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Definition: People |
PeopleNoun1. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience". 2. The body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people". 3. The common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people". 4. Members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?". Verb1. Fill with people; "people a room". 2. Make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "people" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Literature | People The people's friend. Dr. William Gordon, the philanthropist. (1801-1849.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Brazil is populous along the coast, less in the interior. The inhabitants are very diverse with many races and cultures represented.Population: 177.062.044 (2003). ( For more detailed information on the current population, go to this page. )
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29.60% (male 25,506,918; female 24,759,204)
15-64 years: 64.55% (male 53,688,522; female 55,909,426)
65 years and over: 5.85% (male 4,380,575; female 5,554,525) (2000)Population growth rate: 1.46% (1990-2000) -- 0.94% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 19.89 births/1,000 population (2001)
Death rate: 6.68 deaths/1,000 population (2001)
Net migration rate: -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female (2000)
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female (2000)
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female (2000)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2000)
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2000)Infant mortality rate: 32.70 deaths/1,000 live births (2001)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 68.82 years (2001)
male: 58.54 years (2000 est.)
female: 67.56 years (2000 est.)Total fertility rate: 2.18 children born/woman (2001)
Nationality:
noun: Brazilian(s)
adjective: BrazilianEthnic groups: white (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish) 55%, mixed white and black 38%, black 6%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 1%
Religions: Roman Catholic (nominal) 80%
Languages: Portuguese (official), Spanish, English, French
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.3%
male: 83.3%
female: 83.2% (1995 est.)See Also
- History
- Geography
- Government
- Economy
- Communications
- Transportation
- Military
- Transnational Issues
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Demographics of Brazil."
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The Dravidian 'race' is the name sometimes still given to the peoples of southern and central India and northern Sri Lanka who speak Dravidian languages. They are so called for purely linguistic reasons; the peoples are of varying racial types. Some believe that Dravidian-speaking peoples may have been spread throughout the Indian subcontinent before the invasions of the Aryans.Into the 21st century, Indians, with considerable justification, continued to accuse the British Raj for exaggerating differences between northern and southern Indians, beyond anything scientific evidence supports, to help sustain their control of India. The British Raj ended in 1948. Yet all discussion of Aryan or Dravidian "races" remained highly controversial in India.
See also: Badagas
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Humans Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species: Sapiens Binomial name Homo sapiens Biologists classify humans as a species (Homo sapiens) of primates and the only surviving species of the genus Homo. The species is commonly referred to as "humankind" or "humanity" and its members as "humans", "human beings" or "people". The species name Homo sapiens is an uncountable noun and has no plural form. Man is a male human being and woman is a female human being. All current humans, from across all areas of the Earth, are of this species.
According to mainstream biology, the closest living evolutionary relatives to humans are the two species of chimpanzee Pan troglodytes ("common chimp") and Pan paniscus ("pygmy chimp" or "Bonobo"), and to a lesser degree other hominoids such as orangutans and gorillas. Biologists have compared a sequence of DNA base pairs between humans and chimpanzees, and estimated an overall genetic difference of 5% [1]. It has been estimated that the human lineage diverged from that of chimpanzees about 5 million years ago, and from gorillas about 8 million years ago. However, recent news reports of a hominid skull approximately 7 million years old already showing a divergence from the ape lineage strongly suggests an earlier divergence. Some scientists argue that bonobos, chimpanzees and, possibly, gorillas should be lumped into the genus Homo, but this is currently a minority opinion.
Various religious groups have raised objections and controversy concerning the theory of humanity's evolution from a common ancestor with the other hominoids. See creationism and argument from evolution for opposing points of view.
Physical characteristics
Image of a Caucasian man and woman, taken from
the Pioneer 11 spacecraft image.
(Public domain image)The body of humans is described in the human anatomy group of articles. Humans have a wide range of variability in physical and other characteristics.
The evolution of Homo sapiens is characterized by a number of important trends:
How these trends are related, in what ways they have been adaptive, and what their role is in the evolution of complex social organization and culture, are matters of ongoing debate among physical anthropologists.
- expansion of the brain cavity and brain itself, which is typically about 1,400 cm3 in volume, well over twice that of a chimpanzee or gorilla. Some physical anthropologists argue that a reorganization of the structure of the brain is more important than cranial expansion itself.
- canine tooth reduction.
- bipedal locomotion
- descent of the larynx (which makes possible the production of the complex sound known as vocal language).
Although body size is highly heritable, it is also significantly influenced by environmental and cultural factors such as diet. The mean height of an American adult female is 162 centimetres and the mean weight is 62 kg. Males are typically heavier - 175 cm and 78 kilogram. Humans vary substantially around these means, and the means themselves have varied depending on locality and historical factors.
Human children, typically weighing 3-4 kilograms and 50-60 centimetres in height, are born after a nine-month gestation period. Helpless at birth, they continue to grow for some years, typically reaching sexual maturity at around 12-15 years of age. Boys continue growing for some time after this, often only reaching their maximum height around the age of 18. The average human lifespan is approaching 80 years in wealthy nations, with the assistance of science and technology.
See also human physical appearance.
Homo sapiens compared to other species
Humans often consider themselves to be the "dominant" species on Earth, and the most advanced in intelligence and ability to manage their environment. This belief is especially strong in Western culture, and is based in part in the Biblical Creation story in which Adam is explicitly given dominion over the Earth and all of its creatures.
Biologists and scientists in general, though, do not consider "dominant" to be a useful term, because the adaptive value of any trait or complex of traits depends on the niche and is highly mutable. From a scientific standpoint, Homo sapiens certainly is among the most generalized species on Earth. Smaller and simpler animals such as bacteria and insects greatly surpass humans in population size and diversity of species, but few single species occupy as many diverse environments as humans. Many other species, for example, are adapted to specific environments, whereas humans rely on tools such as clothing and manufactured shelter, which are themselves often produced and used through complex social interactions.
The use of tools and the ability to alter their environment (building shelter, weaving fabrics for clothing, language, and the development of complex social relationships and structures, etc.) has been cited as a characteristic which distinguishes humans from other animals. This difference, however, is not absolute, as ethologists have recorded such behaviors in many species. Apes and even birds, for example, are known to "fish" for insects using blades of grass or twigs, and even to shape the tools for that purpose. No other animal uses tools to the same degree or with the same flexibility as Homo sapiens. Similarly, other animals often have simple methods of communication, but the degree to which humans create and use complex grammar and abstract concepts in language has not been seen in any other species, despite much effort to find it.
Chomskian linguistics holds that a distinguishing feature of humans is that we are the only extant species with a language instinct - a genetic predisposition that produces a brain mechanism whose function is to acquire a language by observing those around us.
