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Hindi/Indian
(दà¥à¤°à¥à¤—ा) Hindi myth name borne by the goddess Devi, derived from the Sanskrit word durga, DURGA means "fort" or "protected place," hence "unapproachable." She is usually depicted riding a lion or tiger, and having twelve hands, each holding a weapon and assuming a mudra (symbolic hand gesture).Â
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English (Durham)
English (Durham) : unexplained.Perhaps an Americanized form of German Lichtel, a habitational name from a place named Lichtel, recorded in 1224 as Lihental. This name occurs chiefly in LA.
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Italian
Italian name derived from Latin durantis, DURANTE means "enduring, lasting, steadfast."
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English (County Durham)
English (County Durham) : variant of Harts. In the U.S. this name is concentrated in NC.
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English (Durham and North Yorkshire)
English (Durham and North Yorkshire) : unexplained; perhaps an altered spelling of Scottish and northern Irish Keddy.Irish : variant spelling of Keady.
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English (Cumbria and Durham)
English (Cumbria and Durham) : variant spelling of Furness.
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English (Northumberland, Durham, Cumbria)
English (Northumberland, Durham, Cumbria) : northern variant of Leachman.
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English (Norman)
English (Norman) : nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur ‘hard(y)’.
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French
French : habitational name from any of several places named Dury, in Aisne, Pas-de-Calais, and Somme.French and Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, du ry ‘from the stream’. Because ry has fallen out of use, the name has been translated as Rice, the French word for ‘rice’, riz, being a homophone.English : either a habitational name from Dury in Lydford, Devon, or of French origin (see 1), the surname having been taken to England by the Huguenots.
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English (County Durham)
English (County Durham) : unexplained.
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English (Newcastle and Durham)
English (Newcastle and Durham) : probably a variant spelling of the Scottish surname Cleghorn.
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English (County Durham)
English (County Durham) : variant of Jameson.
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English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : probably a topographic name or a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, most likely in northeastern England, where the name is still most frequent.
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English (County Durham, Cleveland)
English (County Durham, Cleveland) : unexplained.
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English (Somerset)
English (Somerset) : habitational name from Durston in Somerset, named with the Old English personal name Dēor + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’.
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Spanish (Durán) and Catalan
Spanish (Durán) and Catalan : from the personal name Durand (see Durant, Durante).English : variant of Durant.Polish : from a derivative of Dura.Czech : from a derivative of Dura.
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English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish : variant spelling of Louden.
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English (Durham and Yorkshire)
English (Durham and Yorkshire) : unexplained; perhaps an altered form of Lindley.
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English
Old English occupational name DURWARD means "doorkeeper, warder at the gate."
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English (County Durham)
English (County Durham) : most probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place in northern England.
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v. t.
To subject to duress.
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Continuance; duration. See Endurance.
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Alt. of Durion
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One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.
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In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.
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Duration.
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Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.
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The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.
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Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.
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Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.
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See Durance, 3.
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During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.
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The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
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Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.
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Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.
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One who subjects another to duress
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Continuing; not completed; implying duration.
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A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.