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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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Tyrrhenian Sea
Language; Encyclopedias
An arm of the Mediterranean, stretching between Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily on the W., and Italy on the E.
Louis Jules Trochu
Language; Encyclopedias
A distinguished French general, who came to the front during the Crimean end Italian campaigns, but fell into disfavour for exposing in a pamphlet (1867) the rotten state of the ...
Veii
Language; Encyclopedias
An ancient city of Etruria, and in early times a formidable rival of Rome, from which it was only 12 m. distant. The Romans under Camillus laid siege to it, and it baffled them ...
Vienne
Language; Encyclopedias
An ancient town of France, on the Rhone, 19 m. S. of Lyons; was the chief town of the Allobroges in Caesar's time, and possesses relics of its connection with Rome; it ...
Gerard Vossius
Language; Encyclopedias
Dutch philologist, born near Heidelberg; wrote a history of Pelagianism, which brought him disfavour with the orthodox; was made a prebendary of Canterbury through the influence ...
Tynemouth
Language; Encyclopedias
A popular watering-place of Northumberland, at the mouth of the Tyne, 9 m. E. of Newcastle; has a fine sweep of promenaded shore, an aquarium, pier, lighthouse, baths, etc.; North ...
Theodor Zahn
Language; Encyclopedias
Biblical scholar, born in Rhenish Prussia, professor of Theology at Erlangen; distinguished for his eminent scholarship in connection with the matter especially of the New ...
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