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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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Teocalli
Language; Encyclopedias
Among the ancient Mexicans a spirally-terraced pyramidal structure surmounted by a temple containing images of the gods.
Splugen
Language; Encyclopedias
An Alpine pass in the Swiss canton of the Grisons; the roadway 24 m. long, opened in 1822, crosses the Rhaetian Alps from Chur, the capital of Grisons, to Chiavenna, in Lombardy, ...
Henry David Thoreau
Language; Encyclopedias
An American author who, next to his friend and neighbour Emerson, gave the most considerable impulse to the "transcendental" movement in American literature, born in Concord, ...
St. Tammany
Language; Encyclopedias
An American-Indian chief, popularly canonised as a saint, and adopted as the tutelary genius by a section of the democratic party in the States; his motto was "Unite in peace for ...
Subiaco
Language; Encyclopedias
An ancient and interesting town of Central Italy; occupies a pleasant site amid encircling hills on the Teverone, 32 m. E. by N. of Rome; has a quaint, mediaeval appearance, and ...
Tabriz
Language; Encyclopedias
An ancient and still important commercial city of Persia, 320 m. SE. of Tiflis, 4500 ft. above sea-level; occupies an elevated site on the Aji, 40 m. E. of its entrance into Lake ...
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