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Names Of The Catalan Language
The first names, or glossonyms, of the Catalan/Valencian language formed in a dialectal relation with Latin, in which Catalan existed as a variety. These names already expressed the relationship between the two languages (Council of Tours 813). New names that related Catalan to Rome (''lingua romanana'', ''romançar'' or ''romanç'') came about to dignify the Catalan language in the thirteenth century, though Latinists called it ''vulgar'' (or ''sermo vulgaris'') and the people ''planus'', or ''pla''. During the Muslim presence in Iberia and the ''Reconquista'', it was known as ''chrestianesch'' ('Christianish'), or ''lingua chrestianica'', or ''christianica'' ('Christian language'), and contrasted with Classical languages, like Arabic and Hebrew; that are linked to Islamic and Judaic traditions. With the language expanding beyond Catalonia, names that indicated its place of origin were favoured: ''catalanesch'' (or ''cathalanesch''), ''valencianesch'' and ''balearica'' or ''m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a ''specific'' individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning as well) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called "common names" or (obsolete) "general names". A name can be given to a person, place, or thing; for example, parents can give their child a name or a scientist can give an element a name. Etymology The word ''name'' comes from Old English ''nama''; cognate with Old High German (OHG) ''namo'', Sanskrit (''nāman''), Latin '' nomen'', Greek (''onoma''), and Persian (''nâm''), from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) ''*h₁nómn̥''. Outside Indo-European, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
