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  • 121Mandu, Madhya Pradesh — This article is about the city in India. For the dumpling, see Mandu (dumpling). Mandav or Mandu   town   …

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  • 122West Region (Cameroon) — Coordinates: 5°30′N 10°30′E / 5.5°N 10.5°E / 5.5; 10.5 …

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  • 123Falkland —    FALKLAND, a royal burgh and parish, in the district of Cupar, county of Fife, 10 miles (W.) from Cupar, and 24 (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Balmblae, Freuchie, and Newton, 2886 inhabitants, of whom 1313 are in… …

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  • 124grétinghús — n ( es/ ) audience chamber …

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  • 125divan — [di van′; ] for 1, also [ di vän′; ] for 2 & 3, also [ dī′van΄] n. [Turk dīwān < Pers, orig., bundle of written sheets, hence accounts, customhouse, council room, appropriate furniture] 1. in the Ottoman Empire, a) a council of state or the… …

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  • 126iwan — ˈēˌwän noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : a large hall or audience chamber often open on one side and found in Parthian architecture * * * /ee wahn/, n. a vaulted portal opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture. Also …

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  • 127cut|cher|ry — «kuh CHEHR ee», noun, plural ries. in India: 1. a courthouse. 2. an administrative office. ╂[Anglo Indian < Hindustani kachahrī audience chamber] …

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  • 128ABRAHAM BEN MOSES BEN MAIMON — (1186–1237), theologian, exegete, communal leader, mystical pietist, and physician. Little was known about him prior to the discovery of the cairo genizah , which has preserved many of his writings, in part autographic. Born in Fustat, Egypt, on… …

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