Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. In the US Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November while in Canada nearly one month and a half earlier (second Monday of October).
Last name origins & meanings: 1  Polish and Jewish (from Poland): from Polish sikora âtitmouseâ, âcoalmouseâ, hence a nickname for a small, dark person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name. 2  Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from any of the villages called Sikory.
What origin does the word silk come from?   Silk originates from Old English sioloc, seolec, from late Latin sericum, neuter of Latin sericus, based on Greek Seres, the name given to the inhabitants of the Far Easâ¦tern countries from which silk first came overland to Europe.