Babylon |
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proper noun
- Capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.
- Any city of great wealth,luxury and vice.
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(Rastafarianism) Term for the so-called white man's civilization.
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Baden |
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proper noun
- A former state of Germany.
- A town in Austria.
- A town in Switzerland.
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Baghdad |
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proper noun
- The capital of Iraq.
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Bahamas |
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proper noun
- a country in the Caribbean. Official names, short: The Bahamas; full: Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
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Bahia |
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proper noun- State in north-eastern Brazil which has Salvador as its capital.
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Bahrain |
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proper noun
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain.
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Baja California |
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proper noun
- a mountainous peninsula of western Mexico between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California
- a state of Mexico that occupies the northern part of the peninsula
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Baker |
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proper noun
- An English occupational surname from a baker, or owner of a communal oven
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Baku |
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proper noun
- The capital of Azerbaijan.
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balboa |
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noun
- The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos
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Baldwin |
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proper noun
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a surname derived from Germanic words bald, brave + wine, friend
- w:Stanley Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin British Prime Minister
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bale |
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noun
- evil, Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- suffering, Suffering, woe, torment.
verb (bal, es)
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(transitive) To wrap into a bale.
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Bali |
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proper noun- An island, part of Indonesia, just east of Java.
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Balkan |
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adjective
- Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula
- Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains
- Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants
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bally |
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adjective
- Used as a mild intensifier: very.
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That was a foolish thing to do, old chap!
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Baltic Sea |
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proper noun the
- A sea in northern Europe, connected to the Atlantic.
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Baltimore |
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proper noun
- A city in central Maryland, USA
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Bamako |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Mali
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Bandar Seri Begawan |
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proper noun
- The capital of Brunei.
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Bangalore |
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proper noun
- The state capital of Karnataka (India).
verb (Bangalor, ed)
- To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bangalore.
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Bangkok |
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proper noun
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The capital of Thailand. Also known as "Krungthep" ((THchar, à¸à¸£à¸¸à¸‡à¹€à¸—พ)).
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Bangladesh |
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proper noun
- A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh.
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Bangor |
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proper noun
- A city in Gwynedd, Wales
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Bangui |
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proper noun
- The capital of the Central African Republic.
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Banjul |
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proper noun
- The capital of The Gambia.
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bantam |
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noun
- any of several small chickens, especially one that is a miniature version of another
adjective
- small or miniature
- spirited or aggressive
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Barbados |
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proper noun
- a country in the Caribbean.
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Barcelona |
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proper noun
- A Spanish port and the capital of Catalonia
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Bari |
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proper noun
- Province of Apulia, Italy.
- Town, port and capital of Bari and also the capital of Apulia.
- A Nilotic language of Sudan.
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barking |
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noun (uncountable)
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The action of the verb to bark.
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Loud barking could be heard from the dog pound.
proper nounBarking- A town in London.
verb-
(present participle of, bark)
adjective
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Who or that barks or bark.
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barking dogs
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(British slang) Short for barking mad.
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He's going to run the marathon in this hot weather dressed as Donald Duck – he must be !
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Barnet |
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proper noun
- a borough in Greater London
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Barnsley |
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proper noun
- A town in the county South Yorkshire in the north of England.
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barrow |
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noun
- A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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Basel |
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proper noun
- Town in Switzerland. Alternative spelling: Basle
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Basel-Stadt |
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proper noun
- A canton of Switzerland (the German name).
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Basildon |
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proper noun
- A new town in Essex, England
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Basilicata |
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proper noun- a region of southern Italy.
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Basseterre |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Bath |
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proper noun
- A city in England, famous for its bath, baths fed by a hot spring.
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(rare): Abbreviated name for the Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab nationalist political party present in several countries in the Mid-East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
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Baton Rouge |
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proper nounbaton, Baton rouge, Rouge
- A city that is the capital of the state of Louisiana in the United States.
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battery |
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noun (batter, ies)
- A device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances.
- The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.
- A coordinated group of artillery.
- An array of similar things.
Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
- A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farm, farming their eggs.
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(baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
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(chess) Two or more pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
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Bavaria |
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proper noun
- One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
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bayamo |
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noun
- A violent storm in the Caribbean
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(figuratively) a violent force
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beacon |
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noun
- A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning or guiding.
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(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
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A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501).
- A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
- That which gives notice of danger.
