Yet another explanation is that, while derived from the afore mentioned root, the name of the sea is related to naming for various forms of water and related substances in several European languages, that might have been originally associated with colors found in swamps.

Based on his accurate description of towns, cities and islands, as well as correctly naming various official titles, archaeologist Sir William Ramsay wrote that " Luke is a historian of the first rank ; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy ... should be placed along with the very greatest of historians.

Examples of the differences between the various naming conventions are given in the table below:

The area's geography remained one of the least understood in the region, with various Spanish maps containing errors in the naming of the Sabine and Neches, and sometimes showed them flowing independently into the Gulf of Mexico.

Domain names are used in various networking contexts and application-specific naming and addressing purposes.

This section includes various comic scenes relating to mutual stereotyping among different ethnic groups ; the two attempt to pass themselves off as indigenous Mexicans, failing to convince one Mexican truck driver after naming the wrong destination, but later succeeding in convincing a U. S. Border Patrol officer by copiously peppering their responses with the Mexican word for " fuck ", which a neighbor had suggested was how all Mexicans speak.

While the use of the word commando came to refer to various elite special operations forces units in other countries in the world, South Africa retained it's original use as well as naming special operations forces units in this fashion.

However since Taylor was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve before the Mormons even arrived in Utah, and was the wounded survivor of the mob attack that killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and served at various times as speaker of the Utah Territorial Legislature, naming the town after Taylor at any point from 1847 on is quite believable.

In February 2011, various groups have proposed naming the Detroit River International Crossing bridge, a proposed bridge that will connect Detroit and Windsor by linking Highway 401 in Ontario with Interstate 75 and Interstate 94 in Michigan, in honor of Gordie Howe.

On May 28, 1982, Jaffree brought suit naming the Mobile County School Board, various school officials, and the minor plaintiffs ' three teachers as defendants.

This naming proposal found little favour, and the various types on the market continued to be known by the name of their individual designers or manufacturers, e. g. Rider's, Robinson's, or Heinrici's ( hot ) air engine.

Projects that are developed over long periods of time, or by multiple individuals or groups, can contain inconsistencies in the naming of various items.

The naming and division of the various subranges of the Karakoram is not universally agreed upon.

During the Republic, branches of the gens Sulpicia were identified by various cognomina, the third element of a Roman man's name ( see Roman naming conventions ).

Originally there appears to have been no association of tartans with specific clans ; instead, highland tartans were produced to various designs by local weavers and any identification was purely regional, but the idea of a clan-specific tartan gained currency in the late 18th century and in 1815 the Highland Society of London began the naming of clan-specific tartans.

The Kayapo people wear masks of various animals and spirits, including the anteater, during naming and initiation ceremonies.

The names in the various languages are not usually translations: distinct naming traditions survive alongside each other.

The naming of the new Chinatown is disputed, as various ethnic groups live within the community.

Regarding the names of various suras, it is widely believed that this naming scheme is meant for the purpose of identifying different suras.

In response to the need for unambiguous names for astronomical objects, it has created a number of systematic naming systems for bodies of various sorts.

However, the age of space probes brought high-resolution images of various solar system bodies, and it became necessary to propose naming standards for the features seen on them.

On top of that, there exist various artificial and more or less standardized naming systems for molecules that supply more or less ambiguous names and synonyms.

There are multiple conventions for naming polymer substances.

* In Canada, the regulations regarding naming conventions for brandy are basically similar to those the United States ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 061 ), the minimum specified aging period is six months in wood ( although not necessarily oak, provision B. 02. 061. 2 ), and caramel, fruit, other botantical substances, flavourings, and flavouring preparations may also be included in a product called brandy ( provisions B. 02. 050 – 059 ).

The Stamford Bridge freehold, the pitch, the turnstiles and Chelsea's naming rights are now owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners, a non-profit organisation in which fans are the shareholders.

