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  2. Božidar Finka - Wikipedia

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    Božidar Finka was born in Sali on 19 December 1925. In 1947 he finished high school in Split. In 1960 he graduated in Slavic Studies with the dissertation Dugootočki Čakavski govori. [1] Finka spent most of his scientific career working at the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics, serving as its director from 1973–77. He was a ...

  3. List of Tamil film actresses - Wikipedia

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    Year Name Debut film Other notable films 1952 Sowcar Janaki: Valayapathi: Bama Vijayam (1967), Iru Kodugal (1969) : 1952 Savitri: Kalyanam Panni Paar: Missiamma (1955), Mayabazar (1957), Pasamalar (1961), Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)

  4. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Ginger, a fragrant spice; exact route from Dravidian is uncertain, but possibly from Tamil inchi (இஞ்சி) or Malayalam inchi (ഇഞ്ചി) [18] Godown, synonym to warehouse; English from Malay, which in turn may have borrowed it from Telugu giḍangi or Tamil kiṭanku. [19]

  5. Finka - Wikipedia

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    Finka may refer to: Božidar Finka (1925 – 1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer; Finka, a diminutive of Josephine in Croatian; Finka (potato) , early-ripening variety of potato; Finka, a Zpetsnaz operator in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege video game; Informal synonym for "Finnish knife" in Russia: NR-40 knife; Puukko knife

  6. 1066 and All That - Wikipedia

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    According to Sellar and Yeatman, in English history kings are either "Good" or "Bad". The first "Good King" is the confusingly differentiated King Arthur / Alfred (Chapter V). Bad kings include King John , who when he came to the throne showed how much he deserved this epithet when he "lost his temper and flung himself on the floor, foaming at ...

  7. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow – William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800) [28] The labourer is worthy of his hire; It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back; The law is an ass (from English writer Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist) The leopard does not change his spots

  8. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  9. List of Priyanka Chopra performances - Wikipedia

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    Chopra made her acting debut with the 2002 Tamil film Thamizhan. She made her Bollywood debut the following year with the spy thriller The Hero: Love Story of a Spy . [ 1 ] The same year, Chopra's role in the box-office hit romance Andaaz won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and her first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress ...