Seismology (pronunciation: /saÉªzËmÉlÉdÊi/; from Ancient Greek ÏÎµÎ¹ÏÎ¼ÏÏ (seismÃ³s) meaning earthquake and -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î± (-logÃ­a) meaning study of) is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies.
Last name: Bolduc. This interesting and rare name is of Medieval French origin and is a metonymic occupational name for a maker of ribbon and thread, deriving from the French word 'bolduc' meaning, thin ribbon or thread.
Download this dictionary. Knut. Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or KnÃºtur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicised form is Cnut or Canute. In Germany both Knut and Knud are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus.