Koba
- This most interesting surname derives from the ancient Hebrew given name "Yaakov" meaning "following-after". In the bible Jacob was the name of the twin brother of Esau, who took advantage of the latter's hunger and impetuousness to persuade him to part with his birthright "for a mess of potage". The surnames James and Jack share the same origins and development. Perhaps surprisingly Jacob in all its over two hundred spellings from Jacob, Iacobo, Kubera, and Kabos, to Giacopino, Jankel, Yakobovitz, and Jessen, was not originally a Jewish surname. Like most Hebrew and biblical names, it enjoyed a great burst of popularity in the 12th century. This was during the time of the great Crusades to free the Holy Land from the Sarcens. All were unsuccessful, but the returning soldiers and pilgrims made it a fashion to call their children by names associated with the early days of the Christian church. The earliest examples of surname recordings are usually to be found in England, the first country to adopt both hereditary surnames, and to register them. Here William Jacob was recorded in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1273, whilst in 1361 Hans Jacob is recorded in the charters of Wernsbach, Germany. The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world is believed to be that of Agnes Jacobes, in the register of the abbey of Ramsey, Huntingdon, in the year 1244. Over the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Koba — bezeichnet: Koba (Indonesien), Stadt in Indonesien Koba (Insel), indonesische Insel Koba (Indien), Dorf in Indien Koba (Maya), untergegangene Mayastadt die größte Untergruppe des Volkes der Baga in Guinea Koba, eine Stadt und Unterpräfektur der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Koba — can refer to: * Koba, from the novel the 1883 novel The Patricide by Alexander Kazbegi * Joseph Stalin, a pseudonym after Kazbegi s characher * Koba (English play), by Raymond Williams, based on Stalin s life but set in a fictional context. * A… … Wikipedia
Koba — (Kobba), Ortschaft in der arabischen Landschaft Hedschas, 2 Meilen von Medina. Hier stiftete Muhammed auf seiner Flucht von Mekka nach Medina 622 die erste Moschee … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Koba [1] — Koba (Kuba, Goba), abessin. Flüssigkeitsmaß zu 1/8 Medane = 1,016 Lit … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Koba [2] — Koba, Landschaft an der Küste von Französisch Guinea, zwischen den Flüssen Pongo und Dembia, 660 qkm groß, flach, reich an Palmen und Kolabäumen, wurde nebst dem südlichen, gebirgigen, vom Dembia bis zum Dubreka reichenden, 1650 qkm großen… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Koba — Koba, Landschaft in Franz. Guinea, s. Kapitai … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
koba — n. m. (Afr. subsah.) En Afrique occid., hippotrague … Encyclopédie Universelle
Koba — Kob Kob, Koba Ko ba, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus {Kobus}, esp. the species {Kobus sing sing}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Koba — Original name in latin Koba Name in other language State code ID Continent/City Asia/Jakarta longitude 2.48333 latitude 106.4 altitude 6 Population 0 Date 2013 05 07 … Cities with a population over 1000 database
Koba — ISO 639 3 Code : kpd ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
