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  2. Chika (Japanese given name) - Wikipedia

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    Chika (ちか, チカ) is a feminine Japanese given name. The name Chika can be written with the kanji characters 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, fine" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower". [1] Chika can also be written with many different kanji ...

  3. Shiksa - Wikipedia

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    Shiksa. Shiksa (Yiddish: שיקסע, romanized: shikse) is an often disparaging, [1] although not always, term for a gentile [a] woman or girl. The word, which is of Yiddish origin, has moved into English usage and some Hebrew usage (as well as Polish and German), mostly in North American Jewish culture. Among Orthodox Jews, the term may be ...

  4. Chicano - Wikipedia

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    Chicano may derive from the Mexica people, originally pronounced Meh-Shee-Ka. [43]The etymology of the term Chicano is the subject of some debate by historians. [44] Some believe Chicano is a Spanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli ("Meh-shee-tlee").

  5. Magical girl - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia anthropomorph Wikipe-tan as a majokko, the original magical girl archetype. Magical girl (Japanese: 魔法少女, Hepburn: mahō shōjo) is a subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform.

  6. Chica (name) - Wikipedia

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    Francisca Chica da Silva ( c. 1732 – 1796), Brazilian-born slave. Ada Jane Chica Macnab and later as Ada Munro, Scottish artist. Chica Paula Schopf, Chilean electronic music producer and DJ. Chica Umino, pen name of an anonymous Japanese manga artist. Francisca Chica Xavier (1932–2020), Brazilian actress and producer.

  7. Chica da Silva - Wikipedia

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    Francisca da Silva de Oliveira (c. 1732 –1796), known in history by the name Chica da Silva[1][2] and whose romanticized version/character is also known by the spelling Xica da Silva, [2] was a Brazilian woman who became famous for becoming rich and powerful despite having been born into slavery. Her life has been a source of inspiration for ...

  8. What Food Words Do You Always Have to Spell-Check ... - AOL

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    Consequently, I am also far too smug when I am able to type " fettuccine," " hors d'oeuvres," and "focaccia" without Google Docs adding a squiggly red, "You mucked this up," line under them ...

  9. American and British English spelling differences - Wikipedia

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    The word carburetor comes from the French carbure meaning "carbide". [110] [111] In the UK, the word is spelled carburettor and pronounced / ˌ k ɑːr b j ʊ ˈ r ɛ t ər / or / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r ɛ t ər /. In the US, the word may be spelled carburetor or carburator; it is pronounced / ˈ k ɑːr b ə r eɪ t ər /. charivari: shivaree ...