In this early competition, Telegrafverket with its brand Rikstelefon was a latecomer.

Telenor started off in 1855 as a state-operated monopoly, named Telegrafverket as a provider of telegraph services.

The transmitters were owned by the state through Telegrafverket and the press held a monopoly on newscasts through Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ) ( ( GRC ), literally ‘ Royal Gendarmerie of Canada '; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘ The Force ') is both a federal and a national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world.

The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's ( 1881 – 1942 ) Die Schachnovelle ( 1942 ) ( literally, " The Chess Novella ", but translated in 1944 as The Royal Game ) is an example of a title naming its genre.

Charlier Wooden Leg and his canon received much of the credit for the Belgian ’ s victory in Park Royal, where he literally blew the Dutch soldiers away.

Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang ( Lao: ຫ ຼ ວງພຣະບາງ, literally: " Royal Buddha Image ( in the Dispelling Fear mudra )," pronounced ), is a city located in north central Laos, at the confluence of the Nam Khan river and Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane.

* Diego de Saavedra Fajardo-Idea de un principe plotico cristiano ( literally, " The Idea of a Christian Political Prince ;" in English, The Royal Politician )

Nefertiti ( literally " the beautiful one has come ") was the 14th-century BC Great Royal Wife ( chief consort ) of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt.

Teatern, literally " Royal Theatre " ( which caused the later-founded Royal Dramatic Theatre to add the distinction " dramatic " to its name ).

The Badshahi Masjid, literally the ' Royal Mosque ', was built in 1674 by Aurangzeb.

Hence the name of the province literally means Royal City.

Its name literally means Island of the City and it is also the location of the Royal Palace.

The royal anthem of Jordan is known as as-Salām al-Malakī al-ʾUrdunnī (, literally Jordanian Royal Anthem ).

The origins of the Paris Conservatoire can be traced back to the creation of the École Royale de Chant ( literally, The Royal School of Singing ) by decree of Louis XIV on 28 June 1669.

The name Oranjeboom literally translates as " Orange Tree " in English and symbolises the Dutch Royal Family tree.

Luang Namtha ( Lao ຫລວງນ ໍ້ າທາ, literally " Royal Sugar Palm " or " Royal Green River ") is both a province of Laos and the name of the provincial capital, located in the north of the country.

The Argentine Commandos literally stumbled on a camp occupied by 15 SAS troopers. Throughout 30 May, Royal Air Force Harriers were active over Mount Kent.

Corte-Real, sometimes Corte Real, is a surname of Portuguese origin, which means literally " Royal Court ".

Since the meter is now the standard unit by statute law, this change to a derived unit implicitly defines the modern day Pied du Roi — literally: a French Royal foot — as exactly meters ( about 0. 325 m ).

The name likely refers to the nickname of the city of The Hague ( Hofstad literally means " court city " as The Hague is the seat of the Dutch Royal Court ), where some of the members live, though the AIVD denies this.

The Kali Mandir, literally the ' Royal Mosque ', was built in 1674 by Aurangzeb.

The Thahan Phran ( ทหารพราน ; literally " Hunter Soldiers "; Rangers ) is a paramilitary light infantry force which patrols the borders of Thailand and is part of the Royal Thai Army ( RTA ).

Euskaltzaindia ( literally, " group of keepers of the Basque language "; often translated Royal Academy of the Basque language ) is the official academic language regulatory institution which watches over the Basque language.

* 1974: Pierre Lelong – Secretary of State for the PTT ( literally Postal Telegraph and Telephone ) – decides to establish a second school of telecommunications that will be located in the Brest area.

The Xinhua News Agency (, ; ; literally " New China News Agency ") is the official press agency of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in China.

Kansaneläkelaitos literally means " National Pension Institution " or, corresponding to the Swedish name, " People's Pension Agency ", reflecting its original function as the national provider of retirement benefits.

The is the name given to the long-running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Co., Ltd., Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi (" Super " refers to their use of mecha, and " sentai " is the Japanese word for " task force " or, literally, " fighting squadron " and was also a term used for Japanese squadrons in World War II ).

The series stars British actor Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a former covert operations officer of an unnamed U. S. Government intelligence organization, which was often referred to simply as " The Agency " or " The Company " ( it is implied that it is the CIA ), who tries to atone for past sins by offering, free of charge, his services as a troubleshooter ( often literally ), a protector, and an investigator.

