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Afghan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan
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Afghan. Afghan (Pashto also Persian: افغان; see "etymology") refers to something from Afghanistan, particularly a citizen of that country. Prior to this definition, it was used by Persian speakers and those influenced by the Persian language to denote the Pashtun people. In modern times, "Afghan" is rarely used as an e...
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Acadia_University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia_University
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Acadia University. Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level. The enabling legislation consists of Acadia University Act and the Amended Acadia University Act 2000. The Wolfville...
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Steel-string_acoustic_guitar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel-string_acoustic_guitar
2,237
Steel-string acoustic guitar. The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the classical guitar, but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. It is often referred to simply as an acoustic guitar, though the nylon-strung classical guitar is also sometimes called an aco...
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Antipope_John_XXIII
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_John_XXIII
2,238
Antipope John XXIII. Baldassarre Cossa (c. 1370 – 22 December 1419) was antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope, as he opposed the Pope whom the Catholic Church now recognizes as the rightful successor of Saint Peter. He was eventually deposed and tried ...
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Antonio_Salieri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Salieri
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Antonio Salieri. Antonio Salieri (; 18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy. Salieri was a pivotal figure in the development of late ...
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Cobble_Hill_Tunnel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobble_Hill_Tunnel
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Cobble Hill Tunnel. The Cobble Hill Tunnel (popularly the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel) of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is an abandoned railroad tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn, New York City. When open, it ran for about between Columbia Street and Boerum Place. It is the oldest railway tunnel beneath...
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Annapolis_Valley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapolis_Valley
2,245
Annapolis Valley. The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy. Statistics Canada defines the Annapolis Valley as an economi...
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Analgesic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic
2,246
Analgesic. An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain. Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems. They are distinct from anesthetics, which reversibly eliminate sensation. Analgesics include paracetamol (known in Nor...
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Abiotic_stress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiotic_stress
2,250
Abiotic stress. Abiotic stress is defined as the negative impact of non-living factors on the living organisms in a specific environment. The non-living variable must influence the environment beyond its normal range of variation to adversely affect the population performance or individual physiology of the organism in...
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Accusative_case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case
2,251
Accusative case. The accusative case (abbreviated) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of (some or all) prepositions. It is a noun that is having something done to it, usually used together (such as in Latin) with...
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Apostolic_succession
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_succession
2,257
Apostolic succession. Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bishops. This series was seen originally as that of the bish...
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List_of_Anglo-Saxon_monarchs_and_kingdoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Anglo-Saxon_monarchs_and_kingdoms
2,264
List of Anglo-Saxon monarchs and kingdoms. A succession of monarchs ruled the various independent kingdoms which arose in England following the end of Roman rule in Britain in the 5th century. The most prominent of these kingdoms were Kent, East Anglia, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria, with each kingdom often re...
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Ascorbic_acid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascorbic_acid
2,268
Ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties. It is a white solid, but impure samples can appear yellowish. It dissolves well in water to give mildly acidic solutions. Ascorbic acid is one form ("vitamer") of vitamin C. It was originally called L-hexuronic acid, but...
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AFC_Ajax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Ajax
2,273
AFC Ajax. Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also AFC Ajax or Ajax Amsterdam, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam. Historically, Ajax (named after the legendary Greek hero) is the most successful club in the Netherlands, with 33 Eredivisie titles and 18 KNVB Cups. It has continuously played in th...
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Arthur_Eddington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Eddington
2,274
Arthur Eddington. Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician of the early 20th century who did his greatest work in astrophysics. He was also a philosopher of science and a popularizer of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to t...
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Apple_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II
2,275
Apple II. The Apple II (stylized as apple][) is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak (Steve Jobs oversaw the development of the Apple II's unusual case and Rod Holt developed the unique power supply). It was introduced in 19...
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Alexis_Korner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Korner
2,282
Alexis Korner. Alexis Korner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984) was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various Engli...
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Assault_gun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_gun
2,284
Assault gun. An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armoured chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions. The term is a literal translation of the German word "Sturmgeschütz". Nazi Germany introduced the first p...
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Tank_destroyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_destroyer
2,286
Tank destroyer. A tank destroyer or tank hunter is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a direct-fire artillery gun or missile launcher, with limited operational capacities and designed specifically to engage enemy armoured vehicles. Tanks are generally armoured fighting vehicles designed for front-line comb...
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Armored_car_(military)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored_car_(military)
2,287
Armored car (military). A military armored (or armoured) car is a lightweight wheeled armored fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks. With the gradual decline of mounted cavalry, armored cars were developed for carrying out du...
