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Language

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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Oliver Yorke
Language; Encyclopedias

The name assumed by the editor of Fraser's Magazine when it first started.

zionism
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given a movement on the part of the Jews to re-establish themselves in Palestine as a nation.

zodiac
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given to a belt of the heavens extending 8° on each side of the ecliptic, composed of twelve constellations called signs of the zodiac, which the sun traverses in the ...

zouaves
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given to a body of light infantry in the French army wearing the Arab dress, a costume copied from that of Kabyles, in North Africa, and adopted since the French conquest ...

zones
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given to belts of climate on the surface of the earth marked off by the tropical and polar circles, of which the former are 23½° from the equator and the latter 23½° from ...

Tonnage and Poundage
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given to certain duties first levied in Edward II.'s reign on every tun of imported wine, and on every pound weight of merchandise exported or imported; Charles I.'s ...

Zend-Avesta
Language; Encyclopedias

The name given to the sacred writings of the Guebres or Parsees, ascribed to Zoroaster, of which he was more the compiler than the author, and of which many are now lost; they ...

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