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  • 21Towel — Tow el, n. [OE. towaille, towail, F. touaille, LL. toacula, of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. dwahila, swahilla, G. zwehle, fr. OHG. dwahan to wash; akin to D. dwaal a towel, AS. [thorn]we[ a]n to wash, OS. thwahan, Icel. [thorn]v[=a], Sw. tv[*a], Dan …

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  • 22celadon — /sel euh don , dn/, n. 1. any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze. 2. any porcelain imitating these. 3. a pale gray green. adj. 4. having the color celadon. [1760 70; named after Céladon, name of a character in L… …

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  • 23Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) The Rubáiyát (Arabic: رباعیات) is a collection of poems, originally written in the Persian language and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyám (1048 –… …

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  • 24West Side Story — Infobox Musical name= West Side Story caption= Original Cast Recording music= Leonard Bernstein lyrics= Stephen Sondheim book= Arthur Laurents basis= Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare productions= 1957 Broadway 1958 Broadway revival 1958… …

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  • 25Niihau — Niʻihau The Forbidden Isle Aerial view of Niʻihau looking southwestward from the north …

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  • 26Dogon people — Dogon people, Mali Total population 400,000 to 800,000 Regions with significant populations …

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  • 27Prehistoric art — Ceramic stirrup spout vessel representing a crustacean. Moche Culture, Peru, 100 BCE to 700 CE …

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  • 28List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …

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  • 29Batá drum — A Batá drum is a double headed drum shaped like an hourglass with one cone larger than the other. The percussion instrument is used primarily for the use of religious or semi religious purposes for the native culture from the land of Yoruba,… …

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  • 30The Sound of the Mountain — infobox book name = The Sound of the Mountain title orig = 山の音 Yama no Oto author = Yasunari Kawabata country = Japan language = Japanese genre = Novel publisher = pub date = english pub date = 1970 media type = Print (paperback) preceded by =… …

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