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Edison
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English
Etymology
A name whose meaning is "son of Edward", equivalent to en Eddie -son.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛd.ɪ.sən/ RP,GA
en India /ˈe.ɖɪ.sən/
en sibilant merger edition
Proper noun
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en
en patronymics, from en Edward
en Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman.
A en placename
en number of places c/USA
en unincorporated community co/Kern County s/California.
en small city co/Calhoun County s/Georgia.
en village co/Furnas County s/Nebraska.
en twp co/Middlesex County s/New Jersey, renamed after Thomas Edison, who had his main laboratory here, in 1955. TopoZone: Edison, New Jersey
en village co/Morrow County s/Ohio.
en CDP co/Skagit County s/Washington.
en unincorporated community co/Mercer County s/West Virginia.
en former unincorporated community p/Alberta c/Canada near modern town/Westlock; en Thomas Edison = 1.
Derived terms
en edisonade Edison's medicine Edisonian Edison effect Edison bulb Edison screw
Translations
Transliterations of the surname
Arabic: ar إديسون
Bulgarian: bg Е́дисон, bg Е́дисън
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 愛迪生 Àidíshēng
Gujarati: gu એડિસન m Ěḍisan
Japanese: ja エジソン Ejison
Khmer: km អេឌីសុន
Korean: ko 에디슨
Russian: ru Эдисон
Thai: th เอดิสัน
Urdu: ur ایڈیسن
References
Anagrams
en deinos noised nosied does in side on Eidson on side on-side inodes onside no side Denios diones
en surnames from given names
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Edison + 1
Proper noun
ceb male English < surnames
ceb en surname
Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Edison + 1
Pronunciation
Édison
Proper noun
Édisón +
tl male English < surnames
tl en surname