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  • 51japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 52Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 53India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 54Yì Jīn Jīng — The Yì Jīn Jīng ( zh. 易筋經; Wade Giles: I Chin Ching; literally Muscle/Tendon Change Classic ) is a qìgōng manual most notable as the source of the attribution of Shaolin Kung Fu to Bodhidharma, though this has been doubted by several martial arts …

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  • 55Karate — This article is about the martial art. For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). Karateka redirects here. For the video game, see Karateka (video game). Karate (空手) …

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  • 56Meihuaquan — Part of the series on Chinese martial arts List of Chinese martial arts Terms Kung fu (功夫) Wushu (武術) Qigong (氣功) Historical places …

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  • 57List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642 to 1660 — This is a list of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England from 1642 to 1660, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.As King Charles I of England would not assent to Bills from a Parliament at war with him, decrees of Parliament …

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  • 58international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 59Taekwondo — Infobox martial art logocaption = logosize = 50px imagecaption = A WTF taekwondo sparring match imagesize = name = Taekwondo aka = Taekwon Do, Tae Kwon Do, Tae Kwon Do focus = Striking country = flag|Korea creator = parenthood = olympic = Since… …

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  • 60France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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