Some anthropologists think that these readily observable characteristics (toolmaking and language) are based on a less easily observable mental process that might be unique among humans: the ability to think symbolically. That is, humans can think abstractly about concepts and ideas. They can question, use logic, understand mathematical concepts, and so on in ways that no other animals are known to do, although several species have demonstrated some ability in this area. Nor have other animals demonstrated any remotely comparable ability to plan their actions. This belief is why the species was named Homo sapiens, sometimes translated as "Man the Thinker". Note, however, that the extinct species of the Homo genus (eg, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo erectus) were also adept tool users and there is some evidence that they may have had linguistic skills. Moreover, there are many other animals alive today which use tools, so the idea that making and using tools is a defining characteristic of humans is often considered outdated.
While humans have all these characteristics, from the biological viewpoint "what distinguishes humans from all other animals?" is an odd question: there's no one thing that makes cats, dolphins, or song sparrows unique. Finding other species that shape tools or can use sign language may shed light on human evolution, but it doesn't erase the differences between humans and related species.
See also: Evolution of Homo sapiens, human condition, man, woman, child, humanoid, human variability
Human activity
- Dreaming
- Reading
- Writing
- Listening
- Knowledge
External link
- A Look at Modern Human Origins
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Human."
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Lists of people By name By belief By nationality By occupation By office held By prize won There are a variety of articles on wikipedia that list people of a particular nationality. People on these lists should ideally have wikipedia articles of their own, and be in some way noteworthy for their nationality.
This page also includes several related lists, such as lists of people by ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location.
By nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location
- Albanians
- Americans
- continent
- USA
- USA by state
- African-Americans
- Italian-Americans
- Native Americans
- Andorrans
- Argentines
- Australians
- Austrians
- Belgians
- Belizeans
- Brazilians
- Britons
- Bulgarians
- Canadians
- Quebecois
- Catalans
- Chileans
- Chinese people
- Colombians
- Cubans
- Czechs
- Danes
- Dominicans
- Dutch people
- Egyptians
- English people
- Estonians
- Finns
- Fijians
- French people
- Georgian people
- Ghanians
- Germans
- Greeks
- Hungarians
- Europeans
- EU citizens
- EU citizens (by state)
- Indians
- India by state
- Indonesians
- Iranians
- Irish people
- Italians
- Jamaicans
- Japanese people
- Jewish people
- Kazakh historical figures
- Kenyans
- Koreans
- Latvians
- Mauritians
- Mexicans
- Monegasque people
- Multi-racial people
- Namibians
- New Zealanders
- Norwegians
- Panamanians
- Pakistani
- Peruvians
- Poles
- Portuguese people
- Puerto Ricans
- Romanians
- Russians
- Sardinians
- Scots
- Senegalese
- Serbs
- Slavs
- Slovenes
- South Africans
- Spaniards
- Swedes
- Swiss people
- Ukrainians
- Venezuelans
- Welsh people
- Zambians
See also: adjectival forms of place names, list of countries, list of reference tables
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by nationality."
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This is a list of real people who are known by a non-Wikipedian name and who are mentioned in articles. This list does not include fictional characters, e.g., people like Arthur the Knight are included but King Arthur is not.
By name
- A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
By date
- Date of birth or date of death
- by day of the month, e.g. today (Aug 19).
- by year, e.g. 1911.
- List of twins
- List of people who died on their birthdays
- List of recent deaths
- Age
- List of youngsters in history
- List of people who lived to the age of 100
- List of people who lived to the age of 110
- Periods
- List of ancient Romans
- List of people associated with the American Civil War
- List of people associated with the California gold rush
- List of people associated with World War I
- List of people associated with World War II
Lists of people by category
- List of people by belief
- List of people by nationality, ethnicity, location, etc
- List of people by occupation, profession, vocation
- List of incumbents: kings, popes and presidents
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
Names
- List of personal naming conventions
- Family name (surname, last name, patronym/matronym)
- List of family name derivations
- List of most popular family names
- First name (given name)
- List of given name derivations
- List of first names of incumbents
- List of people known as The Great
- List of people known by initials
- List of people known as the father or mother of something
- List of people known by one name
- List of political entities named after people
- List of pseudonyms
- List of Biblical names
- Wikipedia:non-unique personal name (homonymous or namesakes)
Other categories of famous people
People by associated physical condition/characteristic
- Lists of people by nationality, ethnicity, location, etc
- List of women in history
- List of left-handers
- List of cancer patients
- List of AIDS patients
- List of tuberculosis victims
- List of people by cause of death
- List of artists who died of drug-related causes
- List of assassinated persons
- List of suicides
- List of people who died in aviation-related incidents
- List of murdered people
- List of people who were executed
- List of people who survived assassination attempts
- List of people who have disappeared
- List of people with diabetes
- List of people with disabilities
- List of people with visual disabilities
- List of paraplegic people
- List of polydactyl people
- List of HIV patients
People by lifestyle (in certain cases with a possibly biological role)
- List of eccentrics
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- List of pedophiles and pederasts
- List of transgendered people
- List of vegetarians
People by belief
- Lists of people by belief, religious belief
- List of atheists
People by achievements
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
- List of people with two or more professions
People by occupation
- Lists of people by occupation, profession, vocation
- List of political theorists
- Lists of incumbents: kings, popes and presidents
People by studies
- List of former pupils of Westminster
People by circumstance
See also: List of reference tables
- List of demigods
- List of people predominantly seen wearing dark glasses
- List of people on stamps
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lists of people."
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Alternate meaning: People (magazine) In general, the English word people refers to a specific group of humans, or to persons in a general sense.
A people is also the problematic concept of a group of humans which are united by some common factor, for example nationality, skin colour or a common culture. For example the Christian Bible refers to the people of Moses. The individuals of the people are assumed to share values and beliefs and be aware of the fact that they are part of the group.
Because of the intuitive strength of this concept, it has often been used as a basis for various arguments trying to promote one issue or another. In the West, a recent notable example is the German Nazi Party's propaganda against the Jews in the 1930s and 1940s.
See also: ethnic group
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "People."
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People smuggling is a term which is used to describe the illegal and organised smuggling of people across international boundaries, usually for financial gain. Interpol in a recent communication described people smuggling as follows:
- People smuggling has become the preferred trade of a growing number of criminal networks world-wide which are showing an increasing sophistication in regard to move larger numbers of people at higher profits than ever.
See Also
- Trafficking in Human Beings
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "People smuggling."
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In common English usage, the word person is a synonym for human. However, in philosophy, there have been debates over the precise meaning and correct usage of the word, and what the criteria for personhood are.
Are all persons human?
