Both Goliath and the Vampires ( 1961 ) and Goliath and the Sins of Babylon ( 1963 ) actually featured the famed superhero Maciste in the original Italian versions, but American distributors didn't feel the name Maciste had any meaning to American audiences.

In the second volume of the same dictionary ( 1864 ) this name appears Italianized as Maciste, defined as uno dei soprannomi d ' Ercole (" one of the nicknames of Hercules ").

In the revised script, writer Gabriele d ' Annunzio gave the character the name Maciste, which he understood ( based on the above or similar sources ) to be an erudite synonym for Hercules.

By later writers using the character the original etymology was generally forgotten, and a folk etymology was constructed based on the name's superficial similarity to the Italian word macigno " large stone "; in the first of the 1960s films, Maciste tells another character in the film that his name means " born of the rock ".

However, in the first of the 1960s Maciste films, he mentions to another character that his name " Maciste " means " born of the rock " ( almost as if he was a god who would just appear out of the earth in times of need ).

The name Maciste was not in the title of the English versions of most of these films: when these films were imported into the USA and dubbed in English, the hero's name was often changed to Hercules, Samson, Goliath, Atlas, or Colossus, because the name Maciste was not widely recognised in the USA.

However, in the first film of the 1960s series, he mentions to another character that the name " Maciste " means " born of the rock " ( almost as if he was a god who would just appear out of the earth itself in times of need ).

The name Samson was also inserted into the U. S. titles of six other Italian movies when they were dubbed in English for U. S. distribution, although these films actually featured the adventures of the famed Italian folk hero Maciste.

The Giant King ( 1964 ), and Samson in King Solomon's Mines ( 1964 ) were all retitled Maciste movies, because the American distributors didn't feel the name Maciste was marketable to U. S. filmgoers.

Both Goliath and the Vampires ( 1961 ) and Goliath and the Sins of Babylon ( 1963 ) actually featured the famed Italian folk hero Maciste in the original Italian versions, but American distributors didn't feel the name Maciste meant anything to American audiences.

Pagano became an international star, and legally changed his name to Maciste.

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In the 2000s, CPC leaders debated changing the party's name to remove the " Communist " label, but ultimately decided against it, fearing the emergence of a splinter Communist party.

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When the Upper was dropped from Upper Saxony, a different region had acquired the Saxon name, ultimately replacing the name's original meaning.

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The name Austro-Asiatic comes from the Latin words for " south " and " Asia ", hence " South Asia ".

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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 ".

The name atom comes from the Greek ἄτομος ( atomos, " indivisible ") from ἀ-( a -, " not ") and τέμνω ( temnō, " I cut "), which means uncuttable, or indivisible, something that cannot be divided further.

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The name " Aleut " comes from the Aleut word allíthuh, meaning " community.

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