In 1513 Waldseemüller appears to have had second thoughts about the name, probably due to contemporary protests about Vespucci ’ s role in the discovery and naming of America, or just carefully waiting for the official discovery of the whole northwestern coast of what is now called North America, as separated from East Asia.

The following year, they moved to the new Louisiana Superdome ( now the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, since Mercedes-Benz has purchased the stadium's naming rights through the 2021 NFL season ).

Hardwicke's originally proposed taxonomic name was removed from the 1827 publication of his paper with his permission, and naming credit is now given to Cuvier.

In 1462 Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra mapped the hills surrounding what is now Freetown Harbour, naming the oddly shaped formation Serra Lyoa ( Lion Mountains ).

( Through an accident of naming, the term " Tocharian " now commonly refers to a branch of Indo-European languages spoken in the Tarim Basin between the 3rd and 9th centuries AD, and quite distinct from the Bactrian language spoken by the Tókharoi.

It is possible that the city was named after early settler Mary Lloyd, but now the name is thought to be derived from French fur trappers ' naming of Marys Peak after the Virgin Mary.

Due to a change in naming conventions, Hudson's Bay is now called Hudson Bay.

Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 a band from North Carolina who were fronted by now Murderdolls lead singer and solo artist Wednesday 13 also did a song about the creature naming it Creature From The Black Lagoon.

The fabled 1715 Spanish treasure fleet sank off the area that is now St. Lucie County, leading to the regional naming of the area as the Treasure Coast.

While both the ancient Greeks and Romans knew of algae, and the ancient Chinese even cultivated certain varieties as food, the scientific study of algae began in the late 18th century with the description and naming of Fucus maximus ( now Ecklonia maxima ) in 1757 by Pehr Osbeck.

* the Great Barrier Reef coastline myth ( told to Dixon ) in Yarrabah, just south of Cairns, telling of a past coastline ( since flooded ) which stood at the edge of the current Great Barrier Reef, and naming places now completely submerged after the forest types and trees that once grew there.

In 1834, U. S. Army Captain Seth Lore and others developed what is now the downtown area, naming the four main north-south avenues " Livingston ," " Orange ," " Randolph ," and " Eufaula " ( L-O-R-E .) The Seth Lore and Irwinton Historic District of Eufaula has been defined as encompassing much of the oldest part of the city.

Spanish exploration of the Temple Terrace area dates back to 1757 when explorer Don Francisco Maria Celi of the Spanish Royal Fleet made his way up the Hillsborough River ( naming it " El Rio de San Julian y Arriaga ") to what is now Riverhills Park in search of pine trees to use as masts for his ships.

The railroad platted out 40 acres ( where Grayling now stands ), naming it " Crawford.

Though Spanish sailors probably frequented the island on their way to intercept the Gulf Stream off Cape Hatteras, Pedro de Quexos was the first documented explorer of the region in the 1520s, naming what is now Santee River the " River Jordan.

He is now honored by the naming of Francis Marion National Forest nearby.

Popular legend has it that William Mahone ( 1826 – 1895 ), builder of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad ( now Norfolk Southern ), and his cultured wife, Otelia Butler Mahone ( 1837 – 1911 ), traveled along the newly completed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad naming stations.

* Battle of Dettingen, which took place in what is now Karlstein am Main, which led to the naming of:

In modern times this custom of naming diseases after persons is falling out of favor and so such names are now more a curiosity than a diagnostic nomenclature.

Davidson Black, FRS ( born July 25, 1884, Toronto, Ontario, Canada died March 15, 1934, Beijing, China ) was a Canadian paleoanthropologist, best known for his naming of Sinanthropus pekinensis ( now Homo erectus pekinensis ).

Since then, his effort at naming the moons has failed, for they are now referred to as the " Galilean moons ".

With the advent of UMTS this naming was split: the SIM was now an application and hence only software.

The caloric theory is now also remembered for the naming of the calorie.