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Wood (surname)
''Wood'' is a surname in the English language. It is common throughout the world, especially countries with historical links to Great Britain. Etymology For the most part, the surname Wood originated as a topographic name used to describe a person who lived in, or worked in a wood or forest. This name is derived from the Middle English ''wode'', from the Old English ''wudu'' meaning "wood" (from the Proto-Germanic word ''widu''). which cited: for the surname "Wood". An early occurrence of this surname (of a personal residing near a wood) is ''de la Wode'', recorded in Hertfordshire, England, in 1242. The locational name also appeared in early records Latinised as ''de Bosco'' (from the Old French ''bois'', meaning "wood"). which cited: for the surname "Boyce". Another derivation for the surname is from a nickname of an eccentric or violent person, derived from the Old English ''wōd'', ''wad'', and Middle English ''wod'', ''wode'', all meaning "frenzied" or "wild". This d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as, "Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds ''in situ''. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use." Using this definition, '' Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020'' (FRA 2020) found that forests covered , or approximately 31 percent of the world's land area in 2020. Forests are the predominant terrestrial ecosystem of Earth, and are found around the globe. More than half of the world's forests are found in only five countries (Brazil, Canada, China, Russia, and the United States). The largest share of forests (45 percent) are in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligible yet diverse, spoken in the northern half of France. These dialects came to be collectively known as the , contrasting with the in the south of France. The mid-14th century witnessed the emergence of Middle French, the language of the French Renaissance in the Île de France region; this dialect was a predecessor to Modern French. Other dialects of Old French evolved themselves into modern forms (Poitevin-Saintongeais, Gallo, Norman, Picard, Walloon, etc.), each with its own linguistic features and history. The region where Old French was spoken natively roughly extended to the northern half of the Kingdom of France and its vassals (including parts of the Angevin Empire, which during the 12th century remained under Anglo-Norman rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood (surname)
Greenwood is a British surname, believed to be derived from the Greenwood or Greenwode settlement near Heptonstall in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It was the homestead of Wyomarus de Greenwode, believed to be the principal ancestor of British Greenwoods, though some claim to be of French descent. Surname * Al Greenwood (born 1951), American keyboard player * Alex Greenwood (other), several people * Alfred B. Greenwood (1811–1889) American lawyer and politician * Alice Greenwood (1862–1935), British historian, teacher and writer * Arthur Greenwood (1880–1954), British politician * Arthur H. Greenwood (1880–1963), American politician * Bob Greenwood (baseball) (1928–1994), Mexican Major League Baseball player * Bobby Greenwood (golfer) (born 1938), American golfer * Bobby Greenwood (American football) (born 1987), American football offensive tackle * Sir Brian Greenwood (born 1938), British physician, biomedical researcher, and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastwood (surname)
Eastwood is an English surname originally derived from the Old English words ''east'' and ''wudu'', meaning "eastwood". The family would have originally lived to the east of a wood, in an eastern wood or in a place called Eastwood. According to one account, Eastwood was an English landed gentry family originating from Nottingham, to which belonged the mayor of Dublin in the Seventeenth Century, during the reign of Charles II. Notable people sharing the surname "Eastwood" * Alice Eastwood * Alison Eastwood * Arthur Eastwood, New Zealand rower * Bob Eastwood * Clint Eastwood, American film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and composer * Colum Eastwood (born 1983), Northern Irish politician * Dina Eastwood * Francesca Fisher-Eastwood * Freddy Eastwood (born 1983), Welsh international footballer * Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league footballer * Jayne Eastwood * Jim Eastwood, Northern Irish businessman * John S. Eastwood * Kathy Eastwood, American astr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwood (surname)
Blackwood is a locational surname of Scottish origin meaning "black wood". Spelling variations include: Blackwood, Blackwode, Blakewood, Blaikwood, Blacud and many more. First found in Ayrshire, but one of the first recorded to the family name was William de Blackwood in 1327 in Stirlingshire. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: the Blackwoods who settled in Bonavista, Newfoundland in the early 19th century and others. Peerage of the United Kingdom * Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945), British politician and soldier; only son of the 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava * Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), British public servant * Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1875–1930), British soldier and politician; fourth son of the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava * Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodham (other)
Woodham may refer to: Places Canada * Woodham, Ontario England * Woodham, Buckinghamshire * Woodham, County Durham * Woodham, Surrey * Woodham Ferrers, Essex * Woodham Mortimer, Essex Schools * Woodham Academy, County Durham, England * Woodham High School, Pensacola, Florida * Woodham Ley Primary School, Essex, England Golf Clubs * Woodham Golf and Country Club, County Durham, United Kingdom People * Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896 – 1977), a British historian * Dai Woodham (1919 – 1994), a British businessman * Luke Woodham (born 1981), an American murderer Other uses * Little Woodham, a living museum in Hampshire, England * South Woodham Ferrers railway station, Essex, England * Woodham Brothers Woodham Brothers Ltd is a trading business, based mainly around activities and premises located within Barry Docks, in Barry, Wales, Barry, South Wales. It is noted globally for its 1960s activity as a scrapyard (hence its colloquial name of Bar ... scrapyard, in Barry, Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodcock (surname)
Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages. Notable Woodcocks *Ashley Woodcock (born 1947), Australian cricketer *Bill Woodcock (born 1971), American computer scientist *Bruce Woodcock (boxer) (1921–1997), English boxer *Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst) (born 1970), computer games analyst *Carla Woodcock (born 1998), English actress *Charles Woodcock (1850–1923), lover of King Karl of Württemberg *Cheryl Woodcock, American producer and TV personality *George Woodcock (1912–1995), Canadian writer and historian *George Woodcock (cricketer) (1894–1968), batsman *George Woodcock (trade unionist) (1904–1979), English trade unionist *Janet Woodcock (born 1948), American physician, acting Commissioner of the FDA *Jim Woodcock, British computer scientist *John A. Woodcock Jr. (born 1950), United States federal judge *John Woodcock (American football) (1954–1998), American football playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodburn (surname)
Woodburn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Woodburn (1890–1978), Scottish politician; MP, government minister, and Secretary of State for Scotland * Ben Woodburn (born 1999), Welsh football player *Charles Woodburn (born 1971), British businessman *Danny Woodburn (born 1964), American actor *Jimmy Woodburn (1917–1978), Scottish football player *Kim Woodburn (born 1942), British television personality *William Woodburn (1838–1915), American politician from Nevada; U.S. representative 1875–89 *Willie Woodburn William Alexander Woodburn (8 August 1919 – 2 December 2001) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers and Scotland. He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game for indiscipline, although the ban was late ... (1919–2001), Scottish football player {{surname, Woodburn English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodard
Woodard (, ) may refer to: * Alfre Woodard (born 1952), American actress * Beulah Woodard (1895–1955), American sculptor * Brandon Woodard (born 1990), American politician * Charlayne Woodard (born 1953), American playwright and actress * Charles F. Woodard (1848–1907), Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court * Colin Woodard (born 1968), American journalist and writer * David Woodard (born 1964), American conductor and writer * Dick Woodard (1926–2019), American football player * Duane Woodard (born 1938), 34th Colorado Attorney General * Dustin Woodard (born 1997), American football player * Frederick Augustus Woodard (1854–1915), American politician * George Woodard, American actor and dairy farmer * Horace Woodard (1904–1973), American cinematographer and producer * Isaac Woodard (1919–1992), American World War II veteran and police brutality victim * Jonathan Woodard (born 1993), American football player * Lyman Woodard (1942–2009), American jazz organist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
