The family moved out to a large estate in Locust Valley on Long Island, called " Effendi " after their father's nickname given to him by his friend, the British author Rudyard Kipling.

Olgivanna -- in her country the nickname was a respectful form of address -- was not only attractive but shrewd, durable, sensible, and smart.

Now and then, the President would call for `` Little Jack, Master of the Hounds '', which was his nickname for a messenger who had worked in the White House since Teddy Roosevelt's administration, and discuss the welfare of some one of the animals.

The younger men, Vere, and Pembroke, who was also Edward's cousin and whose Lusignan blood gave him the swarthy complexion that caused Edward of Carnarvon's irreverent friend, Piers Gaveston, to nickname him `` Joseph the Jew '', were relatively new to the game of diplomacy, but Pontissara had been on missions to Rome before, and Hotham, a man of great learning, `` jocund in speech, agreeable to meet, of honest religion, and pleasing in the eyes of all '', and an archbishop to boot, was as reliable and experienced as Othon himself.

Because of this he was known as Gimpy ( but, as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface, never in his presence ).

Lou Gehrig was given the nickname Buster, and he ran Ruth a close race in home runs.

But the nickname never stuck and Gehrig was no match for Ruth in `` color '' -- which is sometimes a polite word for delinquent behavior on and off the field.

" The Abbot " was a nickname of RZA from the Wu Tang Clan.

* Molly Pitcher was a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, who is generally believed to have been Mary Ludwig Hays McCauly.

Strictly speaking, the ' Accrington Pals ' battalion is properly known as the ' 11th East Lancashire Regiment ': the nickname is a little misleading, since of the four 250-strong companies that made up the original battalion only one was actually composed of men from Accrington.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

" Opponents sometimes referred to him as " Slick Willie ", a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

So powerful was the attribution of " the Lions " nickname that three heraldic versions of the animal returned as the jersey badge in 1930.

The nickname was first used for a baseball team by the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were members of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

For years many sources have listed " Pilgrims " as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.

The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

This nickname was commonly used during that season, perhaps because the team had a new manager and several rookie players.

The journalistic nickname was inspired by the millions of lights on theater marquees and billboard advertisements that illuminate the area.

The title refers to the nickname given his wife by the composer, who is also a member of the National Film Board of Canada.

The town of Abensberg marks the start of the Deutsche Hopfenstraße ( German Hops Road ), a nickname given to the Bundesstraße 301, a German federal highway which runs through the heartland of Germany's hops-growing industry, ending in Freising.

The name itself may have originated as a nickname given to women who carried water to men on the battlefield during the war.

One well-known association the town has is with the ' Accrington Pals ', the nickname given to the smallest home town battalion of volunteers formed to fight in the first world war.

He was soon given his nickname Caligula, meaning " little ( soldier's ) boot " in Latin, after the small boots he wore as part of his uniform.

Young Louis's nickname among family and friends was " Dickie ", notable in that " Richard " was not among his given names.

Nevertheless, the " bellies of leather " ( the nickname given to the legionnaires by the Russians because of their bandolier on their stomachs ), behaved bravely.

Here, he was given his nickname “ Grien .” This name foremost comes from his preference to the color green, and secondly to distinguish him from the three other Hans ’ in the apprenticeship.

* GM Iron Duke engine, the nickname given to a 151 cid ( cubic inch displacement ) 4-cylinder internal combustion engine used in many 1980s-era General Motors automobiles, pickup trucks, and the United States Postal Service's LLV Mail trucks

" Due to the latter instrument, Brown was given his first nickname, " Music Box ".

Lollard, Lollardi or Loller was the popular derogatory nickname given to those without an academic background, educated if at all only in English, who were reputed to follow the teachings of John Wycliffe in particular, and were certainly considerably energized by the translation of the Bible into the English language.

His second name, Lambert, sometimes erroneously considered to be a nickname, was given to him as a reference to the cult of Saint Lambert.

After an incident where her dress caught fire on an iron grate when she was about three, her mother began dressing her in boys ' pants, and she was given the nickname " Jimmy " from the comic strip, Little Jimmy.

The nickname was given to the " Black Cavalry " by the Native American tribes they fought.

Søren was given the nickname " Abel Treating " ( Norwegian: " Abel Spandabel ").

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

Supposedly, Stuyvesant was given the nickname " Old Silver Leg " because he used a stick of wood driven full of silver bands as a prosthetic limb.

Spray was an internal nickname given to the NME boss character by the developers.

The column is called " The Pop of King ", a play on the nickname " The King of Pop " commonly given to Michael Jackson.

He was given the nickname " Bloody Sam " owing to the violence in his films.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi had been given the nickname Kozaru, meaning " little monkey ", from his lord Oda Nobunaga because his facial features and skinny form resembled that of a monkey.

His nickname was " Monkey " ( Saru ), allegedly given by Oda Nobunaga because of his facial resemblance to a monkey.

However, he is seen in all of the group's music videos ; on the DVD released in 2007, he is given the nickname " Buster Sidebury ".