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Dean Of Stamford
Dean may refer to: People * Dean (given name) * Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin * Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean * Dean Swift, a sobriquet for Jonathan Swift Titles * Dean (Christianity), persons in certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy * Dean (education), persons in certain positions of authority in some educational establishments * Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, most senior ambassador in a country's diplomatic corps * Dean of the House, the most senior member of a country's legislature Places * Dean, Victoria, Australia * Dean, Nova Scotia, Canada * De'an County, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China United Kingdom * Dean, Bedfordshire * Dean, Cumbria * Dean, Lynton and Lynemouth, a location in Devon * Dean, Trentishoe, a location * Dean, Dorset, a location * Dean, Bishops Waltham, a location in Hampshire * Dean, Sparsholt, a location in Hampshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dean (given Name)
Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins: * Derived from the Greek language, Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others"; see also Dean (Christianity) * Derived from the English surname Dean (surname), Dean, from an Old English, Anglo-Saxon word meaning "valley" * An Anglicization of the Hebrew language, Hebrew noun דין, meaning "law", "justice" or "verdict". Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer * Dean Aldridge (born 1994), Australian baseball pitcher * Dean Alexander, American country music singer * Dean Alfange (1897–1989), American politician * Dean Francis Alfar (born 1969), Filipino writer * Dean Alford (born 1953), American politician and businessman * Dean C. Allard (1933–2018), American naval historian and archivist * Dean Allemang, American computer scientist * Dean Allen (1966–2018), Canadian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dean Village
Dean Village (from ''dene'', meaning 'deep valley') is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Belford Road to the south and west, Belgrave Crescent Gardens to the north and below the Dean Bridge to the east. It was formerly known as the "Water of Leith Village" and was a successful Gristmill, grain milling area for more than 800 years. At one time there were no fewer than eleven working mills there, driven by water from the Water of Leith. History Development Dean Village is one of the oldest of the villages that lay around the original Royal Burgh of Edinburgh. The village was referred to in 1535 as the ''miller's village'' and appears on the 1560 map of the ''Siege of Leith''. In the Town Council Minutes of 1585 ''Water of Leith'' is used as the name of the village. The term 'Dean Village' initially referred to a small settlement at the top of Dean Path, north of the river, that formed part of the Dean estate (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
