Blues

blues English Etymology In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of en la venetus venetī Sea-Blues or la factio la veneta the sea-blue faction and en gkm Βένετοι Blues. Proper noun en informal Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as: en historical The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore blue. 2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 38: 'Constantinople adopted the follies, though not the virtues of ancient Rome,' wrote Edward Gibbon, 'and the same factions which had agitated the circus raged with redoubled fury in the Hippodrome.' Gibbon's judgment was that what produced the 'redoubled fury' in the Hippodrome was senseless hooliganism, and even though the Blues and Greens could be politicized upon occasion, they had no coherent aims, religious or political. Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism. en Australian rules football Carlton Football Club. en rugby league New South Wales. en soccer Birmingham City FC. en soccer Everton FC. en soccer Chelsea FC. en soccer Manchester City FC. Coordinate terms charioteering faction en Greens, en Reds, en Whites; en Golds, en Purples rare Derived terms en COYB Anagrams en belsu Buels bulse lubes en terms calqued from Latin terms calqued from Medieval Greek en Ancient Rome Byzantine Empire Sports nicknames German de: Etymology de :bor en:blues de en blues. Pronunciation de /bluːs/ de De-Blues.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de uːs 1 Noun m,-,-[rare] blues musical form Declension m,-,-[rare] Further reading