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61Stockholm — This article is about Stockholm as a geographical place and city. For the associated municipality, see Stockholm Municipality. For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). Stockholm Stockholm Old Town …
62North American Indian languages — Introduction those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend as far south as Central America. The… …
63Stocking — This article is about the article of clothing primarily worn by women. For other uses, see Stocking (disambiguation). A pair of dark grey nylon stockings. A stocking, (also known as hose, especially in a historical context), is a close fitting,… …
64History of Esperanto — The constructed international auxiliary language Esperanto was developed in the 1870s and 80s by L. L. Zamenhof, and first published in 1887. The number of speakers has grown gradually over time, although it has not had much support from… …
65Chakavian dialect — Chakavian čakavica Pronunciation Spoken in Croatia Native speakers 660,000 (2001) Language famil …
66Cantilena — Il Cantilena is the oldest known literary text in the Maltese language. [Harvcoltxt|Friggieri|1994|p=59] It dates from the 15th century (no later than 1485, the death of its author, and probably from the 1470s) but was not found until 1966 or… …
67Gambling — ➡ nightlife * * * Betting or staking of something of value on the outcome of a game or event. Commonly associated with gambling are horse racing, boxing, numerous playing card and dice games, cockfighting, jai alai, recreational billiards and… …
68Atlantean language — The Atlantean language is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand for Disney s film . The language was intended as a possible mother language and was therefore invented to have Indo European word stock with its own grammar ( Production… …
69Dictionary of the English Language, A — ▪ work by Johnson the famous dictionary of Samuel Johnson (Johnson, Samuel), published in London in 1755; its principles dominated English lexicography for more than a century. This two volume work surpassed earlier dictionaries not in bulk but… …
70grind — [OE] Grind is part of the ancient Indo European word stock. Relatives such as Latin frendere ‘crush’ and Lithuanian grendu ‘rub’ point back to an Indo European *ghrendh . This perhaps denoted ‘crushing’ rather than what we would today call… …
