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c. abbreviation (context, preposition) circa The document was written in the Middle Ages, 1250. (context, noun) city CA abbreviation California, a state of the United States of America. Canada. Cellular Automata Caen proper noun A city in the Calvados département of Basse-Normandie, France (San Francisco) A caenism, something from w:Herb Caen, the late, incredibly long-term columnist for the w:San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle. Caernarvonshire proper noun (alternative spelling of, Caernarfonshire) Cagliari proper noun Province of Sardinia, Italy. Capital and port of Cagliari and also the capital of Sardinia. cairns noun (plural of, cairn) Cairo proper noun The capital of Egypt. Calabria proper noun A region of southern Italy. Calais proper noun A town in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France. Calcutta proper noun Former name of Kolkata, the State capital of West Bengal (India). Calgary proper noun The largest city of the province of Alberta (Canada). Cali proper noun A city of western Colombia on the Cali River, southwest of Bogotí¡. (slang) The state of California in the United States. California proper noun A western coastal state of the United States of America.Capital: Sacramento. *Supplemental Details:* Texas - One of 50 states that form the United States of America. Texas is the largest of the 48 contiguous states and is located in the South, center of the country along the border with Mexico. Texas was founded in 1835 as the Republic of Texas, a sovereign nation. Following a war of independence with Mexico, Texas was annexed as the 28th US state, on December 29, 1845. From: AllLotto.com for Texas Lottery Results. Caltanissetta proper noun Province of Sicily, Italy. Town and capital of Caltanissetta. Calvados proper noun A département of France, in the Basse-Normandie region. Cambodia proper noun A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Former name: Kampuchea Cambridge proper noun A city in England famous for its university. w:University of Cambridge, Cambridge University. He went to Cambridge, you know. Cambridgeshire proper noun An inland eastern county of England bordered by Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire. Camden proper noun An inner London borough comprising Hampstead, Holborn and St Pancras. A town name in various other locales. An English habitational surname. (given name, male), modern transferred use of the surname. Cameroon proper noun Country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Cameroon. Campania proper noun A region of southern Italy. Campbell proper noun A Scottish surname from the Gaelic cam beul, crooked mouth. (given name, male) derived from the surname. Campo Grande proper noun State capital of Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil). Canada proper noun A country in North America; official name : Canada. Canary Islands proper noun canary, Canary island, Islands An archipelago off the coast of north-west Morocco, belonging to Spain Canberra proper noun National capital of Australia, located in the Australian Capital Territory. (Colloquial) The Australian government. A new tax policy was announced by Canberra today. Cancer proper noun (symbol â™‹) (constellation) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab. 1602 " Shakespeare, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Troilus_and_Cressida Troilus and Cressida ii 3 And add more coals to when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion. (astrology) The Zodiac sign for the crab, covering June 22 - July 22. Cannes proper noun A town in the south-east of France Canterbury proper noun An ancient city in Kent, England Canton proper noun An alternative (former) name for Guangzhou in China. An alternative (former) name for Guangdong in China. A topographical surname of French or Galician derivation canyon noun A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. Cape of Good Hope proper noun a cape in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town. Cape Town proper noun The legislative capital of South Africa. Cape Verde proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Cape Verde. Capri proper noun an island in the Bay of Naples; part of Campania Caracas proper noun The capital of Venezuela. Cardiff proper noun The capital city of Wales cardigan noun A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. Cardigans are available for both sexes but recent fashions have resulted in them being more typically worn by women. proper noun Cardigan A town in Wales. Cardiganshire proper noun A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire. Carinthia proper noun a federal state of Austria. Carlisle proper noun A city in north-western England, the county town of Cumbria and formerly of Cumberland. Carmarthenshire proper noun A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire. A local government principal area, bordered by Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Carolina proper noun (given name, female, from Latin, ), Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English. Carson proper noun An Irish and Scottish surname, possible a form of Curzon. (given name, male) (and very rarely a female name) transferred from the surname. Carson City proper noun Carson city, City The capital of the US state of Nevada Carthage proper noun An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. Cary proper noun A male given name, a variant of the Irish Carey casbah noun The older part of a city in northern Africa or Middle East. cashmere noun Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat A soft fabric made of this wool proper noun Cashmere (archaic) Kashmir Caspian Sea proper noun A landlocked sea between Asia and European Russia, and the world"s largest inland body of water. Castries proper noun The capital city of Saint Lucia Catalonia proper noun A country of SW Europe, an autonomous community of Spain. Historically, a principality also including a strip of nowadays Aragon and the region of Roussillon (nowadays part of France). Official name: Catalonia (Catalunya). Area: 31,930 km.