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  2. Flower Duet - Wikipedia

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    The "Flower Duet" is a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano in the first act of the tragic opera Lakmé, premiered in Paris in 1883 and composed by Léo Delibes.. It is sung by the characters Lakmé, daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.

  3. Rives - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Rives (1806–1885), American attorney, politician, judge and plantation owner; Alfred L. Rives (1830–1903), American engineer, son of William Cabell Rives; Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945), née Rives, American author of novels, poetry and plays

  4. Rive - Wikipedia

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    De la Rive, a surname and list of people; Joey Rive (July 8, 1963) American tennis player; Julie Rivé-King (1854-1937), American musician; Lyndon Rive, cofounder of Solar City and cousin of Elon Musk; Richard Rive (1931-1989), South African academic and writer; Robert Rive, 19th century photographer

  5. List of river name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Hiwassee: from the Cherokee meaning "stone wall", or from an Eastern Algonquian language meaning "beyond the hill" (e.g., Abenaki awasadenek). [17] Hudson: named for Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Netherlands, who explored it in 1609. Loup: French for "wolf", after the Pawnee "wolf people" (Skidi band).

  6. Loire - Wikipedia

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    The English defeated the French in 1356 and Aquitaine came under English control in 1360. In 1429, Joan of Arc persuaded Charles VII to drive out the English from the country. [30] Her successful relief of the siege of Orléans, on the Loire, was the turning point of the war. Orléans

  7. List of English irregular verbs - Wikipedia

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    English irregular verbs are now a closed group, which means that newly formed verbs are always regular and do not adopt any of the irregular patterns. This list only contains verb forms which are listed in the major dictionaries as being standard usage in modern English. There are also many thousands of archaic, non-standard and dialect variants.

  8. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    "Republic of Santo Domingo", the capital city of the Spanish-held region of Hispaniola since its incorporation by Bartholomew Columbus on 5 August 1498 as La Nueva Isabela, Santo Domingo del Puerto de la Isla de la Española ("New Isabela, Saint Dominic of the Port of Hispaniola") either in honor of Sunday (see Dominica above), [39] his father ...

  9. Rive Gauche - Wikipedia

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    The Rive Gauche is the southern part. Rive Gauche' (French pronunciation: [ʁiv ɡoʃ]; Left Bank) is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two parts. When facing downstream, the southern bank is to the left, whereas the northern bank (or Rive Droite) is to the right.