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51International Scientific Vocabulary — (or ISV) is a form of vocabulary comprising scientific and specialized words whose language of origin may or may not be certain, but which are in current use in several modern languages. The name International Scientific Vocabulary was first used …
52Spanish peseta — Infobox Currency currency name in local = peseta española es icon image 1 = 500 pesetas reverse.jpg image title 1 = 3 × 500 pesetas image 2 = Spagna 200 pesetas Madrid Capitale Europea della Cultura.jpg image title 2 = 200 pesetas Madrid European …
53Islamophobia — This article is about discrimination. For criticism of Islam, see Criticism of Islam. For criticism of political Islam, see Criticism of Islamism …
54Calque — In linguistics, a calque (pronEng|kælk) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word for word (Latin: verbum pro verbo ) or root for root translation. For example, the common English phrase flea market… …
55Swedish riksdaler — The riksdaler was the name of a Swedish coin first minted in 1604. Between 1777 and 1873, it was the currency of Sweden. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German Thaler. The similarly named Reichsthaler, rijksdaalder and rigsdaler… …
56History of the English penny (1603–1707) — The Stuarts and the Commonwealth (1603 ndash;1714) The Early Stuarts When Elizabeth died unmarried and childless in 1603, the throne passed to James VI of Scotland, a great grandson of Henry VII, who ruled in England as James I. James s silver… …
57Three halfpence (British coin) — The silver Three Halfpence (1½d) coin was introduced in Queen Elizabeth I of England s third and fourth coinages (1561 1582) as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content. The obverse shows …
58English Three Farthing coin — The silver Three Farthings (¾d) coin was introduced in Queen Elizabeth I s third and fourth coinages (1561 1582) as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content. The obverse shows a left… …
59Halfpenny (British pre-decimal coin) — The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700 year history it was made from silver but as the value of the pound declined, the coin was made from base metals. It was finally abandoned in 1969 as part of the …
60List of etymologies of country subdivision names — This article provides a collection of the etymology of the names of subnational entities. This page generally only deals with regions and provinces; cities and other localities and features may appear listed under the individual country, with a… …
