| Jackson |
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proper noun
- A British patronymic surname derived from Jack
- A male given name derived from the surname
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| Jaffa |
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proper noun (or Yafo)
- A port in western Israel
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| Jaffna |
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proper noun
- a city in northern Sri Lanka
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| Jaipur |
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proper noun - The state capital of Rajasthan (India).
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| Jakarta |
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proper noun
- The capital of Indonesia.
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| Jam. |
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
- (biblical) An abbreviation used for the book of James, an epistle in the New Testament of the Bible.
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| Jamaica |
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proper noun
- Country in the Caribbean.
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| Jamaican |
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noun
- A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
adjective - Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.
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| James |
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Epistle of James)
- (biblical) A book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
- (biblical) Two Apostles, and other characters in the New Testament.
- (given name, male, , )
- An English surname derived from the given name.
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| Jammu and Kashmir |
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proper noun - State in northern India which has Srinagar as its capital.
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| Jan Mayen |
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proper noun
- A territory of Norway. Official name: Jan Mayen.
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| Japan |
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proper noun
- An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located the east of China, Korea and Russia.
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| Japanese |
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proper noun
- (uncountable) the main language spoken in Japan.
- I"ve been studying for three years, and I still can"t order pizza in Kyoto!
- (countable) a person living in or coming from Japan.
- A will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
- Note: this can also refer to someone of Japanese ancestry. Less frequently, someone of Japanese ancestry living in another country will be referred to by a similar pairing"e.g., Japanese-Taiwanese or Japanese-British.
- Note: many people object to the usage of this sense in singular form, and it is now more frequent to see a person in or from Japan referred to by using the adjective Japanese. Rather than "a Japanese," you will frequently see "a Japanese person."''
adjective
- of or relating to Japan.
- A saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
- In the United States, animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.
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| Jarrow |
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proper noun
- A town on the River Tyne in north east England and part of the South Tyneside district of Tyne and Wear.
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| Jasper |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, from Persian, ) of Persian origin, an English variant of Caspar.
- one of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
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| Java |
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proper noun
- An island of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
- (computing) The w:Java programming language, Java programming language (® Sun Microsystems, Inc.) An object-oriented computer programming language similar to C++.
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| Java Sea |
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proper noun
- An inland sea north of the island of Java in Indonesia and is south of Borneo.
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| Jena |
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proper noun
- a town in central Germany
- (given name, female), diminutive of Jennifer
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| Jer. |
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abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
- (biblical) An abbreviation used for the Book of Jeremiah, an Old Testament book of the Bible.
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| Jericho |
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noun
- (colloquial) Place of retirement or concealment (see 2 Sam. 10:5).
proper noun
- An ancient town in the West Bank.
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| Jersey |
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proper noun
- The largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and Great Britain.
- A type of cow from Jersey.
- (colloquial) New Jersey.
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| Jerusalem |
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proper noun
- Ancient city of Palestine and the current capital of Israel; a holy city for Judaism (Temple of Solomon and the capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judeah), Christianity (Christ"s crucifixion and resurrection), and Islam (Muhammad"s ascension to heaven).
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| Jewry |
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noun (Jewries)
- Jews in general; the Jewish population of a locale.
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| Jinju |
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proper noun
- A city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (hangul: �주�; hanja: ���)
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| Jodhpur |
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proper noun (or Marwar)
- A city in Rajasthan, India.
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| Johannesburg |
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proper noun
- The largest city of South Africa.
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| Johnston |
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proper noun
- A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Dumfriesshire
- An English surname, variant of Johnson
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| Jordan |
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proper noun
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- (rivers) A river of the Middle East, mentioned in the Bible, that empties into the Dead Sea, and after which the country is named.
- (given name, male).
- (given name, female).
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| Judea |
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noun
- The Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
- 1611 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in , and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt " 2 Maccabees 1:10 KJV.
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| Juneau |
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proper noun
- Capital of Alaska, a state of the United States of America.
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| Jungfrau |
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proper noun
- The highest mountain in the w:Bernese Alps, Bernese Alps, Switzerland
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| Jura |
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proper noun
- A département of France.
- A canton of Switzerland.
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| justice |
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noun
- the state of being just or fair
- the ideal of fairness, esp. with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing (justice was served)
- punishment of a person who wronged one (to demand justice)
- (also attrib.) the civil power dealing with law (Ministry of Justice; the justice system)
- a judge of certain courts; also as a title (Chief Justice; puisne justice; Mr. Justice Krever)
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