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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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Smelfungus

Language; Encyclopedias

A name given by Sterne to Smollett as author of volume of "Travels through France and Italy," for the snarling abuse he heaps on the institutions and customs of the countries he ...

Sirdar

Language; Encyclopedias

A name given to a native chief in India.

Sunda Islands

Language; Encyclopedias

A name sometimes applied to the long chain of islands stretching SE. from the Malay Peninsula to North Australia, including Sumatra, Timor, etc., but more correctly designates the ...

sirkar

Language; Encyclopedias

A name used in India to designate the government.

Lough Swilly

Language; Encyclopedias

A narrow inlet of the Atlantic, on the coast of Donegal, North Ireland, running in between Dunaff Head (E.) and Fanad Point (W.), a distance of 25 m.; is from 3 to 4 m. broad; the ...

Sokoto

Language; Encyclopedias

A native kingdom of West Central Africa, within territories administered now by the British Government; lies between the Soudan (N.) and the river Benue (S.), the main affluent of ...

Joannes Stobsaeus

Language; Encyclopedias

A native of Stobi, in Macedonia; flourished at the end of the 5th and beginning of the 6th century; celebrated as the compiler (about 500 A.D.) of a Greek Anthology, through which ...