² Population (2003): 6,505,600. Catania proper noun Province of Sicily, Italy. Town and capital of Catania. Catanzaro proper noun Province of Calabria, Italy. Town and capital of Catanzaro and also the capital of Calabria. Cathay proper noun The name that was given to northern China by Marco Polo Caucasus proper noun A mountain range in West Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, on the territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. cayenne noun cayenne pepper, Cayenne pepper. adjective Of or pertaining to Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, its inhabitants, or to Cayenne Island at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Of or pertaining to cayenne pepper. Cayman Islands proper noun A British territory in the Caribbean. Celebes proper noun The former name of Sulawesi central adjective being in the centre being the most important having or containing the centre of something Central African noun A person from Central Africa or of Central African descent. adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Central Africa, the Central African people or the Central African language. Central African Republic proper noun Country in Central Africa. Official name: Central African Republic. Central America proper noun The part of the Americas between North America and South America, consisting of the following countries: Guatemala Belize Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Ceres proper noun (mythology) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter. (astronomy) A celestial body orbitting between Mars and Jupiter; previously defined as an asteroid; now officially known as a dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres. (wikipedia, 1 Ceres) Ceuta proper noun A Spanish enclave at the edge of Morocco Ceylon proper noun The old name for Sri Lanka, prior to 1972. Chad proper noun A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Chad. (given name, male) from Old English Ceadda, a seventh century saint. Champagne proper noun A region and former province of France. champaign noun (geography) open countryside, or an area of open countryside 1605: Of all these bounds even from this line to this, / With shadowy forests and with champaigns riched, / With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, / We make thee lady. " William Shakespeare, King Lear, I.i Champlain proper noun A surname from a French topographic name from words meaning field and flat w:Samuel de Champlain, Samuel de Champlain French geographer and explorer Chandigarh proper noun Union territory in northern India. City located in the union territory of Chandigarh, serving simultaneously as capital of this union territory and of the states of Haryana and Punjab. Chandler proper noun An English occupational surname for a maker or seller of candles. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname. Channel Islands proper noun A group of islands in the English Channel - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Lihou, Jethou and Burhou A group of islands off the coast of California Charles proper noun (given name, male) Charleston proper noun The capital city of West Virginia, USA. A large city and port in South Carolina, USA. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Charlotte proper noun (given name, female, from French, ) used in the English-speaking world since the seventeenth century. The largest city in the state of North Carolina. Charlottetown proper noun provincial, Provincial capital of Prince Edward Island (Canada). Chattanooga proper noun A city in Tennessee near the border with Georgia Chautauqua noun A place in the state of New York where people go over in the summer for vacation to enjoy artistic events. A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks. Cheapside proper noun any of several streets in English towns and cities that were originally marketplaces (London) a street, and surrounding district, in the City; links Newgate Street, Cornhill, Threadneedle Street, Poultry and Lomboard Street (and others) Chelmsford proper noun The county town of Essex, England Chelsea proper noun A district on the northern bank of the river Thames in western London. A type of porcelain once manufactured there. Several cities (mostly in the US) named after it. (given name, female, ), derived from the London borough. Cher proper noun A short form of the female given name Cherilyn. Cherbourg proper noun A coastal town in Normandy, France Cheshire proper noun A maritime county of England, bordered by the Irish Sea, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire. Chester proper noun The county town of Cheshire, in northwest England. Any of a number of towns in the United States. (See W:Chester (disambiguation), Chester) A town in Nova Scotia, Canada. A male given name. cheviot noun a coarse woolen fabric made from the wool of Cheviot sheep Cheyenne proper noun (plural: or Cheyennes) A member of the Cheyenne tribe. A western member of the w:Algonquian languages, Algonquian branch of the w:Algic languages, Algic language family. Cheyenne is spoken in Oklahoma and on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. There