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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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