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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Count von Wurmser

Language; Encyclopedias

Austrian general, born in Alsace; took an active part in the war with France; commanded the respect of Napoleon from his defence of Mantua, on the capitulation of which he refused ...

Transcaucasia

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An extensive tract of Russian territory stretching E. and W. between the Caucasus (N.) and Turkey in Asia and Persia (S.). See Caucasia.

Zittau

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A town of Saxony, 71 m. SE. of Dresden, with a magnificent Rathhaus; stands on a vast lignite deposit; manufactures cotton, linen, machinery, etc.

Weissnichtwo

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(Know-not-where), in Carlyle's "Sartor," an imaginary European city, viewed as the focus, and as exhibiting the operation, of all the influences for good and evil of the time we ...

Var

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A department in the SE. of France; is in part mountainous, with fertile valleys; yields wine, tobacco, and various fruits.

Wady

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An Arabic name for the channel of a stream which is flooded in rainy weather and at other seasons dry.

Zealots

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A fanatical party among the Jews in Judea, who rose in revolt against the Roman domination on the appointment over them of a Roman governor instead of a native prince, which they ...