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  2. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...

  3. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  4. Feng shui - Wikipedia

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    The late Yangshao site at Dadiwan (c. 3500–3000 BC) includes a palace-like building (F901) at its center. The building faces south and borders a large plaza. It stands on a north–south axis with another building that apparently housed communal activities.

  5. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    According to the rules on the English Wikipedia community, each entry in Wikipedia must be about a topic that is encyclopedic and is not a dictionary entry or dictionary-style. [ W 33 ] A topic should also meet Wikipedia's standards of "notability" , which generally means that the topic must have been covered in mainstream media or major ...

  6. The Free Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    It is a sister site to The Free Dictionary and usage examples in the form of "references in classic literature" taken from the site's collection are used on The Free Dictionary 's definition pages. In addition, double-clicking on a word in the site's collection of reference materials brings up the word's definition on The Free Dictionary .

  7. Prison - Wikipedia

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    A 19th-century jail cell room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

  8. Corrections - Wikipedia

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    A typical correctional institution is a prison. A correctional system, also known as a penal system, thus refers to a network of agencies that administer a jurisdiction 's prisons, and community-based programs like parole, and probation boards. [3] This system is part of the larger criminal justice system, which additionally includes police ...

  9. List of Virginia state prisons - Wikipedia

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    Lunenburg Correctional Center: Victoria: 1,200 Marion Correctional Treatment Center Marion: 375 Mental health hospital Mecklenburg Correctional Center: Boydton: Closed 2012 Nottoway Correctional Center: Burkeville: 1,112 Patrick Henry Correctional Unit Ridgeway: 136 Pocahontas State Correctional Center: Pocahontas: 1,034 Powhatan Correctional ...