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In Hungarian the currency (expected to be introduced in 2010) is named euró and cent, the former with a long ó, as decided by the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since Hungarian words cannot end in short o either in writing or in speech (except for one or two interjections), see these international words as examples: fotó, videó, sztereó. The plural is not normally marked in Hungarian after numerals, but both names can take suffixes like euróval, euróért, eurà ...

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Linguistic issues concerning the euro, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Bulgarian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Dutch, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - English, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Finnish, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - French, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - German, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Plural, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Pronunciation, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Slang terms, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Greek, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Hungarian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Irish, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Italian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Linguistic issue, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Latvian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Lithuanian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Maltese, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Portuguese, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Romanian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Slovenian, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Spanish and Catalan, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Slang terms, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Swedish, Linguistic issues concerning the euro - Turkish

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1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the baby boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlie ...

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• 1950s - Events and trends
• 1950s - Science
• 1950s - War, peace, and politics
• 1950s - Economics
• 1950s - Culture, religion
• 1950s - Others
• 1950s - People
• 1950s - World leaders
• 1950s - Entertainers
• 1950s - Sports figures

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1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1953 - Events. January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 12 - Estonian emigres find a government in exile in Oslo January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 15 - Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) ...

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• 1953 - Events
• 1953 - February
• 1953 - March
• 1953 - April
• 1953 - May
• 1953 - June
• 1953 - July
• 1953 - August
• 1953 - September
• 1953 - October
• 1953 - November
• 1953 - December
• 1953 - Births
• 1953 - January
• 1953 - February
• 1953 - March
• 1953 - April
• 1953 - May
• 1953 - June
• 1953 - July
• 1953 - August
• 1953 - October
• 1953 - November
• 1953 - December
• 1953 - Deaths
• 1953 - January—April
• 1953 - May—August
• 1953 - September—December
• 1953 - Nobel Prizes

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1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 - Britain announces it will build 1,000,000 homes for war veterans. The promise will never be fulfilled in full. January 9 - Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" George Polley, climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He has reached the 30th floor wh ...

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• 1920 - Events
• 1920 - February
• 1920 - March
• 1920 - April-May
• 1920 - June-July
• 1920 - August-September
• 1920 - October-November
• 1920 - December
• 1920 - Undated
• 1920 - Births
• 1920 - January
• 1920 - February-March
• 1920 - April
• 1920 - May
• 1920 - June-July
• 1920 - August-December
• 1920 - Date unknown
• 1920 - Deaths
• 1920 - Nobel Prizes

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Celje (German Cilli, Hungarian Cille) (46.24° North, 15.27° East (WG), 241 m, mean height above sea level (MSL) 304 m) is the third largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the Southwestern Lower Styria (Jugozahodna Spodnja Štajerska) and the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name. It is located under the Upper Celje Castle (407 m) at the confluence of the rivers Savinja (also in some older English texts Sann), Ložnica and Voglajna (with its tributary Hudinja) in the lowest part of the Savinja valley. ...

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• Celje - Symbols
• Celje - History
• Celje - Subdivisions
• Celje - Settlements
• Celje - Districts and local communities
• Celje - Demographics
• Celje - Education
• Celje - Law and Government
• Celje - Mayor or City Executive
• Celje - Communications
• Celje - Miscellaneous
• Celje - Funny things about Celje
• Celje - Famous Celje citizens or people born in Celje

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The red and white checkerboard has been a symbol of Croatian kings since at least the 10th century, ranging in size from 3×3 to 8×8, but most commonly 5×5, like the current coat. It was traditionally conjenctured that the colours originally represented two ancient Croat tribes, Red Croats and White Croats, but there is no generally accepted proof for this theory. The oldest source confirming the coat as an official symbol is a genealogy of the Habsburgs, dated from 1 ...

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Coat of Arms of Croatia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - History, Coat of Arms of Croatia - The current design, Coat of Arms of Croatia - Trivia, Coat of Arms of Croatia - External link

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Bars or bars can mean: Street name for xanax, the drug of choice of John "Barz" Thaw The plural of bar. The Hungarian name of the former Kingdom of Hungary county of Tekov, in present-day Slovakia. Snow leopard, in Russian. Aq Bars Bars, a commune of the Dordogne département in France Bars, a commune of the Gers département in France A place in a horses mouth Other related archivesAq Bars,

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The Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in World War II, and is considered the bloodiest battle in recorded human history. The battle was marked by the brutality and disregard for civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (today Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces in and around the city. Total casualties are estimated at be ...

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• Battle of Stalingrad - Background
• Battle of Stalingrad - Operation Blau
• Battle of Stalingrad - The Battle Opens
• Battle of Stalingrad - The Battle in the City
• Battle of Stalingrad - The Soviet Counter-attack
• Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Victory
• Battle of Stalingrad - Dramatization

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The Battle of Varna took place on November 10, 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. In this battle the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Murad II defeated the Polish and Hungarian armies under Wladislaus III of Poland (Władysław III Warneńczyk in Polish) and Janos Hunyadi. Battle of Varna - Prelude. After a failed expedition in 1441/1442 against Belgrade, the Ottoman sultan Murad II signed a ten-year truce with Hungary. After he had made peace with the Karaman Emirate in Anatolia in August 1444, he resigned th ...

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• Battle of Varna - Prelude
• Battle of Varna - Forces
• Battle of Varna - Aftermath
• Battle of Varna - Follow Up

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Caesar (p. Caesares) is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar ("Julius Caesar"), the Roman dictator. The change from being a familial name to an imperial title can be loosely dated to 68 / 69, the so-called "Year of the Four Emperors". Caesar title - Onomastic root. Caesar originally meant "hairy", which suggests that the Iulii Caesares, a specific branch of the gens Iulia bearing this name, were conspicuous for having fine heads of ha ...

