The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “ The Pilgrims At Home ” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“ Rory O ’ More ” melody ).

The modern sports nickname of Golden Tornadoes commemorates the " Golden Tornado " of May 11, 1914 when a major tornado struck the college, most notably taking the gold colored roof from the top of Old Main, which was the origin of the associated color.

As the athletic nickname of Indiana University Bloomington, the Hoosier is the subject of debate, primarily concerning the term's meaning and origin.

Carter's unusual nickname is accounted for by his origin.

The beret was the origin of the German nickname for British airborne troops, The Red Devils.

A Scandinavian origin has been proposed ( compare, for example, Norwegian slengenamn, which means " nickname "), but is discounted by the Oxford English Dictionary based on " date and early associations ".

The origin of the nickname " Wobblies " is uncertain.

The London underground is nicknamed " The Tube " A nickname is " a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name ", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name.

The M letter stands for Molotovets (' of Molotov's fame '), it was the origin of the car's nickname, M ' ka ( Эмка ).

Name etymologists classify European surnames under five categories, depending on their origin: given name, occupational name, location name, nickname, and ornamental name.

The origin of the nickname also has been attributed to Stan Musial.

The true origin of the nickname could be traced back to either or both of these conditions.

He also has nicknames for individual players such as The Nash Rambler for Steve Nash, Captain Kidd for former Suns Captain Jason Kidd and the Matrix for now-former Sun and current Dallas Mavericks player Shawn Marion ( although the origin of that nickname is generally attributed to former NBA player and TNT analyst Kenny Smith, not McCoy ).

The origin of the town name is different from the nickname given to the State of North Carolina.

Moreno was born in Sacramento, California to a Mexican father and a Spanish / Chinese mother ; the latter being the origin of his Spanish nickname Chino, which means " Chinese " in Spanish.

As a young man, Cantinflas performed a variety of acts in travelling tents, and it was here that he earned the nickname " Cantinflas ", although the origin of the name is obscured by legend.

Certain sources cite this series as the origin of a nickname used by some anime fans,, although it should be noted that Tomino had directed and worked in a number of series in which the vast majority of the protagonists survive .< ref >

The Skyline GT-R later earned the nickname " Godzilla ", for its a play on its " monster " track performance and country of origin.

Fifth-billed after the remaining first-tier stars Orson Welles, Cécile Aubry and Jack Hawkins, Rennie was specifically cast as 13th century King Edward I, whose 6 ' 2 " ( 1. 88 m ) frame gave origin to his historical nickname, " Longshanks ".

The rough felt used in the production process is the origin of the term " Owdham Roughyed " a nickname for people from Oldham.

Brown Bess is a nickname of uncertain origin for the British Army's Land Pattern Musket and its derivatives.

It is possible that Dixon's name was the origin for the nickname Dixie used in reference to the U. S. Southern States.

The origin of the nickname is uncertain, but it may have come from the Leicestershire Regiment ( which became in 1946 The Royal Leicestershire Regiment ).

In etymology, they are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and geographical references ( including references to named buildings ).

While the origin of state-owned automobiles may be obscured, subsequent developments concerning the assignment, use, and management of state automobiles can be related more clearly.

Other theories of origin are compatible with the formulaic theory: Beowulf may contain a design for terror, and The Iliad may have a vast hysteron-proteron pattern answering to a ceramic pattern produced during the Geometric Period in pottery.

In turn, the origin of aleph may have been a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Recent observations by the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL satellite may explain the origin of a giant cloud of antimatter surrounding the galactic center.

Perhaps the word may be included among those mysterious expressions discussed by Adolf von Harnack, “ which belong to no known speech, and by their singular collocation of vowels and consonants give evidence that they belong to some mystic dialect, or take their origin from some supposed divine inspiration .”

In other cases, an allophone may be chosen to represent its phoneme because it is more common in the world's languages than the other allophones, because it reflects the historical origin of the phoneme, or because it gives a more balanced look to a chart of the phonemic inventory.

Although asado is eaten all over the country, its origin may be traced back to the Pampas.

The origin of the name Berlin is unknown, but it may have its roots in the language of West Slavic inhabitants of the area of today's Berlin, and be related to the Old Polabian stem berl -/ birl-(" swamp ").

Beads may be divided into several types of overlapping categories, based on different criteria such as component materials, manufacturing process, place or period of origin, surface patterning, or general shape.

AD 10, may imply that the Bastarnae were of Celtic origin.

That is, while the events may not be historically accurate the book itself was written to tell a story of a time in history, in this case the origin of the Jewish holiday of Purim.

The origin of this vessel, an abandoned and burning ship's boat laden with highly flammable material, is uncertain but it may have been launched from Guerrier as the battle began.

Fitz Gerald's reference to the " dusky " stable hands suggests the term's origin may lie in African-American culture.

Chemical elements may also be categorized by their origin on Earth, with the first 98 considered to be naturally occurring, while those with atomic numbers beyond 98 have only been produced artificially as the synthetic products of man-made nuclear reactions.

Other dishes may be featured with varying strengths, with those of north Indian origin, such as butter chicken, tending to be mild, and recipes from the south of India tending to be hotter.

Chomsky (,,,, " from ( Vyoska ) Khomsk ( nearby Brest, now Belarus )") is a Belarus '- origin surname, and may refer to:

The use of rhyming slang has spread beyond the purely dialectal and some examples are to be found in the mainstream British English lexicon and internationally, although many users may be unaware of the origin of those words.

A point in space in a Cartesian coordinate system may also be represented by a position vector, which can be thought of as an arrow pointing from the origin of the coordinate system to the point.

It has been speculated that accounts of spitting cobras may be the origin of the myths of fire-breathing dragons.

It may vary from laws that stop refusals of hiring based on nationality, asking questions regarding origin, to prohibitions of firing, forced retirement, compensation and pay, etc., based on nationality.

The origin of the divergence of the term " extreme sports " from " sports " may date to the 1950s in the appearance of a phrase usually, but wrongly, attributed to Ernest Hemingway.

The key to knowing the origin of the Japanese imperial line may lie within the ancient imperial tombs known as kofun.

Recent DNA evidence suggests that several haplotypes of Neanderthal origin are present among all non-African populations, and Neanderthals and other hominids, such as Denisova hominin may have contributed up to 6 % of their genome to present-day humans.

The name Ea is allegedly Hurrian in origin while others claim that it is possibly of Semitic origin and may be a derivation from the West-Semitic root * hyy meaning " life " in this case used for " spring ", " running water.