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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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Zem-Zem
Language; Encyclopedias
A sacred well in Mecca, and all built round along with the Caaba; has its name from the bubbling sound of the waters; the Moslems think it the Well which Hagar found with her ...
Vosges
Language; Encyclopedias
A range of mountains in the NE. of France, since 1871 forming the Franco-German frontier by the inclusion of Alsace in German territory; they separate the basin of the Moselle ...
Sir Henry Wotton
Language; Encyclopedias
Diplomatist and scholar, born in Kent; was ambassador of James I. for 20 years, chiefly at Venice; visited Kepler on one occasion, and found him a very "ingenious person," and ...
Waziris
Language; Encyclopedias
A tribe of independent Afghans inhabiting the Suleiman Mountains, on the W. frontier of the Punjab.
Valencia
Language; Encyclopedias
A city of Spain, once the capital of a kingdom, now of a fertile province of the name; is situated on the shores of the Mediterranean, 3 m. from the mouth of the Guadalaviar, in ...
Vallombrosa
Language; Encyclopedias
(Shady valley), a Benedictine abbey 15 m. E. of Florence, in a valley of the Apennines, surrounded by forests of beech, firs, etc.; is a classic spot.
Wicklow
Language; Encyclopedias
A maritime county, with a capital of the name in Leinster, Ireland; is in great part mountainous and barren; has mines and quarries, and some fertile parts.
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