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Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_weapon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-propelled_anti-aircraft_weapon
2,288
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) or self-propelled air defense system (SPAD), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability. The Russian equivalent of "SPAAG" is "ZSU", for "zenitnaya samokhodnaya ustanovka", ("anti-a...
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AZ_Alkmaar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZ_Alkmaar
2,289
AZ Alkmaar. Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaanstreek. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and hosts home games at the AFAS Stadion. AZ has won the Eredivisie twice, ...
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Adrenal_gland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_gland
2,296
Adrenal gland. The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol. They are found above the kidneys. Each gland has an outer cortex which produces steroid hormones and an inner medulla. The adrenal c...
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American_Media_(publisher)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Media_(publisher)
2,299
American Media (publisher). American Media, Inc., is an American publisher of magazines, supermarket tabloids, and books. History. The modern American Media came into being after Generoso Pope, Jr., longtime owner of the "National Enquirer", died in 1988, and his tabloids came under new ownership. American tabloids beg...
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Aramaic_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language
2,303
Aramaic language. Aramaic ("Arāmāyā",) is a family of languages or dialects belonging to the Semitic subfamily of the Afroasiatic language family. More specifically, it is part of the Northwest Semitic group, which also includes the Canaanite languages such as Hebrew and Phoenician. The Aramaic alphabet was widely adop...
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Saint_Titus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Titus
2,304
Saint Titus. Titus (;) was an early Christian missionary and Church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle, mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. He is believed to be a Gentile converted to Christianity by Paul and, according to tradition, was consecrated by him as B...
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Actinide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinide
2,308
Actinide. The actinide or actinoid (IUPAC nomenclature) series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium through lawrencium. The actinide series derives its name from the first element in the series, actinium. The informal chemical symbol An is used in general discussion...
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Arthur_Miller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller
2,310
Arthur Miller. Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was a prolific American playwright, essayist, and prominent figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Among his most popular plays are "All My Sons" (1947), "Death of a Salesman" (1949), "The Crucible" (1953) and "A View from the Bridge" (195...
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Anton_Diabelli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Diabelli
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Anton Diabelli. Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17817 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his set of thirty-three "Diabelli Variations". Early life. Di...
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Anita_Hill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill
2,314
Anita Hill. Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is an American attorney and academic. She is a University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of Brandeis' Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U...
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August_10
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_10
2,315
August 10. The term 'the 10th of August' is widely used by historians as a shorthand for the Storming of the Tuileries Palace on the 10th of August, 1792, the effective end of the French monarchy until it was restored in 1814.
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Audio_file_format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_file_format
2,316
Audio file format. An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called the audio coding format and can be uncompressed, or compressed to reduce the file size, often using lossy compression. The data can be a raw bitst...
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Area_51
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51
2,321
Area 51. The United States Air Force facility commonly known as Area 51 is a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range. According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the correct names for the facility are Homey Airport and Groom Lake, though the name Area 51 was used i...
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Audio_signal_processing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_signal_processing
2,322
Audio signal processing. Audio signal processing, sometimes referred to as audio processing, is the intentional alteration of auditory signals, or sound, often through an audio effect or effects unit. As audio signals may be electronically represented in either digital or analog format, signal processing may occur in e...
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Amdahl's_law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law
2,323
Amdahl's law. In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) gives the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task "at fixed workload" that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved. It is named after computer scientist Gene Amdahl, and was presented at the AFIPS Spring Joint...
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Ayahuasca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca
2,328
Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca (;), also commonly called yagé (or), is an entheogenic brew made out of "Banisteriopsis caapi" vine and the Psychotria viridis leaf. The brew is used as a traditional spiritual medicine in ceremonies among the Indigenous peoples of Amazonian Peru, many of whom say that they received the instruction...
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Alfonso_Leng
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Leng
2,329
Alfonso Leng. Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado. He composed many art so...
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Abbe_number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbe_number
2,330
Abbe number. In optics and lens design, the Abbe number, also known as the V-number or constringence of a transparent material, is a measure of the material's dispersion (variation of refractive index versus wavelength), with high values of "V" indicating low dispersion. It is named after Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), the Ge...
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AD_(disambiguation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_(disambiguation)
2,332
AD (disambiguation). An ad (advertisement) is a form of marketing communication. AD ("Anno Domini") is a designation used to label years following 1 BC in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
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Ablative_case
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablative_case
2,333
Ablative case. The ablative case (abbreviated) is a grammatical case in the grammar of various languages; it is used generally to express motion away from something, although the precise meaning may vary by language. The word "ablative" derives from the Latin "ablatus", the (irregular) perfect passive participle of "au...
