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   Placeholder name

   "Oh-dark thirty," "Oh-dark hundred," or "Zero Dark and Stupid" also referring to some time early in the morning (before the sun rises); usage is derived from military parlance, where 4:00 a.m. is referred to as "oh-four-hundred" ... Tal when used with another word means "something".
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   List of French words and phrases used by English speakers

   Literally meaning "new wave". ... In French, the word means author, but some expressions like "cinéma d'auteur" are also in use.
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   List of company name etymologies

   Mitsubishi – the name Mitsubishi (三菱) has two parts: mitsu means three and hishi (changing to bishi in the middle of the word) means diamond (the shape).
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   Glossary of spirituality-related terms (S)

   For example, in hatha yoga, self-realization is said to be achieved when the serpent force or kundalini rises through the shushumna nadi to the sahasrara chakra. ... The term "word" means the “Sound Current,” the “Audible Life Stream” or the “Essence of the Absolute Supreme Being,” that is, the dynamic force of creative energy that was sent out, as sound vibration, from the Supreme Being into the abyss of space at the dawn of the universe's manifestation, and that is being sent forth, through the ages, framing all things that constitute and inhabit the universe.
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   List of country name etymologies

   Another possible derivation cites the Arawak Indian word oibubai, which means "guide". ... From Geppun, Marco Polo's Italian rendition of the islands' Chinese name 日本 (pinyin: rìběn, at the time approximately jitpun), or "sun-origin", i.e. "Land of the Rising Sun", indicating Japan as lying to the east of China (where the sun rises).
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   List of English words of Persian origin

   The word means hunting. ... Etymology: Persian suwar rider, from Middle Persian asbar, aspwar, from Old Persian asabra- horseman, from asa- horse + -bra- carried by, rider. a mounted orderly.
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   Origin of the Romanians

   “Ard” as an Indo-European root-word means “hill, forested heights, mountain” and appears in hundreds of geographic locations, all sharing these topographic characteristics.
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   Linguistic issues concerning the euro

   The word means 'minute' (literally "thin"), the same as the unit of measurement of time or of angle.
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   List of shibboleths

   The word means "(small) kitchen cupboard" in diminutive-loving Swiss German dialect and contains three consecutive "ch" /x/ (as in the Scottish 'Loch') separated by vowels.
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    Spanish profanity

    Clavar means to nail something. ... In South America pendejo is also a vulgar, yet inoffensive word, for children.

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• Placeholder name,
• List of French words and phrases used by English speakers,
• List of company name etymologies,
• Glossary of spirituality-related terms (S),
• List of country name etymologies,
• List of English words of Persian origin,
• Origin of the Romanians,
• Linguistic issues concerning the euro,
• List of shibboleths,
• Spanish profanity