Coypu in Latin America and parts of Europe. In France, the coypu is known as a "ragondin". In Dutch, it is known as "beverrat" (beaver rat). In German, it is known as "Nutria", "Biberratte" (beaver rat), or "Sumpfbiber" (swamp beaver). In Italy, instead, the popular name is, as in North America and Asia, "nutria", but it is also called "castorino" ("little beaver"), by which its fur is known in Italy. In Swedish, the animal is known as "sumpbäver" (marsh/swamp beaver). In Brazil, the animal is known as "ratão-do-banhado", "nútria", or "caxingui" (the last from the Tupi language). The coypu was first
Kennedy (given name) Kennedy (given name) Kennedy is a unisex given name in the English language. The name is an Anglicised form of a masculine given name in the Irish language. According to Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, the given name "Kennedy" is an Anglicised form of "Cinnéidigh", a masculine given name in the Irish language. This Irish name is composed of two elements: the first, "ceann", means "head"; the second, "éidigh", means "ugly". According to Patrick Woulfe, who wrote in the early 19th century, "Kennedy or Kynidi" is an Anglicised form the Irish "Cinnéididh" and "Cinnéidigh". Woulfe derived these Irish names from