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• Latin America Data Base
  '''''[https://ladb.unm.edu/ Latin America Data Base]''''' Index and collection of news and other information on Latin America.
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• Latin America Data Base
  '''''[https://ladb.unm.edu/ Latin America Data Base]''''' Index and collection of news and other information on Latin America.
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• ClasePeriodica
  Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities ...rief notes published in journals edited in 24 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from publications that focus on Pan-American
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• Candy
  ...n turn from Persian Qand (=قند) and Qandi (=قندی), "cane sugar". In North America, candy is a broad category that includes candy bars, chocolates, licorice, Outside North America, the generic [[English]]-language name for candy is sweets or [https://en.w
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• Continent
  ...ciple of continēre, to hold [[together]], contain; in senses 3 & 4, from [[Latin]] continent-, continens continuous mass of [[land]], mainland, from contine ...America North America], [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/South_America South America], [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Antarctica Antarctica], [https://www.wikpe
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• Prominence
  ...._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] promynent, from [[Latin]] prominent-, prominens, from present participle of prominēre to jut forwa ...also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop (in North America), or prime factor (in Europe), is a [[concept]] used in the categorization
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• Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
  ...anges in the church. It includes increased coverage of the church in Latin America, Eastern Churches, issues on moral theology, and developments stemming from
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• Manifesto
  Italian, denunciation, manifest, from manifestare to [[manifest]], [[from]] Latin, from manifestus ...is derived from the Italian [[word]] manifesto, itself derived from the [[Latin]] manifestum, meaning [[clear]] or conspicuous. Its first recorded use in [
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• Occident
  ...Western world'', also known as ''the West'' and the '''Occident''' (from [[Latin]]: occidens "sunset, west"; as contrasted with the [[Orient]]), is a term t ...] and most countries in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America South America]. There is debate among some as to whether Eastern Europe is in a category
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• Clerk
  ...LISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cleric, clerc, both from Late [[Latin]] clericus, from Late [[Greek]] klērikos, from Greek klēros lot, inherit ...pronunciation is different: /ˈklɑrk/ klark in most dialects outside North America, but /ˈklɜrk/ "klerk" in North American dialects.
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• Belligerent
  modification of [[Latin]] belligerant-, belligerans, present participle of belligerare to wage [[wa ...a hostile [[manner]], such as engaging in combat. Belligerent comes from [[Latin]], literally meaning "to wage [[war]]". Unlike the colloquial use of bellig
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• Cave
  ...00_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] cava, from cavus hollow; akin to [[Greek]] koilos hollow, and probably t ...and Antarctica. This is a great generalization, as large expanses of North America and Asia contain no documented caves, whereas areas such as the Madagascar
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• Modern
  Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus [[measure]] ...kipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_Spain Muslim Spain] and the [[discovery]] of the [[America]]s in 1492, and Martin Luther's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_R
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• Medicine
  ...pedia.org/wiki/Therapy therapy]. The [[word]] medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.[1][2] ...ly used for this [[purpose]], though this practice is mainly seen in North America.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine]
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• Neutral
  ...middle ground, from Latin ''neutralis'' neuter, from ''neutr''-, classical Latin ''neutrālis'' neither [[masculine]] nor [[feminine]] ..." ''neutrality is a [[negative]] [[word]]. It does not [[express]] what [[America]] ought to [[feel]]. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are tryin
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• Liberalism
  ...1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Latin liberalis suitable for a freeman, generous, from liber free; perhaps akin '''Liberalism''' (from the Latin liberalis, "of [[freedom]]") is the [[belief]] in the importance of liberty
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• Infrastructure
  ...eath a constructed pavement or railway. The word is a combination of the [[Latin]] prefix "infra", [[meaning]] "below" and "[[structure]]". The military sen ...rominence in the United States in the 1980s following the publication of ''America in Ruins''ISBN 0822305542 (Choate and Walter, 1981)[1] , which initiated a
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• Emigration
  [[Latin]] emigratus, past participle of emigrare, from e- + migrare to [[migrate]] ...Europe for the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, the rest of Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.
