Where does the name "Condoleezza" come from?
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The name comes from the latin "bush's testicles"
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Formerly known as\n\nGREAT
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It refers to the Jonestown mass murder/suicide in 1978, where hundreds of people were forced into a tent and made to drink poisoned Flavor Aid (though many people believe it was KoolAid).\n\nMany people use the expression to refer to those who blindly follow a leader into a dangerous or lethal situation.
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I think you mean kazza.\nhttp://kazza.com/
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In italian "terrazza" (with 2 Z; plural "terrazze") means "terrace".
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There are many theories explaining the origin of the word. The debate is still open on that one.\n\nBritish troops gave new derogatroy meaning to the word when the played the song Yankee Doodle Dandy as an insult to the citizens of Boston ("doodle" was a slang word for 'dolt' or 'penis')\nThe version of the song we know today has been altered from the original.\n\nAfter the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Americans taunted the retreating British with the word, giving it a new complimentary sense.\n\nIt now generally refers to an American, without intending to insult.\nIt's most often used to describe residents of the New England states. It's simply a slang word no different than calling a Nova Scotian a "Bluenoser" (after the schooner), or someone from Ontario and "Upper Canuck". They are fun words that add colour to our speech.
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It is a reference to George W Bush's Middle initial.  "Dubya" is (sort of) a phonetic rendering of how the letter "W" is pronounced in Texas.
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From the ridge at end, it appears to be an English surname.  English surnames ( set up in the early Middle Ages) are of 4 types- Father's name (Robertson) , nickname (Jolley or could be a town) or descriptor(Brown), occupation (Baker) and place of residence as in Swatridge.  The Swat part may be a dialect word. It could also be swathe- a track melded into ridge or a swatch  - an English eastern dialect word- meaning a channel between sandbars, but maybe not, you wouldn't want to live there .  One of the things about the place surnames in medieval English is that people must have been living all over the landscape, not just huddled in small agricultural villages.  \nMany surnames that appear in later countries that one emigrated to have been mistranslated by immigration officers at point of landing, and also many names have variants,  Spelling didn't settle down until the late 19th century, though surnames tend to be very conservative and don't change spelling if they are in theri place of origin. \nMaybe someone kows the dialect meaning of Swat?
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It is not a named person but is called the 'statue of freedom' It came from Rome and is 19 feet  & 6 inches high
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This isnt a bad question... ive wondered this too. The name is in reference to Abraham Lincolon who was the first republican president and supposedly born in a log cabin. Maybe "gay republicans" was too straight forward.
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the word liberia come from the word liberty, the love of liberty brought us here, the quotes of the free slave that went to liberia, they came from the south.the capital is monrovia, name after the 5 president of the united state james monroe.
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Not exactly sure and can't find any detailed explanation.\n\nIt's one of two types of speech common in London.  One is called Jafaican and is a blend of Jamaican and African and the other is Tikkiny which is used to describe the dialect of Bangladeshi people.\n\nThere's nothing to explain the origin of the word - maybe it's derived from a Bangladeshi word.\n\nHere's a couple of newspaper articles with more info... \nhttp://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article357032.ece \nhttp://www.dailypioneer.com/foray1.asp?main_variable=SUNDAYPIONEER%2FGLOBE&file_name=globe1.txt&counter_img=1
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Condoleeza. Because I do not agree with Hillary Clinton's policies. However, Condoleeza Rice hasn't really explained any policy she might have because she hasn't agreed to run for President. I would not vote for Hillary Clinton under any circumstances. I think she is a socialist.
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There have been numerous attempts to explain the emergence of this curious colloquial expression, which seems to have swept into popular use in the US during the mid-19th century. Most of them are undoubtedly pure speculation. It does not seem at all likely, from the linguistic and historical evidence, that it derives from the Scots expression 'och aye', the Greek ola kala ('it is good'), the Choctaw Indian oke or okeh ('it is so'), the French aux Cayes ('from Cayes', a port in Haiti with a reputation for good rum) or au quai ('to the quay', as supposedly used by French-speaking dockers), or the initials of a railway freight agent called Obediah Kelly who is said to have written them on lading documents he had checked.\n\nThe oldest written references to 'OK' result from its adoption as a slogan by the Democratic party during the American Presidential election of 1840. Their candidate, President Martin Van Buren, was nicknamed 'Old Kinderhook' (after his birthplace in New York State), and his supporters formed the 'OK Club'.\n\nThis undoubtedly helped to popularize the term (though it did not get President Van Buren re-elected!). During the late 1830s there had been a brief but widespread craze in the US for humorous misspellings, and the form orl korrekt which was among them could explain the initials 'OK'. Such a theory has been supported by more than one distinguished American scholar, and is given in many dictionaries, including Oxford dictionaries.\n\nThe only other theory with at least a degree of plausibility is that the term originated among Black slaves of West African origin, and represents a word meaning 'all right, yes indeed' in various West African languages. Unfortunately, historical evidence enabling the origin of this expression to be finally and firmly established may be hard to unearth.
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Probably no one knows for sure.  One theory I like is that "okay" derives from the Scottish "auch aye", meaning "ah yes". \n\nHere are a number of links that discuss possible origins.
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Amerigo Vespucci is the person from whom the word comes from.
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In British usage, it derives from Far East, specifically Chinese, pidgin; it came to UK by way of the Merchant Service, reinforced by the R(oyal) N(avy). . . . It is in fact a literal translation of a very common Chinese greeting, 'hao jiu mei jian.'\n: The American. use of the phrase probably comes from the same source but has been strongly influenced by two or three very widely distributed popular anecdotes. . . . The oldest printed record  of it is afforded by Harry C. Witwer's 'Love and Learn,' 1924 (p. 73). The US currency goes back to the late 19th century as  judged  by the fact that the 'OED New Supp.' can cite a Red Indian as saying 'Long time no see you'. . . . There have been Chinese living and working up and down the West Coast of North America since the Gold Rush days of mid 19th century, and before."