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The Nike of Paionios is an ancient statue of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, made by sculptor Paionios (Paeonius of Mende) between 425 BC and 420 BC. Made of Parian marble , the medium gives the statue a translucent and pure white look to it.
The etymology of "Veronica" you refer to (from Latin vera "true" and Greek eikon "image") is most probably a folk etymology, see for example the Online Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "Veronica", which instead derives the name from the "French Veronique, a variant of the Greek Berenike, which in turn comes from pherein "to bring" (from PIE root ...
schuh (/ ʃ uː / SHOO) is a Scottish footwear retailer based in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.It has 132 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [1] The company is predominantly a branded shoe stockist, selling over 80 brands, including: Converse, Vans, UGG, Nike, Adidas as well as its own schuh label.
But that's exactly what Nike has done by signing high-profile athletes and constantly challenging its own product lines. When you can outbid rivals for the biggest names in sports, like Michael ...
Differences in pronunciation between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE) can be divided into . differences in accent (i.e. phoneme inventory and realisation).See differences between General American and Received Pronunciation for the standard accents in the United States and Britain; for information about other accents see regional accents of English.
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These common suffixes have the following regular pronunciations, which are historic, well established and etymologically consistent. However, they may be counterintuitive, as their pronunciation is inconsistent with the usual phonetics of English. -b(o)rough and -burgh – / b ər ə /-bury – / b r i /-cester – / s t ər / [n 1]