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* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name) Christian]]" is a relatively common name, that originated in the Middle Ages as a name for Christians. There are even a few Christian saints with the name (like Christian of Clogher and Christian of Cologne), as well as ten different [[UsefulNotes/Denmark Danish]] monarchs.
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* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name) Christian]]" is a relatively common name, that originated in the Middle Ages as a name for Christians. There are even a few Christian saints with the name (like Christian of Clogher and Christian of Cologne), as well as ten different [[UsefulNotes/Denmark Danish]] Danish monarchs.
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* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name) Christian]]" is a relatively common name, that originated in the Middle Ages as a name for Christians. There are even a few Christian saints with the name (like Christian of Clogher and Christian of Cologne), as well as ten different [[UsefulNotes/Denmark Danish]] monarchs.
** Although it isn't impossible to find [[IronicName Atheists named Christian]].
** Although it isn't impossible to find [[IronicName Atheists named Christian]].
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* Many monotheists express loyalty to a god they call "{{God}}". Jehovah's Witnesses are notable for being Christians that avert this.
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* Many monotheists express loyalty to a god they call "{{God}}"."{{God}}" (though in some religions this is a codified avoidance of saying the god's true name out of respect, rather than this trope). Jehovah's Witnesses are notable for being Christians that avert this.
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, keeping two of the three names and using the number for the first—e.g. Primus Julius Caesar, Secundus Julius, Tertius Julius Caesar, etc.)
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine form of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They #2"....
** They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, keeping two of the three names and using the number for the first—e.g. Primus Julius Caesar, Secundus Julius, Tertius Julius Caesar, etc.)
** They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, keeping two of the three names and using the number for the first—e.g. Primus Julius Caesar, Secundus Julius, Tertius Julius Caesar, etc.
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* The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** Ditto with UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. ''Kyoto'' is an obsolote word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
** Ditto with UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. ''Kyoto'' is an obsolote word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
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** UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. was named after an obsolete word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
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** UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}'s thousand-year-long capital. capital, was named after an obsolete word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
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* From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, Nur-Sultan, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}, was named Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.
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* Some countries have capital cities whose names are tautological.
** The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. was named after an obsolete word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
** From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, Nur-Sultan, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}, was named Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.
** The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. was named after an obsolete word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
** From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, Nur-Sultan, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}, was named Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.
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** Sahara just means "desert" in Arabic. Arabs call it ''as-Sahra al-Kubra'', which means "The Great Desert".
* The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** Ditto with UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. ''Kyoto'' is an obsolote word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
* The capital city of UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Seoul}}, was named after an archaic Korean word that means "capital city" (the modern Korean word for "capital city" is ''sudo'').
** Ditto with UsefulNotes/{{Kyoto}}, Japan's thousand-year-long capital. ''Kyoto'' is an obsolote word for "capital city" (the modern Japanese word is ''shuto'', incidentally a cognate of ''sudo'' above). However, it did become an ArtifactTitle when Japan moved its capital from there to UsefulNotes/{{Tokyo}}.
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* Courtesy of Youtube, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlUhTnZhhts a cat named Cat]]. Warning: onion-chopping ninjas.
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** The (apocryphal) place name "Torpenhow Hill" translates as "Hill-hill-hill Hill", with ''tor'', ''pen'' and ''how'' all meaning "hill" in different languages.
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* Wikipedia has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names an entire article]] on "tautological place names". The winner may be the Mekong River, which translates into English as "river river river".
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* The neighboring Spanish islands of Majorca and Menorca got their names from the Latin for "bigger one" and "smaller one". Because Majorca is bigger and Menorca is smaller.
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* In 1798, they split off Rockland county, NY, and they needed a new city to be the county seat. They named the new city New City.
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* After deciding to change its name from the [[Washington Redskins]], [[Washington DC]]'s football team is now named "Washington Football Team".
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* A common girl's name is Colleen, the English spelling of Cailin, the Irish for Girl.
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, naming them—to continue the example—Julius Primus, Julius Secundus, Julius Tertius, etc.)
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, naming them—to continue keeping two of the example—Julius Primus, three names and using the number for the first—e.g. Primus Julius Secundus, Caesar, Secundus Julius, Tertius Julius Tertius, Caesar, etc.)
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2"....
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* The ancient Romans combined this trope with misogyny [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_conventions_for_women_in_ancient_Rome when naming their daughters]]. If your family's name was Julius, your son would get three fancy names like Gaius Julius Caesar. Your daughter would only get the feminine of the family name--"Julia". If you had more than one daughter they'd get numbers: Julia Primera, Julia Secunda..."Girl Child #1, Girl Child #2".... (They weren’t much better with their sons; while there sometimes was more variation, many families did the same thing with boys as with girls, naming them—to continue the example—Julius Primus, Julius Secundus, Julius Tertius, etc.)
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* Played with a little, but a decently common boy's name is Guy.
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* The female actress Mädchen Amick, whose given name is the German word for "girl".
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* From May 6, 1998 to March 20, 2019, the capital city of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}} was called Astana, meaning "capital city" in Kazakh.
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* [[PabloPicasso Pablo Picasso]] had several dogs throughout his life, one of which was a Dalmatian named "Perro," the Spanish word for dog.
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* [[Pablo Picasso]] had several dogs throughout his life, one of which was a Dalmatian named "perro," the Spanish word for dog.
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* There's a republic, in central Africa. It's called the Central African Republic. [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/03/joseph_kony_video_why_does_central_african_republic_have_such_a_boring_name_.html Blame the French.]]
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* There's a republic, in central Africa. It's called the Central African Republic.UsefulNotes/CentralAfricanRepublic. [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2012/03/joseph_kony_video_why_does_central_african_republic_have_such_a_boring_name_.html Blame the French.]]