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• Caesar title - Onomastic root
• Caesar title - Sole Roman emperor
• Caesar title - Minor dynastic title
• Caesar title - Legacy

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In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. This four-note motif has been used by a number of composers, usually as a homage to Johann Sebastian Bach. The first known example, however, is in a piece by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck—it is possible, though not certain, that he used it in homage to one of Johann Sebastian's ancestors, many of whom were themselves musicians. The possibility of being able to spell the surname Bach in this way comes about because in German B indicates what in English is called B flat, while H indi ...

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• BACH motif - Works featuring the mofif
• BACH motif - Other signature motifs

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The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. The English service broadcasts 24 hours a day. Unlike the BBC's main radio and television services, which are primarily funded by a licence fee, the World Service is funded by the British Government through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...

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• BBC World Service - Statistics and languages
• BBC World Service - History
• BBC World Service - Transmission
• BBC World Service - Interval signals
• BBC World Service - News
• BBC World Service - Foreign Language Broadcasting table

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Baba Yaga (Czech Baba Jaga, Polish Baba Jaga, Slovene Jaga Baba, Macedonian Баба Рога, Russian Бáба-Ягá, Bulgarian Баба Яга, Ukrainian Баба Яґа, Serbian: Baba Roga) in Slavic mythology is the wild woman, the dark lady and mistress of magic. She is also seen as a forest spirit, leading hosts of spirits. The word baba in most Slavic languages means ...

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• Baba Yaga - Baba Yaga in arts

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Bacău is a county (judeţ) in the center-east of Romania, in the Moldova region, with its capital city at Bacău. Bacău County - Neighbors. Vaslui County in the East. Harghita County and Covasna County in the West. Neamţ County in the North. Vrancea County in the South. Bacău County - Demographics. In 2002, it had a population of 706,623 and the population density was 113/km². The majority of the population ...

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• Bacău County - Neighbors
• Bacău County - Demographics
• Bacău County - Geography
• Bacău County - Economy
• Bacău County - Tourism
• Bacău County - Administrative divisions
• Bacău County - Municipalities
• Bacău County - Towns
• Bacău County - Politics
• Bacău County - Historical Links

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Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety similar to and a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. A cross of it with Sauvignon Blanc resulted in Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc tends to be softer and has less tannins than Cabernet Sauvignon, although the two can be difficult to distinguish. Sometimes the French refer to Cabernets, which could mean either of the two grapes. Its typical aromas include herbaceousness and a pronounced peppery nose, even in ripe fruit, and something eerily like tobacco. Bad-quality ...

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A ballpoint pen, in many countries also eponymously called a biro, is a writing instrument, more specifically a pen, similar to a pencil in size and shape. The pens have an internal chamber filled with a viscous ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a small metal sphere (0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter); the ink dries almost immediately after contact with paper. Inexpensive, reliable and maintenance-free, they have almost completely replaced the fountain pen. Ballpoint pen - History. < ...

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• Ballpoint pen - History
• Ballpoint pen - Description
• Ballpoint pen - Ballpoint pens in everyday life
• Ballpoint pen - The Grip and Feel of a Ballpoint Pen
• Ballpoint pen - Trivia

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Banská Štiavnica (Hungarian: Selmecbánya, German: Schemnitz) is a town in central Slovakia in the Štiavnické vrchy (Štiavnica Mountains). Population: 10,600 (2002). It is a very interesting completely preserved medieval town. The town and its surroundings were registered into the UNESCO List of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on December 11, 1993. In the Middle Ages, for centuries, the main producer of silver and gold in the Kingdom of Hungary (Slovakia was part of that kingdom from the 11th century ...

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Banat (Romanian: Banat; Serbian: Банат or Banat; German: Banat; Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság; Slovak: Banát) is a geographical and historical region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of Timiş, Caraş-Severin, Arad, and Mehedinţi), the western part to Serbia-Montenegro (the Serbian Banat, mostly included in the Vojvodina, except for a small part included in Central Serbia), and a small ...

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• Banat - Name
• Banat - Geography
• Banat - Romanian Banat
• Banat - Serbian Banat
• Banat - Hungarian Banat
• Banat - History
• Banat - Symbols
• Banat - Cities

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Barking is the one of the noises most commonly produced by dogs. Bark dog - Why dogs bark. Although dogs are a subspecies of the wolf, Canis lupus, their barking constitutes a significant difference from their parent species. Although wolves do bark, they do so only in specific situations. According to Coppinger and Feinstein, dogs bark in long, rhythmic stanzas but adult wolf barks tend to be brief and isolated [1]. D ...

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• Bark dog - Why dogs bark
• Bark dog - Representation

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C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. She has written more than 60 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award winning novels Cyteen and Downbelow Station. Cherryh (pronounced "Cherry") appended a silent "h" to her real name because her first editor (Donald A. Wollheim) felt that "Cherry" sounded too much like a romance writer. Her initals of C.J. we ...

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• C. J. Cherryh - Biography
• C. J. Cherryh - Writing style
• C. J. Cherryh - Major themes
• C. J. Cherryh - Works
• C. J. Cherryh - The Alliance-Union Universe
• C. J. Cherryh - The Morgaine Cycle
• C. J. Cherryh - The Foreigner Universe
• C. J. Cherryh - Finisterre
• C. J. Cherryh - Gene Wars
• C. J. Cherryh - Miscellaneous science-fiction
• C. J. Cherryh - Fantasy Works
• C. J. Cherryh - Collections
• C. J. Cherryh - Awards
• C. J. Cherryh - Footnotes

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