But no English, no English," meaning that his conquests didn't speak his language.
The Wudi emperor is best remembered for his military conquests; hence, his posthumous title, Wudi, meaning "Martial Emperor".
The Pipil (descendants of the Aztecs), the predominant tribe in the region prior to the Spanish conquest, named their territory and capital Cuscatlán, meaning "Land of the Jewel"; the name is still sometimes applied to El Salvador today.
For my tribe, war gave meaning to its men, and conquest provided an opportunity to mingle genetically and avoid incest.
He was however deprived of the possession of his domains by the inalienable right of conquest, and retained them henceforth as a gift from the Prince, meaning that they would be forfeit upon his death unless he had any immediate descendants.
Events that appear to be struggles for conquest and plunder turn out, in Lears's view, to be animated by a personal search for meaning.
The writing system of the classic Maya has been substantially deciphered, meaning that a corpus of their written and inscribed material has survived from before the European conquest.
