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51French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
52Peking opera — The female Peking opera performer Shi Yihong[1] (original name Shi Min) creating the role of concubine Yang Yuhuan in the modern Peking opera Da Tang Guifei …
53Mexico — /mek si koh /, n. 1. a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Cap.: Mexico City. 2. a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Cap.: Toluca. 3. Gulf of, Mexican, Golfo de México /gawl …
54prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …
55stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …
56Mixtec language — Mixtecan Spoken in Mexico; USA Region Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero; California Native speakers 550,000  (date missing) Language family …
57Monty Python — The Python troupe in 1969 Back row: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam Front row: Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin …
58Hakka — Infobox Ethnic group group=Hakka 客家 Hak kâ caption = Clockwise from top left: Lee Kuan Yew, Wen Tianxiang, Thaksin Shinawatra, Fann Wong, Yap Ah Loy, Eric Tsang poptime=estimated 30 45 million worldwide popplace=Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi,… …
59Scandinavian languages — Introduction also called North Germanic languages group of Germanic languages consisting of modern standard Danish (Danish language), Swedish (Swedish language), Norwegian (Norwegian language) (Dano Norwegian and New Norwegian), Icelandic… …
60MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …
