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  • Metal
    The term "ferrous" is derived from the [[Latin language|Latin word]] meaning "containing iron". This can include pure iron, such as [[wro ...importer of [[ores]] and metals in 2005 followed by the [[United States of America|U.S.A.]] and [[Japan]].<ref>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATIST
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  • Ruthenium
    ...laus]] discovered the element in 1844 and named it after [[Ruthenia]], the Latin word for [[Etymology of Rus and derivatives|Rus']]. Ruthenium is found asso ...her platinum group metals in the [[Ural Mountains]] and in North and South America. Small but commercially important quantities are also found in [[pentlandit
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  • Vermiculite
    ...[[Millbury]], [[Worcester County, Massachusetts]], USA. Its name is from [[Latin]] ''vermiculare,'' ''to breed worms,'' for the manner in which it [[exfolia ...r of asbestos products even had to discontinue selling anything to [[North America]] directly, having to rely now on surrogate trading companies for sales to
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  • Spermaceti
    ...''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''sperma'', seed, and [[Latin language|Latin]] ''cetus'', whale) sometimes erroneously called ''parmaceti'' is a [[wax]] ...|first= Eric Jay |coauthors= |title= Leviathan, The History of Whaling in America |publisher= W.W. Norton & Co. |year= 2007 |month= |isbn= 978-0-393-6057-7 }
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  • Quincha
    Quincha is a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] term widely known in [[Latin America]], borrowed from [[Quechua]] ''qincha''<ref>Real Academia Española. http:/
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  • Terracotta
    ...iam-webster.com/dictionary/terra-cotta Merriam-Webster.com]</ref> from the Latin ''terra cocta'') is a [[clay]]-based unglazed [[ceramic]],<ref>[[OED]], "Te ...a belief in a Mother Goddess.<ref>Jacob Neusner, ed. <U>World Religions in America</U>. Louisville: [[Westminster John Knox Press]], 2003.</ref> The [[Burney
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  • Thuja plicata
    ...[[tree]] in the cypress family [[Cupressaceae]] native to western [[North America]]. It is the [[Provincial tree emblems of Canada|Provincial tree]] of [[Bri ''Thuja plicata'' is one of two ''Thuja'' species native to North America, the other being ''[[Thuja occidentalis]]''. The species name ''plicata'' d
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  • Cancer
    ...'''-carcinoma''', '''-sarcoma''' or '''-blastoma''' as a suffix, with the Latin or Greek word for the organ of origin as the root. For instance, a cancer o ...of [[hepatitis B]] patients per year (especially in Asia, less so in North America), and in 1.4% of [[hepatitis C]] carriers per year. Liver cirrhosis, whethe
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  • Pointing and calling
    ...ct/term/latin_america/mexico_2001_3.html|title=Terminal Evaluation - Latin America and the Caribbean|publisher=[[Japan International Cooperation Agency]]|acce
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  • Occupational hygiene
    ...Europe) is synonymous with ''Industrial Hygiene'' (used in the US, Latin America, and other countries that received initial technical support or training fr ===United States of America===
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  • Beryllium
    ...ch 243 tonnes (71%) came from mines and smelters in the [[United States of America]]. By 2008, the world's production of beryllium had decreased somewhat, to
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  • Mining
    ===North and South America=== In [[North America]] there are ancient, prehistoric [[copper]] mines along [[Lake Superior]].<
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  • Linda Rosenstock
    ...e World Health Organization. This included health effects studies in Latin America.<ref name=>"[http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ergonomics/EWconf97/ec4rosen.h
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  • Emerson Electric Company
    ...ican President and government authorities to open an operation for [[Latin America]] based in Costa Rica. They are planning to hire more than 500 engineers in .../magazines/fortune/fortune500/2009/snapshots/143.html Fortune 500] list of America's largest corporations, as ranked by revenues.
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  • Robert Bosch GmbH
    ...including its wholly owned subsidiaries such as Robert Bosch LLC in North America, is unusual in that it is an extremely large, privately owned corporation t ...ns of Bosch Group is located.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} In North America, Bosch employs about 24,750 people in 80 locations, generating $8.8&nbsp;bi
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  • List of eponyms
    ...etal, subtly attached an association with his name. ''Lecoq'' (rooster) in Latin is ''gallus''. * [[Delmonico]], America's first restaurant--[[Delmonico steak]] (boneless Prime rib)
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  • List of places named after people
    *[[Americas]] ([[North America]] and [[South America]]) &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]] or [[Richard Amerike]] *[[United States of America]] &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]] or [[Richard Amerike]]
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  • List of atlases
    ...Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World atlas], world atlas, plus atlas for North America and Europe to street level. *[http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/ 1645 Latin edition of Blaeu's Atlas] at [[UCLA]] (partial copy)
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  • List of parasites of humans
    !Latin name (sorted) |[[Mexico]], Central America, South America - 16-18 million
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  • Metamizole
    ...case-control study, is examining the incidence of agranulocytosis in Latin America and the role of metamizole.
