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Houssar
I've read a list of names of Jewish boys, and one of them was called Houssar - I believe it would be khoo-sahr. What does it mean? I've never heard of it...


~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussar ~ Ivayla... life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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I wonder why a French Jewish boy would be named after the hussars...
"After all who of us in our lives hasn't set fire to some great public building or other..."
Graham Chapman
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Jewish, yes. But does he have to be French?
[In other words, beats me! But the similarity is too uncanny to ignore.]~ IvaylaAnything good in life is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.

This message was edited 7/6/2005, 12:58 AM

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You mean Choussar maybe ? ;)
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