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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

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(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

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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.