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Levy Court
Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to: People * Levy (surname), people with the surname Levy or Lévy * Levy Adcock (born 1988), American football player * Levy Barent Cohen (1747–1808), Dutch-born British financier and community worker * Levy Fidelix (1951–2021), Brazilian conservative politician, businessman and journalist * Levy Gerzberg (born 1945), Israeli-American entrepreneur, inventor, and business person * Levy Li (born 1987), Miss Malaysia Universe 2008–2009 * Levy Mashiane (born 1996), South African footballer * Levy Matebo Omari (born 1989), Kenyan long-distance runner * Levy Mayer (1858–1922), American lawyer * Levy Middlebrooks (born 1966), American basketball player * Levy Mokgothu, South African footballer * Levy Mwanawasa (1948–2008), President of Zambia from 2002 * Levy Nzoungou (born 1998), Congolese-French rugby player, playing in England * Levy Rozman (born 1995), American chess IM, coach, and content creator * Levy Sekgapane (born 1990), South Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy (surname)
Levy or Lévy is almost always a surname of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi (surname), Levi or Lévi. The surname usually refers to a family claiming Levite descent, which implies a specific social status in the structure of a traditional Jewish community. ''Levy'' and ''Coen'' are “Gaelic Irish surname(s) which have a foreign appearance but are nevertheless rarely if ever found indigenous outside Ireland” according to Edward MacLysaght. Levy can also be—though it is very rarely—a surname of French, Scottish, and Welsh language, Welsh origin. It is then a Lowlands' shortening of the Irish language, Irish ''Mac Duinnshléibhe'' (anglicized Donlevy). When eastern Ireland's kingdom of Ulaid fell to John de Courcy in 1177, many of the MacDonlevy (dynasty), MacDonlevy dynasty sought asylum in the Highlands of Scotland. Variant spellings of the Scottish surname L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy Thorpe
Levy Thorpe (18 November 1889 – 1935) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half. He made 98 appearances for Blackpool, all of which were in consecutive games. 92 of these were in the Football League; the other six were in the FA Cup. Career Thorpe made his debut for Blackpool late in the 1910–11 campaign, in a 2–0 victory against Leicester Fosse at Bloomfield Road on 29 March 1911. He went on to appear in their six remaining League games, beginning a long run of consecutive appearances for the club. The following season, 1911–12, he was an ever-present, appearing in the number-4 jersey in all of Blackpool's 42 League and FA Cup games. He also scored his first and only goal for the club. It came in a 2–0 victory over Nottingham Forest at Bloomfield Road on 23 March 1912. The ever-present record was preserved the following 1912–13 season, at the end of which he had made 89 consecutive appearances for ''the Tangerines''. In 1913–14, Thorp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volkssturm
The (; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German ''Wehrmacht'' armed forces, but by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscripting males between the ages of 16 and 60 years, who were not already serving in some military unit. The ''Volkssturm'' comprised one of the final components of the total war promulgated by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, part of a Nazi endeavor to overcome their enemies' military strength through force of will. ''Volkssturm'' units fought unsuccessful futile battles against the Allied forces at the end of the war and on several occasions, its members participated in atrocities accompanied by German civilians and the Hitler Youth, which were overseen by members of the SS or Gau leaders. Origins and organization The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levée En Masse
''Levée en masse'' ( or, in English, "mass levy") is a French term used for a policy of mass national conscription, often in the face of invasion. The concept originated during the French Revolutionary Wars, particularly for the period following 16 August 1793, when able-bodied men aged 18 to 25 were conscripted. It formed an integral part of the creation of national identity, making it distinct from forms of conscription which had existed before this date. The term is also applied to other historical examples of mass conscription. Terminology The term ''levée en masse'' denotes a short-term requisition of all able-bodied men to defend the nation and its rise as a military tactic may be viewed in connection with the political events and developing ideology in revolutionary France—particularly the new concept of the democratic citizen as opposed to a royal subject. Central to the understanding that developed (and was promoted by the authorities) of the ''levée'' is the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narodnoe Opolcheniye
The People's Militia ( rus, Народное ополчение, p=nɐˈrodnəjə ɐpɐlˈtɕenʲɪjə, r=Narodnoe opolcheniye, t=popular regimentation) was the name given to irregular troops formed from the population in the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union, a mass levy. They fought behind front lines and alongside the regular army during several wars throughout its history. The People's Militia is of the type known as "national troops" such as the Dnieper Cossacks, or German Landwehr, and although often translated as the "people's militia", "home guard", "people-in-arms", or "national popular army", its members never belonged to an organised military force, but were in all cases selectively accepted from a body of volunteers during a national emergency. The People's Militia features prominently in early Russian history, for example in ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' when it refers to the entire force led on a campaign. It was used for political purposes when the Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Levy