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• Cornucopia
  Late Latin, from [[Latin]] ''cornu copiae'' horn of plenty ...] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_art Western art], and in North America is particularly associated with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgi
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• Tutor
  ...Middle English] tutour, from Anglo-French & [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Latin tutor, from tueri ...a tutorial. The equivalent of this kind of "tutor" in the United States of America (U.S.) and the rest of Canada is known as a teaching assistant. In the [htt
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• Transmigration
  [[Latin]] transmigratus, past participle of transmigrare to [[migrate]] to another ...ocieties]] around the world, in places such as Siberia, West Africa, North America, and Australia.[2]
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• Remoteness
  ...English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''remotus'', from past participle of ''removēre'' to remove ...ints_of_Earth&params=43.36_N_101.97_W_&title=Pole+of+Inaccessibility+North+America 43.36°N 101.97°W], between Kyle and Allen, South Dakota;
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• JSTOR Plant Science
  ...d the Latin American Plants Initiative which contributes plants from Latin America. GPI is also expanding to Asia with a first partner working from Nepal. GPI
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• Immigration
  [[Latin]] immigratus, past participle of immigrare to remove, go in, from in- + mig ...figures are available. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America], with over 45.1 million immigrants, is second, followed by [https://en.wik
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• Spiritualism
  ..., while the [[corresponding]] [[movement]] in continental Europe and Latin America is known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritism Spiritism].
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• Principal
  ...chief, most important, head of a college (1549) and their etymon classical Latin ''principālis'' ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Latin_School Boston Latin School], Brooklyn Latin School also use the term "headmaster", either because of its history or his
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• Auctoritas
  '''Auctoritas''' is a [[Latin]] word and is the origin of English "[[authority]]". While historically its ...ogy of ''auctor'' - but not the sense of foundation and augmentation - in "Latin Etymologies", ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', Vol. 4, 1893.</re
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• Refugees
  ...ciple of (se) réfugier to take refuge, from Middle French refugier, from [[Latin]] refugium ...Convention's 1967 Protocol and by regional conventions in Africa and Latin America to include [[persons]] who had fled [[war]] or other [[violence]] in their
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• Primates
  ...glo-French, from Medieval Latin ''primat''-, ''primas'' archbishop, from [[Latin]], [[leader]], from ''primus'' *3[New Latin ''Primates'', from [[Latin]], plural of ''primat''-, ''primas''] : any of an order (Primates) of [[mam
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• Arena
  [[Latin]] ''harena'', ''arena'' sand, sand strewn place of [[combat]] ...r]], musical performances, or sporting [[events]]. The word derives from [[Latin]] ''harena'', a particularly fine/smooth sand used to absorb [[blood]] in a
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• Rodeo
  Spanish, from ''rodear'' to [[surround]], from ''rueda'' [[wheel]], from [[Latin]] ''rota'' In Spanish America, the ''rodeo'' was the [[process]] that was used by [https://en.wikipedia.o
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• Emeritus
  [[Latin]] ''ēmeritus'' that has served his time (said of a [[soldier]]), past part In [[America]] the [[word]] is used either as a postpositional adjective (e.g., "profess
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• Charity
  ...guage]] through the Old French word "charité" which was derived from the [[Latin]] "caritas".[1] ...h price. From this, in Christian theology, caritas became the [[standard]] Latin [[translation]] for the Greek word agapē, meaning an unlimited loving-[[ki
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• Auroras
  ...latitudes in Antarctica, South America, or Australasia. Australis is the [[Latin]] [[word]] for "of the South."
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• Mountain
  ...n montanea, from [[feminine]] of montaneus of a mountain, alteration of [[Latin]] montanus, from mont-, mons By this definition, mountains cover 64% of Asia, 25% of Europe, 22% of South America, 17% of Australia, and 3% of Africa. As a whole, 24% of the [[Earth]]'s [[l
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• Dominion
  ...Middle English] dominioun, from Middle French dominion, modification of [[Latin]] dominium, from dominus ...on" upon the Confederation in 1867 of several British possessions in North America.
