Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hinduism The primordial father of the human race and sovereign of the earth who first instituted religious ceremonies and devised a code of laws.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Hindu mythology: A legendary being, son of Vivasvant (the sun), and progenitor of the human race, to whom is later ascribed the noted legal textbook called the Laws of Manu, or the Manavadharma-çastra.
- n. Later, also, one of a series of fourteen patriarchs or progenitors, presiding over successive periods or divisions of time, called manvantaras, each of 308,448,000 years.
Wiktionary
- n. Hinduism A title accorded the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.
- n. theosophy the progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis.
- n. A male given name commonly used in India.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Hind. Myth.) One of a series of progenitors of human beings, and authors of human wisdom.
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit मनु (mánu, "man, mankind"). (Wiktionary)
- Sanskrit Manuḥ, from manuḥ, man; see man-1 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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“Gillis was a freelance reporter who had been covering the conflict in Libya for weeks when she was taken April 5 with Foley and a Spanish photographer, Manuel Varela, who works under the name Manu Brabo.”
“Gillis, formerly of New Haven, Conn., had been covering the conflict in Libya for weeks when she was taken with Foley, of New Hampshire, and Varela, who works under the name Manu Brabo.”
USA Today: Journalists freed from Libya tell of harrowing odyssey
“Freelance reporter Gillis, formerly of New Haven, Conn., had been covering the conflict in Libya for weeks when she was taken with Foley, of New Hampshire, and Varela, who works under the name Manu Brabo.”
“Manuel Varela de Seijas Brabo, who works under the name Manu Brabo, is one of four journalists seized by Gadhafi's forces on April 5 while reporting on the conflict from the outskirts of Brega.”
“New Haven, Conn., had been covering the conflict in Libya for weeks when she was taken with Foley, of New Hampshire, and Varela, who works under the name Manu Brabo.”
“With her was Foley, a correspondent for Globalpost online international news agency, and Varela, a Spanish freelance photographer who works under the name Manu Brabo.”
“Ms Gillis, a freelance journalist who wrote for The Atlantic and USA Today; Mr Foley, who wrote for the Boston-based news agency GlobalPost, and Mr Varela, a photographer who works under the name Manu Brabo, were detained on April 5 near the town of Brega.”
“Photojournalist Manuel Varela de Seijas Brabo, who works under the name Manu Brabo, was in touch with his parents by phone at least once.”
“Photojournalist Manuel Varela de Seijas Brabo, who works under the name Manu Brabo, was in touch with his parents by phone at least one.”
“On April 5, Foley; Hammerl; Clare Morgana Gillis, a Connecticut resident and freelance journalist who has reported for several outlets, including the Globe; and Spanish photographer Manuel Varela who works under the name Manu Brabo, hitched a ride to the front lines with a small group of rebels while reporting on efforts to oust Khadafy.”
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