''. On 7 June 2013, she premiered a single called " Big When I Was Little", which was released in July 2013. It subsequently joined BBC Radio 1's and Radio 2 playlist. It was later included on her second studio album, titled '' In Your Hands''. Early life Eliza was born in Westminster, London. She comes from a family with a successful and vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Archard Conner
Eliza Archard Conner (, Archard; pen names, Zig; E. A.; January 4, 1838 – June 4, 1912) was an American writer, journalist, novelist, lecturer, teacher, and feminist of the long nineteenth century. Hailing from Ohio, Conner began writing for newspapers at the age of 13. She served in various roles for the ''Saturday Evening Post'', of Philadelphia, the ''Commercial'' of Cincinnati, and the ''New York World'' of New York City. She also worked towards the emancipation and advancement of women. Early life and education Eliza Archard was born January 4, 1838, in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, on a farm near Cincinnati. Her parents were James and Jane Archard. Her ancestors were of Quaker, German Moravian, Irish and English Presbyterian background. They were among the pioneers of southern Ohio, and one of them founded the town of New Richmond. She was educated in Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, taking the full course in classics and higher mathematics. Her first ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Chulkhurst
Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst (or Chalkhurst), commonly known as the Biddenden Maids (1100–1134), were a pair of conjoined twins supposedly born in Biddenden, Kent, England, in the year 1100. They are said to have been joined at both the shoulder and the hip, and to have lived for 34 years. It is claimed that on their death they bequeathed five plots of land to the village, known as the Bread and Cheese Lands. The income from these lands was used to pay for an annual dole of food and drink to the poor every Easter. Since at least 1775, the dole has included Biddenden cakes, hard biscuits imprinted with an image of two conjoined women. Although the annual distribution of food and drink is known to have taken place since at least 1605, no records exist of the story of the sisters prior to 1770. Records of that time say that the names of the sisters were not known, and early drawings of Biddenden cakes do not give names for the sisters; it is not until the early 19th century that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Carthy
Eliza Amy Forbes Carthy, MBE (born 23 August 1975) is an English folk musician known for both singing and playing the fiddle. She is the daughter of English folk musicians singer/guitarist Martin Carthy and singer Norma Waterson. Life and career Carthy was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. She went to school at Fyling Hall School in North Yorkshire. She grew up on a family farm along with her maternal aunt and uncle's families who lived adjacent. At thirteen, Carthy formed the Waterdaughters with her mother, aunt (Lal Waterson) and cousin Marry Waterson. She has subsequently worked with Nancy Kerr, with her parents as Waterson–Carthy, and as part of the "supergroup" Blue Murder, in addition to her own solo work. When she was 13, Carthy joined the Goathland Plough Stots as a fiddle player. She left school at 17 for a career as a professional touring musician. She has twice been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for UK album of the year: in 1998 for ''Red Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Brightwen
Eliza Brightwen née Elder (30 October 1830 – 5 May 1906) was a Scottish naturalist and author. She was self-taught, and many of her observations were made in the grounds of ''The Grove'' in Stanmore, the estate outside London which she shared with her husband during his lifetime and where she lived as a widow. She was described in 1912, as "one of the most popular naturalists of her day". Personal life Eliza Elder was born in 1830 in Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland to Margaret and George Elder, and she had three other siblings. Her mother died in 1837 and her father died in 1853. She was adopted, after her mother died, by her uncle, Alexander Elder, co-founder of Smith, Elder & Co. Elder moved to Streatham to live with her uncle, and then to Stoke Newington. She did not receive a formal education. She expressed interest in natural history as a child and described her youth as "extremely lonely and quiet". In 1855 she married George Brightwen, a banker who then ran a succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliza Bennett
Eliza Bennett (born 17 March 1992) is an English actress and singer. Her most notable roles have been those of Meggie Folchart in the film ''Inkheart'', Tora in the film ''Nanny McPhee'', Susan in '' From Time to Time'' and Holly Manson in the West End musical '' Loserville''. Bennett starred on the MTV black comedy series '' Sweet/Vicious'' as Jules Thomas. In 2021, Bennett began playing Amanda Carrington in the CW series ''Dynasty''. Early and personal life Bennett was born and grew up in Reading, Berkshire with her older brother and sister and attended Leighton Park School. Career Film Bennett landed her first role as Jemima in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' at the London Palladium in 2002 aged nine. She got her first film role playing Princess Arabella in 2004's ''The Prince & Me''. In 2005 Bennett landed one of her biggest film roles, playing Tora in ''Nanny McPhee''. In 2005, she played Hayley in the TV movie ''Supernova'', Young Anne in the 2006 film ''Victims'', Emily i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' for Robert, or it may be unrelated. In linguistics, the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which the standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection, or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often Clipping (morphology), clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with ''-y/-ie'' (phonologically /i/). Sometimes the suffix ''-o'' is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English, but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
