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carnival
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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carnival (orig.) season of revelry immediately preceding Lent. XVI. — It.
carne-,
carnovale, f. L.
carō,
carn- flesh (see
CARNAL) +
levāre lighten, raise; lit. ‘cessation of flesh-eating’.
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CARNIVAL PLC - Half-yearly Report.
PR Newswire UK Disclose; 6/30/2009; 700+ words
; JUNE 30, 2009 RELEASE OF CARNIVAL CORPORATION & PLC QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q AND CARNIVAL PLC HALF-YEARLY FINANCIAL REPORT...Carnival Corporation & plc announced its second...
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Carnival plc: New Ticker Symbol and Reorganisation of Share Capital.
PR Newswire; 4/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...Princess Cruises plc changed its name to Carnival plc. Effective from 22 April 2003, Carnival plc ordinary shares will trade on the London...trading under "POC"). Effective today, Carnival plc ADSs will trade on the New York Stock...
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Carnival Breaks with Tradition, Bases New Ship at Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Port.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...News Nov. 8--When the 88,000-ton Carnival Legend glides into Port Everglades this...it will mark a departure for Miami's Carnival Cruise Lines. Never before has the world...based a new ship in Fort Lauderdale. Carnival vessels new to South Florida traditionally...
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Carnival Corporation Prices Convertible Senior Debenture Offering.
PR Newswire; 4/23/2003; 700+ words
; Carnival Corporation today announced that it has priced an offering...2033, resulting in $500 million gross proceeds to Carnival Corporation. In connection with the offering, Carnival Corporation has granted to the initial purchaser an...
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Carnival's 2009 Europe Season to be Biggest Yet, With Unprecedented Number of 'Fun Ship' Departures.
PR Newswire; 12/12/2007; 700+ words
; 110,000-ton Carnival Liberty and Carnival Freedom to Operate Popular 12-Day Northern Europe and Mediterranean...its growth in the rapidly expanding European cruise market, Carnival Cruise Lines will operate an unprecedented number of "Fun...
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Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Capital Deployment Plan Authorizing Repurchase of $1 Billion of Company's Shares and Increasing Dividend 20 Percent.
PR Newswire; 10/25/2004; 700+ words
; Carnival Corporation & plc today announced...repurchase of up to an initial $1 billion of Carnival Corporation & plc shares and approving...sales volume of the company's stock. Carnival believes that during the course of this...
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CARNIVAL PLC - Annual Information Update.
PR Newswire UK Disclose; 3/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...period 23 March 2006 to 29 March 2007. Carnival plc is pleased to provide its second...description of announcement 16 March 2007 Carnival Corporation & plc Reports First...Earnings 15 March 2007 2006 Annual Report of Carnival Corporation & plc and 2006 Annual...
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Carnivals in battle to beat funding shortage
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 12/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...has run Sidmouth Carnival for 17 years, said...complacent" about their carnivals. He said: "It...more generous, carnivals would survive...Teignmouth, where carnival chairman Danny Ross...money to their local carnival, or whether they...give more to keep carnivals alive. However...
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Carnival Corporation & Plc Announces Carnival Plc Share Sale and Carnival Corporation Stock Repurchase Program.
PR Newswire; 7/2/2009; 700+ words
; MIAMI, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announces that Carnival Investments Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, intends to sell up to 25,000...
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Carnival Cruise Lines Introduces New 'Your Choice Dining' Program.
PR Newswire; 4/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...Fleetwide MIAMI, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Lines has launched "Your Choice...part of 2008," said Roberta Jacoby, Carnival's senior vice president of hotel operations...extremely popular enhancement to the Carnival vacation experience," Jacoby added...
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Carnival Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Carnival Corporation 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami...that ran aground on its maiden voyage, Carnival Corporation has since grown into the most...successful and prominent American cruise line. Carnival is the largest cruise company in the world...
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Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. 3655 N.W. 87th...that ran aground on its maiden voyage, Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc., has since grown...customers aboard its floating resorts, making Carnival the most popular cruise line in North...
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Shoe Carnival Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Shoe Carnival Inc. 8233 Baumgart Rd Evansville, Indiana...NASDAQ SICs: 5661 Shoe Stores Shoe Carnival Inc. is a leading retailer of family...shoe stores with value pricing and a carnival-like shopping atmosphere. Following...
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carnival
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
carnival communal celebration...Since early times carnivals have been accompanied...itself felt, and the carnival was stripped of its...activities of the carnivals, and eventually...in Germany the carnival season, or Fasching...
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Carnival
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
CARNIVAL CARNIVAL. Celebrated widely across Europe in the early modern period during the days preceding Lent, Carnival perpetuated pre-Christian rites of farmers and herders promoting the...
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