Firstly, there is the simple view that the common usage is the correct one: that person does indeed mean human. However, this runs into the problem that the term person has a somewhat loaded meaning - we commonly believe that all and only persons have certain rights, for example, the right to life. Some would go so far as to say that all and only persons are sacred. However, we can imagine the hypothetical alien from another planet, who, despite not being human, nevertheless has every trait that we see as being essential for this protected status that elevates it above mere objects. Thus, many claim that the simple view implies a sort of arrogant speciesism.
Are all humans persons?
Another problem with the simple view is that there are disputes over whether certain humans are persons. For example, in the abortion controversy, although the foetus is clearly of the human species, it is a matter of debate whether it is a person. Or in the case of a victim of severe brain damage who has no mental activity, some may claim that he or she is no longer a person, merely an "empty shell".
Criteria for personhood
The above points seem to indicate that there may be persons that are not human, and there may be humans that are not persons. For these reasons, many philosophers have tried to give a more precise definition, focusing on some trait or traits that all persons, real and hypothetical, must possess.
The most obvious such trait that persons typically possess is a conscious mind, typically (but not necessarily) with plans, goals, desires, hopes, fears, and so on. Yet the claim that such a mind is necessary for personhood is also problematic, as most would consider human babies as persons, yet their minds do not seem sufficiently advanced to satisfy this condition. A few philosophers have simply accepted that babies are not persons. However, most have not. Instead, some have suggested that the potential for such a mind is the correct trait.
Yet another view is that personhood is not all-or-nothing: there can be degrees of personhood, based on how close to a fully working mind the object in question has. Thus, a typical adult is entirely a person, while a human permanently in a coma is not a person at all. This view also seems to have some unpleasant consequences, for example, that a young child or someone with a moderate mental handicap might be, say, only half a person (and perhaps therefore have only half the rights, or be regarded as half as important).
It is probably true to say that other views also exist, and that the debate is not close to being resolved.
Moral rights and responsibility
Closely related to the debate on the definition of personhood is the relationship between persons, moral rights, and moral responsibility. Many philosophers would agree that all and only persons are expected to be morally responsible, and that persons deserve maximal moral rights. There is less consensus on whether only persons deserve moral rights and whether persons deserve greater moral rights than non-persons. The rights of non-person animals is an example of contention on this issue (see animal rights).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Person."
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Samnium (Oscan Safinim) was a region of the southern Apennines in Italy that was home to the Samnites, a group of Osco-Umbrian tribes that controlled the area from about 600 BC to about 290 BC.Samnium was delimited by Latium in the north, by Lucania in the south, by Campania in the west and by Puglia. The principal city of the region was Malventum, which was later renamed Beneventum by the Romans. For most of their history the Samnites were landlocked, but during a brief period they controlled parts of both coasts of the Italian peninsula. The Samnites were composed of at least four tribes: the Pentri, the Caraceni, the Caudini and the Hirpini, and later may have been joined by the Frentani.
The earliest written record of the people is a treaty with the Romans from 354 BC, which set their border at the Liris River. Shortly thereafter the Samnite Wars broke out; they won an important battle with the Roman army in 321 BC, and their empire reached its peak in 316 BC after further gains from the Romans. In 290 BC the Romans finally broke the Samnites' power. In 82 BC the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla slaughtered many of them and forced the rest to disperse.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Samnium."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PETA | English | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | Food & Agriculture |
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Synonyms: PeopleSynonyms: citizenry (n), hoi polloi (n), mass (n), masses (n), multitude (n), dwell (v), inhabit (v), live (v), populate (v), reside (v), shack (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Noun: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders; vulgar herd, common herd; rank and file, hoc genus omne; the many, the general,the crowd, the people, the populace, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry; king Mob; proletariat; fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed; man in the street. |
Mob; rabble, rabble rout; chaff, rout, horde, canaille; scum of the people, residuum of the people, dregs of the people, dregs of society; foex populi; trash; profanum vulgus, ignobile vulgus; vermin, riffraff, ragtag and bobtail; small fry. | |
Commoner, one of the people, democrat, plebeian, republican, proletary, proletaire, roturier, Mr. Snooks, bourgeois, epicier, Philistine, grisette, demimonde. | |
Council | Member; senator; member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman; councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder. |
Fashion | Man of fashion, woman of fashion, man of the world, woman of the world; height of fashion, pink of fashion, star of fashion, glass of fashion, leader of fashion; arbiter elegantiarum; (taste); the beautiful people, the fashion set, upper ten thousand; (nobility); elite; (distinction); smart set; the four hundred; in crowd. |
Favorite | General favorite, universal favorite; idol of the people. |
Inhabitant | Garrison, crew; population; people; (mankind); colony, settlement; household; mir. |
Laity | Noun: laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people; society. |
Mankind | People, persons, folk, public, society, world; community, community at large; general public; nation, nationality; state, realm; commonweal, commonwealth; republic, body politic; million. (commonalty); population. (inhabitant). |
Multitude | Verb: be numerous; Adjective: swarm with, teem with, creep with; crowd, swarm, come thick upon; outnumber, multiply; people; swarm like locusts, swarm like bees. |
Presence | Peopled, populous, full of people, inhabited. |
People; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode; (be located); tenant. | |
Warning | Phrase: ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort; foenum habet in cornu; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois; verbum sat sapienti; un averti en vaut deux. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: People |
| English words defined with "people": a people ♦ British people, business people ♦ chosen people, common people ♦ English people ♦ free people, French people ♦ Irish people ♦ Plain People ♦ Slavic people, Spanish people, Swiss people. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "people": discouraged people ♦ Father of the People ♦ Happy the People whose Annals are Tiresome ♦ non-marketable people ♦ People in family, People in household, People who indicate that they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad of a U.S. citizen parent ♦ Stuck-up People ♦ Voting, people eligible to register. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "people": Tradesfolk. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "People" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (family). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My men follow orders or people die. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) So many people to kill so little time (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people and you'll never be a freak because you're just too perfect (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Well you can't buy people. (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones) You leave the people of this town alone (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) | |
