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  2. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Brolly is a slang word for umbrella, used often in Australia, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Bumbershoot is a rare and fanciful Americanism from the late 19th century. [8] A parasol may also be called a sunshade, rainshade, snowshade, or beach umbrella (US English).

  3. History - Wikipedia

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    History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts or traditional oral histories , art and material artefacts, and ecological markers.

  4. Umbraculum - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms during the sede vacante – featuring an umbraculum Umbraculum in the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France. The umbraculum (Italian: ombrellone, "big umbrella", [1] in basilicas also conopaeum [2]) is a historic piece of the papal regalia and insignia, once used on a daily basis to provide shade for the pope (Galbreath, 27).

  5. Chatra (umbrella) - Wikipedia

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    The chatra or chhatra, also known under various translations including the ceremonial, state, royal, or holy umbrella or parasol, is a symbol of royal and imperial power and sanctity in Indian art and a symbol of holiness in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. There are also various specific forms, including 3-, 7-, 8-, and 9-tiered chatra and the ...

  6. What does LGBTQIA stand for? A history of the popular ... - AOL

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    What does LGBTQIA stand for? A history of the popular umbrella acronym. ... Not so simply, it took the gay community decades of cultural shift, dialogue and exchange to arrive at this umbrella term.

  7. Oil-paper umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Oil-paper umbrella art in the Northern Thailand, or Chiang Mai dates back to around two hundred years. The umbrella scaffold is made from green bamboo sticks, the colors and images are abundant including pictures of scenery, animals, people and flowers. The umbrella surfaces can have a square shape in addition to the traditional circular one.

  8. Behold, an A-Z List of Gender Identity Terms

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    Umbrella: Umbrella could refer to many umbrella terms listed in this glossary, such as trans, GNC, or queer, but it also refers to the Red Umbrella Fund, which is the first global fund guided by ...

  9. What does it mean to be agender? One person shares their ...

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    What is the meaning of agender? ... Agender “is often a label that falls under the nonbinary gender identity umbrella,” says Kyle Teller, a public training manager at the Trevor Project ...