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  2. Jingo (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Jingo is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 21st book in his Discworld series. It was published in 1997. Plot. The island of Leshp, ...

  3. List of Discworld characters - Wikipedia

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    The book relating his journey across the Discworld is considered a revolutionary pamphlet in his native land as it is traditionally believed (and officially decreed) that the world outside of the Empire is a hellish wasteland populated by "bloodsucking vampire ghosts", resulting in him being imprisoned in the Forbidden City.

  4. Tensei Jingo - Wikipedia

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    Tensei Jingo (天声人語, literally, the voice of heaven is the voice of people) is the title of a column which appears on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper. It is a translation of the Latin phrase as Vox Populi, Vox Dei ("The voice of the people is the voice of the gods"). The column is limited to 607 Japanese characters.

  5. Jingo - Wikipedia

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    Jingo, from the Discworld series "Jin-go-lo-ba" or "Jingo", a 1959 song by Babatunde Olatunji, covered by multiple artists; Jingo, Kansas, a community in the United States; Jingo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States; Jingo, the main town on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea

  6. Jingoism - Wikipedia

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    The American War-Dog, a 1916 political cartoon by Oscar Cesare, with the dog named "Jingo". Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. [1]

  7. Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the book Angua debates returning to Überwald to live among other werewolves. In the end, she stays in Ankh-Morpork. Angua also befriends Gaspode, a small dog with matted fur who gains and loses human speech in Moving Pictures , then by the time Men at Arms begins regains it by sleeping near Unseen University's High-Energy Magic ...

  8. The Pratchett Portfolio - Wikipedia

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    The Pratchett Portfolio is a small collection of the artistic works of Paul Kidby, illustrating the characters of Terry Pratchett's Discworld.It includes a small blurb on each character, and a picture of said person.

  9. Sam Vimes - Wikipedia

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    , Men at Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, Thud! and Snuff. He is a secondary character in The Truth and Monstrous Regiment and has cameos in The Last Hero, Going Postal, Making Money, Unseen Academicals, I Shall Wear Midnight and Raising Steam. He has also appeared in the City Watch Diary and the picture book Where's ...