Sentences with phrase «literal meaning of every name»

Not exact matches

Use of the name Armageddon (Har — Magedon) can not mean that the war will be fought at a literal Mountain of Megiddo There is no literal Mountain of Megiddo; only a mound about 70 feet (21 m) high where ruins of ancient Megiddo are found.

Its name comes from the Greek pro meaning «in defense of» and polis meaning «city» — making its literal meaning «in defense of the city» (or hive).

Helping to make sense of many of the names above is the literal translation of «bok choy» in Chinese; the words «bok choy» come from «bai cai» where «bai» means «white» and «cai» means «cabbage.»

The name Silent Subliminal doesn't mean silence in the literal or strict sense of the word but it is a name used for The silent treatment is bad for love.

Call Me by Your Name is a fairly straightforward coming - of - age story that's at its finest in moments when the relationships — between Elio and Oliver, but just as crucially between Elio and his archeologist father — take on larger meanings than their literal context implies, and Guadagnino finds evocative aesthetic expressions for them.

The whole concept of Odyssey itself — both in the literal sense of the word meaning a great journey and also being the name of Mario's new ship — is an unknown quantity for Mario.

He was the protagonist of both Jia Zhangke's Dong (2006)-- a reference to Liu's name and to its literal meaning, «East» — where he is shown painting a portrait of migrant demolition workers in the Three Gorges, and of Wang Xiaoshuai's film, The Days (1993).

Names convey more than just the literal meaning of the words we choose to use.