Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A male given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but never popular in English.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1452-1516)
Etymologies
- Contraction of Spanish Ferdinando, from Germanic farð "journey" or frið "peace" + nand "ready, prepared". (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Near the eastern end of this range it will be remembered I had formerly discovered a large watercourse, with a fine spring running along its bed, which I called the Ferdinand; here we encamped again.”
“A devout Christian, Ferdinand is also responsible for the Spanish Inquisition, in which Muslims in the state of Granada and Jews were targeted.”
“He will have to come to a conclusion shortly now that Rio Ferdinand is fit again to resume those duties if asked.”
The Guardian: Returning Rio Ferdinand ready to answer England captaincy question
“Prior to the speech he had instructed a select team of Egyptian commandos to occupy the offices of the British- and French-owned Suez Canal the moment they heard him speak the name of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Frenchman who won the initial concession for building the Canal in 1855.”
“One ill-advised, briefcase-swinging charge at a tormentor had earned me forever the nickname Ferdinand the Bull, soon shortened to Ferd the Nerd.”
“Franz Ferdinand is one of my new favorites ... they were at Bonnaroo and so was the White Stripes!”
“Sister Jeana Visel, a 27-year-old who joined the Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand, Ind., said, "There is a real yearning for a sense of community these days among people in general," Visel says.”
“Ferdinand from the despair into which his dreadful situation plunged him.”
“Ferdinand is one of the top guards in the country.”
“In 1913 Berchtold had to tell Conrad, 'The Archduke Franz Ferdinand is absolutely against war.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Ferdinand’.
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Here We Have Idaho
A list of places and names in the northwestern state of Idaho. Please add your favorites.
Here We Have Idaho is the title of the state song.
Boise, Kuna, Meridian, Idaho Falls, Burley, Pocatello, Ririe, Blackfoot, Nampa, Parma, Paris, Montpelier and 195 more...
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Cow Names
The names of cows from literature, your little acre of heaven, your memory, or otherwise.
I am particularly fond of those in my memory that ended in "ie", such as Bossie and Bessie.
I a...Bossie, Bessie, Ferdinand, Milky-white, Flora, Abbie, Annabelle, Annie, Apple, Bertha, purple cow, Betsy and 75 more...
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Rock 'n' Roll, a play by Tom Stoppard
Syd Barrett, Golden Hair, Pan, Prague, Velvet Revolution, biscuits, stale, lovely, Beach Boys, The Velvet Underg..., Nico, The Rolling Stones and 37 more...
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ruzuzu In Tom Stoppard's play Rock 'n' Roll, "one of the characters, a Czech writer, is named Ferdinand as an homage to Václav Havel. Havel wrote three plays with a protagonist named Ferdinand Vaněk, a stand-in for Havel himself. These plays were distributed by samizdat and became a symbol of the resistance. A number of Havel's friends then wrote their own plays with Ferdinand Vaněk. Stoppard continues in that tradition."
--from Wikipedia Feb 27, 2011