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Zeal (surname)
Zeal is an English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ... surname, derived from a southwestern form (with voicing of the initial consonant) of Old English words for sallow, willow or hall; or alternatively from seal(-maker).Cottle, Basil (1967) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames''. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 332 Notable people with the surname include: * Sir William Zeal (1830–1912), Australian engineer and politician * Kelechi Iheanacho Zeal (born 1981), Nigerian footballer References {{surname, Zeal English-language surnames ... [...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] |
William Zeal
Sir William Austin Zeal (5 December 1830 – 11 March 1912) was an Australian railway engineer and politician, Senator for Victoria in the Parliament of Australia. Zeal was born at Westbury, Wiltshire, England, the son of Thomas Zeal, a wine merchant, and Ann, ''nee'' Greenland. Educated privately, Zeal obtained his diploma as a surveyor and engineer, and came to Melbourne in 1852. Employed as an engineer in charge of railway construction by private contractors, Zeal was also employed in the government service for some years. In 1864, he was elected to Victorian Legislative Assembly as one of the three members for the seat of Castlemaine. During his campaign for election, Zeal strongly criticised the ability of the Victorian Railways engineer-in-chief, Thomas Higinbotham. In 1865, a select committee of the Victorian Parliament was set up to investigate Higinbotham's claim that Zeal had exaggerated the extent of his experience, and his implication that Zeal had acted corruptl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelechi Iheanacho Zeal
Kelechi Zeal Iheanacho (born 12 July 1981) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career in Poland, whilst also having spells in Nigeria and Hungary. Honours Wisła Kraków * Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05 * Polish League Cup: 2000–01 KSZO Ostrowiec * II liga East: 2008–09 References External links * * * *https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3304523 1981 births Living people People from Aba, Nigeria Sportspeople from Abia State Nigerian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Enyimba F.C. players Bridge F.C. players Wisła Kraków players Wawel Kraków players Wisła Płock players Stomil Olsztyn S.A. pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
