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Tak (surname)
Tak is a Dutch, English, Indian, and Korean surname. Origins The Dutch surname Tak originated both from the Dutch-language word "tree branch", and as a diminutive of the Germanic given name Theuderic. As an English surname, Tak is a historical spelling of Tagg, which originated in a variety of ways, including as a diminutive of various Germanic names starting with Dag- (e.g. Dagobert), and as a nickname possibly from Middle English "tatter" (referring to a person wearing tattered clothes) or from Old French "belt buckle". One early record of a person with a surname spelled Tak is Hugo Tak of Rushden, Northamptonshire, in the Poll Tax of 1379. Tak is also a variant spelling of the Indian surname Taunk. The Korean surname spelled Tak () in the Revised Romanization of Korean is written with the hanja ( 탁; ), meaning "lofty" or "outstanding". The same character is used to write the Chinese surname now pronounced Zhuó in Mandarin Chinese. The major ''bon-gwan'' (clan hometow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Surname
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific. Dutch given names A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not uncommon to give a child several given names. Usually the first one is for daily use, often in a diminutive form. Traditionally, Catholics often chose Latinisation of names, Latinized names for their children, such as ''Catharina'' and ''Wilhelmus'', while Protestants more commonly chose simple Dutch forms such as ''Trijntje'' and ''Willem''. In both cases, names were often shortened for everyday use (''Wilhelmus'' and ''Willem'' became ''Wim''). In 2014 39% of Dutch children received one name, another 38% were given two names, 20% had three names, 2% got four names and only a few hundred children had five or more given names. Dutch (Netherlands) naming law (given names) The Dutch people, Dutch naming legislation allows nearly all given na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwangsan District
Gwangsan District (Gwangsan-gu) is a district, similar to a ward, situated in the city of Gwangju, South Korea. The total population of the district, as of September 2004, is 295,294, and the population density of the district is 1,085 per 1 km. Its area is about 45% of the city of Gwangju. The district bird is the White Heron, the district flower is Magnolia, and the district tree is the Pine Tree. Gwangsan-gu has 1913 Songseong Market, and Songseong Market(held every 3,8day), Yonga birthplace, and there has Korean wheat festival. Sister cities * Jinnan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ... References External linksWebsite of District {{SouthKorea-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieter Lodewijk Tak
Pieter Lodewijk Tak (Middelburg, Zeeland, Middelburg, 24 September 1848 – Domburg, 26 August 1907) was a Dutch journalist and politician. Tak was the son of a steward in Middelburg, where, after failing law school in 1878, he started writing foreign reviews for the Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, Middelburgsche Courant. He was friends with Floor Wibaut, who like him was a member of the Sociëteit Sint-Joris. Both Middelburgers moved to Amsterdam, Tak in 1882. There he wrote for De Groene Amsterdammer and De Nieuwe Gids. He took over the financial management of the latter from Frank van der Goes, but left in 1895 to create an own magazine, De Kroniek. Tak was initially left-liberal, supporter of Treub. In 1899 he became a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (''"Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij"'' / SDAP), and started working for Het Volk (Netherlands), Het Volk. He became editor-in-chief of the socialist party newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
