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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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Catanzaro

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A city in Calabria, 6 m. from the Gulf of Squillace, with an old castle of Robert Guiscard.

Bunau

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A German historian, author of a "History of the Seven Years' War" (1697-1762).

Buncombe

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A district in N. Carolina, for the ears of the constituency of which a dull speech was some years ago delivered in the U.S. Congress, whence the phrase to "talk Buncombe," i. e. ...

Bundelkhand

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A territory in NW. Provinces, India, between the Chambal and the Jumna; has been extensively irrigated at great labor and expense.

Bunker Hill

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An eminence 112 ft., now included in Boston, the scene on 19th June 1775 of the first great battle in the American War of Independence.

bunsen burner

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A small gas-jet above which is screwed a brass tube with holes at the bottom of it to let in air, which burns with the gas, and causes at the top a non-luminous flame; largely ...