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A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a mononym, or "single name". In some cases, that name has been selected by the individual, who may have originally been given a polynym ("multiple name"). In other cases, it has been determined by the custom of the country or by some interested segment. In the case of historical figures, it may be the only one of the individual's names that has survived and is still known today.
The structure of persons' names has varied across time and geography. In some communities, individuals have been mononymous, receiving only a single name. Alulim, first king of Sumer, is one of the earliest names known; Narmer, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, is another. Later, Biblical names were typically mononymous, as were names in the surrounding cultures of the Fertile Crescent. Ancient Greek names also follow the pattern, with second names only used to avoid confusion, as in the case of Zeno the Stoic and Zeno of Elea; patronymics or other biographic details (such as city of origin, or another city the individual was associated with, borough, occupation) were used to specify whom one was talking about, but these details were not considered part of the name.
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Il a le regard econome
Il a le verbe rare, ca me plait
Il aime le chant des colombes et l'odeur du cafe
Et ces petites choses qu'on fait sans y penser
C'est mon homme, mon drapeau
Mon homme, celui qu'il me faut
Je frissonne je prends l'eau
C'est mon homme, mon abri, mon lit, mon heros
Il ne saurait pas comment briller
Ou comme un phare banal, oublie
Dans sa mer ordinaire
Il brise les vagues sans voir
Ces milliers de lumieres
Qu'il m'offre sans le vouloir
C'est mon homme, mon drapeau
Mon homme, celui qu'il me faut
Je frissonne je prends l'eau
C'est mon homme, mon feu, mon repos
C'est mon homme, mon ami
Qui pardonne, celui qu'on choisit
Je tatonne, je faillis
C'est mon homme qui fait ce qu'il dit
C'est mon homme je l'admire
Mon ozone, l'air que je respire
Mon opium, mon jour