A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England and Scotland. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within a geographical administrative area (a shire), entailing the mobilisation of able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60 for military duty under command of their Sheriff. The English shire levy was descended from the Anglo-Saxon ''Fyrd'', and continued under the Norman kings, notably at the Battle of the Standard (1138). The force was reorganised under the Assizes of Arms of 1181 and 1252, and again by King Edward I's Statute of Winchester of 1285. Shire levies were especially important for England during the Hundred Years' War, when the escalation in warfare with France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feudal Levies
Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s, where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime, so that men at a certain age would serve 1–8 years on active duty and then transfer to the reserve force. Conscription is controversial for a range of reasons, including conscientious objection to military engagements on religious or philosophical grounds; political objection, for example to service for a disliked government or unpopular war; sexism, in that historically men have been subject to the draft in the most cases; and ideological objection, for example, to a perceived vio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Legion
The Roman legion ( la, legiō, ) was the largest military unit of the Roman army, composed of 5,200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and of 5,600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476). Size The size of a typical legion varied throughout the history of ancient Rome, with complements ranging from 4,200 legionaries and 300 equites (drawn from the wealthier classes – in early Rome all troops provided their own equipment) in the Republican period of Rome (the infantry were split into 10 cohorts each of four maniples of 120 legionaries), to 4,800 legionaries (in 10 cohorts of 6 centuries of 80 legionaries) during Caesar's age, to 5,280 men plus 120 auxiliaries in the Imperial period (split into 10 cohorts, nine of 480 men each, with the first cohort being double-strength at 960 men). It should be noted the above numbers are typical field strengths while "paper strength" was sli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy Island
Levy Island is an isolated snow-covered island in Crystal Sound, Antarctica, about east of Gagge Point, Lavoisier Island. It was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–48) and surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1958–59). The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... for Henri A. Levy, an American physical chemist who, with S.W. Peterson, determined the location of the hydrogen atoms in ice by neutron diffraction, in 1957. See also * List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands References Islands of the Biscoe Islands {{Biscoes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy County, Florida
Levy County is a county located on the Gulf coast and in the northern part of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,915. Its county seat is Bronson. History Levy County was created in 1845, after the Seminole Wars. It was named for David Levy Yulee, a planter elected in 1841 as the state's territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives, where he served two terms. Levy provided for long-term development in the state by constructing the first railroad across Florida, the Florida Railroad, linking the deep-water ports of Fernandina (Port of Fernandina) on the Atlantic Ocean and Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico. The Rosewood Massacre occurred in Levy County in the first week of January 1923. White citizens from the nearby town of Sumner, reacting to a what turned out to be a false accusation that a black man raped a white woman, burned the predominantly black town of Rosewood to the ground and brutally murdered several of Rosewood's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy, South Carolina
Levy ( ) is an unincorporated community located in the southern portions of Jasper County, South Carolina, United States. Levy is accessible via South Carolina Highway 315 and used to be served by the now-abandoned Seaboard Air Line The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ... Charleston Subdivision. Levy is 13 feet in elevation and is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours). References {{coord, 32, 12, 11, N, 81, 01, 44, W, type:city_region:US-SC_source:GNIS-enwiki, display=title Populated places in Jasper County, South Carolina Hilton Head Island–Beaufort micropolitan area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levy, Missouri
Levy is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee .... History A post office called Levy was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1908. The identity of the namesake of Levy has been forgotten. References Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{WashingtonCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