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Adamic_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamic_language
2,335
Adamic language. The Adamic language is, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the "midrashim") and some Christians, the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden. It is variously interpreted as either the language used by God to address Adam (the divine language), or the language invente...
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Rise_and_Fall_of_the_City_of_Mahagonny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_and_Fall_of_the_City_of_Mahagonny
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" () is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the in Leipzig. Composition history. The libretto was mainly written in early 1927 and the music was...
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Avery_Hopwood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery_Hopwood
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Avery Hopwood. James Avery Hopwood (May 28, 1882 - July 1, 1928), was an American playwright, called the most successful playwright of the Jazz Age, having four plays running simultaneously on Broadway in 1920. Biography. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan (1905)...
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Antipope_Felix_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Felix_II
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Antipope Felix II. Antipope Felix II was installed as Pope in 355 AD after the Emperor Constantius II banished the reigning Pope, Liberius, for refusing to subscribe the sentence of condemnation against Saint Athanasius. Biography. In May 357 AD the Roman laity, which had remained faithful to Liberius, demanded that Co...
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Alkaloid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaloid
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Alkaloid. Alkaloids are a group of naturally occurring chemical compounds that contain mostly basic nitrogen atoms. This group also includes some related compounds with neutral and even weakly acidic properties. Some synthetic compounds of similar structure are also termed alkaloids. In addition to carbon, hydrogen and...
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Adventism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventism
2,343
Adventism. Adventism is a branch of Protestantism with origins in the 19th century American Protestant revival known as the Second Great Awakening. The name refers to belief in the imminent Second Coming (or "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ. William Miller started the Adventist movement in the 1830s. His followers beca...
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Archbishop_of_Canterbury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury
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Archbishop of Canterbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby. His enthronement took place at Canterbury Cathedr...
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Albion,_Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion%2C_Michigan
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Albion, Michigan. Albion is a city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,616 at the 2010 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. From the time that the earliest English-speaking settlers arrived, the area ha...
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Anointing_of_the_Sick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anointing_of_the_Sick
2,348
Anointing of the Sick. Anointing of the sick, known also by other names, is a form of religious anointing or "unction" (an older term with the same meaning) for the benefit of a sick person. It is practiced by many Christian churches and denominations. Anointing of the sick was a customary practice in many civilization...
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Abstract_data_type
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_data_type
2,349
Abstract data type. In computer science, an abstract data type (ADT) is a mathematical model for data types where a data type is defined by its behavior (semantics) from the point of view of a "user" of the data, specifically in terms of possible values, possible operations on data of this type, and the behavior of the...
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American_Football_League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Football_League
2,357
American Football League. The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when it merged with the National Football League (NFL). The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. The AFL was cr...
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A.S._Roma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.S._Roma
2,358
A.S. Roma. Associazione Sportiva Roma (,), commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence except for 1951–52. For their 64th season in a row (83rd overall), Rom...
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Abu_Nidal_Organization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Nidal_Organization
2,360
Abu Nidal Organization. The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) is the most common name for the Palestinian group Fatah–The Revolutionary Council ("Fatah al-Majles al-Thawry"). The ANO is named after its founder Abu Nidal. It was created by a split from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction of the PLO in 1974. The group has been desi...
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Antibody
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody
2,362
Antibody. An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to identify and neutralize pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique molecule of the harmful agent, called an antigen, via the v...
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Alessandro_Scarlatti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti
2,363
Alessandro Scarlatti. Alessandro Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Lif...
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Aston_Martin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin
2,369
Aston Martin. Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars and grand tourers. It was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The firm became associated with luxury grand touring cars in the 1950s and 1960s, and with the fictional character James Bond following his use of a D...
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Albert_Pike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pike
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Albert Pike. Albert Pike (December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891) was an attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason. Albert Pike is the only Confederate military officer with an outdoor statue in Washington, D.C. Early life. Pike was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ben and Sarah (Andrews) Pike, and spent his childho...
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ALF_Tales
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF_Tales
2,372
ALF Tales. "ALF Tales" is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show was a spinoff from the series '. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect ...
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Abdul_Rashid_Dostum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum
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Abdul Rashid Dostum. Abdul Rashid Dostum (:; Persian: عبدالرشید دوستم) (born 1954) is an Afghan politician who has served as Vice President of Afghanistan since 2014. He is an ethnic Uzbek, former warlord and general, previously part of the leadership council of the National Front of Afghanistan along with Ahmad Zia Ma...
