Guelph
pronunciation
How to pronounce Guelph in British English:
UK [ɡwelf]
How to pronounce Guelph in American English:
US [ɡwɛlf]
Word Origin
- Guelph (n.)
- also Guelf, one of the two great parties in medieval Italian politics, characterized by support of the popes against the emperors (opposed to the Ghibellines), 1570s, from Italian Guelfo, from Old High German Welf, name of a princely family that became the ducal house of Brunswick, literally "whelp," originally the name of the founder (Welf I). The family are the ancestors of the present dynasty of Great Britain. The name is said to have been used as a war-cry at the Battle of Weinsberg (1140) by partisans of Henry the Lion, duke of Bavaria, who was of the family, against Emperor Conrad III; hence it was adopted in Italy as the name of the anti-imperial party in the Middle Ages.
Example
- 1. Mark fenske is a neuroscientist at the university of guelph .
- 2. A 2011 study conducted by indiana university , the kinsey institute and the university of guelph found much less of a divide : 23 % for men and 19 % for women .
- 3. A study by the university of guelph gave some support to this view , finding that the board performed poorly in periods of volatile prices .
- 4. Cfru-fm is a community campus station serving the students and community of guelph .
- 5. In elephants , " the unique structure of the foot must clearly be considered a key innovation , " says matthew vickaryous , a vertebrate morphologist at the university of guelph in canada who was not involved in the study .