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• Sincerity
  ...s an artistic and social ideal. Indeed, in mid- to late-nineteenth century America, sincerity was an [[idea]] reflected in [[manner]]isms, hairstyles, women's ...]] and most scholars state that sincerity from sincere is derived from the Latin sincerus meaning clean, [[pure]], sound (1525–35). Sincerus may have once
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• St. Andrew’s Sewanee School
  ...g] is a private, coeducational, [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]], boarding and day college preparatory school serving 250+ stude ...s curriculum are the strong and diverse foreign language classes (Spanish, Latin, French, and Chinese), students' ability to enroll in University classes, a
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• Abolition
  ...ate]] [[effect]] on the [[centers]] of [[slavery]]: the West Indies, South America, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_United_States Southern Uni ...[[slavery]] throughout the country. Slavery was abolished in most of Latin America during the Independence Wars (1810–1822), but slavery remained a [[practi
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• Ruins
  ...THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ruine, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ruina, from ruere to rush headlong, fall, collapse ...Inca Incan] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan Mayan] sites in the [[America]]s. Ruins are of great importance to [[historians]], [[archaeologists]] and
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• Ghetto
  ...ite of a foundry. (located on the island), from ''ghetàr'' to cast, from [[Latin]] ''jactare'' to throw ...th century were the first [[ethnic]] groups to form ethnic [[enclaves]] in America’s cities. This was followed by large numbers of immigrants from Southern
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• Sculpture
  ...English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''sculptura'', from ''sculptus'', past participle of ''sculpere'' to carv ...es of the Ancient Mediterranean, India and China, as well as many in South America and Africa.
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• Change
  ...MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''changer'', from Latin ''cambiare'' to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish ''ca ...pressures]] often forced change by [[violent]] [[revolution]] (as in North America in the late 18th century and in later imitators). By the late 20th century
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• Orient
  ...rkle of the eyes (1573), lustre of a pearl (1742) and its etymon classical Latin orient-, the eastern part of the world, the part of the sky in which the su ...East Asia, or occas. Europe or the Eastern hemisphere, as opposed to North America.
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• Leisure
  ...sh] leiser, from Anglo-French leisir, from leisir to be permitted, from [[Latin]] licēre. ...wiki/Europe Europe] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America]. As workers [[channeled]] their wages into leisure [[activities]], the mod
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• Duel
  ..._ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Medieval Latin ''duellum'', from Old Latin, [[war]] ...nited_States Colonial United States] until it fell out of favor in Eastern America in the 18th century. It was retained however in the [https://en.wikipedia.o
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• Autumn
  ...modern French), and was later [[Normal|normalised]] to the [[original]] [[Latin]] word autumnus. There are rare examples of its use as early as the [https: ...ally]] became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America, where autumn is nonetheless preferred in [[scientific]] and often in [[lit
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• Tangent
  The word "tangent" comes from the Latin tangere, meaning "to [[touch]]". ...Descartes". The American Mathematical Monthly (Mathematical Association of America) 44 (8): 495–512. doi:10.2307/2301226.
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• Corporations
  The [[word]] "corporation" derives from corpus, the [[Latin]] word for body, or a "body of people." ...t [[events]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_America corporate America] may serve to reinforce Smith's [[warnings]] about the dangers of legally p
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• Custody
  ...a._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] custodie, from [[Latin]] custodia guarding, from custod-, custos guardian ...on The Hague Convention] seeks to avoid this, also in the United States of America, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Child_Custody_Jurisdiction_and_
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• New Year
  ...ebrate New Year at the times determined by these other calendars. In Latin America the [[observation]] of [[traditions]] belonging to various [[native]] cultu
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• Tribe
  ...English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] tribus, a division of the [[Roman]] people, tribe ...Twelve Tribes of Israel]. The word is from Old French tribu, in turn from Latin tribus, referring to the original tripartite [[ethnic]] division of the Rom
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• Normal distribution
  ...ty]] similar to that in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin America].
