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geisha
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n 1: a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation
and singing and dancing [syn: geisha, geisha girl]
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guava
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n 1: small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
[syn: guava, strawberry guava, yellow cattley guava,
Psidium littorale]
2: small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in
warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit [syn:
guava, true guava, guava bush, Psidium guajava]
3: tropical fruit having yellow skin and pink pulp; eaten fresh
or used for e.g. jellies
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java
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n 1: an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the
world's most densely populated regions
2: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;
"he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: coffee, java]
3: a platform-independent object-oriented programming language
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lava
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n 1: rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from
volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the
surface
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maharaja
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n 1: a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above
a raja [syn: maharaja, maharajah]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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pasta
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n 1: a dish that contains pasta as its main ingredient
2: shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and
sometimes egg [syn: pasta, alimentary paste]
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plaza
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n 1: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm
Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza]
2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped
complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually
includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern
version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should
have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local
malls" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall,
shopping center, shopping centre]
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russia
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n 1: a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern
Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other
soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and
others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 [syn:
Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics, USSR]
2: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR
occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: Soviet
Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist
Republic]
3: a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created
in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in
the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and
Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital;
overthrown by revolution in 1917
4: a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia;
formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state [syn:
Russia, Russian Federation]
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gaza
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n 1: a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the
Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt; "he is a
Palestinian from Gaza" [syn: Gaza Strip, Gaza]
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kasha
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n 1: boiled or baked buckwheat
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kinshasa
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n 1: the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the
Congo river opposite Brazzaville [syn: Kinshasa,
Leopoldville]
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hiawatha
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n 1: a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the
European settlers (16th century)
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lassa
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n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for
its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn:
Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]
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lhasa
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n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for
its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn:
Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]
2: a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet
as watchdogs [syn: Lhasa, Lhasa apso]
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masa
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n 1: an independent group of closely related Chadic languages
spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic
languages
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mombasa
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n 1: a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of
the Indian Ocean
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sava
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