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  • 121Freiherr — a German word, is a title of nobility of lower peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches Reich , HRR ), or in its various German successor states, like Prussia, Bavaria, Württemberg, Hessen and others. In Austria …

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  • 122Culture of Tonga — Tonga College students performing a Kailao dance The Tongan archipelago has been inhabited for perhaps 3000 years, since settlement in late Lapita times. The culture of its inhabitants has surely changed greatly over this long time period. Before …

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  • 123Harry Turtledove's Darkness — The Darkness Series is a series of six fantasy novels by Harry Turtledove.* Into the Darkness (1999) * Darkness Descending (2000) * Through the Darkness (2001) * Rulers of the Darkness (2002) * Jaws of the Darkness (2003) * Out of the Darkness… …

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  • 124caste — casteism, n. casteless, adj. /kast, kahst/, n. 1. Sociol. a. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. b. any… …

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  • 125count — count1 /kownt/, v.t. 1. to check over (the separate units or groups of a collection) one by one to determine the total number; add up; enumerate: He counted his tickets and found he had ten. 2. to reckon up; calculate; compute. 3. to list or name …

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  • 126Count Aage of Rosenborg — Prince Aage Count of Rosenborg Prince Aage photographed in 1912. Spouse Mathilde Calvi dei conti di Bergolo Issue Count Valdemar …

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  • 127Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — Prince Alfred Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha Reign 1893–1900 Predecessor Ernest II Successor Charles …

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  • 128Swedish nobility — The Swedish nobility (Adeln) were historically a legally and/or socially privileged class in Sweden, part of the so called frälse (a classification defined by tax exemptions and representation in the diet that also applied to clergy). Today, the… …

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