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• Cannabis
  1798, "common [[hemp]]," from ''Cannabis'', Modern Latin plant genus named (1728), from [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' "hemp," a [https://en ...sphere where Spaniards imported it to Chile for its use as fiber. In North America cannabis, in the form of hemp, was grown for use in rope, clothing and pape
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• Topography
  ...0-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] topographie, from Late Latin topographia, from [[Greek]], from topographein to describe a place, from t ...even local [[history]] and [[culture]]. This [[meaning]] is less common in America, where topographic maps with elevation contours have made "topography" syno
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• Slavery
  <blockquote>In the West Indies in particular, but also in North and South America, slavery was the engine that drove the mercantile empires of Europe. The in The [[English]] [[word]] slave derives - through Old French and Medieval [[Latin]] - from the medieval word for Slavic people of Central and Eastern Europe,
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• 2015-02-04-We Are Many
  ...My regular continent is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America South America], and parts of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil Brazil], too, are incl
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• Pedagogy
  The [[Latin]]-derived word for pedagogy, means good learning styles. Education,[4] is n #Greenberg, D. (1992), Education in America, A View from Sudbury Valley, "Special Education" -- A noble Cause Sacrifice
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• Honor
  '''Honor''' (from the [[Latin]] [[word]] honos, honoris) is the evaluation of a [[person]]'s [[trust|trus * [https://www.jottings.ca/john/ATH.html America, Truth, and Honor][
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• Empire
  The term '''empire''' derives from the [[Latin]] imperium. [[Politically]], an empire is a geographically extensive [[grou ...ines; the British Empire established itself with English in northern North America; elsewhere, despite Russian not supplanting the indigenous tongues of the C
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• Prostitution
  "To prostitute" is derived from a composition of two [[Latin]] words: (preposition) pro and (verb) statuere. A [[literal]] [[translation The customers of prostitutes are known as ''johns'' or ''tricks'' in North America and ''punters'' in the British Isles. These slang terms are used among both
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• Rest
  The [[word]] leisure comes from the [[Latin]] word licere, meaning “to be permitted” or “to be free,” via Old F ...the 1870s, a trend which spread to industrial nations in Europe and North America. As workers channeled their wages into leisure activities, the modern enter
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• 2011-03-04-Conversations with Monjoronson 28
  ...ew Zealand in 1987 and spread to North America, and to Europe and to South America, and to the rest of the world. This comes after the publication of The Ura ...istics in all human cultures, whether in China or the United States, South America, or any other human social group, that are identical within the first two y
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• Womanhood
  ...man (from Irish bean woman, sí fairy) and zenana (from Persian zan). The [[Latin]] fēmina, whence female, is likely from the root in fellāre (to suck), re ...as a deliberate archaism; "muliebrity" is a neologism (derived from the [[Latin]]) meant to provide a female counterpart of "virility", but used very loose
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• 2009-03-31-Confusing Magisterial Mission w Antichrist
  ...uestion comes from our brethren in Latin America and reads as follows: Our Latin countries were conquered by the Spanish, a conquest that was harsh and whic
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• Imperium
  ...ates|U.S. President]], was the commander of the armed forces. In fact, the Latin word, imperator, gives us the English word emperor. In monotheistic religions such as Christianity (where the official language, Latin, used terms as ''Imperium Dei/Domini'') the Divine is held to have a superi
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• Counsel
  ...e meaning a deliberating body are now written COUNCIL, by confusion with [[Latin]] concilium. In the United States of America, the term counselor-at-law designates, specifically, an attorney admitted t
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• World Government
  ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri Dante Alighieri], titled in Latin, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Monarchia De Monarchia], which in Englis De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace) is a 1625 [[book]] in [[Latin]], written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Grotius Hugo Grotius] and
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• Transcendental
  ...[[meaning]]s, all of them derived from the word's literal meaning (from [[Latin]]), of climbing or going beyond: one sense that originated in [[Ancient Phi ...u.hk/~ppp/ksp1 Kant's System of Perspectives] (Lanham: University Press of America, 1993). See especially Part Two.
