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  • 121canopy — I. noun (plural pies) Etymology: Middle English canope, from Medieval Latin canopeum mosquito net, from Latin conopeum, from Greek kōnōpion, from kōnōps mosquito Date: 14th century 1. a. a cloth covering suspended over a bed b. a cover (as of… …

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  • 122Lemba — Infobox Ethnic group group = Lemba poptime = 70,000+ (estimated) popplace = South Africa (esp. Limpopo Province), Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique langs = Formerly Lemba (now extinct), today Venda and Shona and English and Portuguese rels = Judaism,… …

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  • 123Midwestern United States — Midwest redirects here. For other uses, see Midwest (disambiguation). Midwest as defined by U.S. Census Bureau The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an… …

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  • 124Bookbinding — A traditional bookbinder at work Old bookbindings …

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  • 125Alberto Gerchunoff — (January 1 1883 ndash;March 2 1949), was an Argentine writer born in Russia. His family emigrated in 1889 to the agricultural colony of Rajil, founded by philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch as a haven for Jews fleeing the pogroms of Europe.… …

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  • 126Ayutthaya Kingdom — Infobox Former Country native name = อาณาจักรอยุธยา conventional long name = Kingdom of Ayutthaya common name = Ayutthaya Kingdom continent = Asia region = South East Asia country = era = Middle Ages status = event start = year start = 1351 date… …

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  • 127Saturnian (poetry) — Saturnian meter or verse is an old Latin and Italic poetic form, of which the principles of versification have become obscure. Only 132 complete uncontroversial verses survive. 95 literary verses and partial fragments have been preserved as… …

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  • 128Liber Linteus — The Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (also rarely known as Liber Agramensis ) (Latin: Linen Book of Zagreb or Book of Agram ) is the longest Etruscan text and the only extant linen book. It remains mostly untranslated because of the lack of knowledge… …

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