The authority, whose Irish language name literally translates as " the Labour Facilities Foundation ", was the successor to An Chomhairle Oiliúna (" the training council ", commonly referred to as AnCO ), the National Manpower Service and the Youth Employment Agency.

This arrangement was for Copernicus literally monstrous: `` With ( the Ptolemaists ) it is as though an artist were to gather the hands, feet, head and other members for his images from divers models, each part excellently drawn, but not related to a single body ; ;

The apostolic community was literally an elite: chosen by Christ himself.

The last time I saw Bird, at Jimbo's Bob City, he was so gone -- so blind to the world -- that he literally sat down on me before he realized I was there.

On that first day, Blanche literally thought she was going to die, or, at the very least, go out of her mind.

He pointed out to the commissioners that the agency was literally dependent now on the machine processing, `` and the whole wheels of the agency would stop if it broke down or the three or four persons directing it were to leave ''.

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

As sun-god and god of light, Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes ( ; Αἰγλήτης, Aiglētēs, from αἴγλη, " light of the sun "), Helius ( ; Ἥλιος, Helios, literally " sun "), Phanaeus ( ; Φαναῖος, Phanaios, literally " giving or bringing light "), and Lyceus ( ; Λύκειος, Lukeios, from Proto-Greek * λύκη, " light ").

The meaning of the epithet " Lyceus " later became associated Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddes of Lycia ( Λυκία ) and who was identified with the wolf ( λύκος ), earning him the epithets Lycegenes ( ; Λυκηγενής, Lukēgenēs, literally " born of a wolf " or " born of Lycia ") and Lycoctonus ( ; Λυκοκτόνος, Lukoktonos, from λύκος, " wolf ", and κτείνειν, " to kill ").

In association with his birthplace, Mount Cynthus on the island of Delos, Apollo was called Cynthius ( ; Κύνθιος, Kunthios, literally " Cynthian "), Cynthogenes ( ; Κύνθογενης, Kunthogenēs, literally " born of Cynthus "), and Delius ( ; Δήλιος, Delios, literally " Delian ").

Apollo was worshipped as Actiacus ( ; Ἄκτιακός, Aktiakos, literally " Actian "), Delphinius ( ; Δελφίνιος, Delphinios, literally " Delphic "), and Pythius ( ; Πύθιος, Puthios, from Πυθώ, Pūthō, the area around Delphi ), after Actium ( Ἄκτιον ) and Delphi ( Δελφοί ) respectively, two of his principal places of worship.

He was worshipped as Acraephius ( ; Ἀκραιφιος, Akraiphios, literally " Acraephian ") or Acraephiaeus ( ; Ἀκραιφιαίος, Akraiphiaios, literally " Acraephian ") in the Boeotian town of Acraephia ( Ἀκραιφία ), reputedly founded by his son Acraepheus ; and as Smintheus ( ; Σμινθεύς, Smintheus, " Sminthian "— that is, " of the town of Sminthos or Sminthe ") near the Troad town of Hamaxitus.

He was also called Agyieus ( ; Ἀγυιεύς, Aguīeus, from ἄγυια, " street ") for his role in protecting roads and homes ; and as Nomius ( ; Νόμιος, Nomios, literally " pastoral ") and Nymphegetes ( ; Νυμφηγέτης, Numphēgetēs, from Νύμφη, " Nymph ", and ἡγέτης, " leader ") in his role as a protector of shepherds and pastoral life.

As a god of archery, Apollo was known as Aphetor ( ; Ἀφήτωρ, Aphētōr, from ὰφίημι, " to let loose ") or Aphetorus ( ; Ἀφητόρος, Aphētoros, of the same origin ), Argyrotoxus ( ; Ἀργυρότοξος, Argurotoxos, literally " with silver bow "), Hecaërgus ( ; Ἑκάεργος, Hekaergos, literally " far-shooting "), and Hecebolus ( ; Ἑκηβόλος, Hekēbolos, literally " far-shooting ").

Apollo was called Ismenius ( ; Ἰσμηνιός, Ismēnios, literally " of Ismenus ") after Ismenus, the son of Amphion and Niobe, whom he struck with an arrow.

The name " Alaska " ( Аляска ) was already introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning " the mainland " or, more literally, " the object towards which the action of the sea is directed ".