Many local everyday words are not English at all, being traditional Māori language names for local flora, fauna, and the natural environment, and some other Māori words have made their way into the vernacular. The dominant influence of the Māori language (te reo Māori) upon New Zealand English is lexical. An 1999 estimate based on the Wellington corpora of written and spoken New Zealand English put the proportion of words of Māori origin ...

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New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Spelling, New Zealand English - Māori influence, New Zealand English - Vocabulary, New Zealand English - Pronunciation of Māori place names, New Zealand English - Unique New Zealand English vocabulary, New Zealand English - Unique and distinctive phrases, New Zealand English - Differences from British English, New Zealand English - Flattened 'i', New Zealand English - Additional Schwa, New Zealand English - Distinction between /eə/ and /ɪə/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɐ/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between ferry and fairy, New Zealand English - Rising Inflection, New Zealand English - Use of 'She' as third person neuter, New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English, New Zealand English - Short 'i', New Zealand English - Short 'e', New Zealand English - Chance dance etc, New Zealand English - More/sure, New Zealand English - Schwa in unstressed syllables, New Zealand English - Letter 'h', New Zealand English - Letter 'l', New Zealand English - Vocabulary differences, New Zealand English - Dialects within New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Dictionaries of New Zealand English

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M - The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and of the English alphabets, and the twenty-fourth of the Arabic. As a Roman numeral, this letter stands for 1,000, and with a dash on it (M) signifies one million.

In the Hebrew alphabet Mem symbolized water, and as a numeral is equivalent to 40. The Sanskrit ma is equivalent to number 5, and is also connected with water through the sign of the Zodiac, called Makara (q.v.).

Moreover, in the Hebrew and Latin numerals the m, stands "as the definite numeral for an indeterminate number"(Mackenzie’s Mason. Cyc.), and "the Hebrew sacred name of God app]ied to this letter is Meborach, Benedictus." With the Esotericists the M is the symbol of the Higher Ego - Manas, Mind.

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M is the thirteenth letter of the latin alphabet. Its name in English is em. M is also the title of a 1931 film by Fritz Lang, and its 1951 remake. M is also the name of a now-defunct professional videocassette format developed by Matsushita and RCA. M also is a pop band known from the synthpop hit Pop Muzik. M - History. The letter M represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound, IPA [m], in Classi ...

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• M - History
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• M - Computing
• M - Meanings for M

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Ǧ/ǧ (G with caron, Unicode code points U+01E6 and U+01E7) is a letter used in the Romany and Skolt Sami languages. It represents the palatalized 'g' in Skolt Sami. It is also used in many transliterations of Arabic to represent the letter ﺝ ("ǧīm" or "jīm"). This letter is used in Turkish to represent a longer vowel or glide between vowels also. Example, ağa ...

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Mem is the thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Mu (Μ), Latin M, and the equivalent in the Cyrillic alphabet. There are two forms of the Hebrew letter: ם is used when it is the final letter of a word; מ is used in all other cases. However, earlier Hebrew script used both forms interchangeably, and in the Torah the form ם appears also at the begining of ...

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Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M. and released in 1987 as their fifth official album. The album effectively mops up many of the additional recordings R.E.M. made pre-Murmur to Lifes Rich Pageant that were outtakes or released as flip sides to their singles internationally. Guitarist Peter Buck saw fit to compose wry, self-deprecating (and, in one instance, apologetic) liner notes to the songs on Dead Letter Office. The album was initially issued as a 15-song col ...

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• Dead Letter Office album - Track listing

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The Portuguese letter Ã/ã represents a 'nasal A' (IPA: /ɐ̃/). It is also used in the Kashubian and Vietnamese languages. Being a typically Portuguese sound, it is sometimes used as a symbol of the Portuguese language. Portuguese possesses quite a few nasalized consonants and vowels: [ɐ̃] (ã, an, am), [ẽ] (en, em), [ĩ] (in, im), [õ](õ, on, om), [ũ] (un), [j̃] (as in mãe), [w̃] (as in mão), ...

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Muin is the Irish name of the eleventh letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚋ, meaning "neck", which is related to Welsh mwn and Latin monile. Its phonetic value is [m]. Other related archivesIrish, Latin, Ogham, Welsh, neck

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Straif is the Irish name of the fourteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚎ. Old Irish spelling variants are straif, straiph, zraif, sraif, sraiph, sraib. The Bríatharogam kennings for the letter are: tressam rúamnai "strongest reddening" mórad rún "increase of secrets" saigid nél "seeking of clouds" The probable meaning of the name is "sulphur". The first two kennings could be explained ...

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The two-letter abbreviation BJ or bj can be either of the following : the ISO 2-letter country code for Benin Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense, on Wikipedia Blackjack B. J. Thomas is a singer. the late Brian Johnston, legendary cricket broadcaster of TMS fame. "Blowjob" is a slang term for an act of fellatio. BJ Hunnicutt, a fictional doctor on the the TV show, M*A*S*H See ...

