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Subject:	Re: Mavromichaelis
Author:	Ivayla (guest, 213.169.32.118)
Date:	July 29, 2002 at 9:35:58 AM
Reply to:	Re: Mavromichaelis by Anneza

They come from different languages: kara- is Turkish, maur- Latin, mavr- Greek. Otherwise yes -- Kara- can be used in conjunction with names to denote "the black so-and-so" as in Kara Ibrahim = the black (dark) Ibrahim.
Hope that helps :o)

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Messages in this thread:

Mavromichaelis - Lissa Jul 28 2002, 2:38:12 PM
- Re: Mavromichaelis - Pavlos Jul 28 2002, 3:56:39 PM
  - Re: Mavromichaelis - Anneza Jul 29 2002, 7:27:29 AM
    - Re: Mavromichaelis - Pavlos Jul 29 2002, 9:38:59 AM
      - Ivayla beat me by 3 minutes and 1 second :P n/t - Pavlos Jul 29 2002, 9:45:07 AM
    - Re: Mavromichaelis - Ivayla Jul 29 2002, 9:35:58 AM

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