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  • 111LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …

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  • 112Baptism — This article is about the Christian religious ceremony. For other uses, see Baptism (disambiguation). Baptism of Neophytes by Masaccio, 15th century, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.[ …

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  • 113Quotation mark — This article is about quotation marks in English. For their use in other languages, see Non English usage of quotation marks. For their use in computer programming, see String literal. For the various glyphs used to render quotation marks, see… …

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  • 114Linguistic issues concerning the euro — Several linguistic issues have arisen in relation to the spelling of the words euro and cent in the many languages of the member states of the European Union, as well as in relation to grammar and the formation of plurals.The official ruling is… …

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  • 115East Asian calligraphy — Chinese name Traditional Chinese 書法 Simplified Chinese …

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  • 116List of South African slang words — South African slang reflects many different linguistic traditions. Afrikanerisms This list of Afrikanerisms comprises slang words and phrases influenced by Afrikaans. Typical users include people with Afrikaans as their first language but who… …

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  • 117Nucular — This article is about the variant pronunciation. For other uses, see Nuclear. Nucular is an ad hoc spelling of a metathetic mispronunciation of the word nuclear, representing the pronunciation /ˈnjuːkjələr/ (Canada) or /ˈnuːkjələr/ (United… …

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  • 118Kanji — This article is about the Chinese characters used in Japanese writing. For other uses, see Kanji (disambiguation). Kanji (漢字;  listen) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi[1] that are used in the modern …

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  • 119Radical (Chinese character) — Bushu redirects here. For the former Japanese province, see Musashi Province. The Chinese character 採 cǎi, meaning ‘to pick’, with its ‘root’, the original, semantic (meaning bearing) graph on the right, colored red; and its later added,… …

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  • 120Apostle (Christian) — Apostle redirects here. For other uses, see Apostle (disambiguation). Twelve Apostles redirects here. For other uses, see Twelve Apostles (disambiguation). The Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles. Russian, 14th.c., Moscow Museum The term apostle is… …

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