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1period piece — n 1.) an old piece of furniture or work of art ▪ a house furnished with period pieces 2.) a film, play, book etc whose story takes place during a particular period in history ▪ a period piece based on a book by E.M. Forster …
2Place name origins — The study of place names is called toponymy and is distinct from (but often confused with) etymology, the study of the origins of words. Rather than describing toponymy (as an academic discipline) itself, this article examines the origins of… …
3period — n. portion of time 1) a cooling off; incubation; prehistoric; question and answer; rest; transitional; trial; waiting period 2) (sports) an extra period 3) for a period 4) in a certain period (in that period of history) menstruation 5) to have a… …
4period — [[t]pɪ͟əriəd[/t]] ♦♦ periods 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A period is a length of time. This crisis might last for a long period of time. ...a period of a few months. ...for a limited period only. 2) N COUNT: with supp A period in the life of a… …
5period — I. noun Etymology: Middle English periode, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin, Latin, & Greek; Medieval Latin periodus period of time, punctuation mark, from Latin & Greek; Latin, rhetorical period, from Greek periodos circuit, period of… …
6Place de la Concorde — The Place de la Concorde is one of the major squares in Paris, France. It is located in the city s eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs Élysées.HistoryThe Place was designed by Ange Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat skirted… …
7place — The marketing of new securities, usually through sales to institutional investors. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: float. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. place place 1 [pleɪs] verb [transitive] …
8place name — noun the name by which a geographical place is known • Syn: ↑toponym • Hypernyms: ↑name • Part Holonyms: ↑troponymy, ↑troponomy * * * place name noun A geographical proper name …
9period — 1. adjective /ˈpɪərɪəd/ Appropriate for a given historical era. As the guests arrived mdash; there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire mdash; I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I …
10Place des Vosges — Paris streetbox arr num=3e, 4e streetname=Place des VOSGES x=140 y=82 paris arr1=IIIe arr2=IVe quarter=Archives . Arsenal . begins=rue de Birague, 11 bis ends=rue de Béarn, 1 length=140 m width=140 m creation=July 1605. denomination= area caption …