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WM may refer to: Washington Mutual Western Maryland Railroad (AAR reporting mark WM) Winair (Windward Islands Airways) (IATA airline code WM) the name William; see List of abbreviations for names WrestleMania Category: Lists of two-letter combinations Other related archivesAAR, IATA, List of abbreviations for names, Lists of two-letter combinations, Washington Mutual, Western M

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The close back unrounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɯ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is M. The IPA symbol is a turned letter m, although given its relation to the sound represented by the letter u, it can be considered a u with an extra "b ...

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• Close back unrounded vowel - Features
• Close back unrounded vowel - Occurs in

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AIM is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AOL Instant Messenger A I M Management Group Inc. (AIM Investments) Abductory Inductive Mechanism Abrams Integrated Management Abridged Index Medicus Absorption Isotherm Measurement Accunet Information Manager (AT&T) Accuracy in Media (news media watchdog) Acquisition Information Management Action Item Master Active Inert Missile Ada Interacti ...

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Div or DIV can mean DIV, the assembly language opcode for division on most microprocessors Div is a demon in Persian mythology. div, an abbreviation of the mathematical operator for divergence DIV, an HTML tag which implements a generic block level object M.Div, a Master of Divinity degree DIV online corce for students Category: Ambiguous three-letter acronyms Other related archiv

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In Hinduism, Atri is a legendary bard and scholar, and a son of Brahma. Atri - Maharshi Atri. Atri - Atri and AUM. He is among the three main seers who propounded the sacred thread (after Brihaspati) which has three strands symbolising Creation (Brahma and the letter A), sustenance (Vishnu and the latter U) and Dissolution (Shiva{m} and the letter M). Together these three strands show the vow that a Brahmin takes to recite and adhere to AUM (spelt OM). The first three thr ...

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• Atri - Maharshi Atri
• Atri - Atri and AUM
• Atri - A Sapta Rishi
• Atri - Seer of Rig Veda
• Atri - His Life

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The notes, or swaras, of Indian music are Shadjamam, Rishabham, Gandharam, Madhyamam, Panchamam, Dhaivatam and Nishadam. Collectively these notes are known as the sargam, the Indian solfege. In singing, these become Sa, Ri(Carnatic) or Re(Hindustani), Ga, Ma, Pa, Da(Carnatic) or Dha(Hindustani), and Ni. ("Sargam" stands for "Sa-R(i,e)-Ga-M(a)"). Only these syllables are sung, and further designations are never vocalized. When writing these become, S, R, G, M, P, D, N. A dot above a letter indicates that the note is sung one octave higher, a ...

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• Swara - Classification of swaras
• Swara - What they mean

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"Ā" or "ā", is a character representing a modified letter A or a seperate letter, depending on the language. In the Latvian alphabet Ā represents a distinct vowel and comes after A and before B in alphabetical order: for instance baznīca comes before bārda in a Latvian dictionary. It some languages Ā is used to denote a long A. Examples are the Polynesian languages, including Māori, Latin, some romanizations of Japanese (rōmaji) and romanizations of Arabic. In Pinyin, Ā denotes ...

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• Ā - Unicode

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There are also many non-Māori words that are unique to New Zealand English. The following are shared with Australia: arvo – afternoon chips – "cold chips" as in US "chips" and UK "crisps", and "hot chips" US "french fries" and UK "chips". footy – football (usually Rugby Union or League, rarely soccer). G'day/ Gidday – standard New Zealand greeting ("good day"). lolly – any sweet (candy). Iced lollies are "ice blocks". onya ...

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New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Spelling, New Zealand English - Māori influence, New Zealand English - Vocabulary, New Zealand English - Pronunciation of Māori place names, New Zealand English - Unique New Zealand English vocabulary, New Zealand English - Unique and distinctive phrases, New Zealand English - Differences from British English, New Zealand English - Flattened 'i', New Zealand English - Additional Schwa, New Zealand English - Distinction between /eə/ and /ɪə/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between /ɔ/ and /ɐ/, New Zealand English - Lack of distinction between ferry and fairy, New Zealand English - Rising Inflection, New Zealand English - Use of 'She' as third person neuter, New Zealand English - Differences from Australian English, New Zealand English - Short 'i', New Zealand English - Short 'e', New Zealand English - Chance dance etc, New Zealand English - More/sure, New Zealand English - Schwa in unstressed syllables, New Zealand English - Letter 'h', New Zealand English - Letter 'l', New Zealand English - Vocabulary differences, New Zealand English - Dialects within New Zealand English, New Zealand English - Dictionaries of New Zealand English

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The Gaulish Coligny Calendar was found in Coligny, Ain, France (46°23′N 5°21′E) near Lyons in 1897, along with the head of a bronze statue of a youthful male figure. It is a lunisolar calendar. It was engraved on a bronze tablet, preserved in 73 fragments, that originally was 1.48 m wide and 0.9 m high (Lambert p.111). Based on the style of lettering and the accompanying objects, it probably dates to the end of the 2nd century (Lambert p.111). It is written in Latin inscriptional capitals, and is in the Gaulish language (Duval & Pinault). The restored tablet contains sixteen vertic ...

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• Coligny calendar - System
• Coligny calendar - Gaulish calendar in historical sources
• Coligny calendar - Pliny the Elder
• Coligny calendar - Julius Caesar
• Coligny calendar - Months
• Coligny calendar - Bibliography

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