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“glory”

22 fragments across 18 traditions carry this sense. They split 11 to 11 between opening and closing a name, which means it sits comfortably at either end.

Across the traditions

Reverse entry

They are spread across 5 different families, from real world outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Greek, has 2.

Greek


Real world

Kleo initial · kleia final

  • Kleokrates

    Kleo glory + krates might

    glory might

  • Kleobios

    Kleo glory + bios life

    glory life

  • Kleoxenos

    Kleo glory + xenos stranger

    glory stranger

  • Agathokleia

    Agatho good + kleia glory

    good glory

  • Hippokleia

    Hippo horse + kleia glory

    horse glory

  • Thalassokleia

    Thalasso sea + kleia glory

    sea glory

Minotaur


Creatures

kles final · kleia final

  • Stenokles

    Steno narrow + kles glory

    narrow glory

  • Thermokles

    Thermo heat + kles glory

    heat glory

  • Ankylokles

    Ankylo crooked + kles glory

    crooked glory

  • Chrysekleia

    Chryse golden + kleia glory

    golden glory

  • Lamprakleia

    Lampra brilliant + kleia glory

    brilliant glory

  • Bathyakleia

    Bathya deep + kleia glory

    deep glory

Phoenix


Creatures

kles final · doxa final

  • Kedrokles

    Kedro cedar + kles glory

    cedar glory

  • Heliokles

    Helio sun + kles glory

    sun glory

  • Aristokles

    Aristo best + kles glory

    best glory

  • Phengiadoxa

    Phengia gleam + doxa glory

    gleam glory

  • Rhodiadoxa

    Rhodia rose + doxa glory

    rose glory

  • Anthedoxa

    Anthe flower + doxa glory

    flower glory

Vampire


Creatures

Slav initial · slava final

  • Slavdan

    Slav glory + dan gift

    glory-gift

  • Slavmund

    Slav glory + mund protector

    glory-protector

  • Slavkirch

    Slav glory + kirch church

    glory-church

  • Anaslava

    Ana grace + slava glory

    grace-glory

  • Corbinaslava

    Corbina raven + slava glory

    raven-glory

  • Terezaslava

    Tereza harvester + slava glory

    harvester-glory

Angel


Creatures

Adra initial

  • Adramiel

    Adra glory + miel of God

    glory of God

  • Adradiel

    Adra glory + diel of God

    glory of God

  • Adranur

    Adra glory + nur of the fire

    glory of the fire

Bard


Tabletop

Loria initial

  • Loriafine

    Loria glory + fine ending

    glory ending

  • Loriamara

    Loria glory + mara sea

    glory sea

  • Loriaselle

    Loria glory + selle chamber

    glory chamber

Centaur


Creatures

kleia final

  • Chionokleia

    Chiono snow + kleia glory

    snow glory

  • Eratokleia

    Erato lovely + kleia glory

    lovely glory

  • Asterokleia

    Astero starry + kleia glory

    starry glory

Chinese


Real world

Rong initial

  • Rongfeng

    Rong glory + feng peak

    glory peak

  • Rongdong

    Rong glory + dong east

    glory east

  • Rongsi

    Rong glory + si thought

    glory thought

Dragon


Creatures

vaeth final

  • Rhyzorvaeth

    Rhyzor root + vaeth glory

    root glory

  • Saltrixvaeth

    Saltrix brine + vaeth glory

    brine glory

  • Tenebrixvaeth

    Tenebrix dark + vaeth glory

    dark glory

Dwarf


Fantasy races

Glor initial

  • Glordal

    Glor glory + dal valley

    glory valley

  • Glornar

    Glor glory + nar delver

    glory delver

  • Glorskar

    Glor glory + skar notch

    glory notch

French


Real world

Rod initial

  • Rodet

    Rod glory + et little

    glory little

  • Rodichon

    Rod glory + ichon little

    glory little

  • Rodouin

    Rod glory + ouin friend

    glory friend

German


Real world

Rod initial

  • Rodhold

    Rod glory + hold gracious

    glory gracious

  • Rodtrud

    Rod glory + trud strength

    glory strength

  • Rodbrand

    Rod glory + brand sword

    glory sword

Human


People

Tir initial

  • Tirstan

    Tir glory + stan stone

    glory stone

  • Tirferth

    Tir glory + ferth spirit

    glory spirit

  • Tirleof

    Tir glory + leof dear

    glory dear

Indian


Real world

Yash initial

  • Yashkishor

    Yash glory + kishor youth

    glory youth

  • Yashsinh

    Yash glory + sinh lion

    glory lion

  • Yashtej

    Yash glory + tej radiance

    glory radiance

Korean


Real world

Young initial

  • Youngsong

    Young glory + song pine

    glory pine

  • Youngbok

    Young glory + bok fortune

    glory fortune

  • Youngja

    Young glory + ja child

    glory child

Mermaid


Creatures

valis final

  • Morenvalis

    Moren dark water + valis glory

    dark water glory

  • Thalorvalis

    Thalor depth + valis glory

    depth glory

  • Salenvalis

    Salen shallows + valis glory

    shallows glory

Paladin


Tabletop

mer final

  • Martimer

    Marti war + mer glory

    war glory

  • Valemer

    Vale strong + mer glory

    strong glory

  • Probomer

    Probo upright + mer glory

    upright glory

Spanish


Real world

gloria final

  • Milagros Gloria

    Milagros miracles + gloria glory

    miracles and glory

  • Asunción Gloria

    Asunción assumption + gloria glory

    assumption and glory

  • Soledad Gloria

    Soledad solitude + gloria glory

    solitude and glory

Senses that travel together

See also

Each of these shares at least two traditions with “glory”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.

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