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proper noun
- A sub-dialect of the Indo-European Romance superfamily, spoken primarily in the southeastern region of w:Switzerland, Switzerland, the upper portion of w:Tyrol, Tyrol, and northern w:Italy, Italy.
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noun - a person in Latin America that speaks Spanish and is "Westernized", and whose culture is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American decent, a mestizo.
proper noun - a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.
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| Lakota |
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proper noun
- A Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.
- The language spoken by the Lakota.
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| Lao |
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noun
- A person from Laos or of Lao descent. The more common term is Laotian.
proper noun
- The official language of Laos (closely related to Thai).
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or the language.
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| Laotian |
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noun
- A person from Laos or of Lao descent.
- The official language of Laos (closely related to Thai).
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Laotian people or the Laotian language.
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| Late Latin |
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proper noun
- The form of the Latin language used between the 3rd and 8th centuries; Biblical Latin.
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| Latin |
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proper noun
- (uncountable) The language of the ancient Romans; classical Latin.
- A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- A person who is descended from the ancient Romans.
- A person whose native tongue is one descended from Latin, such as a Spaniard or Italian.
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adjective
- Of or relating to Latium (modern Lazio), the region around Rome.
- Of or relating to the language spoken in ancient Rome.
- Of or relating to the script of the language spoken in ancient Rome and many modern alphabets.
- Of or relating to ancient Rome or its Empire.
- Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.
- Of or from Latin America or of Latin American culture.
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| Latvian |
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proper noun
- A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.
- The official language of Latvia.
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.
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| Lett |
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proper noun
- Latvian
adjective
- Latvian
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| Lettic |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Latvian people or the Latvian language.
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| Lettish |
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Latvian people or the Latvian language.
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| Lezghian |
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proper noun
- A language spoken by the Lezgin people who live in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan.
- A person who belongs to this group.
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| Li |
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proper noun
- A surname of Chinese origin, a variant of Lee (See: �).
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| Libyan |
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noun libyan
- A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.
- Translations
- German: Libyer m, Libyerin f
adjective libyan
- Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language.
- Translations
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| Lingala |
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proper noun
- A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
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| lingua franca |
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noun (plural: see usage note)
- a language used by people of diverse speech to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar. Nowadays, this term mainly refers to the English language.
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| Lithuanian |
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proper noun
- (uncountable) The main language of Lithuania.
- (countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.
adjective
- Referring to or coming from Lithuania.
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| Low German |
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proper noun
- (linguistics) Any of a number of West Germanic languages, primarily spoken in northern Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, that did not undergo the w:High German consonant shift, High German consonant shift; the group thereof.
- (nonstandard) Any German dialect that is not the official standard.
- (nonstandard) Low Saxon.
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| lowland |
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noun (Plural: lowlands)
- Area which is lower than surrounding areas.
- The region was prone to flooding during the rainy season.
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| Luganda |
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noun - a language spoken mostly in Uganda
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| Luo |
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noun
- an ethnic group in southern Sudan, Kenya, and neighbouring countries.
- the Nilotic language spoken by this group, more properly known as Dhuluo or Dholuo.
- a Chinese surname: ç½� (LuÅ�), æ´� (Luò).
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| Lusatian |
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noun
- The Slavic language spoken by the Lusatian people, closely related to Czech.
- A member of the Lusatian people.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Lusatians.
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| Luxembourgian |
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noun
- A person from Luxembourg
adjective
- of or pertaining to Luxembourg
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| Lycian |
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proper noun
- A native or inhabitant of ancient Lycia.
- An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian group.
adjective
- of, or relating to Lycia, or its people, language or culture
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