Lyrics | Games people play in the middle of the night (Games People Play; performing artist: Alan Parsons Project) Listen people to what I say (Listen People; performing artist: Herman's Hermits) People, people (Shiny Happy People; performing artist: R.E.M.) Ooh it takes every kinda people (Every Kinda People; performing artist: ROBERT PALMER) We're 2 Unlimited, so people won't you sing (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited) | |
Clever | Never do wrong when people are looking. (references; author: Mark Twain) Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. (references; author: W.C. Fields) If the people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em. (references; author: Yogi Berra) I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. (references; author: Woody Allen) If your fear that people will know, don't do it. (references; author: Chinese Proverb) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Bat People (1974) Animals Are Beautiful People (1974) Churchill's People (1974) Other Places Other People (1974) The Letter People (1974) | |
Song Titles | People Are Strange (performing artist: The Doors) Listen People (performing artist: Herman's Hermits) PEOPLE GET READY (performing artist: Impressions ) Games People Play (performing artist: Joe South) Shiny Happy People (performing artist: R.E.M.) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pictured is a crowd scene of people walking outdoors. They are wearing light coats and jackets. Population studies tell much about how cancer is caused and how to prevent it. This photograph was in the NCI book "Decade of Discovery.". Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Shown are groups of people biking. The setting is summer and in the country. This is meant to indicate that one's lifestyle and environment can influence one's health status. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | People standing in food line in Laredo, Texas, following the Rio Grande flood of 1954. Credit: CDC. |  | Millions of people in Europe died from plague in the Middle Ages, when human homes and places of work were inhabited by flea-infested rats carrying the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Car Walk" (movie) by Brent Solly. Two hyperbolic paraboloids create an overpass for people and a tunnel for cars. |  | Akpatok Island lies in Ungava Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Accessible only by air, Akpatok Island rises out of the water as sheer cliffs that soar 500 to 800 feet (150 to 243km) above the sea surface. The island is an important sanctuary for cliff-nesting seabirds. Numerous ice floes around the island attract walrus and whales, making Akpatok a traditional hunting ground for native Inuit people. Credit: NASA. |
 | People fishing along Manasquan Inlet. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Remnants of an avalanche chute near SW end of Port Frederick. For scale note people walking in front. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Personnel basket putting people out on the ice for sample collection from the NATHANIEL B. PALMER. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The New Bedford side of the Inner Harbor near one of the combined disposal facilities on the New Bedford side. The sign here is in Portugese and English. The sign warns people to keep out of the river because it is contaminated. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "People, bikes and doors" by Evan Mora Commentary: "Me and my bike." | "People on the subway" by Erling Andersen Commentary: "A few blurry people walking past me on the subway. Picture taken from below." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Roller coaster ride with people laughing and screaming. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Hamilton | The people -- that great beast! |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Few people know how to be old. |
| Weak people cannot be sincere. | |
Geoffrey Chaucer | People can die of mere imagination. |
Horace | The people are a many-headed beast. |
Jean De La Fontaine | Still people are dangerous. |
Lao-Tzu | To lead people walk behind them. |
Leona Helmsley | Only little people pay taxes. |
Theodore Roosevelt | The American people abhor a vacuum. |
William Penn. | For we put the power in the people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | An assembly of representatives chosen, pro tempore, by the people. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment IX. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2024 | The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | That the people have an original right to establish, for their future govern-ment, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The aristocracy, in order to rally the people to them, waved the proletarian alms-bag in front for a banner. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The character of the mandate must differ according to the stage of the development of the people, the geographical situation of the territory, its economic conditions, and other similar circumstances. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | People began running in and out. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Unless people are more than commonly disagreeable, it is my foolish habit to contract a kindness for them |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It cleared up the question, promulgated truth, drove away miasma, purified the century, crowned the people. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Nasty Roche and Saurin drank cocoa that their people sent them in tins |
An Ideal Husband | Oscar Wilde | In married life affection comes when people thoroughly dislike each other |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | His answer was, the people were not used To be spoke to but by the Recorder |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on people he loves |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | These people were not so well clad as the first, whose servants or laborers they seemed to be. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Affects 16 million people. (references) | |
Pads or diapers help many people. (references) | ||
Celiac disease affects people differently. (references) | ||
Business | The company employs 466 people. (references) | |
In 1998, 530,139 people died in France. (references) | ||
Korea is a country of 47 million people. (references) | ||
Children | Senegal | In 2000 the Council of State (the country's highest administrative court) ruled on an antidiscrimination lawsuit filed in 1999 by the National Association of Disabled People (ANHMS) against the regional educational board in the eastern province of Tambacounda. (references) |
Switzerland | An initiative called "Equal Rights for People with Disabilities" was launched in 1999 that would change the law and grant all persons with disabilities access to all public facilities and services, to the extent that the costs were within government means. (references) | |
Argentina | The National Advisory Commission on the Integration of People with Disabilities--a governmental office--and numerous NGO's actively defend the rights of persons with disabilities and help them to find employment. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Kenya | The case against Simbi Kisumba, a journalist for The People, who was arrested in 2000 for publishing an article that criticized the police, remained pending at year's end. (references) |
Kenya | In April 2000, police arrested and beat Mohammed Sheikh, a journalist for The People. (references) | |
Kenya | In February 2000, John Wandetto, a journalist for The People who was arrested in 1999, received an 18-month jail sentence for writing a report that "risked causing alarm." During the year, Wandetto appealed the sentence to the High Court, which ruled in his favor; he was released. (references) | |
