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-archy, -arch

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rule by (oligarchy), ruler (monarch)

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-cracy, -crat

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rule by, ruling body of (democracy); supporter of rule by, member of ruling body (democrat)

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-graphy, -graph

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art or method of writing (calligraphy), descriptive science (geography); something written (photograph), insturment that writes (polygraph)

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-logy

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subject of study - theology, discorse - eulogy

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-mania

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madness (megalomania, kleptomania), excessive enthusiasm (bibliomania)

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-metry

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art or process of the science of measuring (geometry)

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-nomy

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law of, arrangment of, science of (antinomy)

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-pathy

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feeling (telepathy)

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-philia, -phile

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love of (pedophilia), lover of (bibliophile)

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-phobe

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one who fears (xenophobe)

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-skopy, -skope (English scopy/e)

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observation or examination of or by (colonscopy), instrument for observing or examining (telescope)

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acr-

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high, topmost

acropolis, acronym

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all-

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other

allergy

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arist-

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best

aristocracy

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aut-

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self, one’s own; of or by oneself or itself

autonomy, automobile

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cac-

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bad

cacophony

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heter-

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other

hetrosexual

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hier-

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holy

hieroglyphics

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hol-

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whole

holocaust

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hom-

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same

homosexual

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home-

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similar, same

homeopath

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idi-

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own, personal

idiom, idiosyncrasy

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macr-

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long, large; large-scale

macroscosm, macroeconomics

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mega-, megal-

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great, large, powerful; one million

megaphone, megabyte

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mes-

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middle

Mesopotamia

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micr-

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small, one millionth

microscope, microgram

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mon-

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single, one, alone

monotonous

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neo-

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new

neolithic

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olig-

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few

oligarchy

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orth-

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straight, correct

orthodontist

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pale-

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old

paleography

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pan-, pant-

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all

pantheist, pantomime

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poly-

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many

polychrome

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pseud-

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false

pseudonym

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scler-

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hard

sclerosis

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therm-

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hot

thermostat

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eu-

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well, favorable

eulogy, euphemism, eugenic

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agog-

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lead

synagogue

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acou-

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acoustic

hear

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ball-, bol-

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throw

ballistic, symbol

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cri-

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judge,

critic

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do-

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give

dose

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gen-

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become, be born

genesis

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gno-

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know

diagnosis, agnostic

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graph-, gram-

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write

graphology, telegram

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id-

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see

idea

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log-, lect-

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say

epilogue, dialect

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ora-

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see

panorama

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opt-

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see

optic

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path-

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suffer

apathy

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phen-, phan-, pha-

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show

phenomenon, phantom, phase

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pher-, phor-

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carry

pheromone

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prag-, prac-

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do

pragmatic, practical

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rheu-, rh-

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flow

rheumatism

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skept-

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look at

skeptical

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skop- (Engl. scop-)

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look at

periscope

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sta-

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set up, cause to stand

static

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tom-

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cut

atom

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the-

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place

thesis

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trop-

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turn

tropics

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treph- (Engl. Troph-)

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nourish

atrophy

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a-, an-

mnes, osm

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not, without, un

(mnes means remember so amnesia)

(osm means smell so anosmia)

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amphi-

bi

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both, on both sides, around

(bi means life so amphibious)

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ana-

chron

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up, back, again

(chron means time so anachronism)

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anti-

path-, agon-

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instead of, against, in opposition to, opposite

path is feeling so antipathy

agon is struggle so antagonism

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apo-

log-

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from, out of, away, away from, off, utterly, completely

log is speech so apology

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cata-, cat-

stroph-, hol-

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down, against, compeltely, wrongly

stroph is turn so catastrophe

hol is whole so catholic

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dia-, di-

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through, across, over, apart

diagonal

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dys-

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bad

dyslexia

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ec-, ex-

od-

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out, from, off

(od means road so exodus)

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en-, em-

(dem)

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in

(dem means people so endemic)

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epi, ep

(taph and hemer)

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on, upon, above, over, at, near, in addition

(taph means tomb so epitaph

hemer means day so ephemeral)

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exo-, ecto-

(gam and plasm)

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outside

(gam means marriage so exogamy,

plasm means mould so ectoplasm)

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hyper-

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over, above, beyond, excessive

hyperthermia

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hypo-

(derm, hen)

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under, below, insufficient

(derm means skin so hypodermic

hen means one so hyphen)

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meta-, met-

(morph- and hod-)

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behind, beyond

(morph means form so metamorphosis

hod means way so method)

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para-, par-

(dox, allel)

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beside, beyond, near, incorrectly

(dox means think or seem so paradox

allel means other so parallel)

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perri-

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around, about

periphery

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pro-

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earlier, in front of, instead of

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syn-, sym-, syl-, sy-

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togehter, with

(stem means cause to stand so system)

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dynam-

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power

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dendr-

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tree, dendrite

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anthrop-

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human being

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cardi-

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heart

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aster

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star

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synchron

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syn means same chron means time

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ostrac-

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potsherd (pottery fragment)

ostracize

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kosmos, cosmos

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“of the universe”

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cosmetic

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a preparation for external use

lit. “to arrange, adorn”

dervied from kosmein, derived from kosmos

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cosmogony

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origin of the universe

gone: offspring, family

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theos

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god

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cosmography

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description of universe

graphe: writing

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bios

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life

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cosmology

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study of universe

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cosmonaut

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person who travels universe

natues: sailor

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cosmopolitan

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a person who belongs to all parts of the world

polites: citizen

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metropolitan (meter)

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meter: mother
metropolis: mother-city, major city
metropolitan: someone or thing connected with major city

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ge-

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earth

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geography

geology

geometry

George

geothermal

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written descrip. of eart

study of earth

measurement of the earth

georgos meant farmer (ergein means to work)

having to do with earth’s internal heat

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terra

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earth or land

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terrain

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area of ground

from terrenus which means belonging to the earth

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terrestrial

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belonging to the ground

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territory

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large expanse of land

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