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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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