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  2. Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski - Wikipedia

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    Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski ([vwɔˈd͡ʑimjɛʂ kʂɨʐaˈnɔfski]; in some sources, misspelled Wladimir Krzyzanowski; 8 July 1824 – 31 January 1887) was a Polish-American engineer, politician, and brigadier general in the Union Army.

  3. Shibboleth - Wikipedia

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    Nevadans pronounce the second syllable with the "a" as in "trap" (/ n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə /) while some people from outside of the state can pronounce it with the "a" as in "palm" (/ n ɪ ˈ v ɑː d ə /). [48] Although many Americans interpret the latter back vowel as being closer to the Spanish pronunciation, it is not the pronunciation used by ...

  4. List of shibboleths - Wikipedia

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    Locals, however, pronounce the name as /ˈskuːkəl/ SKOO-kəl. The US state of Oregon is home to a county, city, river, bay, state forest, museum, Native American tribe, and dairy processing company called Tillamook. Residents pronounce it as / ˈ t ɪ l ə m ʊ k /, while nonresidents often mistakenly say / ˈ t ɪ l ə m uː k /. [75]

  5. Soldier - Wikipedia

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    A soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, a warrant officer, ...

  6. Ernst Jünger - Wikipedia

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    Ernst Jünger (German pronunciation: [ɛʁnst ˈjʏŋɐ] ⓘ; 29 March 1895 – 17 February 1998) was a German author, highly decorated soldier, philosopher, and entomologist who became publicly known for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel.

  7. Pavise - Wikipedia

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    Model of a medieval crossbowman using a pavise shield. It is decorated with Bartolomeo Vivarini's St. Martin and the Beggar.. A pavise (or pavis, pabys, or pavesen) was an oblong shield used during the mid-14th to early 16th centuries.

  8. Calormen - Wikipedia

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    When using the name as an adjective or an ethnonym, Lewis spelled the name with an 'e' at the end: a Calormene / k ə ˈ l ɔːr m ə n / soldier; "The Calormenes have dark faces and long beards." Narnia and Calormen are separated by the country of Archenland and a large desert .

  9. Jaguar warrior - Wikipedia

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    Jaguar warriors or jaguar knights, ocēlōtl Nahuatl pronunciation: [oˈseːloːt͡ɬ] ⓘ (singular) [1] or ocēlōmeh [oseːˈloːmeʔ] [1] were members of the Aztec military elite. [2] They were a type of Aztec warrior called a cuāuhocēlōtl [kʷaːwoˈseːloːt͡ɬ] (derived from cuāuhtli [ˈkʷaːʍt͡ɬi] ("eagle") and ocēlōtl ...