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111Falsos amigos — Anexo:Falsos amigos Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los falsos amigos son palabras que pueden escribirse o tener una pronunciación similar en dos o más idiomas, pero en realidad significan conceptos diferentes, debido a sus distintas etimologías, o …
112circus — circusy, adj. /serr keuhs/, n., pl. circuses. 1. a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals …
113egg — egg1 eggless, adj. eggy, adj. /eg/, n. 1. the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to… …
114Silicon Valley — the area in northern California, southwest of San Francisco in the Santa Clara valley region, where many of the high technology design and manufacturing companies in the semiconductor industry are concentrated. [so called from the silicon wafers… …
115Xerxes I — /zerrk seez/ 519? 465 B.C., king of Persia 486? 465 (son of Darius I). * * * Persian Khshayarsha born с 519 BC died 465 BC, Persepolis Persian king (486–465 BC) of the Achaemenian dynasty. The son of Darius I, he had been governor of Babylon… …
116Conrad, Joseph — orig. Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski born Dec. 3, 1857, Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire died Aug. 3, 1924, Canterbury, Kent, Eng. Polish British novelist and short story writer. His father was a Polish patriot who was exiled to northern… …
117Northwest Coast Indian — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from southeast Alaska to northwestern California. A signal feature of Northwest Coast society was the emphasis on each individual… …
118South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
119Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
120ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
