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Scottish Gaelic English Ref Note Padean Paton [52] Para Pat, Pete [49] A contracted form, or pet form, of SG Pàdraig. [49] See also SG Pàra. Peadair Peter [49] See also SG Peadar. Peadar: Peter [1] Used for the name of the saint (Saint Peter). See also SG Pàdraig. [24] See also SG Peadair. Peadaran Peterkin [52] En Peterkin is a diminutive ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.
The Scottish National Dictionary ( SND) was published by the Scottish National Dictionary Association (SNDA) from 1931 to 1976 and documents the Modern (Lowland) Scots language. The original editor, William Grant, was the driving force behind the collection of Scots vocabulary. [1] [2] A wide range of sources were used by the editorial team in ...
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (/ ˈ b æ r i /; 9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan.He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays.
Peter (given name) Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona. [1] An Old English variant is Piers .
Scottish Gaelic dictionaries. The history of Scottish Gaelic dictionaries goes back to the early 17th century. The high-point of Gaelic dictionary production was in the first half of the 19th century, as yet unrivalled even by modern developments in the late 20th and early 21st century. The majority of dictionaries published to date have been ...
Peter and the Wolf. For other uses, see Peter and the Wolf (disambiguation). Peter and the Wolf (Russian: Петя и волк, romanized:Pétya i volk, IPA: [ˈpʲetʲə i volk]) Op. 67 a "symphonic tale for children", is a musical composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. The narrator tells a children's story, which the orchestra ...