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Word came into use as a result of Irish land wars in 1880s
Referring to last name of British estate manager who tenants trying to ostricize
Means nonviolent intentional protest to stop using a product
Boycott
In the Jewish and Western Christian traditions, this Bible book contains 150 individual of these , divided into five sections.
From The Greek word “” originally meant “songs sung to a harp”,
Book of Psalms
The Greek word “psalmoi” originally meant “songs sung to a harp”, and gave us the word “psalms”
means “a place where three roads meet
Trivia” is the plural of the Latin word “trivium” which
The Latin word for this is “stannum”,
tin
and so tin’s atomic symbol is “Sn”. One of the ores used as a source for of tin is “stannite”.
the largest number of residents in a private school in the whole country.
The main campus of the private New York University (NYU) is located right in Manhattan, in Washington Square in the heart of Greenwich Village
Word for poses in yoga .
In some forms of yoga, it is important to make smooth transitions between the asana (poses). Such a transition is known as a vinyasa.
We’ve been using this term “” to describe a psychic since the nineteenth century. Prior to that, this was a clear-sighted person.
clairvoyant
The term comes from French, with “clair” meaning “clear” and “voyant” meaning “seeing
This ” is the French word for “wine steward”
Sommelier
. If that steward is a female, then the term used in French is “sommelière”.
This was a superstition cited as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox the World Series from 1918 until this year .
The Curse of the Bambino
2004
The Curse was said to have been placed on the Red Sox by Babe “The Bambino” Ruth, who was reportedly angry at being traded to the Yankees.
These plants are those with thickened stems and/or leaves that have evolved to retain water.
Succulent
As such, succulents are often found where the climate is particularly dry. The term “succulent” comes from the Latin “sucus” meaning “juice, sap”.
Language of a haka chant :
MAORI
The haka is a war dance used by the Maori people of New Zealand. Famously, the New Zealand rugby team performs a haka before each of their matches.
Four-color printing uses four different color inks:
cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The black ink is also known as the “key”. The first letter of the colors (with black being ”key”) give the more common name for four-color printing, namely CMYK.
