Sentence examples for conventional name from inspiring English sources

Lammas, the conventional name of the Quarter Day which falls on August 1.

The river's conventional name derives from the Tibetan and Sanskrit name Sindhu.

Convinced the child was mispronouncing a more conventional name, Mr. Afshar approached his father.

Although officially as well as popularly called the Ganga in Hindi and in other Indian languages, internationally it is known by its conventional name, the Ganges.

In terms of making a conventional name, Chris's modesty and readiness to share information was not always in his best interest but won him a host of devoted friends.

To separate the effect of these factors from the effect of the name, Dr. Figlio compared children within the same family: a sibling with one of these names versus a sibling with a more conventional name.

Under Huggins, that number is reduced to 25 or 30, with more conventional names like Cincinnati, L.A. or Hartford.

"The fashion for safe, conventional names is only something that has come in in the last or 40 years".

Conventional names like Cyclone, Hurricane and Comets kept dropping and in came names -- Tsunami, Dunkin' Donuts, Slickers -- that nobody was really enthusiastic about.

4January 1. 5Preferred names in all instances are based on Pinyin transliteration (except for Inner Mongolia and Tibet, which are current English-language conventional names).

Her brother, Jens (don't look for many conventional names in this novel), is a mathematical genius who moves from one geek passion to the next -- shortwave radio, weather forecasting -- eventually becoming an early avatar of the computer revolution.