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Beatrice |
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proper noun
- A female given name, the Italian and French form of Beatrix
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Beaumont |
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proper noun
- An English habitational surname from either of several places in France
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Bedford |
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proper noun
- The county town of Bedfordshire, England
- A truck manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
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Bedfordshire |
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proper noun
- A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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beds |
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noun-
Plural of bed.
abbreviationBeds-
British postal abbreviation of Bedfordshire.
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Beirut |
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proper noun- The capital city of Lebanon.
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Belarus |
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proper noun
- A country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus (Ð ÑÑпуÐ~+mn~лiка БеларуÑÑŒ).
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Belfast |
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proper noun
- A seaport in and the capital of Northern Ireland.
- A town in the State of Maine, USA.
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Belgium |
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proper noun
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A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Its capital city: Brussels. It has three subnational states:
- Wallonia (la Wallonie in French)
- Language: French ('Walloon')
- Capital city: Namur
- Anthem: 'Li Tchant des Wallons' (The Chant (song) of the Walloons) / Flag: Le Coq Wallon (The Walloon Rooster)
- Flanders (Vlaanderen in Dutch)
- Language: Dutch (Flemish)
- Capital city: Brussels
- Anthem: 'De Vlaamse Leeuw' (The Flemish Lion) / Flag: De Vlaamse Leeuw (The Flemish Lion)
- Brussels-Capital Region (Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest in Dutch)
- Language: Dutch, French
- Capital city: Brussels
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Belgrade |
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proper noun
- The capital of Serbia; formerly the capital of Serbia and Montenegro and of former Yugoslavia.
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Belize |
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proper noun
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An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras. Official name: Belize. The capital is Belmopan, and the chief seaport is Belize City.
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Bell |
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proper noun
- A Scottish and northern English surname for a bell ringer, bell maker, or from someone who lived "at the Bell (inn)"
- The Bell telephone company (after w:Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.)
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Bellingham |
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proper noun (wikipedia, Bellingham, Washington)
- a city in Washington state, USA
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Belmopan |
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proper noun
- The capital of Belize.
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Belo Horizonte |
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proper noun- State capital of Minas Gerais, Brasil.
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bend |
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noun
- A curve.
- There's a sharp in the road ahead.
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(nautical) Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.<!-- or the end of a line into some other object; (the latter are called hitch)
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Note: In naval parlance, a knot involves splicing the strands of a rope.-->
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(context, in plural, medicine, diving) (the bends) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
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(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinary, ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
verb (bends, bending, bent)
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(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- If you the pipe too far, it will break.
- Don"t your knees.
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(context, transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- Bend the sail to the yard.
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(context, transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- You should the G sligthly sharp in the next measure.
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(context, intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
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(intransitive) To become curved.
- Look at the trees bending in the wind.
- To bow properly, at the waist.
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(intransitive) To change direction.
- The road bends to the right
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Benevento |
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proper noun
- Province of Campania, Italy.
- Town and capital of Benevento.
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Bengal |
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proper noun
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A region in the northeast of South Asia.
- A player on the team w:Cincinnati Bengals, The Cincinnati Bengals.
- Jones became a in a trade for Smith.
- A short-haired domestic cat breed, which originated in the United States. w:Bengal (cat), Wikipedia
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Benghazi |
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proper noun
- A Mediterranean sea port in North Africa, in what is today Libya.
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Benin |
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proper noun
- A country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Benin.
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Ben Nevis |
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proper noun
- The highest mountain in the United Kingdom, in the Highlands of Scotland.
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Bergen |
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proper noun
- A city in Norway.
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Bering Sea |
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proper noun
- the sea between Siberia and Alaska that is connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.
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Berkeley |
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proper noun
- A given name.
- A city in California.
- The University of California: .
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Berkshire |
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proper noun
- A inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Wiltshire.
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Berlin |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Germany.
- One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
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Bermuda |
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proper noun
- An island group in the the North Atlantic Ocean, 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, held as an Overseas Territory by Britain.
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Bern |
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proper noun
- The capital of Switzerland and of the canton of Bern.
- A canton of Switzerland.
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Berne |
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proper noun- An alternative spelling for Bern (the city or the canton).
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berry |
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noun (berr, ies)
- A small fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- A soft fruit which develops from a superior ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
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Berwick |
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proper noun
- Any number of towns, see .
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Berwick-upon-Tweed |
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proper noun- A town in Northumberland, England
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Bethany |
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proper noun
- The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
- The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
- Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene
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(given name, female, ), transferred use of the biblical place name.
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Beverly Hills |
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proper noun
- A city within Los Angeles, California.
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Bhopal |
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proper noun
- State capital of Madhya Pradesh (India).
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