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• Illustration
  A [[movement]] was started in Latin America by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Martinez_Delgado Santiago Martin
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• The Enlightenment
  ...e Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia and Scandinavia, along with Latin America and instigating the Haitian Revolution. It has been argued that the signato
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• Exceptionalism
  ...rg/wiki/American_exceptionalism American Exceptionalism] (United States of America) *Lund, Joshua. "Barbarian Theorizing and the Limits of Latin American Exceptionalism," Cultural Critique, 47, Winter 2001, pp. 54-90 in
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• Orinoco River
  The '''Orinoco River''' is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km, (1,330 miles). Its drainage basin, sometimes called the Orinoq *Helferich, Gerard (2004) Humboldt's cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Latin American journey that changed the way we see the world Gotham Books, New Yo
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• Society
  ...'socius'' meaning "companion, associate, comrade or business partner." The Latin word was derived from the Greek socus locus, and implied a social contract ...ndly societies]] and [[building society|building societies]]). In [[Latin America]], the term society may also be used in commerce denoting a partnership bet
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• University
  ...th Century]. This was the first of two revivals of ancient [[Greek]] and [[Latin]] learning in the Western world, the second commencing with the [https://en ...edia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge Cambridge], where they remain, or in America with its distinct family of liberal arts colleges. Other examples of new ad
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• Francis of Assisi
  ...t education, and he became fluent in reading several languages including [[Latin]]. He was also known for drinking and enjoying the company of his many frie ...alled [[Franciscan Order|Friars Minor]], a term derived from "fratres", in Latin, "brothers".
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• Adultery
  ...aning "on the other side of the bond of marriage"). (Longman Dictionary of Latin, Berlin 1950) ...686; also H.H. Bancroft, ''The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America'', I, 514). If, however, the wronged husband could visit swift and terrible
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• History
  ...ry, history, record, narrative." The [[Latin]] form was ''[[wikt:historia#Latin|historia]]'', "narrative, account." In [[Old French]], the word "estoire" ...civilizations, such as those of [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] and [[pre-Columbian America]]. Historians in the West have been criticized for focusing disproportionat
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• Dance
  ...ch is focused exclusively on [[ballroom dance|ballroom]] and [[latin dance|latin]] dance.'' A popular example of this is the TV program [[Dancing with the S ...train in a variety of dance forms including competitive dance forms (e.g. Latin dance, ballroom dance, etc.) as well as ethnic/traditional dance forms.
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• Intellectual
  ...was not widespread. "Men of letters" were also termed literati (from the [[Latin]]), as a group; this phrase may also refer to the 'citizens' of the [[Repub ...Walsh and the Role of the Intellectual in Latin American Politics'', Latin America Bureau 2000, ISBN 1-899365-43-5
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• Carthusian
  ...source. The motto of the Carthusians is ''Stat crux dum volvitur orbis'', Latin for "The Christian cross is steady while the world is turning." ...in Europe—including one in Sussex, England—but there are also two in South America, one in the United States and one in South Korea.
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• Prayer
  ...(as seen in Priscian), classical Latin ''precari'' "to entreat, pray" from Latin ''precari,'' from ''precor, ''from ''prec-, prex'' "request, entreaty, pray The Latin ''orare'' "to speak" later took over the role of ''precari ''to mean "pray.
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• Microfinance
  ...tudies of informal moneylending rates in fourteen countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa concluded that 76% of moneylender rates exceed 10% per month, in
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• Books
  The scroll of papyrus is called "volumen" in Latin, a word which signifies "circular movement," "roll," "spiral," "whirlpool," Book production developed in Rome in the first century BC with Latin literature that had been influenced by the Greek.
