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science from Latin scientia 'knowledge'. [9] World + ken means "knowledge of the world". stuff firststuff: matter element from Latin materia 'substance from which something is made', [10] from Latin elementum 'rudiment, first principle, matter in its most basic form' [11] workstead: laboratory from Latin laboratorium 'place for work', [12 ...
The largest area of the map by far was "La Louisiane", or Louisiana. This was a France-centric version of the continent, intended to convey that the colony was firmly established colony by 1718. The colony consisted of between four hundred to seven hundred men, women, and children clustered around the mouth of the Mississippi.
Ap (water), a Vedic Sanskrit term; ap, a classical abbreviation for ad pedes or aedilitia potestate; AP, a classification symbol for an auxiliary of the United States Navy; AP and variants, several medical abbreviations; A&P mechanic, an aircraft maintenance technician with airframe and powerplant ratings
NALT referenced databases such as the AlgaeBase, BioTech life science dictionary, Cambridge dictionary, Index Fungorum, NCBI Taxonomy Database and Integrated Taxonomic Information System in its formation. The thesaurus was rigorously reviewed and tested by ARS scientists and specialists throughout its early developments.
Le Moniteur de La Louisiane (English: The Louisiana Monitor) was the first newspaper in Louisiana. It was published from 1794 to 1815 initially during a period of Spanish occupation of Louisiana to serve the French-speaking population of the region. The newspaper was written in the French language, typically in a four-page format.
Louisiane Saint Fleurant (11 September 1924 – 1 June 2005) was a Haitian female artist and painter. She was a founder of the peasant Saint Soleil art movement. Saint Fleurant's paintings often depict maternal scenes of females, children, trees, wildlife, and Haitian Vodou Loas.
The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University. Founded in 1935, it publishes works of scholarship as well as general interest books. LSU Press is a member of the Association of University Presses. LSU Press publishes approximately 70 new books each year and has a backlist of over 2000 titles.
Carte de la Louisiane, or Map of Louisiana, Histoire de la Louisiane (1757) Le Page lived at Natchez from 1720 to 1728 under the colonization scheme organized by John Law and the Company of the Indies. His familiarity with the local Natchez, and knowledge of their language and customs, is the basis for some of the unique aspects of his writings.