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This is a list of colonial administrators in the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) from the start of English presence in 1621 until Ghana s independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. Contents 1 Governors of the Gold Coast (1621–1751) 2 Governors of…

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In Western art history, Mise en abyme is a formal technique of placing a copy of an image within itself, often in a way that suggests an...

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Translation — кокорогуми — from japanese — — 1

s. m. inv. V. fichu

| ̷ ̷ˌverˈbȧl noun (plural notes verbales |nōt(s)ˌ ̷ ̷ˈbȧl(z)) Etymology: French, literally, verbal note : a diplomatic note that is more formal than an aide mémoire and less formal than a note, is drafted in the third person, and is never…

The idea of the gun pod as a concept largely came into its prime during and period following World War II. So called package gun installations on US medium and light bombers, such as the B 25 Mitchell and A 26 Invader, were probably the first…

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και σκοτιαῑος, αία, ον, θηλ. και ος, Α 1. αυτός που βρίσκεται ή γίνεται στο σκοτάδι (α. «ἐλείπετο τῆς νυκτὸς ὅσον σκοταίους διελθεῑν τὸ πεδίον», Ξεν. β. «ἐνέδρας δὲ δεδιὼς σκοταίους», Πλούτ.) 2. αυτός που γίνεται στη διάρκεια τής νύχτας, πριν από

(adj.) late 13c., from O.Fr. perillous (Fr. périlleux) dangerous, hazardous, from L. periculosus, from periculum dangerous (see PERIL (Cf. peril)). Related: Perilously; perilousness