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Definition: Franklin |
FranklinNoun1. United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915). 2. Printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790). 3. (England) a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Franklin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a freeman". |
Date "Franklin" was first used: 1195 as surname usage. (references) |
Etymology: Franklin \Frank"lin\, noun. [from Old English expression frankelein; compare to late Latin franchilanus. See Frank,]. (Websters 1913) |
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Biographical Satire | FRANKLIN, Benjamin, one of the few Americans endowed with brains. He discovered that lightning was composed of electricity, that politics paid better than printing, and that the French Court was more lively than the Continental Congress. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Franklin The Polish Franklin. Thaddeus Czacki (1765-1813). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Franklin is also:
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Synonyms: FranklinSynonyms: Benjamin Franklin (n), John Hope Franklin (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Furnace | Oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove; wood-burning stove; central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump; solar heat, convective heat. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Franklin |
| English words defined with "Franklin": Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ♦ Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. ♦ certain, Charles Franklin Kettering, Charles Franklin Peirce ♦ Edward Franklin Albeen, Eleanor Roosevelt ♦ Fowlerite, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin Pierce, Franklin Roosevelt, Franklin stove, Franklinic ♦ Gustavus Franklin Swift ♦ Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Hoover ♦ John Hope Franklin ♦ New Deal ♦ President Franklin Roosevelt, President Hoover ♦ Roosevelt, Rooseveltian ♦ situation, state of affairs, sure ♦ William Franklin Graham. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Franklin": a franklin ♦ Electricity ♦ FRANKLIN, Franklin array ♦ Great Men ♦ Hawkins trifocal lens ♦ Micah Rood's Apples. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Franklin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (Franklin), Serbo-Croatian (franklin). |
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Screenplays | If I could bottle the sexual tension between Bonnie Franklin and Shnyder, I could solve the energy crisis. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) Franklin, Grant, andJackson? (The Mask; writing credit: Michael Fallon; Mark Verheiden) Of course, that's Nikolai, our laundry boy. Is he the reason I'm being disturbed? Look, Franklin, I've had a hard day! (The Guns of Navarone; writing credit: Alistair MacLean; Carl Foreman) He's got hemorrhoids, Franklin. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer) Well, Franklin, where's that idiot Lee? (1776; writing credit: Sherman Edwards; Peter Stone) | |
Lyrics | That's 'Retha Franklin (Hey Nineteen; performing artist: Steely Dan) | |
Clever | Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. (references; author: Franklin) Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net. (references; author: Franklin) Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. (references; author: Franklin) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Benjamin Franklin (2002) Franklin & Jefferson Proposal Film (1973) The Joe Franklin Show (1950) Jr. Benjamin Franklin (1943) Benjamin Franklin (1924) | |
Song Titles | Hill Street Blues, Theme From (performing artist: Rodney Franklin) | |
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 | On October 31, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first six buildings of NIH. See also ar004693. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Franklin D. Roosevelt at Langley 1940. Credit: NASA. |
 | Franklin PS-2 (XPS-2) Glider. Credit: NASA. |  | The Gulf Stream by Benjamin Franklin. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Dallas Bache Wainwright The last descendant of Benjamin Franklin to work for the Coast Survey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Figure 3. Phipps and Franklin water bottle. First used by the Captain of the RACEHORSE, Constantine John Phipps in 1773, and then a similar bottle used by Lieutenant John Franklin on board the TRENT in 1818 on a voyage to Spitzbergen. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Franklin County, PA. Credit: USDA. |  | Ducks and sheep at a farm pond in Franklin County, Georgia. Credit: USDA. |
 | Sand dune in the Juniper Forest in Franklin County, Washington. Credit: Lou Jurs. |  | Fence removal project performed by Back Country Horsemen in the Juniper Forest, Franklin County, Washington. Credit: Gary Yeager. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Love well, whip well. |
| Industry need not wish. | |
| The best is the cheapest. | |
| Applause waits on success. | |
| Beware the hobby that eats. | |
| The proof of gold is fire... | |
| A word to the wise is enough. | |
| Lying rides upon debt's back. | |
| He that's secure is not safe. | |
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Economic History | Gambia, The | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped overnight in Banjul enroute to and from the Casablanca Conference in 1943, marking the first visit to the African Continent by an American president while in office. (references) |
Human Rights | Colombia | In January police in Barrancabermeja arrested Franklin Eugenio Aguilar Rengifo in connection with a kidnaping. (references) |
Dominican Republic | The authorities arrested two police officers, Franklin Tejada Tejada and Carlos Miguel Feliz Mateo, for shooting Paniagua. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ELECTRICITY, n. The power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. It is the same thing as lightning, and its famous attempt to strike Dr. Franklin is one of the most picturesque incidents in that great and good man's career. The memory of Dr. Franklin is justly held in great reverence, particularly in France, where a waxen effigy of him was recently on exhibition, bearing the following touching account of his life and services to science: "Monsieur Franqulin, inventor of electricity. This illustrious savant, after having made several voyages around the world, died on the Sandwich Islands and was devoured by savages, of whom not a single fragment was ever recovered." Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Mike Wallace | What I've often wondered about is Franklin Roosevelt's relationship with his mother. It never occurred to me that he was a mama's boy. |