Discrimination | India | Despite laws designed to prevent discrimination, other legislation as well as social and cultural practices have a profound discriminatory impact, and discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, and national, racial, and ethnic minorities is a problem. (references) |
El Salvador | In practice, discrimination against women, disabled persons, and indigenous people occurs in salaries and hiring. (references) | |
Ecuador | Women, indigenous people, and Afro-Ecuadorians continue to face significant discrimination. (references) | |
Economic History | Russia | Ten years ago just 7% of the country's (then) 150 million people owned cars, but that number is expected to quadruple by 2010. Adding to individual demand is that of a changing economy. (references) |
Kenya | Kenya has four main daily newspapers: The Daily Nation, East African Standard, Business Africa, and Kenya Times; six weekly newspapers: The People, Sunday Times, Sunday Nation, Sunday Standard, and The East African; a weekly magazine: Weekly Review; a bi-monthly: Business Chronicle; four monthlies: Finance, Presence, The Executive, and African Law Review; and a professional journal: East African Computer News; all with national distribution. (references) | |
Russia | In the country as a whole, there are a mere 21 phone lines per 100 people, and the waiting list for basic services currently has 6 million names. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The Secretariat also administers or sponsors programs to reduce violence among the poor, to train police officials in human rights practices, and to combat discrimination against blacks, women, children, indigenous people, the elderly, and the disabled. (references) |
South Africa | People Against Drugs and Violence (PADAV), the Eastern Cape counterpart to People Against Gangsters and Drugs (PAGAD) in the Cape Town area, clashed with gangsters in and around northern areas (Nelson Mandela Metropole) in Port Elizabeth. (references) | |
Korea | As defined by Kim Il Sung, juche is a quasi-mystical concept in which the collective will of the people is distilled into a supreme leader whose every act exemplifies the State and society's needs. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | NGO's assert that violations of the rights of indigenous people are frequent in the mining and logging areas, and that violations stem from the Government's denial of ownership by indigenous people of ancestral land, erosion of indigenous groups' traditional social structure, and forced takeover of land. (references) |
India | The colonial act listing these tribes was repealed in 1951, but the stigma remains and many of these tribal people still are discriminated against actively. (references) | |
India | These integrative policies have been motivated partly by humanitarian concerns, although interest in commercial exploitation of virgin forests that are inhabited by tribal people is another strong factor behind these policies. (references) | |
Minorities | India | Both missionaries were attempting to convert local tribal people. (references) |
Cambodia | The rights of minorities under the 1996 nationality law are not explicit; constitutional protections are extended only to "Khmer people," that is, Cambodians. (references) | |
Bhutan | The 1985 Citizenship Act also provides for the revocation of the citizenship of any naturalized citizen who "has shown by act or speech to be disloyal in any manner whatsoever to the King, country, and people of Bhutan." The Home Ministry later declared in a circular that any nationals leaving the country to assist "antinationals," and the families of such persons, would forfeit their citizenship. (references) | |
Political Economy | Colombia | Guerrillas were responsible for the majority of cases of forcible recruitment of indigenous people and of hundreds of children. (references) |
Tanzania | CUF demonstrations in January 2001, declared illegal by the government, led to the use of force by security units that left at least 23 people dead on Pemba island, the opposition stronghold. (references) | |
Colombia | Extensive societal discrimination against indigenous people and minorities continued. (references) | |
Political Rights | El Salvador | Minorities, including indigenous people, are not barred from voting or participating in government and politics; however, the percentage of minorities in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population. (references) |
Venezuela | The 1999 Constitution reserved three seats in the National Assembly for indigenous people, and these seats were filled in the July 2000 election. (references) | |
Nepal | Citizens, through their elected representatives, also have the right to amend the Constitution with the exception of certain basic principles that they may not change--sovereignty vested in the people, the multiparty system, fundamental rights, and the constitutional monarchy. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | TB component will be devoted to the introduction of DOTS strategy in Ukraine, HIV/AIDS component includes subcomponents aimed at: advocasy and awareness raising; work with the risk groups on HIV/AIDS prevention; implementation of activities to prevent HIV/AIDS transmissions; improvement of care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS. (references) |
Burma | This enables the parties to have their disputes resolved by people (including experienced lawyers) who are competent in the relevant field. (references) | |
Ukraine | Our activities address the urgent humanitarian and health needs of the people of Ukraine by: 1) supporting the government in moving from universal housing and communal services subsidies to targeted social services; 2) providing humanitarian assistance and strengthening the ability of non-governmental organizations to deliver social services; 3) laying the foundation for a sustainable system of pensions and social insurance; 4) providing training and supplies to improve the quality of and access to reproductive health care and the screening for and treatment of breast cancer; 5) supporting health partnerships for the promotion of primary health care and exchange of information, training and personnel; 6) providing thyroid cancer screening and psycho-social interventions to child victims of the Chernobyl accident, while strengthening the Ukrainian government's ability to respond to health and environmental crises; and 7) providing technical assistance in addressing both the TB and the STI/HIV/AIDS epidemics. (references) | |
Travel | Nepal | Traditional and conservative by nature, the Nepalese are congenial people who take pride in their national heritage. (references) |
Mexico | While many people in the large cities speak some English, it may be difficult for them to conduct detailed discussions. (references) | |
Croatia | Many business people in Croatia speak foreign languages, mostly English, German, and Italian (along the coast). (references) | |
Worker Rights | Belarus | In an October 2000 speech to the FTUB Congress, Prime Minister Yermoshyn told trade union leaders to "stop agitating people and get to work" and accused the FTUB of engaging in politics rather than focusing on the needs of workers. (references) |
Azerbaijan | As many as 2 million people relied on remittances from relatives working in Russia, but this support dropped after the 1999 Russian financial crisis. (references) | |
Kenya | In 1999 the People newspaper published an article about the experiences of several Kenyan women who had been misled into accepting jobs in the Middle East, only to work in what they described as "modern slavery." The Government does not have any programs that specifically target trafficking; however, several NGO's provide service to persons who may have been victims of trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell. There's a man with a Nose, And wherever he goes The people run from him and shout: "No cotton have we For our ears if so be He blow that interminous snout!" So the lawyers applied For injunction. "Denied," Said the Judge: "the defendant prefixion, Whate'er it portend, Appears to transcend The bounds of this court's jurisdiction." Arpad Singiny |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
David Berkowitz | Not a lot. Once in a while some people come up. I have a number of friends from the area who come by and visit. |
Dennis Miller | Too many people are getting away with behavior they should be called on. |