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  • Cannabis
    '''''Cannabis''''' (''[[Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Cán-na-bis]]'') is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s that includes three ...|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κάνναβις}} (''{{lang|grc|kánnabis}}'') (see [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|cannabis}}''),<ref>"cannabis" OED Online. July 2009. [[Oxford
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  • Joint (cannabis)
    ...This is known as a crutch or "[[Roach (drug culture)|roach]]." In North America "roach" usually means the smoked-down butt of a joint. In North America since the 1990s, a "[[Blunt (marijuana cigar)|blunt]]" is rolled using a ci
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  • Ketorolac
    ...s commonly available over-the-counter in Mexico and other areas of [[Latin America]], at the pharmacist's discretion.
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  • Meloxicam
    ...brand name Mobic, in Germany as Mobec, and in Canada as Mobicox. In Latin America, the drug is marketed as Tenaron, Ilacox, Mavicam, or Melocam. A [[veterina
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  • History of general anesthesia
    ...ce of the poppy and it may be the [[etymology|etymological]] origin of the Latin "''[[papaver]]''".<ref name=Terry1928/> ...001>{{Cite book|last=Fenster|first=JM|title=Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It|place=New York
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  • Letelier case
    ...initiated by [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[dictatorship]]s in South America to [[Intelligence (information gathering)|gather intelligence]] on oppositi ...he Letelier assassination, [[Henry Kissinger|Kissinger]] ordered "that the Latin American rulers involved be informed that the 'assassination of subversives
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  • Militant
    ...ich is both an [[adjective]] and a [[noun]], comes from the 15th Century [[Latin]] "''militare''" meaning "to serve as a [[soldier]]". The related modern co ...st, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Latin America. Jaguar books on Latin America, no. 26. Wilmington, Del: Scholarly Resources, 2003. Page 238.</ref> conven
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  • Terrorism
    "Terror" comes from a Latin ''terrere'' meaning "to frighten".<ref name=tws11janrdw>{{cite news ...umnist William Safire wrote that the word "terrorist" has its roots in the Latin terrere, which means "to frighten."
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  • Propaganda of the deed
    ...ement (in particular the new importance of anarcho-syndicalism in European Latin countries such as France, Italy and Spain) and the influence of the [[Octob ...y and anarchists: a history of the red terror and the social revolution in America and Europe : communism, socialism, and nihilism in doctrine and in deed : t
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  • Guerrilla warfare
    '''Latin America:''' ...ng the war in Vietnam in the 1960s,<ref>Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos, Steerforth Press, 1996 |isbn=9781883642365</ref>
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  • Organized crime
    ....."<ref>Sullivan, Robert, ed. ''Mobsters and Gangsters: Organized Crime in America, from [[Al Capone]] to [[Tony Soprano]].'' New York: Life Books, 2002</ref> ...ch as the [[Crips]] and [[Bloods]], [[Florencia 13]], [[Latin Kings (gang)|Latin Kings]], [[Tiny Rascal Gangsters]], [[Trinitarios]], [[Dominicans Don't Pla
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  • List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates
    ===[[Latin America|Latin American]] drug cartels=== ** [[Black Eagles]] <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11274221 BBC News - New armed drug-trafficking groups menace Colombia]</ref
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  • Luis Posada Carriles
    ...thors= |title=Anti-Castro Extremists Tolerated, if Not Encouraged, by Some Latin American Nations. |url=http://www.tni.org/letelier-docs/151176.htm |quote=M ==Contras and Central America (1985 - 2005)==
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  • Caltrop
    ...-trap). The synonymous Latin word ''[[tribulus]]'' gave rise to the modern Latin name of a plant offering similar hazards to sandaled or bare feet, ''[[Trib ...scoveries at Jamestown, Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America By John L. Cotter and J. Paul Hudson 1957 [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1
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  • Butter
    The word ''butter'' derives (via [[Germanic languages]]) from the [[Latin]] ''butyrum'', which is borrowed from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''boutyr ...tional uses which are specific to certain cultures. For instance, in North America, applying butter to the handle of a door is a common prank on [[April Fools
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  • Cheese
    ...eus'',<ref>{{cite book | last = Simpson | first = D.P. | title = Cassell's Latin Dictionary | publisher = Cassell Ltd. | year = 1979 | edition = 5 | locatio ...d West-Germanic form ''*kasjus'', which in turn is an early borrowing from Latin.
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  • Yoghurt
    ...alphabet|a variant of the Arabic alphabet]] until the introduction of the Latin alphabet in 1928. In older Turkish, the letter denoted a [[voiced velar fri ...ɒɡət|}}) in the UK, with a long ''o'' ({{IPA|/ˈjoʊɡərt/}}) in North America, Australia and South Africa, and with either a long or short ''o'' in New Z
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