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | When Franklin Roosevelt died, I thought there must be a million men more qualified than I to take up the Presidential task. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Standing in this same place a third of a century ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed a Nation ravaged by depression and gripped in fear. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | That was the duty faced by Franklin Roosevelt when he led America out of an economic depression and again when he led America to victory in war. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | But we have to go back to the insight of Franklin Roosevelt who, when he spoke of what became the welfare program, want that it must not become a narcotic and a subtle destroyer of the spirit. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | To Franklin Roosevelt, to fight the failure and pain of the Great Depression, and to win our country's great struggle against fascism. |
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| "Franklin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Franklin" is used about 461 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 461 | 12,730 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Franklin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Franklin | First name Male | 77,000 | 216 |
| Franklin | Last name | 51,000 | 199 |
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| "Franklin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a freeman". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Franklin." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Franklin | Male | English | N/A |
| Franklyn | Male | English | Franklin |
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| USA | 1st Franklin Financial Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Franklin, AL (town, FIPS 28024) 2. Franklin, AR (town, FIPS 25030) 3. Franklin, AZ 4. Franklin, GA (city, FIPS 31292) 5. Franklin, IA (city, FIPS 28740) 6. Franklin, ID (city, FIPS 28810) 7. Franklin, IL (village, FIPS 27663) 8. Franklin, IN (city, FIPS 25450) 9. Franklin, KY (city, FIPS 28918) 10. Franklin, LA (city, FIPS 27155) 11. Franklin, MA (CDP, FIPS 25100) 12. Franklin, ME 13. Franklin, MI (village, FIPS 30340) 14. Franklin, MN (city, FIPS 22364) 15. Franklin, MN (city, FIPS 22382) 16. Franklin, MO (city, FIPS 25624) 17. Franklin, NC (town, FIPS 24640) 18. Franklin, NE (city, FIPS 17530) 19. Franklin, NH (city, FIPS 27380) 20. Franklin, NJ (borough, FIPS 24930) 21. Franklin, NY (village, FIPS 27221) 22. Franklin, OH (city, FIPS 28476) 23. Franklin, PA (borough, FIPS 27360) 24. Franklin, PA (city, FIPS 27456) 25. Franklin, TN (city, FIPS 27740) 26. Franklin, TX (city, FIPS 27288) 27. Franklin, VA (city, FIPS 620) 28. Franklin, VA (city, FIPS 29600) 29. Franklin, VT 30. Franklin, WI (city, FIPS 27300) 31. Franklin, WV (town, FIPS 29044) |
Expressions using "Franklin": Ben Franklin ♦ Benjamin Franklin ♦ Benjamin Franklin Bridge ♦ Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. ♦ Charles Franklin Kettering ♦ Charles Franklin Peirce ♦ Edward Franklin Albeen ♦ Franklin array ♦ Franklin County ♦ Franklin Delano Roosevelt ♦ Franklin Furnace ♦ Franklin Grove ♦ Franklin Lakes ♦ Franklin Parish ♦ Franklin Park ♦ Franklin Pierce ♦ Franklin Roosevelt ♦ Franklin Springs ♦ Franklin Square ♦ Franklin stove ♦ gustavus Franklin Swift ♦ John Hope Franklin ♦ New Franklin ♦ North Franklin ♦ president Franklin Roosevelt ♦ William Franklin Graham. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Franklin": franklin-engined. | |
Ending with "Franklin": Zucker-franklin. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Franklin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 富兰克林. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Franklin-Vim-Silverman nål (Franklin-Vim-Silverman needle), Franklin's behandling af høfeber (Franklin hay fever treatment), Franklin-antenne (Franklin array). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Franklin-antennesysteem (Franklin array). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Franklinin antenni (Franklin array). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traitement du rhume des foins de Franklin (Franklin hay fever treatment), antenne Franklin (Franklin array), aiguille de Franklin-Vim-Silverman (Franklin-Vim-Silverman needle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Franklin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγγραμμική στοιχειοκεραία (Franklin array), στοιχειοκεραία Franklin (Franklin array). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | antenna Franklin (Franklin array). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "랭클린. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anklinfray antena Franklim (Franklin array). (various references) Rãzeş (churl, yeoman), Mic Proprietar (smallholder). (various references) фрэнклин. (various references) franklin. (various references) antena Franklin (Franklin array). (various references) Franklin-antenn (Franklin array). (various references) Halk Tabakasından Arazi Sahibi, Arazi Sahibi (landed, landed gentleman, landed proprietor, landlord, landowner, the landed interest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | fraunclein. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "Franklin": franklinite, franklinites, franklins. (additional references) | |
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"Franklin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Frankli, Franklim, Frankling, franklinic, Frumkin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Franklin" (pronounced fra"ngkli'n) |
| 3 | -l i' n | Caplin, Carlin, Catlin, Codlin, Colin, Goblin, mandolin, maudlin, Merlin, myelin, Paulin, poplin. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-k-l-n-n-r" | |
-3 letters: fakir, filar, final, flair, flank, frail, frank, infra, kafir, kalif. | |
-4 letters: airn, akin, alif, anil, aril, fail, fain, fair, farl, fiar, fila, fink, firn, flak, flan, ilka, kaif, kail, kain, karn, kiln, kina, kirn, knar, lain, lair, lank, lari, lark, liar, link, linn, lira, naif, nail, nark, rail, rain, raki, rani, rank. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-k-l-n-n-r" | |
+1 letter: franklins. | |
+3 letters: franklinite. | |
+4 letters: franklinites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 61 6E 6B 6C 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .- -. -.- .-.. .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100001 01101110 01101011 01101100 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r a n k l i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0061 006E 006B 006C 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084678077787580 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, rumeno, 루마니아, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Cities | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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