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• Democracy
  ...g, Juergen, & Henretta, James A. (2002). ''Republicanism and Liberalism in America and the German States, 1750-1850.'' Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-05 *Caputo, Nicholas. (2005). ''America's Bible of Democracy: Returning to the Constitution.'' SterlingHouse Publis
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• Jurors
  The [[word]] jur originates from the [[Latin]] jus (gen. juris), meaning "[[law]]". Juries are most common in common law # Landsman S. (1999). "The Civil Jury in America". Law and Contemporary Problems 62: 285. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
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• Social movement
  ...r social movement. The "social movement" was invented in England and North America during the first decades of the nineteenth century and has since then sprea *Susan Eckstei, ed. ''Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements'', Updated Edition, University of California Pres
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• Narrative
  ...be a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events. It derives from the [[Latin]] verb ''narrare'', which means "to recount" and is related to the adjectiv ...tent=a729208757~db=all~jumptype=rss Redemptive Self: Narrative Identity in America Today The Self and Memory, Volume 1, Part 3 August, pages 95 - 116]
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• Noumenon
  ...ted to "[[numinous]]," a term coined by [[Rudolf Otto]] and based on the [[Latin]] numen (deity). ...u.hk/~ppp/ksp1 Kant's System of Perspectives] (Lanham: University Press of America, 1993) by [[Stephen Palmquist]]
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• 2016-10-17-New Era Transition 5
  ...d. There is great angst here among foreign nations about the situation in America, for just and good cause as well. ...the Latin cultures, as well as there is in the European cultures of North America, yet there is a more equitable balance within the home, between energies of
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• 2010-05-26-What Will Not Occur
  Student: This one is from Chile, South America. She writes: “Is there any reason why Latinos have been so slow to join ...away from that organization. What appeals to us with the South American, Latin cultures is their tremendous heart energy, their passions for belief, and i
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• Sexual Intercourse
  ...nis is also known as '''intromission''', or by the Latin name immissio '' (Latin for "insertion of the penis"). ...rld, including those found in Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and the [[America]]s. Sex, regardless of consent, with a person under the age of consent is o
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• Evil
  The legal term, malice (from the [[Latin]] ''malus'' meaning "bad") describes the deliberate human intent to harm, w ...t acceptable in some society. Less than 150 years ago the United States of America, and many other countries practiced brutal forms of slavery. During [[World
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• Community
  ''Communis'' comes from a combination of the Latin prefix ''com-'' (which means "together") and the word ''munis'' probably or ...c co(m)munité, which remained in closer formal connexion with the original Latin type. The L. word was merely a noun of quality from comm{umac}nis, meaning
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• Oxford English Dictionary
  ...rts-college]] professor, [[Francis March]], to manage the process in North America. Soon 1,000 slips per day were arriving at the Scriptorium, and by 1882 the ...age in English-speaking regions beyond the United Kingdom, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and the Caribbean.
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• Conservatism
  ..., or nationally defined beliefs and customs. The term is derived from the Latin, ''com servare'', ''to preserve''; "to protect from loss or harm". Since d * America alone : the neo-conservatives and the global order / Stefan A Halper., 2004
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• Chosen People
  ...could not be dismissed, nineteenth-century religious reformers in Germany, America, and later in England, emphasized the universal nature of Israel's election ...ni—such groups as the Armenian Paulicians, the Byzantine Bogomils, and the Latin Cathari denied that they were either heretics or Manichaeans; rather, they
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• Satan
  ...glish]] ''dēofol'', that in turn represents an early Germanic borrowing of Latin ''diabolus'' (also the source of 'diabolical'). This in turn was borrowed f ...). Fallen Angels: Soldiers of Satan's Realm. Jewish Publication Society of America. ISBN 0-8276-0797-0.
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• Constitution
  The term ''constitution'' comes from [[Latin]], referring to issuing any important law, usually by the Roman emperor. L The Latin term ''[[ultra vires]]'' describes activities of officials within an organi
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• Magic
  ..., typically appearing in the feminine, in μαγική τέχνη (''magike techne'', Latin ''ars magica'') "magical art." ...was taken in ca. 1300 from Old French ''sorcerie'', which is from Vulgar [[Latin]] ''*sortiarius'', from ''sors'' "fate", apparently [[meaning]] "one who in
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• Social Sciences
  ...mics]]. He is best known for his ''[[Muqaddimah]]'' (''Prolegomenon'' in [[Latin]]). ...[Charles Sanders Peirce]] and [[William James]], he joined the movement in America called [[Pragmatism]]. He then formulated his basic doctrine, enunciated in
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