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cognomen

(originally) an ancient Roman's third name or nickname, which later became his family name
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A migratory transferred name originating in the personal name Reigi Bertel, where the cognomen refers to Reigi parish in Hiiumaa.
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The premier Baptist historian of the era, Charles Mattoon, was a Landmarker, "a cognomen he rather relished and acknowledged." (21) Mattoon's church statistics reveal that Landmark theology was widespread among Oregon Baptists by the 1870s.
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Wiseman, in arguing for the historical reality of Claudia Quinta, does so on the basis of her name: the name Quinta is a common archaic praenomen for Claudian women, like its masculine equivalent Quintus, and must have been converted to a cognomen by later authors, thus adding a note of authenticity to the story (1979, 95; also note 132).
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La 3.a linea ofrece el nombre del dedicante, Musa, un cognomen femenino con varios testimonios mas en la provincia de Lusitania.
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As the city has almost no manufacturing industry, most of the jobs are based in the knowledge sector, meaning public authorities, consulting companies, insurance companies, pharmacy and health companies, banks, publishing houses, advertising and design, which leads to its cognomen "creative desk of Westphalia".
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