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31Melungeon — Melungeons Total population Unknown; possibly ranging into the thousands Regions with significant populations Originally in the vicinity of Cumberland Gap ( …
32Cultural turn — The cultural turn was a movement among scholars in the social sciences to look at culture differently. The cultural turn has been described by one of its most prominent historiographers as a “wide array of new theoretical impulses coming from… …
33Variscan orogeny — The Variscan (or Hercynian) orogeny is a geologic mountain building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Laurasia and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangea.NamingThe name, Variscan , comes from the Medieval Latin… …
34List of terms used for Germans — There are many alternative ways to describe the people of Germany, though in English the official designated nationality as well as the standard noun is German. (see also demonym). During the early Renaissance, German implied that the person… …
35Etymological fallacy — The etymological fallacy holds, erroneously, that the original or historical meaning of a word or phrase is necessarily similar to its actual present day meaning. This is a linguistic misconception, based on a mistaken idea concerning the… …
36List of self-contradicting words in English — This is a list of self contradicting English words that is, words which in and of themselves have two or more generally accepted meanings in the English language that directly or generally contradict each other. Such words are also known as auto… …
37Internment — Not to be confused with Interment or Internship. This article is about the usage and history of the terms concentration camp, internment camp and internment. For a listing of individual camps, see List of concentration and internment camps.… …
38Singlish vocabulary — Singlish is the English based creole spoken and written colloquially in Singapore. Although English is the lexifier language, Singlish has its unique slang and syntax, which are more pronounced in informal speech.Singlish vocabulary formally… …
39Consciousness — Representation of consciousness from the seventeenth century. Consciousness is a term that refers to the relati …
40Res publica — This article is about the Latin phrase. For the historical state, see Roman Republic; for the dialogue by Cicero, see De re publica; for the former Estonian political party, see Union for the Republic Res Publica. Res publica is a Latin phrase,… …
