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  2. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Umbrellas with a reflective inside are used by photographers as a diffusion device when employing artificial lighting, and as a glare shield and shade, most often in portrait situations. [64] Some umbrellas are shoot-through umbrellas, meaning the light goes through the umbrella and is diffused, rather than reflecting off the inside of the ...

  3. Hti - Wikipedia

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    The Pathein hti is an iconic umbrella originating from the Irrawaddy delta town of Pathein.. The Irrawaddy delta town of Pathein (formerly Bassein) in Lower Myanmar is renowned for its colorful cotton umbrellas, which are dubbed "Pathein umbrellas" or "Pathein parasols" (ပုသိမ်ထီး), which are traditionally made in home workshops.

  4. Talk:Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Umbrellas are used in the rain and only in the rain, and are made (these days) of plastic. But thanks for playing, and for the marvelous expression of your maturity, AnY FOUR!. Sweetalker79 18:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC) In conventional usage a parasol is for sun and an umbrella is for rain, but either can be used the other way.

  5. List of provincial name etymologies of the Philippines

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    Early Spanish accounts rendered the toponym as Donblon [6] in Spanish orthography, which is probably based on the native word lomlom, a term with cognates across many Philippine languages meaning "dark," or "shady," [95] perhaps in reference to the once-thick forests of, or the clouds that constantly form over, the island that now bears the ...

  6. Bilingual dictionary - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual dictionary or translation dictionary is a specialized dictionary used to translate words or phrases from one language to another. Bilingual dictionaries can be unidirectional , meaning that they list the meanings of words of one language in another, or can be bidirectional , allowing translation to and from both languages.

  7. List of Spanish words of Nahuatl origin - Wikipedia

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    Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.

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  9. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

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    Florida Meaning land of flowers, Florida's verdant landscape was discovered by Ponce de León on Easter Sunday. The Pascua Florida holiday in early April commemorates this discovery, during the season when flowers are abundant across Florida. Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain"