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Definition of Ojibwa in English:
Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )

NOUN plural noun Ojibwa, plural noun Ojibwas, plural noun Ojibways

(also Ojibway)
1A member of a North American people of the region around Lake Superior.
Also called Chippewa

2 The Algonquian language of the Ojibwa.

ADJECTIVE

(also Ojibway)
Relating to the Ojibwa or their language.

Origin
From Ojibwa ojibwe, said to mean ‘puckered’, with reference to their moccasins.

Pronunciation
Ojibwa
/ōˈjibˌwā/ /-wə/ /oʊˈɪbwɑ /
‘The two Ojibwas affectionately nicknamed him ‘Baptiste’ or ‘Bateese’ for reasons never clear to him.’
‘But long, long before the Voyageurs came the forests were home to the Sioux and the Ojibwa.’
‘The Agawa rock paintings are among the best preserved of about 400 groups of pictographs on the Canadian Shield and are attributed to Algonquins such as the Ojibwa.’
‘Such an equivocating philosophy might not pass muster with the Ojibwa.’
‘It was characteristic of Bill to remember my key point in a paper I gave there on my fieldwork among the Ojibwa.’
‘The French generally enjoyed good relations with nations such as the Ojibwa and the Potawatomi so long as trade goods were readily available and reasonably priced.’
‘These traits relate them to the southern Ojibwa or Chippewa.’
‘Among the Ojibwa, however, there is some evidence that children sometimes modeled animals in clay.’
‘The children also study the lives of the Ojibwa, the native people who not only thrived in this difficult land but preserved it for future generations.’
‘We found haplogroup X when we were studying the Ojibwa of the Great Lakes.’

Ojibwa , Ojibwas , Ojibways , Ojibway (ōˈjibˌwā/oʊˈɪbwɑ )
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Alberti, Leon Battista (älˈbertē/ɑlˈbərdi)

Definition of Alberti, Leon Battista in English:
Alberti, Leon Battista

PROPER NOUN

(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.

Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
'Hey! I met Alberti, Leon Battista!'

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Pulchritudinous (ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs)

Meaning of pulchritudinous in English:

pulchritudinous

ADJECTIVE

literary
Beautiful.

Pronunciation /ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs/
‘Dan gazed admiringly at the pulchritudinous brunette

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Meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification in English:

floccinaucinihilipilification

NOUN

mass noun
rare
The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Usage
Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use. For more details see antidisestablishmentarianism

Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.

Pronunciation /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
‘Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men.’

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Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)

Meaning of pizzeria in English:

pizzeria

NOUN

A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.

Origin
Italian.

Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’

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Meaning of traa dy liooar in English:

traa dy liooar

NOUN

(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
‘Time enough’. Used to express or assert that something can (or should) be postponed, or that there is no need to hurry.

ADJECTIVE

(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
Characterized by a tendency to postpone things or not hurry, especially (in early use) as a result of an (overly) cautious or conservative nature; procrastinating.

Origin
Mid 19th century. From Manx traa dy liooar time enough, plenty of time from traa time (Early Irish tráth period of time, point in time, canonical hour, of uncertain origin) + dy liooar, cognate with or formed similarly to Irish go leór enough (Early Irish co lór).

Pronunciation
traa dy liooar
/ˌtrɛ də ˈlu ə/ /ˌtreɪ də ˈlu ə/
How to use Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə) in a sentence is still unknown.

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Meaning of North American Free Trade Agreement in English:

North American Free Trade Agreement

PROPER NOUN

(also NAFTA)
An agreement which came into effect in January 1994 between the US, Canada, and Mexico to remove barriers to trade between the three countries over a ten-year period.
How to use North American Free Trade Agreement (nɔ (r)θ əˈmerɪkən fri treɪd əˈɡri mənt) in a sentence is still unknown.

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