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baklava
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n 1: rich Middle Eastern cake made of thin layers of flaky
pastry filled with nuts and honey
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nova
0
n 1: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a
cloud and become more luminous in the process
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supernova
0
n 1: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the
process
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genova
0
n 1: a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of
Liguria [syn: Genoa, Genova]
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navratilova
0
n 1: United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who
won nine Wimbledon women's singles championships (born in
1956) [syn: Navratilova, Martina Navratilova]
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cordova
0
n 1: Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) [syn:
Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Cordova,
Francisco Fernandez de Cordova]
2: a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture [syn:
Cordoba, Cordova]
3: a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in
1613 [syn: Cordoba, Cordova]
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jehovah
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n 1: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated
from the Hebrew consonants YHVH [syn: Yahweh, YHWH,
Yahwe, Yahveh, YHVH, Yahve, Wahvey, Jahvey,
Jahweh, Jehovah, JHVH]
2: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
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moldova
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n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a
European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 [syn:
Moldova, Republic of Moldova, Moldavia]
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casanova
0
n 1: an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his
sexual encounters (1725-1798) [syn: Casanova, Giovanni
Jacopo Casanova, Casanova de Seingalt, Giovanni Jacopo
Casanova de Seingalt]
2: any man noted for his amorous adventures
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hanover
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n 1: a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of
the Hanseatic League [syn: Hannover, Hanover]
2: the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from
George I to Victoria) [syn: Hanover, House of Hanover,
Hanoverian line]
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gulliver
0
n 1: a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of
Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift
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nineveh
0
n 1: an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the
modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now
known as Iraq
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oliver
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n 1: United States jazz musician who influenced the style of
Louis Armstrong (1885-1938) [syn: Oliver, Joseph
Oliver, King Oliver]
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ova
0
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vltava
0
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benackova
0
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bodikova
0
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bova
0
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sova
0
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bulova
0
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canova
0
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smirnova
0
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trinova
0
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castronova
0
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culinova
0
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decordova
0
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digenova
0
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gruberova
0
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portanova
0
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terranova
0
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villanova
0
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paramonova
0
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helluva
0