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91Kama (disambiguation) — Kama may refer to several things: *Kama, the Sanskrit and Pali word for sensuality . *Kamadeva, a Hindu god, Cupid or the god of love, kama and sensual desire . *Nyko Kama, a wireless nunchuk for the Wii *Known name of Krishna, attractor of gopis …
92Yazidi — Infobox Religious group group = Yazidi km. Êzidîtî caption = Yazidis on the mountain of Sinjar, Iraqi/Syrian border, 1920s. population = ca. 800,000 ndash;1,000,000cite web |first=Christine |last=Allison |date=2004 02 20 |accessdate=2008 03 31… …
93Denmark — /den mahrk/, n. a kingdom in N Europe, on the Jutland peninsula and adjacent islands. 5,268,775; 16,576 sq. mi. (42,930 sq. km). Cap.: Copenhagen. * * * Denmark Introduction Denmark Background: Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major… …
94Mali — Malian, n., adj. /mah lee/, n. Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 9,945,383; 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Cap.: Bamako. Formerly, French Sudan. * * * Mali Introduction Mali… …
95old age — old age, adj. the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65. [1300 50; ME] * * * Introduction also called senescence in human beings, the final stage of the normal life span. Definitions of old age are not… …
96rubato — /rooh bah toh/; It. /rddooh bah taw/, adj., n., pl. rubatos, rubati / tee/, adv. Music. adj. 1. having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa. n. 2. a rubato phrase or passage. 3. a rubato… …
97saga — /sah geuh/, n. 1. a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc. 2. any narrative or legend of heroic exploits. 3. Also called saga novel. a form of the novel in which the… …
98Bascom, William R. — ▪ American anthropologist in full William Russell Bascom born May 23, 1912, Princeton, Ill., U.S. died Sept. 11, 1981, San Francisco, Calif. American anthropologist who was one of the first to do extensive fieldwork in West Africa. He… …
99German literature — Introduction German literature comprises the written works of the German speaking peoples of central Europe. It has shared the fate of German politics and history: fragmentation and discontinuity. Germany did not become a modern nation… …
100Hellenistic religion — Introduction any of the various systems of beliefs and practices of eastern Mediterranean peoples from 300 BC to AD 300. The period of Hellenistic influence, when taken as a whole, constitutes one of the most creative periods in the… …
