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WHALE
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Arabic, Muslim
The Man of the Whale
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Whaley in Derbyshire, Whalley in Lancashire, or Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire (formerly in Cheshire). The first is probably named with Old English wælla ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’. The second has as the first element Old English hwæl ‘round hill’, and the last has Old English weg ‘path’, ‘road’ as the first element, the second element in both cases also being lēah.
Female
Arthurian
, Orkney, i.e. whale island.
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English
English : nickname for a large, ungainly person, from Middle English hwal ‘whale’ (Old English hwæl).
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English
English : variant of Whaley.
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English
English : variant of Whale.
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English
English : variant of Whaley.
Female
Arthurian
, Orkney, i.e. whale island.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, AMBER means "amber," the gem or color. Actually the word is of Arabic origin, from anbargris (ambergris), which refers to an oily, perfumed substance (used in making perfumes) secreted by the sperm whale.
Female
Greek
(Κητώ) Greek name KETO means "sea monster." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of sharks, whales, and other dangers of the sea.
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Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Warrior
Boy/Male
Latin
Bean farmer.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English, Greek, Latin
Brave; Masculine
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French
Meadow; Combination of Lee and Anne; Graceful Meadow
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Gold
Biblical
whom Jehovah searching out; leads,whom Jehovah leads
Girl/Female
Arabic
Beautiful; Elegant
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Pleasant father.
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English
English : from Middle English fether ‘feather’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for a trader in feathers and down, a maker of quilts, or possibly a maker of pens. Feathermongers are recorded from the 13th century onwards. In some cases the surname may have arisen from a nickname denoting a very light person or perhaps a person of no account.Americanized form of German Feder.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : Anglicized form of the Welsh patronymic ap Heilyn ‘son of Heilyn’, which is probably a derivative of a word meaning ‘to serve at table’.English : habitational name from Palling in Norfolk or Poling in Sussex. These were named in Old English with the personal names Pælli and PÄl respectively, + -ingas ‘followers of’, ‘dependants of’.French : unexplained.A Palin, also written Palen and Pallin, from the Poitou region of France, is documented in Quebec City in 1692, with the secondary surname Dabonville.
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n.
A sea monster of the whale kind.
n.
The hunting of whales.
n.
A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen.
n.
One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
n.
A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol.
n.
A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
pl.
of Whaleman
n.
A man employed in the whale fishery.
n.
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
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The beluga, or white whale.
imp. & p. p.
of Whala
n.
A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen.
n.
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
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A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
n.
A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.
a.
Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.