Erin Runnion | Overwhelming. Overwhelming. The outpour from everyone, the love that people are showing us has just been incredible. |
Julie Andrews | My. Well, a lot of people have passed on. And Dudley, I think, is one of the saddest of them all. What a waste. |
Linda Thompson | Met Priscilla. But only a couple of times. Priscilla was really not on the scene as much as people might assume. |
Liza Minnelli | My faith in God and in God through people and I believe that mother Mary watches over me as well as my own mom. |
Rush Limbaugh | Telling people to believe in themselves is the ultimate in compassion. |
William Shatner | Roddenberry set up a concept and that was critical. A lot of people after that have run with the ball. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | So far as possible the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Fortunately they are but a small percentage of our people. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Chief Justice, and fellow citizens, I accept with humility the honor which the American people have conferred upon me. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Especially we pray that our concern shall be for all the people regardless of station, race, or calling. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | President, there are irresponsible people who would like to invade Cuba now and thus touch off a war. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Proverbs tell us, without a vision the people perish. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | America, not just the nation, but an idea alive in the minds of the people, everywhere. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Today too many of those people are being left out. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Double taxation falls especially hard on retired people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "People" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 99.81% of the time. "People" is used about 124,026 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 99.81% | 123,785 | 81 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.11% | 132 | 27,743 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.06% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.02% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Total | 100.00% | 124,026 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "people" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| People | Last name | 1,000 | 13,191 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "people". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Nikodemos | N/A | Ancient Greek | Victory of the people |
| Amad | N/A | Biblical | People of witness |
| Amalek | N/A | Biblical | A people that licks up |
| Amasa | N/A | Biblical | Sparing the people |
| Ami | N/A | Biblical | People |
| Ammah | N/A | Biblical | People |
| Ammiel | N/A | Biblical | The people of God |
| Ammihud | N/A | Biblical | People of praise |
| Ammi-nadab | N/A | Biblical | My people is liberal |
| Ammishaddai | N/A | Biblical | The people of the Almighty |
| Ammizabad | N/A | Biblical | Dowry of the people |
| Ammon | N/A | Biblical | A people |
| Ammon | N/A | Biblical | The son of my people |
| Amram | N/A | Biblical | An exalted people |
| Aniam | N/A | Biblical | A people |
| Aniam | N/A | Biblical | The strength or sorrow of people |
| Archelaus | N/A | Biblical | The prince of the people |
| Balaam | N/A | Biblical | The ancient of the people |
| Balaam | N/A | Biblical | The destruction of the people |
| Ben-ammi | N/A | Biblical | Son of my people |
| Bileam | N/A | Biblical | The ancient of the people |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | People Company Limited | South Africa | Real People Finance Ltd. |
| United Kingdom | Prime People PLC | ||
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "people": a handful of people ♦ a heap of people ♦ a host of people ♦ a lot of people ♦ a mass of people ♦ a people ♦ Abbot of the people ♦ Action aimed at young people ♦ afraid of people ♦ agglomeration of people ♦ all manner of people ♦ all people ♦ Application pilot for people with special needs ♦ be short of people ♦ beautiful people ♦ beloved by the people ♦ best qualified people ♦ boat people ♦ british people ♦ business people ♦ chosen people ♦ civilized people ♦ collection of people ♦ common people ♦ country people ♦ crowds of people ♦ dealings between people ♦ description of the life of the people ♦ disabled people ♦ discouraged people ♦ do not judge people by appearances ♦ drove of people ♦ english people ♦ few people ♦ fill with people ♦ first people ♦ flower people ♦ foremost people ♦ free people ♦ french people ♦ from the bosom of the people ♦ full of people ♦ go to the people ♦ Good people ♦ group of people ♦ heathen people ♦ homeless people ♦ honest people ♦ horsy people ♦ i don't care what people say ♦ idol of the people ♦ irish people ♦ jewish people ♦ large body of people ♦ le silence du people est la legon des rois ♦ life of the people ♦ literaty people ♦ little people ♦ live on the sweat of the people ♦ man of the people ♦ many people ♦ mixed people ♦ more people ♦ most people ♦ multitude of people ♦ muster people ♦ my people ♦ nice people ♦ numbering of the people ♦ numbers of people ♦ old people ♦ old people home ♦ old people house ♦ one's people ♦ or Good people ♦ ordinary people ♦ other people ♦ peculiar people ♦ people carrier ♦ People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ♦ people in high places ♦ people mover ♦ people of color ♦ people of colour ♦ people of good report ♦ people of that ilk ♦ people power ♦ people say ♦ people say that ♦ people sharing an apartment ♦ plain People ♦ poor people ♦ power of people ♦ regular people ♦ rub shoulders with all sorts of people ♦ scores of people ♦ section of the people ♦ several people ♦ shake hands with people ♦ slavic people ♦ small people and tall people. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "people": people-based, people-centred, People-clubcall, people-contact, people-cost, people-directed, people-do, people-factory, people-friendly, people-friends, people-groups, people-intensive, people-ized, people-management, people-movement, people-mover, people-need, people-orientated, people-orientation, people-oriented, people-pleaser, people-power, people-shifting, people-situations, people-spotting, people-take, people-to-people, people-transfers, people-watchers, people-watching, people-winning. | |
Ending with "people": all-people, boat-people, earth-people, leaf-people, non-people, pro-people. | |
Containing "people": four-people-and-a-dog. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
people search | 58,174 | naked people | 1,096 |
people | 25,350 | people search engine | 1,029 |
people finder | 14,042 | nice people | 984 |
free people search | 13,693 | teen people | 971 |
find people | 8,662 | famous people | 925 |
people magazine | 6,851 | missing people | 916 |
ugly people | 3,359 | village people | 873 |
healthy people | 2,482 | international people search | 796 |
yahoo people search | 2,405 | dead people | 632 |
picture people | 2,403 | first people | 629 |
free people finder | 2,299 | free online people search | 590 |
people locator | 2,177 | people search canada | 564 |
people bank | 2,165 | rate people | 555 |
meet people | 2,005 | come doing just like people see thousand | 529 |
people pc | 1,583 | loan for people with bad credit | 504 |
fat people | 1,385 | people search.com | 480 |
picture of fat people | 1,247 | black people | 474 |
finding people | 1,216 | hobby people | 466 |
chat with people | 1,215 | instant free people search | 453 |
find people free | 1,169 | little people | 436 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "people"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | popullsi (citizenry, civilians, population), populloj (populate), popull (crowd, demos, folk, laity, nation, populace, population, public, race), veta (persons), të afërm, shërbëtore (housemaid, maidservant, parlormaid, parlourmaid, servant maid), njerëzi (civility, comity, courtesy, courtliness, decency, humanity, Lord, mankind, politeness, public, world), njerëz (connection, connexion, folk), kombësi (nationality), gjinde (folk), familje (clan, family, home, house, household, kind, kinsfolk, lineage, name, phratry, stock), banorë. (various references) | |
