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This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards in a standard 52-card pack. Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names.
Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname. Most of the notable Nazis who did have nicknames were concentration camp personnel. The common nickname of Sepp in German for Josef, for such Nazis as Josef Dietrich and Josef Oberhauser, is excluded from this list. The definite article "the" has been removed from the nicknames for the purposes ...
48th Armored Division – "Hurricane". 49th Armored Division – "Lone Star"; referring to its status as a Texas National Guard formation, after the state's nickname. 50th Armored Division – "Jersey Blues"; referring to the fact that it was a New Jersey National Guard unit. This is today's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Baphomet is a deity which the Knights Templar were accused of worshipping [3] that subsequently became incorporated into various occult and Western esoteric traditions. [4] The name Baphomet appeared in trial transcripts for the Inquisition of the Knights Templar starting in 1307.
Mi Amor (My love in Spanish) Bebe (Baby in Spanish) Amóre (Love in Italian) Nicknames for the guy you’re casual with. Pal. Cutie. Lover Boy. A shortening of their name. So if their name is ...
The Lords of Flatbush – A nickname of the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. The Trolley Dodgers – A nickname of the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn. This was the name of the team before it was shortened to "Dodgers" in the 1930s. The Evil Empire of the West – Used by detractors.
Many of the national sports teams of New Zealand have been given nicknames, officially or otherwise, based on the iconic status of the All Blacks rugby team, and (mostly in the case of female teams) the silver tree fern ( Cyathea dealbata) of their logo. [1] The practice became controversial when Badminton New Zealand used the name "Black Cocks ...
Sometimes the name's fire meaning is obvious: Take Blaze for a boy, which conjures up bonfire images, or Ember for a girl, referring to the glowing bits left behind when the fire is over.