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abode
take up one's abode
some place to make some place one's home. I am going to take up my abode in a different city. I will take up my abode in this place and hope to find a job close by.
humble abode
A self-deprecating way to refer to one's home. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the source: the insufferable Mr. Collins refers to his patroness Lady Catherine de Burgh with “The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her ladyship's residence'' and “But she is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton and ponies.''
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Astyanax | | [æs'taiənæks] | |
Tilda | | TEEL-dah (Finnish) | English, Swedish, Finnish |
Illarion | | - | Russian |
Zekİ | | - | Turkish |
Lesley | | LEZ-lee, LES-lee | English |
Aucaman | | aw-oo-kaw-MAWN | Native American, Mapuche |