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  2. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Pronunciation

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    t. e. Pronunciation in Wikipedia should be transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), except in the particular cases noted below. For English pronunciations, broad diaphonemic transcriptions should be used; these are intended to provide a correct interpretation regardless of the reader's accent.

  3. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Wikipedia

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    Mihaly Robert Csikszentmihalyi was born on 29 September 1934 in Fiume, [4] now known as Rijeka, [5] then part of the Kingdom of Italy. His family name derives from the village of Csíkszentmihály in Transylvania. [6] He was the third son of a career diplomat at the Hungarian Consulate in Fiume. [5][7] In 1944, when Csikszentmihalyi was ten ...

  4. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    Suffix (name) A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. "PhD", "CCNA", "OBE").

  5. Doctor of Education - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, the Ed.D. tends to be granted by faculties of education at Universities and is a terminal degree in education. Much like the United States and Great Britain, some universities offer the EdD (Simon Fraser University), while others offer a PhD in education (McGill University, Queen's University, University of Toronto, University of Manitoba, University of New Brunswick), and still ...

  6. Waseda University - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.waseda.jp /top /en /. Waseda University (早稲田大学), abbreviated as Waseda (早稲田) or Sōdai (早大), is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.

  7. Sorbonne University - Wikipedia

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    Chapel of the main Sorbonne building. Sorbonne University (French: Sorbonne Université) is a public research university located in Paris, France.The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the University of Paris, one of the first universities in Europe.

  8. Alumni - Wikipedia

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    The word comes from Latin, meaning nurslings, pupils or foster children, derived from alere "to nourish". [1] The term is not synonymous with "graduates": people can be alumni without graduating, e.g. Burt Reynolds was an alumnus of Florida State University but did not graduate. The term is sometimes used to refer to former employees, former ...

  9. Close front unrounded vowel - Wikipedia

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    A spectrogram of /i/. Sagittal section of a vocal tract pronouncing the IPA sound i . Note that a wavy glottis in this diagram indicates a voiced sound.. The close front unrounded vowel, or high front unrounded vowel, [1] is a type of vowel sound that occurs in most spoken languages, represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by the symbol i.