Isfahan became more of a legend than a place, and now it is for many people simply a name to which they attach their notions of old Persia and sometimes of the East.

I was having lunch not long ago ( apologies to N. V. Peale ) with three distinguished historians ( one specializing in the European Middle Ages, one in American history, and one in the Far East ), and I asked them if they could name instances where the general mores had been radically changed with `` deliberate speed, majestic instancy '' ( Francis Thompson's words for the Hound Of Heaven's Pursuit ) by judicial fiat.

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The name Anatolia comes from the Greek () meaning the " East " or more literally " sunrise ", comparable to the Latin terms " Levant " or " Orient " ( and words for " east " in other languages ).

The name Anatolia comes from the Greek () meaning the " East " or more literally " sunrise ".

One year later Guthrum, or Athelstan by his baptismal name, Alfred ’ s former enemy and king of East Anglia, died and was buried in Hadleigh, Suffolk.

Peter Lombard ( died 1160 ) is the first writer known to have used the term, which did not become the usual name in the West till towards the end of the twelfth century, and never became current in the East.

In the Churches mentioned here by name, the oil used ( called " oil of the sick " in both West and East ) is blessed specifically for this purpose.

Its name commemorates the uprisings in East Berlin of 17 June 1953.

Unlike the communist parties in most other East European states, the BCP ( changing its name to Bulgarian Socialist Party ) retained majority power after the transition in Bulgaria by winning the first free national elections in June 1990.

Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal English from the East End of London ; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang ( or CRS ).

Initially, on 1 July 1867, there were four provinces in confederation as " One dominion under the name of Canada ": Canada West ( former Upper Canada, now Ontario ), Canada East ( former Lower Canada, now Quebec ), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt and the Middle East.

Elbing is the German name of Elbląg, a city in northern Poland which until 1945 was a German city in the province of East Prussia.

Originally known as " Eastern Swing " by Arthur Murray Studios, the name East Coast Swing became more common between 1975 and 1980.

In many cultures ( particularly in European and European influenced cultures in the Americas, Oceania, etc., as well as the Middle East, South Asia, and most African cultures ), the family name is normally the last part of a person's name.

Since family names are normally written last in European societies ( except in Hungary ), the term last name is commonly used for family name, while in East Asia ( with vertical writing ) the family name may be referred to as upper name ( as in Japanese ).

There is Blair leading a respectable, outwardly eventless life at his parents ' house in Southwold, writing ; then in contrast, there is Blair as Burton ( the name he used in his down-and-out episodes ) in search of experience in the kips and spikes, in the East End, on the road, and in the hop fields of Kent.

From 1954 to 1990, the 17th of June was an official holiday in West Germany to commemorate the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, even with the name " Day of the German Unity ".

Trying to identify a contemporary vernacular term and the associated nation with a classical name, Latin writers from the 10th century onwards used the learned adjective teutonicus ( originally derived from the Teutones ) to refer to East Francia (" Regnum Teutonicum ") and its inhabitants.

The Republican Forces of Côte d ' Ivoire (; " FRCI ") is the current name of the armed forces of Côte d ' Ivoire ( Ivory Coast ) and serve the Forces Nouvelles de Côte d ' Ivoire ( FNCI ), the political coalition that triumphed in the Second Ivorian Civil War.

The West Coast Offense, is the popular name for the high-percentage passing scheme designed by former Bengals assistant Bill Walsh.

No further known settlements by non-African colonists occurred along the Grain Coast ( an alternative name ) until the arrival in 1821 of free blacks from the United States.

Due to its consistency of climate, flora and fauna, geology and land use, " Lower Mainland " is also the name of an ecoregion — a biogeoclimatic region — that comprises the eastern part of the Georgia Depression and extends from Powell River on the Sunshine Coast to Hope at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley.

The name refers to the Mobile Indians of the central Gulf Coast.

The Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League team which arrived in San Diego in 1936.

The slave trade began in the 16th century, and for the next two hundred years the coastal region was a major trading center for Europeans in search of slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name " The Slave Coast ".

Spanish explorers arriving on the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the early 16th century gave vanilla its current name.

V: TES, perhaps the most successful card game, was originally published by Wizards of the Coast in 1994, but was abandoned just two years later after a revamped base set, name change and three expansions were published.

In 1957, when the leaders of the former British colony of the Gold Coast sought an appropriate name for their newly independent state — the first black African nation to gain its independence from colonial rule — they named their new country after ancient Ghana.