Arabic | الناس (commune, ruck, world), أبناء, أشخاص, أسرة (belongings, family, house, name, stock), أنسباء, أهالي, أهل بالسكان, بشرية (humaneness, mankind), الشعب (rank and file), قَوْم (nation), جعله آهلا بالسكان, جماعة من الناس, عامة الناس, سكان (inhabitance, population), قوم (adjust, appraise, assess, calibrate, correct, esteem, estimate, evaluate, folk, guess, horde, measure, nation, prize, rate, reckon, rectify, reform, straighten, value), مواطنين, شعب (nation), أمة (commonwealth). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обитавам (bide, dwell, haunt, indwell, inhabit, occupy), папство (charge, obedience, papacy), близки (belongings, kith and kin), заселвам (colonize, denizen, immigrate, pioneer, plant, populate, settle), нация (nation, nationality), народ (folk, nation, nationality), население (population), избиратели (grassroots, representation), обикновените хора (commonage, commonalty), същества, хора (folks, men, mortality), работници (men, work-people), роднини (connection, connexion, folks, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, kith and kin), слуги, семейство (family, home, house, household, kin, kind, parentage, stock), свита (entourage, equipage, escort, following, retinue, suite, tail, tendance, train), населявам (inhabit, populate, seat). (various references) | |
Catalan | gent. (various references) | |
Chinese | 萌 (sprout), 甿 , 人民 , 人們 , 人们 (Peopling), 人 (man, person), 氓 (ruffian, vagrant), 平民 , 大眾 (masses, public), 世人 . (various references) | |
Czech | lidé (folk, humanity). (various references) | |
Danish | folk (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Dutch | mensen (persons), volk (folk, nation), lui (lazy, slothful), lieden (persons). (various references) | |
Esperanto | popolo (folk, nation), personoj (persons), homoj. (various references) | |
Faeroese | fólk (folk, human being, man, nation). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرجمعیت کردن , ملت (Nation, State), مردمان , مردم (Population), قوم (Nation, Race), ساکن شدن (Abide, Populate, Stanch, Steady), خلق (Humor, Kidney, Mood, Temper, Temperament), جمعیت (Army, Bike, Company, Crowd, Flock, Gang, Group, Habitancy, Heap, Herd, Mob, Party, Population, Press, Society, Throng), ابادکردن (Inhabit). (various references) | |
Finnish | kansa (folk, nation). (various references) | |
French | gens, peuple. (various references) | |
Frisian | folk (folk, nation). (various references) | |
German | Leute (folk, folks, gentry, persons), Volk (colony, country, crowd, folk, folks, hoi polloi, masses, men and women, nation, populace, public, rabble), Menschen (beings, human beings, humans, mankind), bevölkerung (peopling, populace, population). (various references) | |
Greek | άνθρωποι (mankind, person, persons). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | moun (person). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | veta (persons). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתים (men), לישב (accommodate, colonize, mediate, populate, settle), לאום (folk, nation), לאכלס (populate), עם (community, crowd, folk, mob, nation, populace), אומה (commonwealth, nation), אנשים (folk, men), בריות (mankind). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nép (commons, folk, nation, popular), emberek (all flesh, folk, menfolk, people of good position, picked men). (various references) | |
Icelandic | þjóð (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | wong (human), rakyat (populace), orang-orang, orang (guy, man, person). (various references) | |
Irish | muintir (family), dhaoine, daoine. (various references) | |
Italian | gente (folk, folks, persons, race), popolo (commonalty, Commons, crowd, folk, mob, nation, populace), persone (beings, folk). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 民 (nation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひと (adult, bandit, character, condemning, denouncing, human being, man, man of talent, mankind, messenger, other people, person, personality, spending, true man, visitor), みんぞく (folk customs, nation, race, racial customs), じん (9th in rank, as, as it is, as one likes, battle formation, because, benevolence, camp, charity, encampment, humanity, man, ninth sign of the Chinese calendar, person, virtue), じんし (well-bred man), じんみん (public), じょうみん (the masses, the people), こくみん (citizen, national), にん (adult, character, charge, duty, human being, kernel, man, man of talent, mankind, messenger, obligation, other people, person, personality, responsibility, true man, visitor), みんしゅう (masses, populace), ぼう (ancient Chinese imperial jewels, certain, divide, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, length, net, one, pole, rod, shaggy dog, shaggy hair, stick), ぞくしゅう (crowd, custom, masses, the public, usage, vulgarity, worldliness), ひとびと (each person, everybody, human, men), ひとたち (stroke of sword), そうせい (bearing twins, creation of world, dense growth, discovery, dying young, early death, healthy growth, invention, origination, petitioning the Emperor, the masses, twins), ピープル , たみ (nation), たみくさ (populace), たみぐさ (populace), にんにん (each person, everybody, human, men). (various references) | |
Korean | 사람 (folk, folks, Person, persons). (various references) | |
Lombard | gent (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Manx | sleih (crowd, family, inhabitants, populace, public, relations), pobble (community, congregation, folk, masses, population), kynney (breed, connection, family, folk, genus, kin, kind, kindred, lineage, race, species, stock), feallee (persons), feallagh (folk, ones, persons), cur sleih ayn, cur cummaltee ayn, ashoon (nation, state). (various references) | |
Norwegian | folk (folk). (various references) | |
Occitan | pòble, mond, gents. (various references) | |
Papiamen | pueblo (folk, nation, village). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eoplepay.(various references) | |
Polish | małżonkowie (couple, married people), małżeństwo (couple, married people). (various references) | |
Portuguese | povo (commonwealth, crowd, folk, general, multitude, nation, public, race), gente (folk, race), pessoas (persons, privity). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | pessoas (persons). (various references) | |
Romanian | persoane (personnel), popula (inhabit, populate), popor (folk, nation, nationality, peasantry, race), familie (Covey, family, folk, kind, name, parentage, stem, tribe), locui în (belong, indwell, inhabit), lume (cosmos, creation, earth, existence, folk, humanity, mankind, realm, society, universe, world), lumea, masã (avoirdupois, block, board, body, bulk, clump, congeries, cooking, crop, crowd, cuisine, dinner, dusty treat, feast, gross, lump, mass, meal, meat, multitude, repast, shoal, table, throng, tuck in), naţiune (folk, nation, nationality), cetãţeni, oameni (folk, gentry, men, public), strãmoşi (ancestors, ancestry, elder, great-grandfathers, parentage, root), rude (belongings, connection, folk, kin, kindred, kinsfolk, own), servitori, slugi, strãbuni (ancestors, ancestry, parentage, root), neam (ancestry, blood, breed, brood, descent, extraction, family, kind, kinsman, line, lineage, name, nation, origin, persuasion, race, relation, relative, remove, sort, species, stem, stock, strain, tribe). (various references) | |
Russian | люди (folk, folks, human beings, men). (various references) | |
Scottish | pobull (congregation, tribe), tuath (country people, husbandmen, north, northern : an àirde tuath, peasantry, the north), sluagh (army, host), muinntir (folks, household, household; relations), luchd (a burden, a set; used mostly in compound words, burden, cargo, folk, load), feadhainn (folk, some people, those, troop), drong , droing, aiteam (a people, folk, persons). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svet (holy, public, world), naseliti (haft, populate, settle), narod (demo, demos, folk, nation), ljudi (capitation, folk, men). (various references) | |
Spanish | pueblo (common people, folk, nation, populace, the people, town, village), gente (dweller, folk, populace, town), población (city, demos, dwellers, folk, humanity, nation, population, town). (various references) | |
