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  • 1seafaring — adjective (only before noun) 1 connected with the life and activities of a sailor: a story from my seafaring days 2 having strong connections with ships and the sea, especially because of international trade: seafaring nation/country: The Danes… …

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  • 2seafaring customs and beliefs —    Two deep sea customs have been reported on a regular basis and are thus well known. The first is usually called burying the dead horse but in the following account, written by an emigrant on the Northumberland in 1874, it is burning :    We… …

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  • 3sea·far·ing — /ˈsiːˌferıŋ/ noun [noncount] : the activity of traveling on the sea especially while working on a boat or a ship He began a life of seafaring. seafaring adj, always used before a noun He always tells stories from his seafaring days. a seafaring… …

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  • 4Augustus Agar — Infobox Military Person name=Augustus Agar lived= 4 January 1890 30 December 1968 placeofbirth=Kandy, Ceylon placeofdeath=Alton, Hampshire caption=( Photo submitted by Simon Manchee ) nickname=Gus allegiance=United Kingdom branch=Royal Navy… …

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  • 5American literature — For the journal of the same name, see American Literature (journal). American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater,… …

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  • 6Frans Hjalmar Nortamo — (better known as Hj. Nortamo, also known as Nordling, June 13, 1860 November 30, 1931) was a writer and a medical doctor who is usually associated with Rauma, Finland, although he also lived in other, neighboring towns and municipalities. He is… …

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  • 7Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan — Ambassador Dr. Musa Bin Jaafar Bin Hassan is a career diplomat and academic. Dr. Hassan is one of the longest serving diplomat to UNESCO as Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Oman from May 1984 to present. He has been decorated with 1 UNESCO Gold… …

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  • 8Maritime history of California — History of California This article is part of a series Timeline …

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  • 9Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …

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  • 10Kambojas and Cambodia — Cambodia or Kambodia is the English transliteration of the French name Kambodge , which name stands for Sanskrit Kamboja (Persian Kambujiya or Kambaujiya ). In Chinese historical accounts, the land was known as Chenla. The ancient inscriptions of …

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