are currently (2005) approximately 1,200 Cheyenne-speakers in Montana and 500 in Oklahoma. The capital of the State of Wyoming. (given name, female or male) of modern American usage. Chicago proper noun A large city in Illinois, USA. Chihuahua noun A desert state in northwestern Mexico. The capital city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Chile noun chile (plural: chillun) (defn, English) proper noun A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. While I come from , my friend is from England, so I had to learn to speak English. China proper noun A country in East Asia. Official name: People's Republic of China (Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo). Region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). The civilisation/civilization of the Chinese people. chino noun (wikipedia, Chino_cloth) (plural chinos) A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. Chios proper noun One of the Sporades Islands of Greece. The capital of Chios. chosen verb (past participle of, choose) Christmas Island proper noun non self-governing territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. Alternative name for Kiritimati, an island of Kiribati Churchill proper noun (wikipedia, Churchill (disambiguation)) Any of several English placenames from church and hill A habitational surname from any of these places w:Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill English statesman and author Cicero proper noun The Roman statesman and orator MÄrcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC). Cincinnati proper noun A town in Ohio. Clayton proper noun Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere, from Old English clí¦g "clay" + tÅ«n "enclosure, settlement". An English habitational surname from the placename. (given name, male) from the surname. Cleveland proper noun A city in Ohio. A former county in northeast England bordering Yorkshire and County Durham. Clifton proper noun Any of several places in England, especially a suburb of Bristol, England An English habitational surname for someone who lived in a town of this name. Clinton proper noun An Irish surname, the short form of McClinton? An English habitational surname from either of several places named "Glinton" or "Glympton" w:Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton US President Clyde proper noun (rivers) A river in Scotland that flows through Glasgow into the Firth of Clyde. (mostly U.S:) (given name, male) from the river name. coco noun coconut palm coconut adjective Of a chocolate-like nature. Containing or flavoured like chocolate. Cocoa proper noun (wikipedia, Cocoa (API)) (computing) an object-oriented programming API for Mac OS X COD initialism or C.O.D. Cash on delivery. Colchester proper noun A town in Essex, England Colo. abbreviation Colorado Cologne proper noun A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River. Colombia proper noun Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Colombo proper noun Capital and largest city of Sri Lanka. colon noun (plural: colons or obsolete: cola) (grammar) The punctuation mark ":" introducing a quotation or a series of items, or separating clauses. (anatomy) The final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the anus A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. colony noun (colonies) Region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country. Bermuda is a crown of Great Britain. A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association. ant The Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebubble, bluebottle or the man-of-war, is commonly thought of as a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore " a of specialized polyps and medusoids. Wikipedia article on (w, Portuguese Man o' War) colophon noun In handwritten manuscripts (before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name. A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust-jacket. On websites, the page identifying the details of the creation, such as owner and technology used. Colorado proper noun A (USstate) Capital: Denver. Colton proper noun Any of several placenames in England derived from Old English cola (coal) and tun (settlement) An English and Scottish habitational surname derived from any of these places A male given name transferred from the surname Columbia proper noun (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. (archaic) The female personification of the USA. Shortened form of w:Columbia University, Columbia University. The space shuttle Columbia. The capital and largest city of South Carolina. A city in Missouri Columbus proper noun A masculine given name. w:Christopher Columbus, Christopher Columbus (1451?-1506), Italian explorer of the Americas. One of various cities in the USA, among others the capital of Ohio. commerce noun (business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. "Fifteen years of thought, observation, and with the world had made him Bunyan wiser." -Macaulay. Sexual intercourse. