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It is very lucky to have a martin's nest on a house; to destroy it or take the eggs brings disaster, that one's cows will give bloody milk, for example (Opie and Tatem, 1989: 186-7). Cf. swallows.

Martin, 1356-1410, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (c.1395-1410) and, as Martin II, king of Sicily (1409-10). He succeeded his brother, John I, in Aragón and became king of Sicily on the death of his son, Martin I of Sicily, who had married Maria, last of the Sicilian branch of the house of Aragón. Martin of Aragón and Sicily died without a male heir and thus was the last ruler from the Catalan dynasty of Aragón. After a two-year interregnum, his nephew, Prince Ferdinand of Castile, was chosen (1412) king of Aragón and Sicily as Ferdinand I.

‘farmstead near a boundary, or by a pool’, OE (ge)mre or mere + tūn: examples include: Martin Hampshire Mertone (946). Martin Lincolnshire, near Horncastle. Mærtune (1060), Martone (1086) (DB). Martin Lincolnshire, near Metheringham. Martona 12th cent. Martin Hussingtree Worcestershire Meretun, Husantreo (972), Husentre (1086) (DB), Marten Hosentre (1535). Originally two separate manors, Hussingtree being ‘tree of a man called Hūsa’, from OE pers. name (genitive -n) + trēow.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - [zool.] svaleart

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwaluw

Français (French)
n. - hirondelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ornith.) Mehlschwalbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορνιθ.) χελιδόνι

Italiano (Italian)
Martino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - martelo grande (m), andorinha (f), martelo do piano (m)

Русский (Russian)
городская ласточка

Español (Spanish)
n. - vencejo, pequeña golondrina europea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svala (zool.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
岩燕, 紫马丁乌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 岩燕, 紫馬丁烏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 남자이름, 제비의 일종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イワツバメ, ショウドウツバメ, 男子名, ムラサキツバメ, マルタン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سنونو وهو من أنواع الطيور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סנונית‬

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