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  • 21Mandingo people of Sierra Leone — The Mandinka people of Sierra Leone Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President of Sierra Leone is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group Notable Sierra Leonean Mandingo …

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  • 22tan — I. verb (tanned; tanning) Etymology: Middle English tannen, from Anglo French tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum, tannum tanbark Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to convert (hide) into leather by treatment with an infusion of …

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  • 23tan — tan1 tannable, adj. /tan/, v., tanned, tanning, n., adj., tanner, tannest. v.t. 1. to convert (a hide) into leather, esp. by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically. 2. to make brown by exposure to ultraviolet rays,… …

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  • 24(deu-2 or dou-) : du- —     (deu 2 or dou ) : du     English meaning: to worship; mighty     Deutsche Übersetzung: etwa “(religiös) verehren, gewähren, verehrungswũrdig, mächtig”     Material: O.Ind. duvas n. “ offering, worship instruction “, duvasyáti “ honors,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 25tan — Ⅰ. tan [1] ► NOUN 1) a yellowish brown colour. 2) a golden brown shade of skin developed by pale skinned people after exposure to the sun. 3) (also tanbark) bark of oak or other trees, used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather …

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  • 26tan — {{11}}tan (n.) bronze color imparted to skin by exposure to sun, 1749, see TAN (Cf. tan) (v.). As a simple name for a brownish color, in any context, it is recorded from 1888. The adjective tan of the color of tanned leather is recorded from… …

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  • 27Soninke people — ethnic group group=Soninké caption =Soninke soldiers, 1890. poptime = 1 million (2005) popplace=Mali, Mauritania, Sénégal, Côte d Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Gambia, Guinée Bissau rels=Islam langs=Soninke language related=Mandinka people,… …

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  • 28Japanese garden — Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien?), that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles. Landscape… …

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  • 29Tan — Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is… …

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  • 30Tanned — Tan Tan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it …

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