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.

The name East Coast Swing was coined initially to distinguish the dance from the street form and the new variant used in the competitive ballroom arena ( as well as separating the dance from West Coast Swing, which was developed in California ).

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.

Another spot with an image-provoking name is the Black Hills where you can visit the old frontier mining town of Deadwood.

Blue Remembered Hills, a television play by Dennis Potter, takes its title from " Into My Heart an Air That Kills " from A Shropshire Lad, the cycle also providing the name for the James Bond film Die Another Day: " But since the man that runs away / Lives to die another day ".

Although the Period takes its name from the Ediacara Hills where geologist Reg Sprigg first discovered fossils of the eponymous biota in 1946, the type section is located in the bed of the Enorama Creek within Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, at.

In cases where many meteorites were found in one place, the name may be followed by a number or letter ( e. g., Allan Hills 84001 or Dimmitt ( b )).

They were classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School, and began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis ( whose last name he borrowed from a girl he had been dating ) and Garfunkel as Tom Graph ( so called because he was fond of tracking (" graphing ") hits on the pop charts ).

Columbus is reported to have promised to name the next land he discovered for the Holy Trinity, and considered it a miracle when the first land he sighted was the three peaks of the Trinity Hills.

As the name suggests Sheep Street, which leads down from the Town Hall to Waterside and the RST, was from early times and until the late 19th century, the area where sheep, brought from the neighbouring Cotswold Hills, were slaughtered and butchered.

; Pinnath Gelin: Hills in the west of the kingdom, between the White Mountains and Anfalas ; the name means " green ridges ".

She was interred in Forest Lawn — Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, alongside her mother, Ruthie, and sister, Bobby, with her name in larger type size.

Mr. Howell states in that episode that the name " Howell Hills " was previously suggested, though it was the name " Howell Island " that was suggested.

The Viminal Hill, one of the Seven Hills Of Rome, derives it name from the Latin word for osier, viminia ( pl.

The county is within the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, the dunes which lent the region its name being the end result of the last ice age, known as the Pinedale glaciation.

The name " Flat River " preserves the name of the town of Flat River, which was dissolved in the formation of the city of Park Hills in 1994.

The name Emerald Hills is now more commonly adopted due to mailing designation rules, as the U. S. Post Office would allow only a two-word name.

The name Emerald Hills was first used in a 1920 brochure distributed by George Irvine, who had big plans but inadequate cash.

Lexington Hills is the name assigned by the United States Census Bureau to the area, which actually comprises several small communities, including Redwood Estates, Holy City, Chemeketa Park, and Aldercroft Heights.

While it is generally accepted that the name " Toco Hills " is derived from the Toco Hill shopping center, the origin of that name is disputed.

" In any case, the shopping center was developed on what was a hill, and the name gradually changed to " Toco Hills.

Use of the land remained relatively static until the 1950s, when part of it was purchased for a residential community and golf course ; the development was the first use of the name " Vernon Hills.

In 1967, the name Oak Grove Park was dropped in favor of Germantown Hills.

The town has several sanctuaries and preserves, the largest of which being the Menemsha Hills Reservation just north of the village which shares that name.