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semimythical — adj.; semimythically, adv. * * * … Universalium
semimythical — adj. somewhat mythical, partially based on myth … English contemporary dictionary
semimythical — adj.; semimythically, adv … Useful english dictionary
Iatromantis — (from iatreia healing, care and manteia divination, oracle ) is a Greek word whose literal meaning is most simply rendered physician seer. Perhaps the most famous iatromantis was the Greek presocratic philosopher Parmenides, best known as the… … Wikipedia
Antilles — Antillean /an til ee euhn, an tl ee /, adj. /an til eez/, n. (used with a pl. v.) a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles), the other including… … Universalium
Benin — /be neen /, n. 1. Formerly, Dahomey. a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence in 1960. 3,197,000; 44,290 sq. mi. (114,711 sq. km). Cap.: Porto Novo. 2. Bight of, a bay in N Gulf of Guinea in W Africa. 3. a… … Universalium
Cambodia — /kam boh dee euh/, n. a republic in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 11,163,861; 69,866 sq. mi. (180,953 sq. km). Cap.: Phnom Penh. Formerly, People s Republic of Kampuchea, Khmer Republic. * * * Cambodia Introduction Cambodia… … Universalium
Edo — /ed oh/; Japn. /e daw /, n. a former name of Tokyo. /ed oh/, n., pl. Edos, (esp. collectively) Edo for 1. 1. a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria. 2. the Kwa language of the Edo people. * * * … Universalium
Antilles, Greater and Lesser — Two groups of islands in the West Indies, bounding the Caribbean Sea on the north and east, respectively. The Greater Antilles include the largest islands (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico), the Lesser Antilles all being much smaller.… … Universalium
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