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. verb (commerc, ing) (dated) To carry on trade; to traffic. Obs. Beware you not with bankrupts. -B. Jonson. (dated) To hold intercourse; to commune. Commercing with himself. -Tennyson. Musicians ... taught the people in angelic harmonies to with heaven. -Prof. Wilson. Commonwealth of Independent States proper noun Successor to the Soviet Union, this is a confederation of eleven former Soviet republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Como proper noun Province of Lombardy, Italy. City and capital of Como. Comoros proper noun Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Union of the Comores. Conakry proper noun The capital of Guinea. Concord proper noun The state capital of New Hampshire Congo proper noun Country in Central Africa with Brazzaville as capital. Official name: Republic of the Congo. Country in Central Africa with Kinshasa as capital (formerly Zaire). Official name: Democratic Republic of the Congo. (rivers) A large river in Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Conn. abbreviation Connecticut. Connacht proper noun The western province in Ireland, comprising of counties of Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo. Connecticut proper noun A (USstate) Capital: Hartford. Constance proper noun (given name, female, from Latin, ); a medieval form of the Latin Constantia from a word meaning constancy Constantine proper noun A male given name. Constantinople proper noun Name of present-day Istanbul from AD 330 to AD 1930. Previously known as Byzantium. continent noun A large contiguous landmass that is at least partially surrounded by water, together with any islands on its continental shelf adjective exercising continence Conway proper noun Former English name of Conwy in North Wales A Welsh habitational surname derived from the city or its river A male given name transferred from the surname COO initialism Chief Operating Officer Cook proper noun an English occupational name (surname) for a cook, or a seller of cooked food Cook Islands proper noun Self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Cook Islands. coorg noun Coorg A mountainous region found in south western India. Also known locally as kodagu. A member of the ethnic community originating from the region of Coorg in India. Copenhagen proper noun The capital city of Denmark. One of the former counties of Denmark. A community in Louisiana. Coral Springs proper noun (wikipedia, Coral Springs, Florida ) a city in Florida named for its natural spring water cordovan noun a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide. adjective oxblood (the color) Corfu proper noun One of the Ionian Islands, Greece. The capital of Corfu. Corinth proper noun A city in Greece. Cork proper noun Principal city of County Cork. County in the Republic of Ireland. (County Cork) Cornwall proper noun A maritime county of England, forming its south-western extremity, bordered by Devon in the east. corona noun (plural: coronae or coronas) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services. (star): The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse, (biology): Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal. (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher. Coronado proper noun A peninsula in San Diego corse noun (archaic) a corpse Corsica proper noun an island in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia; it is part of France Cos proper noun or Kos An island of the Dodecanese, Greece. Cosenza proper noun Province of Calabria, Italy. Town and capital of Cosenza. Costa Rica proper noun Country in Central America; Official name: Republic of Costa Rica. Cotonou proper noun The de facto capital of Benin. Coventry noun Banishment. ::Joe received from his colleagues after telling the sexist joke. proper noun An industrial city in central England. Cracow proper noun A city in Poland. crater lake noun (geology) a lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano Cremona proper noun Province of Lombardy, Italy. Town and capital of Cremona. Cretan noun An inhabitant or a resident of Crete. adjective Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants. Crete proper noun one of the 13 peripheries of Greece; an island in the Mediterranean Sea. Crimea proper noun An autonomous republic within Ukraine Cristobal proper noun Town and port in Panama, near Colón and the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal. The .30 Kiraly-Cristobal sub-machine gun Croatia proper noun Country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Cromwell proper noun an English habitational surname from either of several placenames w:Oliver Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell English military leader, politician, and dictator, or his son w:Richard Cromwell, Richard Cromwell Croydon proper noun (wikipedia, London Borough of Croydon) A borough and town in the south of Greater London. Crystal proper noun (given name, female). (slang) The drug Crystal Meth (methamphetamine hydrochloride) Cumberland proper noun A maritime traditional county of England, bordered by Dumfries-shire, Roxburghshire, Northumberland, County Durham, Westmorland, Lancashire and the Irish Sea; part of Cumbria for administrative purposes. A city in Allegany County, Maryland, USA. Cumberland, Maryland is the county seat of Allegany County. Cumbria proper noun A modern county of England made up of the former counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and part of Lancashire. Cuneo proper noun Province of Piedmont, Italy. City and capital of Cuneo. Curitiba proper noun State capital of Paraní¡ (Brazil). cutch noun (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail Cyclades proper noun Cycladic adjective of, or relating to the Cyclades cypress noun (plural: cypresses) An evergreen coniferous tree with flatterned shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning. Cyprus proper noun Country between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea. Member state of the European Union since 2004. Official name: Republic of Cyprus. Island between Europe and the Middle East, in the Mediterranean Sea. Cyrenaica proper noun A Roman province on the North African coast, now part of Libya

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