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Andhra_Pradesh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh
2,377
Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh ()() is one of the 29 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of the country. The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area of. As per 2011 census of India, the state is tenth largest by population with 49,386,799 inhabitants. On 2 June 2014, the north-wester...
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Accelerated_Graphics_Port
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port
2,380
Accelerated Graphics Port. The Accelerated Graphics Port (often shortened to AGP) is a high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer system, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. It was originally designed as a successor to PCI-type connections for video cards. Si...
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Andreas_Aagesen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Aagesen
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Andreas Aagesen. Andreas Aagesen (5 August 1826 – 26 October 1879) was a Danish jurist. Biography. Aagesen was educated for the law at Christiania (now Oslo) and Copenhagen, and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the First Schleswig War, in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion. In 1855 Aage...
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Aalen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalen
2,382
Aalen. Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the largest town in the Ostwürttemberg region. Since 1956, Aalen has had the statu...
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Alois_Alzheimer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Alzheimer
2,383
Alois Alzheimer. Dr. Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer (; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a Bavarian-born German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's...
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Aedile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedile
2,384
Aedile. Aedile (, from "aedes," "temple building") was an office of the Roman Republic. Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings ("aedēs") and regulation of public festivals. They also had powers to enforce public order. There were two pairs of aediles: the first were the "plebeia...
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American_Airlines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines
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American Airlines. American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Operating an extensive international and domestic network, American Airlines is the world's largest airline by fleet size and revenue, and the second largest by number of destinations served, after United Air...
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Antidepressant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidepressant
2,388
Antidepressant. Antidepressants are drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and other conditions, including dysthymia, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, chronic pain, neuropathic pain and, in some cases, dysmenorrhoea, snoring, migraine, attention-deficit hyperactivit...
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Auger_effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auger_effect
2,389
Auger effect. The Auger effect is a physical phenomenon in which the filling of an inner-shell vacancy of an atom is accompanied by the emission of an electron from the same atom. When a core electron is removed, leaving a vacancy, an electron from a higher energy level may fall into the vacancy, resulting in a release...
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Akio_Morita
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Morita
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Akio Morita. Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫 "Morita Akio"; 26 January 1921 – 3 October 1999) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka. Early life. Akio Morita was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Morita's family was involved in sake, miso and soy sauce production in the village of Kosugaya (currently ...
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Anode
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anode
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Anode. An anode is an electrode through which conventional current flows into a polarized electrical device. A common mnemonic is ACID for "anode current into device". The direction of (positive) electric current is opposite to the direction of electron flow: (negatively charged) electrons flow out the anode to the out...
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Analog_television
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television
2,393
Analog television. Analog television or analogue television is the original television technology that uses analog signals to transmit video and audio. In an analog television broadcast, the brightness, colors and sound are represented by rapid variations of either the amplitude, frequency or phase of the signal. Analo...
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Adhesive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive
2,396
Adhesive. Adhesive may be used interchangeably with glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, and is any substance applied to one surface, or both surfaces, of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation. Adjectives may be used in conjunction with the word “adhesive” to describe properties based on...
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Anthony_Hopkins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins
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Anthony Hopkins. Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937), is a Welsh actor of film, stage, and television. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join t...
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Ardal_O'Hanlon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardal_O%27Hanlon
2,398
Ardal O'Hanlon. Ardal O'Hanlon (; born 8 October 1965) is an Irish comedian and actor. He played Father Dougal McGuire in "Father Ted" and George Sunday in "My Hero". Early life. O'Hanlon was born in 1965 in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of Rory O'Hanlon, an Irish politician and doctor, and has five...
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Advanced_Micro_Devices
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices
2,400
Advanced Micro Devices. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, United States, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While initially it manufactured its own processors, the company becam...
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Albrecht_Dürer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer
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Albrecht Dürer. Albrecht Dürer (;; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the maj...
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Australian_rules_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
2,403
Australian rules football. Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, footy, or Aussie rules (and in some regions marketed as AFL after the Australian Football League, the most popular and only fully professional Australian football league in the world), is a sport played ...
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Aon_(company)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon_(company)
2,405
Aon (company). Aon plc is a British multinational corporation headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that provides risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, investment banking, human resource solutions and outsourcing services. Aon has approximately 500 offices worldwide, serving 120 countries with 65,000...
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Alban_Berg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban_Berg
2,406
Alban Berg. Alban Maria Johannes Berg (;; February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with twelve-tone technique. Early life. Berg was born in Vienna, the third of four children of Johanna and Conrad Berg. His family li...
