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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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Valentia

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An island in co. Kerry, Ireland, is the European terminus of the Atlantic telegraph system.

Urumiya

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A town in Persia, near a lake of the name, SW. of the Caspian Sea, the seat of a Nestorian bishop and the birthplace of Zoroaster.

woman's rights

Language; Encyclopedias

Claims on the part and in the behalf of women to a status in society which will entitle them to the legal and social privileges of men.

Undine

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A female spirit of the watery element, naturally without, but capable of receiving, a human soul, particularly after being wedded to a man and after giving birth to a child.

Wends

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A horde of savage Slavs who, about the 6th century, invaded and took possession of vacant lands on the southern shores of the Baltic, and extended their inroads as far as Hamburg ...

White Mountains

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A range of mountains in Maine and New Hampshire, U.S., forming part of the Appalachian system; much frequented by tourists on account of the scenery, which has won for it the name ...