walking encyclopedia

A very knowledgeable person, as in Ask Rob-he's a walking encyclopedia of military history. A similar expression, a walking dictionary, was used by George Chapman in his poem "Tears of Peace" (c. 1600).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Katriona	kə-TREE-nə, kat-ree-O-nə	English (Rare)
Ramlah	-	Arabic
Millicent	['milisnt]
Esi	-	Western African, Akan
Yekonyah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Yonca	-	Turkish