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:: ( Latin: Terra Nova ) Was named by its European discoverers around 1500 ; possibly by the Portuguese explorer João Vaz Corte-Real in 1472, making it the oldest European name in North America
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Even outside the Acme :: hierarchy, some modules are still written largely for amusement ; one example is Lingua :: Romana :: Perligata, which can be used to write Perl programs in a subset of Latin.
:: According to legend, Isabella of France and Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March famously plotted to murder Edward II of England in such a way as not to draw blame on themselves, sending a famous order in Latin which, depending on where the comma was inserted, could mean either " Do not be afraid to kill Edward ; it is good " or " Do not kill Edward ; it is good to fear ":
:: Reverse: The rose window of Westminster Abbey accompanied by the Latin inscription (" May God guard these united ")
:: PIE * pekʷ-' cook ' → Latin coquere ; Welsh poeth ' hot ' ( Welsh p presupposes Proto-Celtic * kʷ )
:: As a comprehensive designation for the families of languages which are related to Indo-European, we may employ the expression Nostratian languages ( from Latin nostrās " our countryman ").
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:: Whereas the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have expressed their Desire to be federally united into One Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with a Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom [...]
:: Here are ( at least some of ) the ways you can read Nova: As fast-action far-flung interstellar adventure ; as archetypal mystical / mythical allegory ( in which the Tarot and the Grail both figure prominently ); as modern myth told in the SF idiom.
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:: A taxonomic unit, whether named or not: i. e. a population, or group of populations of organisms which are usually inferred to be phylogenetically related and which have characters in common which differentiate ( q. v.
:: Probably named after João Fernandes Lavrador, a Portuguese navigator who visited the area in 1498, of whom the honorific " lavrador " means " landholder ".
:: Luke 1: 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, < sup > 27 </ sup > To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David ; and the virgin's name was Mary.
:: For the Babylonians say that the first was Belus, who is the same as Cronus, and that of him were born sons named Belus and Canaan.
:: In ATCvet, this subgroup is named " QD05AX Other drugs for keratoseborrheic disorders for topical use ".
:: In ATCvet, this subgroup is named " QD05BX Other drugs for keratoseborrheic disorders for systemic use ".
:: Torrey Honors Institute is a Christian great books program started by Dr. John Mark Reynolds in 1995 and named after Reuben Archer Torrey.
:: 2008-Once again, named one of the top 100 outdoor concert venues in the world by Pollstar magazine and over 50, 000 spectators at 8 shows.
:: ( A ) so hinders the execution of the laws of a State or possession, as applicable, and of the United States within that State or possession, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law, and the constituted authorities of that State or possession are unable, fail, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protection ; or
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