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''Arne'' | ''Arne'' can also be | ||
*a female forename of pre-[[Ancient Greek|Greek]] origin and | *a female forename of pre-[[Ancient Greek|Greek]] origin and | ||
*a [[Surname|surname]] of Germanic origin, especially in [[English]]-speaking countries. | *a [[Surname|surname]] of Germanic origin, especially in [[English]]-speaking countries. | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 24 April 2007
Arne is a male forename of Germanic origin: see Arne (name).
Names
Arne can also be
- a female forename of pre-Greek origin and
- a surname of Germanic origin, especially in English-speaking countries.
For all names see Arne (name).
People and characters of myth and fiction
Arne may refer to
- Arne of Sithon (Ἄρνη),
- Arne, daughter of Aeolus (Ἄρνη),
- Thomas Augustine Arne, an English composer of the eighteenth century, or
- the title character of the Swedish comic strip Arne Anka.
Geographic names
Arne is the name of
- a village in Dorset (see Arne, Dorset) and
- a French commune in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées: see Arné.
In antiquity Arne (Ἄρνη) referred to
- a general Indo-European, pre-Greek name for a "city of origin" in Greece,[1]
- the pre-Greek name of an ancient city in Boeotia,[2] either:
- Chaeronea,
- Akraiphion or
- an unknown city that perished in the Lake Kopais,[3]
- the alternative name of the large Mycenaean castle Gla[4] or
- the alleged old name of the Thessaliotis territory or of its capital Kierion.[5]
Other
- (959) Arne is the name of an inner belt asteroid in the solar system.
- An arne is the Norwegian term for the central floor stone in traditional Norwegian homes, which is commonly used as a fireplace.
- In urban English slang, the word arne refers to a gorgeous, sexy or pretty male person.[6]
References
- ↑ W. Brandenstein, in: H. Arntz (ed.), Germanen und Indogermanen. Volkstum, Sprache, Heimat, Kultur. Festschrift für Hermann Hirt. (Heidelberg); Robert Forrer, Reallexikon der prähistorischen, klassischen und frühchristlichen Altertümer, 26, 1937, pp. 178 ff.; Heinz Kronasser, Indogermanica. Festschrift für Wolfgang Krause, 1960, pp. 55 f.; RE XXII, 1513, pp 58 ff.
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 2.507
- ↑ Walther Sontheimer & Konrat Ziegler, Der Kleine Pauly, Vol. 1, p. 602; partial evidence in: RE II 1202, pp. 36 ff.
- ↑ pro: Wilamowitz (1891), Pindar (1922), Noack (1894), Noack (1903); see also: J.G. Frazer, Pausanias 5, 1898, p. 128; D. Fimmen, Kretisch-Mykenische Kultur, 1924, 6.V; Burr, "Nεῶν χατάλογος", in: Klio (Beiheft) 49, 1944, pp. 26 f.; H.P. Drögemüller in: Gymnasium 68, 1961, pp. 199 ff. et al.; contra: De Ridder (1894/1897)
- ↑ RE II 1202, pp. 29 ff.
- ↑ Entry on arne in the Urban Dictionary.