- senryu
- form of Japanese poetry, 1901, from name of Karai Senryu (1718-90), Japanese poet.
- Sensurround
- 1974, proprietary name for movie special effects apparatus, coined from sense (n.) + surround.
- Caitlin
- fem. proper name, alternative spelling of Kathleen, not much used in U.S. then suddenly popular from c. 1985.
- Calor (n.)
- proprietary name for a type of liquid gas sold in Britain, 1936, from Latin calor, literally "heat" (see calorie).
- canola (n.)
- "rapeseed," a euphemistic name coined 1978, supposedly involving Canada, where it was developed, and the root of oil (n.).
- billabong
- Australian, "backwater, stagnant pool," 1865, from Billibang, Aboriginal name of Bell River, from billa "water" + bang, of uncertain meaning.
- Biro (n.)
- proprietary name of a type of ball-point pen, 1947, from László Bíró, the Hungarian inventor. The surname means "judge."
- bismillah
- first attested in English in Byron, from Arabic bi'smillah(i) "in the name of God" (Allah).
- Brooke
- fem. proper name, rare in U.S. before 1965, popular 1980s, 1990s.
- Bollywood
- "film industry based in Mumbai, India," 1977, from Bombay (old name of Mumbai) + Hollywood.
- Trotskyite (n.)
- 1919, from Leon Trotsky, assumed name of Russian revolutionary leader Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879-1940) + -ite (1).
- Uganda
- from Swahili u "land, country" + Ganda, indigenous people name, of unknown origin. Related: Ugandan.
- tilapia (n.)
- 1849, formed in Modern Latin, perhaps from Greek tilon, name of a fish in Aristotle, + apios "distant."
- titi (n.)
- type of small South American monkey, 1832, from native name in Tupi, probably imitative.
- Tokyo
- so named 1868, from Japanese to "east" + kyo "capital;" its earlier name was Edo, literally "estuary."
- viridian (adj.)
- 1882, from the paint color name (1862), from Latin virid-, stem of viridis "green, blooming, vigorous" (see verdure) + -ian.
- Weigela (n.)
- shrub genus, 1846, from the name of German physician and botanist C.E. Weigel (1748-1831).
- Yugoslavia
- 1929 (earlier the country was Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes); from Yugoslav + -ia. The name vanished from the map in 2003.
- Zaire
- African nation (1971-1997), from an early alternative name of the Congo River, from Kikongo nzai, dialectal form of nzadi "river."
- aerodrome (n.)
- 1902, from aero- on analogy of hippodrome. Earlier (1891) a name for a flying machine.
- Aloysius
- masc. proper name, from Medieval Latin Aloisius, from Old French Loois (see Louis).
- Altaic
- 1832 as a linguistic family, from French Altaïque, from Altaïen, from Altai, name of a mountain range in Asia.
- Goudy
- typeface family, 1917, from name of U.S. typographer Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947).
- Zulu (n.)
- one of a Bantu people of South Africa, 1824, a native name. As radio code word for -z- from 1960.
- Jonas
- masc. proper name, from Late Latin Jonas, from Greek Ionas, from Hebrew yonah "dove, pigeon" (compare Jonah).
- Gary
- masc. proper name, also a surname, from Norman form of Old Norse geiri, Old Danish geri "spear" (see gar).
- Jeffrey
- masc. proper name, from Old French Jeufroi, Jefroi, variants of Geuffroi (see Geoffrey).
- Todd
- masc. proper name, also a surname (late 12c.), from Middle English todde "fox," a Northern English word of unknown origin.
- Gravenstein
- apple variety, 1802, from Gravenstein, German form of the name of a village and ducal estate (Danish Graasten) in Schleswig-Holstein.
- grosbeak (n.)
- general name for a bird with a large bill, 1670s, partial translation of French grosbec; see gross (adj.) + beak.
- Sens
- city in north-central France, Roman Senones, the capital of the Gaulish people of the same name.
- Scott
- surname, by early 12c., from Old English Scott (see Scot); also a personal name in Old English
- Hindustan
- 1610s, from Persian, literally "country of the Hindus;" see Hindu + -stan. Related: Hindustani, the old name for Urdu.
- Hippolyte
- name of an Amazon in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares, from Greek Hippolyte, fem. of Hippolytos (see Hippolytus).
- Hiram
- masc. proper name, from Phoenician/Hebrew Hiram, perhaps short for Ahiram, literally "brother of the lofty."
- autograph (v.)
- "to sign one's name," 1837, from autograph (n.). Related: Autographed; autographing. Earlier "to write with one's own hand" (1818).
- Athelstan
- masc. proper name, Old English Æðelstane, literally "noble stone;" see atheling + stone (n.).
- Arabia
- 1711; see Arab + -ia. The older name for "the country of Arabia" was Araby (late 13c.).
- Honoria
- fem. proper name, from Latin Honoria, fem. of Honorius "man of reputation," from honos (see honor (n.)).
- hardball (n.)
- 1883 as the name of a game, from hard (adj.) + ball (n.1). The figurative sense of "tough, uncompromising behavior" is from 1973.
- fennec (n.)
- fox-like animal of Africa, 1790, from Arabic fenek, fanak "a name vaguely applied to various fur-bearing animals" [OED].
- Dexter
- masc. proper name, from Latin dexter "on the right hand" (see dexterity). Compare also Benjamin.
- fatty (adj.)
- late 14c., from fat + -y (2). As a name for a fat person, attested by 1797 (with -y (3)).
- japonica (n.)
- "camellia," 1819, Modern Latin, fem. of japonicus "Japanese, of Japan," from Japon, a variant of Japan with a vowel closer to the Japanese name.
- Josephine
- fem. proper name, from French Jósephine, fem. of Joseph. Another fem. form in English is Josepha.
- izzard (n.)
- old name for "Z," 1738, a variant of zed. The guess that it representes S-hard wants evidence.
- Jankin
- masc. proper name, from Jan, variant of John, + diminutive suffix -kin. In Middle English, often applied contemptuously to priests.
- Larry
- masc. proper name, often a familiar form of Lawrence. Expression happy as Larry attested from 1887, of unknown signification.
- I.R.A. (1)
- also IRA, 1921, initialism (acronym) for Irish Republican Army, the full name of which attested from 1919.
- claddagh
- in Claddagh ring (Irish fáinne Chladach), from village of Claddagh, County Gallway. The village name is literally "stony beach."
