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  2. Korean clans - Wikipedia

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    Korean clans are groups of people that share the same paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a bongwan ( Korean : 본관; lit. place of origin) and a family name. For example, the Jeonju Yi clan is identified by the city Jeonju and family name Yi . Korean clans are used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same ...

  3. List of Scottish clans - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland.

  4. List of phobias - Wikipedia

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    The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...

  5. Korean clans of foreign origin - Wikipedia

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    Korean clans originating from the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties that immigrated during the Goryeo period have ample details to support a Chinese origin, unlike pre-Goryeo clans. [5] In South Korea, there are a total of 286 Korean family names, roughly half of which are of foreign origin (mostly Chinese), and 4,179 clans (bon-gwan). [6]

  6. Pyeonghae Hwang clan - Wikipedia

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    Pyeonghae Hwang clan (Korean: 평해 황씨; Hanja: 平海 黃氏) is one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan is in Pyeonghae-eup, Uljin County, North Gyeongsang Province. According to the research from 2015, the number of Pyeonghae Hwang clan members was 168,374. Hwang Rak (Hanja: 黄洛), a minister in Han dynasty, began the Hwang clan in Korea.

  7. Gyeongheung Eo clan - Wikipedia

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    Founder. Eo Gye bok [ ja] Gyeongheung Eo clan ( Korean : 경흥 어씨; Hanja : 慶興 魚氏) was one of the Korean clans. Their Bon-gwan was located in Kyonghung County, North Hamgyong Province. According to research in 2000, the number people within the Gyeongheung Eo clan was 542. Their founder was Eo Gye bok [ ja]. He was a grandchild of ...

  8. Clan (TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    It is the corporation's television channel for kids, and is known for its programming for children between the ages of two and twelve. It was launched on 12 December 2005 and until 1 January 2007 it had time-shared with TVE 50 Años which has since closed. The service now broadcasts 24 hours a day. Clan is available free on digital terrestrial ...

  9. List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic ...

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    Wealhtheow, Hrothgar's wife is called ides Helminga ("lady of the Helmings") in Beowulf (610), which means that she belonged to Helm's clan and was a Wulfing. Heodenings Old English: Heodeningas, Old Norse: Hjaðningar, Middle High German: Hegelinge *Heðaningas, from the personal name Heoden or maybe meaning "people of the skins".