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Analytical_chemistry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical_chemistry
2,408
Analytical chemistry. Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods used to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separation isolates analytes. Qualitative analysis identifi...
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A_cappella
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella
2,411
A cappella. A cappella (Italian for "in the manner of the chapel") music is specifically group or solo singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It contrasts with cantata, which is accompanied singing. The term "a cappella" was originally intended to differentiate betw...
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Arrangement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrangement
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Arrangement. In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work. It may differ from the original work by means of reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or development of the formal structure. Arranging differs from orchestration in that the latter process is limited ...
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Athanasian_Creed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasian_Creed
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Athanasian Creed. The Athanasian Creed, or "Quicunque Vult" (also "Quicumque Vult"), is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christology. The Latin name of the creed, "Quicunque vult", is taken from the opening words, "Whosoever wishes". The creed has been used by Christian churches since...
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Alicante
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Alicante. Alicante (,), or (), both the Valencian and Spanish being official names, is a city and port in Spain on the Costa Blanca, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Al...
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Ann_Widdecombe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Widdecombe
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Ann Widdecombe. Ann Noreen Widdecombe, (born 4 October 1947) is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative a...
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Aurangzeb
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangzeb
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Aurangzeb. Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as Aurangzeb Alamgir and by his imperial title Alamgir ("world conqueror" or "universe conqueror") and simply referred to as Aurangzeb was the sixth Mughal Emperor and ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent duri...
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Alexandrine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrine
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Alexandrine. An alexandrine () is a line of poetic meter comprising 12 syllables. Alexandrines are common in the German literature of the Baroque period and in French poetry of the early modern and modern periods. Drama in English often used alexandrines before Marlowe and Shakespeare, by whom it was supplanted by iamb...
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Analog_computer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer
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Analog computer. An analog computer is a form of computer that uses the continuously changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved. In contrast, digital computers represent varying quantities symbolically, as their numerical values cha...
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Minute_and_second_of_arc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc
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Minute and second of arc. A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc is a unit of angular measurement equal to one-sixtieth () of one degree. As one degree is of a circle, one minute of arc is of a circle (or, in radians,). A second of arc, arcsecond (arcsec), or arc second is of an arcminute, of a ...
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Alberto_Giacometti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Giacometti
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Alberto Giacometti. Alberto Giacometti (; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia, as the eldest of four children to Giovanni Giacometti, a well-known post-Impressionist painter. Coming fro...
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Anthem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthem
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Anthem. An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work and still more particularly to a specific form of...
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Albrecht_Altdorfer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Altdorfer
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Albrecht Altdorfer. Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – February 12, 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the so-called Danube School setting biblical and historical subjec...
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House_of_Ascania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Ascania
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House of Ascania. The House of Ascania () is a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, after Anhalt, its longest-held possession. The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, "Schloss Askanien", which is located near and named after Aschersleben. The castle was seat of the Count...
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Acceleration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration
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Acceleration. Acceleration, in physics, is the rate of change of velocity of an object. An object's acceleration is the net result of any and all forces acting on the object, as described by Newton's Second Law. The SI unit for acceleration is metre per second squared Accelerations are vector quantities (they have magn...
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Conservation-restoration_of_cultural_heritage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-restoration_of_cultural_heritage
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Conservation-restoration of cultural heritage. The conservation-restoration of cultural heritage focuses on protection and care of tangible cultural heritage, including artworks, architecture, archaeology, and museum collections. Conservation activities include preventive conservation, examination, documentation, resea...
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Anton_Chekhov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (;,; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and ...
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Action_Against_Hunger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Against_Hunger
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Action Against Hunger. Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. History. Action Against Hunger was established in 1979 by a group o...
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Apoptosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis
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Apoptosis. Apoptosis (from Ancient Greek ἀπόπτωσις "falling off") is a process of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms. Biochemical events lead to characteristic cell changes (morphology) and death. These changes include blebbing, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, ch...
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Anal_sex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_sex
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Anal sex. Anal sex or anal intercourse is generally the insertion and thrusting of the erect penis into a person's anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure. Other forms of anal sex include fingering, the use of sex toys for anal penetration, oral sex performed on the anus (anilingus), and pegging. Though the term ...
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Aarau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarau
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Aarau. Aarau (, locally [ˈɑːræʊ]) is the capital of the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. The city is also the capital of the district of Aarau. It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant. Aarau is situated on the Swiss plateau, in the valley of the Aare, on the river's right bank, and at the southern foot of th...
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