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  2. Pulled rickshaw - Wikipedia

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    Its name pousse-pousse, meaning push-push, is reportedly gained from the need to have a second person to push the back of the rickshaw on Madagascar's hilly roads. They are a common form of transport in a number of Malagasy cities, especially Antsirabe , but are not found in the towns or cities with very hilly roads. [ 11 ]

  3. List of language names - Wikipedia

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    Chinese (Classical) – 古文 or 文言 Literary language used in: the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Korea, and Japan; Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa Spoken in: the United States and Canada; Chipewyan – ᑌᓀᓲᒢᕄᓀ, Dene Suline, Dëne Sųłiné Spoken in: Canada

  4. Rickshaw - Wikipedia

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    Many of the poorest individuals in Singapore in the late nineteenth century were poverty-stricken, unskilled people of Chinese ancestry. Sometimes called coolies, the hardworking men found that pulling a rickshaw was a new opportunity for employment. [23] In 1897, martial law was declared to end a four-day rickshaw workers' strike. [24]

  5. Arabic name - Wikipedia

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    However, not all Arab countries use the name in its full length, but conventionally use two- and three-word names, and sometimes four-word names in official or legal matters. Thus the first name is the personal name, the middle name is the father's name and the last name is the father's family name.

  6. List of loanwords in Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Loanwords have entered written and spoken Chinese from many sources, including ancient peoples whose descendants now speak Chinese. In addition to phonetic differences, varieties of Chinese such as Cantonese and Shanghainese often have distinct words and phrases left from their original languages which they continue to use in daily life and sometimes even in Mandarin.

  7. List of Chinese classifiers - Wikipedia

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    "row" — objects which form lines (words 詞 / 词, etc.); occupations in a field (idiom, spoken language); 行 could also be pronounced as xíng, see below. 盒: hé hap6: hap6 objects in a small "box" or case (e.g. mooncakes, tapes) 戶 / 户: 户: hù wu6: wu6 households (户 is common in handwritten Traditional Chinese) — household ...

  8. List of Arabic star names - Wikipedia

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    Common name Arabic name (transliteration) Meaning Arabic name Arabic name (vowels) Scientific star name Acamar: Ākhiru-n-Nahr: the River's or Stream's End / Tail / Edge / Border آخر النهر آخِرُ ٱلْنََهْر Theta Eridani: Achernar: Ākhiru-n-Nahr: the River's or Stream's End / Tail / Edge / Border آخر النهر

  9. Influence of Arabic on other languages - Wikipedia

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    Ilah (Arabic: إله) is the word for God even in Christian Bible translations. Many early Bible translators, when they came across some unusual Hebrew words or proper names, used the Arabic cognates. In the newer translations this practice is discontinued. They now turn to Greek names or use the original Hebrew Word.