Sranan | pipel (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Swahili | watu (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Swedish | folk (commonage, commonalty, folk, folks, gentry, nation, servants), personer (individuals, persons), man (fellow, husband, lad, male, man, mane on a horse, one, they, we, you). (various references) | |
Thai | ชาวอิสลาม (Islamic people). (various references) | |
Turkish | ulus (commonweal, commonwealth, nation), millet (folk, nation), insanlar (cattle, folk, folks, human beings, humanity, mankind, they), insan yerleştirmek (populate), herkes (all, all and sundry, all hands, every damned one, every man jack, every one, everybody, everyone, one and all, the whole caboodle, to a man), halk (communal, demo-, demos, folk, grass roots, populace, popular, public, the community, the crowd, the million, the people, the vulgar, vulgar), eller (hands, others), elalem (mrs. grundy), aile fertleri, ahalí (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Turkmen | il-halk, il-gьn, ileюler, il, halk (citizens, nation, people's). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | населяти (habit, inhabit, populate), населення (populace, population), народ (commonalty, demos, folk, humanity, nation, nationality, public), нація (nation, nationality), заселятися, люди (folks, menfolk). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | những người theo hầu, những người làm, họ hàng những người tuỳ tùng, dân chúng (commonage, community, demos, multitude, populace), bà con (akin). (various references) | |
Welsh | pobl (folk, nation). (various references) | |
Wolof | waa (the people of). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | lu, nam-lu-u-lu7. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | demos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | populus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | dah'yunãm. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | firas, folc, leode. (various references) |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | diot. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elegon de mh en th eorth ina mh qoruboV genhtai en tw law |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dicebant autem non in die festo ne forte tumultus fieret in populo |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hyo cwæðen witodlice þt hyt ne myhtebeon on þam freols-daige. þy-læs þe mycelsteriung wurðe on þam folke. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But thei seiden, Not in the haliday, lest perauenture noyse were maad in the puple. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But they sayd not on the holy daye lest eny vproure aryse amonge the people. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear of trouble among the people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 26, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Apan sila miingon, "Dili lang hinoon pag-iatol sa fiesta, kay tingali unyag mahitabo ang kaguliyang sa mga tawo." |
| Chinese | 只 是 說 、 當 節 的 日 子 不 可 、 恐 怕 民 間 生 亂 。 |
| Croatian | Jer se govorilo: "Nikako ne o Blagdanu da ne nastane pobuna u narodu." |
| Danish | Men de sagde: "Ikke på Højtiden, for at der ikke skal blive Oprør iblandt Folket." |
| Dutch | Doch zij zeiden: Niet in het feest, opdat er geen oproer worde onder het volk. |
| Finnish | Mutta he sanoivat: "Ei juhlan aikana, ettei syntyisi meteliä kansassa". |
| French | Mais ils dirent: Que ce ne soit pas pendant la fête, afin qu`il n`y ait pas de tumulte parmi le peuple. |
| German | Sie sprachen aber: Ja nicht auf das Fest, auf daß nicht ein Aufruhr werde im Volk! |
| Hungarian | De azt mondják vala: Ne az ünnepen: hogy zendülés ne legyen a nép között. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Tetapi," kata mereka, "janganlah hal itu dilakukan pada waktu perayaan, sebab nanti timbul kerusuhan di antara rakyat." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi kata mereka itu, "Janganlah pada hari raya, supaya jangan timbul huru-hara di antara kaum itu." |
| Italian | Ma dicevano: «Non durante la festa, perché non avvengano tumulti fra il popolo». |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh dooyrt ad, Cha nee er laa ny feailley, er-aggle dy bee irree-magh ayn mastey'n pobble. |
| Maori | Otira i mea ratou, Kauaka i te hakari, kei ngangau te iwi. |
| Norwegian | Men de sa: Ikke på høitiden, forat det ikke skal bli opstyr blandt folket. |
| Portuguese | Mas diziam: Não durante a festa, para que não haja tumulto entre o povo. |
| Rumanian | Dar ziceau: ,,Nu kn timpul praznicului, ca sq nu se facq turburare kn norod.`` |
| Russian | ОП ЗПЧПТЙМЙ: ФПМШЛП ОЕ Ч РТБЪДОЙЛ, ЮФПВЩ ОЕ УДЕМБМПУШ ЧПЪНХЭЕОЙС Ч ОБТПДЕ. |
| Shuar | Tura tiarmiayi "Jístatin Túrachminiaiti aents téetet ajarain tusar." |
| Spanish | Pero decían: "No lo hagamos en la fiesta, para que no se haga alboroto en el pueblo." |
| Swahili | Lakini wakaamua jambo hilo lisifanyike wakati wa sikukuu, kusije kukatokea ghasia kati ya watu. |
| Swedish | Men de sade: "Icke under högtiden, för att ej oroligheter skola uppstå bland folket." |
| Uma | Agina neo' ulu tahoko' -i nto'u eo bohe, nee-neo' mpai' bara' ntodea." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "people": peopled, peoplehood, peoplehoods, peopleless, peopler, peoplers, peoples. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "people": anchorpeople, businesspeople, congresspeople, craftspeople, dispeople, laypeople, newspeople, overpeople, repeople, salespeople, spokespeople, townspeople, tradespeople, tribespeople, unpeople, workpeople. (additional references) | |
Words containing "people": dispeopled, dispeoples, overpeopled, overpeoples, repeopled, repeoples, unpeopled, unpeoples. (additional references) | |
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"People" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bioplex, Boepple, eople, paole, Papple, Peaple, peeple, Peepul, peole, peoople, peopel, Peopeo, peopil, peopl, peopler, Pepel, pepla, peple, pepole, Pepple, perople, perpel, Pesola, peuple, Pipoli, Poehl, poopie, poople, popalub, Popel, popelo, pople, prople, pueple, Pygope. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "people" (pronounced pē"pul) |
| 5 | p ē" p u l | laypeople. |
| 4 | -ē" p u l | steeple. |
| 3 | -p u l | ample, Appel, apple, archetypal, businesspeople, carpal, chapel, congresspeople, couple, craftspeople, cripple, crumple, decouple, dimple, disciple, episcopal, example, fipple, gospel, grapple, hopple, spokespeople, staple, subprincipal, supple, temple, maple, metacarpal, multiple, municipal, newspeople, nipple, oedipal, opal, papal, pimple, pineapple, Popple, principal, principle, pupil, purple, quadruple, quintuple, ripple, rumple, salespeople, sample, scalpel, scruple, Semple, simple, tipple, topple, townspeople, trample, triple, uncouple. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-o-p-p" | |
-1 letter: elope. | |
-2 letters: lope, peel, peep, pele, pepo, plop, pole, pope. | |
-3 letters: eel, lee, lop, ole, ope, pee, pep, pol, pop. | |
-4 letters: el, lo, oe, op, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-o-p-p" | |
+1 letter: peopled, peopler, peoples. | |
+2 letters: estoppel, loppered, peephole, peoplers, peploses, popeless, popelike, repeople, unpeople. | |
+3 letters: dispeople, estoppels, laypeople, pedophile, peepholes, pelecypod, prolepses, propelled, propeller, propylene, repeopled, repeoples, unpeopled, unpeoples. | |
+4 letters: apoplexies, depopulate, dispeopled, dispeoples, epileptoid, fleahopper, leafhopper, leptospire, newspeople, opposeless, overlapped, overpeople, pedophiles, pelecypods, peoplehood, peopleless, propellent, propellers, propylenes, repeopling, repopulate, workpeople. | |
+5 letters: copperplate, depopulated, depopulates, fleahoppers, leafhoppers, lepidoptera, leptospires, overpeopled, overpeoples, overslipped, peoplehoods, plecopteran, plenipotent, polypeptide, prepotently, propellents, purposeless, repopulated, repopulates, salespeople, spermophile, superpolite, townspeople. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Frequency 18. Names: Derived from 19. Names: Company Usage 20. Expressions | 21. Expressions: Internet 22. Translations: Modern 23. Translations: Ancient 24. Bible Trace | 25. Abbreviations 26. Acronyms 27. Derivations 28. Rhymes | 29. Anagrams 30. Bibliography |
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