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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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Teck

Language; Encyclopedias

A German principality, named after a castle which crowns an eminence called "The Teck," in the Swabian Alb, 20 m. SE. of Stuttgart, conferred in 1868 on Duke Albert of ...

Togoland

Language; Encyclopedias

A German protectorate on the Slave Coast, in Upper Guinea, Gold Coast Colony on the W., and Dahomey on the E.; exports palm-oil and ivory.

Henrietta Sontag

Language; Encyclopedias

A German singer, born at Coblenz; made her début at 15; had a brilliant career twice over (1806-1854).

Tityus

Language; Encyclopedias

A giant whose body covered nine acres of land, son of Zeus and Gaia, who for attempting to force Latona was punished in the nether world by two vultures continually gnawing at his ...

Tammuz

Language; Encyclopedias

A god mentioned in Ezekiel, generally identified with the Greek Adonis, the memory of whose fall was annually celebrated with expressions first of mourning and then of joy all ...

Taurida

Language; Encyclopedias

A government of South Russia, of extensive area, jutting down in peninsular shape into the Black Sea, and including the Crimea and isthmus of Perekop; forms the western boundary ...

Somaliland

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A broad plateau of East Africa, bounded by the Gulf of Aden on the N. and the Indian Ocean on the SE.; inhabited by the Somalis, a pastoral people, who rear camels, sheep, and ...