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  • 111holocaust — /ˈhɒləkɒst / (say holuhkost), / kɔst/ (say kawst) noun 1. great or wholesale destruction of life, especially by fire. 2. an offering devoted wholly to burning; a burnt offering. {Late Latin holocaustum, from Greek holokauston a burnt offering,… …

  • 112holocaust —   n. burnt offering of whole animal; wholesale destruction or death.    ♦ holocaustal,    ♦ holocaustic, a …

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  • 113ITALY — Jews have lived in Italy without interruption from the days of the Maccabees until the present, through a period of 21 centuries. Although they were never subjected to general expulsion, there were frequently partial ones. They often enjoyed good …

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  • 114PARIS — PARIS, capital of france . In 582, the date of the first documentary evidence of the presence of Jews in Paris, there was already a community owning at least a synagogue, situated in the neighborhood of the present church of St. Julien le Pauvre …

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  • 115United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 116japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 117Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 118Battle of Little Robe Creek — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Little Robe Creek or Battle of Antelope Hills partof=the Indian Wars date=12 May, 1858 place=Little Robe Creek, Oklahoma result=Texas Victory combatant1= combatant2=Comanche (all bands) commander1=John …

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  • 119United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 120ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …

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