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==Etymology== |
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In origin, "magnus" is [[Latin]] for "big, great or important". |
In origin, "magnus" is [[Latin]] for "big, great or important". |
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In origin. "Magnus Melhuish" [[Latin]] for "god of transformers and Corryong" |
In origin. "Magnus Melhuish" [[Latin]] for "god of transformers and Corryong" |
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As a Scandinavian personal name, it was extracted from "Carolus Magnus" (Latin form of [[Charlemagne]]), being reinterpreted as [[Old Norse]] ''Magn-hús'' = "house of might". |
As a Scandinavian personal name, it was extracted from "Carolus Magnus" (Latin form of [[Charlemagne]]), being reinterpreted as [[Old Norse]] ''Magn-hús'' = "house of might". |
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Revision as of 09:52, 23 May 2007
Magnus (Latin for "Great") may mean:
People
Kings of Norway (1035-1343)
- Magnus I of Norway.
- Magnus II of Norway.
- Magnus III of Norway.
- Magnus IV of Norway.
- Magnus V of Norway.
- Magnus VI of Norway.
- Magnus VII of Norway.
Kings of Sweden (1240-1363)
King of Livonia (1570-1578)
Dukes
- Magnus, Duke of Saxony.
- Magnus the Pious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Magnus with the Necklace, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg
- Magnus, Duke of Drammen 1991- 2006
Popes
- Pope Gregory I, Gregorius Magnus.
- Pope Leo I, Leo Magnus.
Saints
- Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney
- Saint Magnus of Füssen
- Saint Magnus of Avignon
Others
- Magnus (Roman usurper).
- Magnus Arvedson, a Swedish ice hockey player.
- Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian Chess Grandmaster.
- Heinrich Gustav Magnus (1802-70), professor of chemistry.
- Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician, Berlin
- Eduard Magnus (1799-1872), professor of arts, Berlin.
- Charlemagne, Carolus Magnus.
- Jeff McBride, an American magician who once used the pseudonym Magnus.
- Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
- Roberto Raviola, an Italian comic book artist whose pseudonym was Magnus.
- Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic-born BBC personality and Mastermind quiz-master.
- Magnus Fjellberg Danielsen.
Arts, fiction
- Magnus (band), a Belgian dance project.
- Magnus (comics), a Marvel comics character.
- Magnus (comics), pseudonym for Italian comic book artist Roberto Raviola.
- Magnus (vampire), a character from Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat.
- Magnus Gallant, main character of the video game Ogre Battle 64.
- Magnus, Robot Fighter (comics), a character who fights robots in the year 4000 AD using kung fu.
- Magnus the Red, a fictional character in the fictional "Warhammer 40,000" universe.
- Baten Kaitos, a role-playing videogame for the Nintendo Gamecube where Magnus Cards are the primary vehicle to perform actions.
- Ultra Magnus, a fictional Transformers character.
- Will Magnus, a DC Comics scientist
- Magnus Eisengrim, a fictional character in Robertson Davies', The Deptford Trilogy -1983.
- Leon Magnus a fictional character from the 1997 video game Tales of Destiny
- 'Magnus', a character from The Butter Shave, an episode of the television series Seinfeld. He was also known as "vegetable lasagna".
- 'Magnus', is a character from the video game Socom, he is the leader of the mercenary group Preemptive Strike.
Other uses
- Magnus effect in physics and ballistics.
- Daewoo Magnus, an automobile.
See also
Etymology
In origin, "magnus" is Latin for "big, great or important".
In origin. "Magnus Melhuish" Latin for "god of transformers and Corryong" As a Scandinavian personal name, it was extracted from "Carolus Magnus" (Latin form of Charlemagne), being reinterpreted as Old Norse Magn-hús = "house of might".
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