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  2. Dupax del Sur - Wikipedia

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    Poverty incidence of Dupax del Sur 5 10 15 20 2006 15.00 2009 15.39 2012 17.02 2015 14.44 2018 15.98 2021 10.99 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Government Local government Main article: Sangguniang Bayan Dupax del Sur, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council ...

  3. Longest word in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    The 24-letter word electroencefalografistas, plural of electroencefalografista, means 'electroencephalographists' or 'electroencephalographers': specialists in the brain measurement technology of electroencephalography (EEG). [3] [6] The 23-letter adverb anticonstitucionalmente means 'anticonstitutionally'. [7]

  4. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    Boy/girl [3] In standard Spanish it means "baby". panna, pana Friend / Buddy [24]: 57 ("pana" is also a name for breadfruit in Puerto Rico) [25]: 45 From partner. pasárselas con la cuchara ancha to get away with murder or to get away with it perreo, perrear A way of dancing ("grinding") or a danceable song. [3] pichea “forget about that ...

  5. Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Spanish diseñar means 'to design' in Spanish, while its Portuguese cognate desenhar means 'to draw'. Similarly, Spanish dibujo for 'drawing', with an archaic Portuguese equivalent debuxo meaning 'sketch' and was displaced by rascunho; in turn the cf. Spanish rasguño means 'scratch' (compare "scratchpad", i.e. notebook, in English).

  6. Upside-down question and exclamation marks - Wikipedia

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    Upside-down marks, simple in the era of hand typesetting, were originally recommended by the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), in the second edition of the Ortografía de la lengua castellana (Orthography of the Castilian language) in 1754 [3] recommending it as the symbol indicating the beginning of a question in written Spanish—e.g. "¿Cuántos años tienes?"

  7. Dollar sign - Wikipedia

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    The dollar sign, also known as the peso sign, is a currency symbol consisting of a capital S crossed with one or two vertical strokes ($ or depending on typeface), used to indicate the unit of various currencies around the world, including most currencies denominated "dollar" or "peso".

  8. Spain - Wikipedia

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    The word in question actually means "Hyrax", possibly due to the Phoenicians confusing the two animals. [23] There is also the claim that "Hispania" derives from the Basque word Ezpanna, meaning "edge" or "border", another reference to the fact that the Iberian Peninsula constitutes the southwest corner of the European continent. [24]

  9. Abacus - Wikipedia

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    Its complete meaning was taken as: counting with small similar elements. Its use was taught in the Calmecac to the temalpouhqueh Nahuatl pronunciation: [temaɬˈpoʍkeʔ], who were students dedicated to taking the accounts of skies, from childhood. The Nepōhualtzintzin was divided into two main parts separated by a bar or intermediate cord.