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  2. Bucephalandra - Wikipedia

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    Bucephalandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. There are 30 species of Bucephalandra which have been discovered in Borneo and have been formally described by S.Y. Wong and P.C. Boyce .

  3. Amparito Roca - Wikipedia

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    Amparito Roca is the name of a piece of music composed in 1925 by Spanish musician and composer Jaime Teixidor (1884–1957) who named it after one of his piano students, then 12-year-old Amparito Roca (1912–1993). It was first performed in September 1925 in the theater El Siglo in the town of Carlet where the composer lived at the time.

  4. Indo-European vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    The following conventions are used: Cognates are in general given in the oldest well-documented language of each family, although forms in modern languages are given for families in which the older stages of the languages are poorly documented or do not differ significantly from the modern languages.

  5. Hyperforeignism - Wikipedia

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    The word cadre is sometimes pronounced / ˈ k ɑː d r eɪ / in English, as though it were of Spanish origin. In French, the final e is silent and a common English pronunciation is / ˈ k ɑː d r ə /. [8] Legal English is replete with words derived from Norman French, which for a long time was the language of the courts in England and Wales ...

  6. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Language of origin Source word Meaning and notes Aguascalientes: Spanish: aguas calientes "Hot waters". When the city was first founded in 1575, it was given this name for the abundance of hot springs in the region, which still are exploited for numerous spas and for domestic use. The state was named after its capital city, Aguascalientes City.

  7. Makossa - Wikipedia

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    Composer Daniel Doumbe Eyango is example of a pastor who composed many songs, including "Hymne à la Jeunesse", "Na ma Bolea Oa Nje", and others. LOTIN A SAME, who remains the single greatest composer of hymns in both quality and quantity was a pastor and the father of one of the first makossa musicians to be recorded, EBOA LOTIN and influenced ...

  8. Ava DuVernay’s latest drama “Origin” has added an original song to its Oscar prospects. New Zealand Māori artist Stan Walker performed the new song, “I Am,” at a private film screening ...

  9. Fum, Fum, Fum - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, the ethnomusicologist Jaume Ayats notes that the word "fum" is the imperative form of the verb "fúmer", which in a literal sense means "to fornicate" but can be used as a slang form of saying "to do". In fact, the original song was sung with "fot, fot, fot", from the verb "fotre" instead, a less polite verb with the same meaning. [3]