; Côte d ' Ivoire ebolavirus ( CIEBOV ): Also referred to as Taï Forest ebolavirus and by the English place name, " Ivory Coast ", it was first discovered among chimpanzees from the Taï Forest in Côte d ' Ivoire, Africa, in 1994.

The name was officially applied to the area in 1958, when the local government area covering Southport and Coolangatta was renamed " Gold Coast ", although the urban area and the local government area have never had the same boundaries.

MINSY made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II.

Wizards of the Coast continued to use the TSR name for D & D products for three years, until the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons was released in 2000 under the Wizards of the Coast logo only.

GCL teams are not referred to by their home city, but simply by their parent club's name, and the prefix " GCL " or " Gulf Coast " if necessary to differentiate between them and another club sharing the nickname.

It adopted its current name, Gulf Coast League, for the 1966 season.

Joined by center Brendan Morrison during the 2001 – 02 season, the trio were nicknamed the " West Coast Express " ( after the Vancouver rail service of the same name ) among Canucks fans and media.

The South Coast Derby is the name given to matches between the Saints and their fierce nearby rivals, Portsmouth F. C., from the city of the same name 17 miles from Southampton.

Jasminum fluminense ( which is sometimes known by the inaccurate name " Brazilian Jasmine ") and Jasminum dichotomum ( Gold Coast Jasmine ) are invasive species in Hawaii and Florida.

The movement received its biggest impetus ( and its name ), however, when Coleman moved from the West Coast to New York and was signed to Atlantic Records: albums such as The Shape of Jazz to Come and Change of the Century marked a radical step beyond his more conventional early work, and when he released a 1960 recording titled Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, the name stuck to the movement as a whole.

Dean DeLeo is reported to have said " I refused to be in a band called Swing ," and shortly the band changed their name to Mighty Joe Young.

Texico is the name of the town in the 2008 movie Swing Vote starring Kevin Costner.

Lauré Haile, Arthur Murray National Dance Director, and an instructor of teachers documented swing dancing as done in the Los Angeles area and used the name " Western Swing ".

Murray had used the same name, " Western Swing ", in the late 1930s for a different dance.

The name " West Coast Swing " was used in a little known hand book for Arthur Murray dance studio teachers in the 1950s, but the Murray studios used the term " Western Swing " on charts.

Blair credits Jim Bannister, editor of the Herald American newspaper in Downey, for suggesting the name West Coast Swing.

Circa 1978 " California Swing " was yet another name for West Coast Swing, albeit with styling that was " considered more UP, with a more Contemporary flavor.

Swing uses a strong rhythm section of double bass and drums as the anchor for a lead section of brass instruments such as trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets, and sometimes stringed instruments such as violin and guitar, medium to fast tempos, and a " lilting " swing time rhythm. The name swing came from the phrase ‘ swing feel ’ where the emphasis is on the off – beat or weaker pulse in the music ( unlike classical music ).

It is commonly called " Swing Space " by the students ; its official name, Boyd Hall, is unused.

The Plaintiffs John Carter, John Swing, and John Veronis ( artists ) created art and sculpture work together in New York City under the name " Jx3 ".

Rundgren's debut solo album Runt ( 1970 ) includes the strongly Nyro-influenced " Baby Let ’ s Swing ," which was written about her and mentions her by name.

On October 20, 2003, the team was renamed the Swing of the Quad Cities ; the nickname, like the previous one, was chosen as the winning entry in a " name the team " contest.

More than 48 percent of voters in a contest sponsored by the franchise's new owners preferred the River Bandits name over the Swing and four other finalists: the Channel Cats, the Current, the River Eagles, and the Talons.

The name " Goodner " is at one point revealed to be an anglicised form of " Geutner "-which is also the surname of the main female character in the original version of Adams's next novel The Girl in a Swing.

Some on-campus clubs are Circle K International, Swing Dance Club, and Philotech to name a few.

Toné !, Alexander O ' neal, Regina Bell, Madonna, Swing Out Sister, to name a few, and most notably, En Vogue ,.

The name Captain Swing has long been associated with civil unrest, being the pseudonym of the ( possibly mythical ) leader of the Swing Riots.

The name comes from the Quebec French term Swinger, meaning in this context to dance, and the phrase Swing la bacaisse dans le fond d ' la boîte à bois !, a classic, almost cliché expression used in Quebec folk music parties.