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- ...l life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Qin Shihuang|publisher=Ministry of Culture, [[People's Republic of China]]| year=2003|url=http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_abou ...t comes from ''hydrargyrum'', a [[Latin]]ized form of the [[Greek language|Greek]] word Ύδραργυρος (''hydrargyros''), which is a compound word mea69 KB (10,077 words) - 20:35, 20 September 2010
- ...[[Johann Heinrich Zedler]], who argued that death alone should not render people notable. ...I of the United Kingdom|King George III]]; calling him "the Father of Your People, and enlightened Patron of Arts, Sciences and Literature", Gleig wished61 KB (8,890 words) - 12:32, 19 September 2010
- ...hical outlook was [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] and it tried to integrate [[Greek philosophy]] (and especially the [[Dialectic|dialectical reasoning]] and [[ ...uth'') and the Master of the Age (''Sahib al-Zaman'') and the Imam for the people as long as he lives, If he fulfills his mission and accomplishes his allott42 KB (6,519 words) - 12:33, 19 September 2010
- '''Homeostasis''' (from [[List of Greek words with English derivatives|Greek]]: ὅμοιος, ''homoios'', "similar"; and ἵστημι, ''histēmi'', ...o function, at a slower rate, even though the body is starving. Therefore, people who deprive themselves of food while trying to lose weight would find it ea21 KB (3,070 words) - 20:41, 19 September 2010
- ...o make fall".<ref>{{cite web| last= Liddell| first= Henry George| title= A Greek-English Lexicon ...s likely that the name itself was expressive of this application. From the Greek, the word passed into late Latin, and thence into French ("asphalte") and E34 KB (5,036 words) - 20:35, 20 September 2010
- ...the English monk [[Roger Bacon]], or by the [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] people (according to [[folklore]] a [[friar]] [[Berthold Schwarz]]), with literary ...<ref name="partingtonquote"/> [[Fathullah Shirazi]] (c. 1582), a [[Persian people|Persian]]-[[History of India|Indian]] [[polymath]] and mechanical engineer51 KB (7,447 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
- ...inually evolved, and the choices of textiles available have influenced how people carried their possessions, [[clothing|clothed]] themselves, and decorated t ...ton has been spun, woven, and dyed since prehistoric times. It clothed the people of ancient India, Egypt, and China. Hundreds of years before the Christian36 KB (5,348 words) - 09:16, 20 September 2010
- '''Asbestos''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ἄσβεστος meaning "unquenchable" or "inextinguishable") is a set ...ish). The ancients already recognized certain hazards of the material. The Greek geographer [[Strabo]] and the Roman naturalist [[Pliny the Elder]] noted th77 KB (11,403 words) - 20:32, 20 September 2010
- ...institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ==Institutions named for people associated with the institution==106 KB (14,441 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- * [[Laconia]] - an ancient Greek, after whom we name the [[Laconic phrase]] * [[Mentor]] ([[Greek mythology]]) — mentor: a trusted friend, counselor or teacher, usually a29 KB (3,507 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- ...tered legally as a company. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[Lists of etymologies]]. All of these are named after founders, co-fo ...nstitute]] - health care [[think tank]] named after [[Galen]], a prominent Greek [[physician]]43 KB (4,797 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- ...es in the [[United States|United States of America]] which are named after people. The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or t *[[Euclid, Ohio]] – [[Euclid]] ([[Greek mathematics|Greek mathematician]])149 KB (18,349 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- This is a list of '''[[prize]]s''' that are '''named after people'''. ''For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[Lists of etymologies]]''.74 KB (9,674 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- ...ace names see [[toponomy]]. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[eponym]]. {{main|List of countries named after people}}100 KB (12,554 words) - 20:06, 21 September 2010
- .../cartoons.wrap/| archivedate = May 15, 2007}}</ref> Globally, at least 139 people were killed and 823 injured.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2006-03-02| title=Cartoon Professors assert that "Hatred towards people who follow other religions such as Jews and Christians, as well as Hindus a89 KB (13,847 words) - 20:58, 26 September 2010
- ...rom the [[Latin]] ''butyrum'', which is borrowed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''boutyron''. This may have been a construction meaning "cow-cheese" (''b ...ered butter a food fit more for the northern [[barbarian]]s. A play by the Greek comic poet [[Anaxandrides]] refers to [[Thracians]] as ''boutyrophagoi''; "40 KB (5,956 words) - 18:36, 13 October 2010
- ...sbn=0-520-24638-1 | pages=.264}}</ref> It was also consumed by [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] tribes.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} ...[[yoghurt]] or kumis, both of which are relatively easily digested even by people who produce little [[lactase]]."</ref>14 KB (2,194 words) - 18:37, 13 October 2010
- ...dsway Airport, Isle of Man via [[RAF Walney Island]], Lancashire. All nine people on board were rescued by a [[Trawler (fishing)|trawler]] from [[Port Erin]] ;{{flag|Greece|royal}}: [[Greek Air Force|Hellenic Royal Air Force]]50 KB (7,231 words) - 20:55, 17 February 2018