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euphorbia
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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euphorbia the spurge genus. XVII. alt. (by assim. to
-IA1) of L.
euphorbea, f.
Euphorbus, name of a physician of Juba II, king of Mauretania, who is said to have named the plant after him.
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 "Sudan Tribune (Sudan)")
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The Trouble with Juba.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 4/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...By Kuyok Abol Kuyok April 12, 2009 -- Juba has intermittently served as the capital...move its administration from Khartoum to Juba in 1985. Subsequent administrations for...The Coordination Council reallocated in Juba, albeit with little control over the 10...
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Sanitation and environmental damage in Juba.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 9/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...article on horrible conditions of roads in Juba I made a statement that, "I strongly...depressing conditions of roads in and around Juba, the southern national capital. It is...horrible and depressing sight of roads in Juba under the very noses of the authorities...
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Price of electricity in Juba perhaps a reflection of dismal failure.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 11/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...It was one time somebody said that Juba in Southern Sudan was one of the most expensive...sweeping statement about the cost of living in Juba. Now I am inclined to agree because of...living and bearing the cost of living in Juba and also witnessing the depressing standard...
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 "Capital (Annapolis)")
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'Guitar Guy' Alan Juba dies at 47
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 10/4/2008; ; 606 words
; Alan Charles Juba, affectionately known around Annapolis...Guy," died this week at age 47. Mr. Juba, who spent the last seven years as a distinctive...store off of Forest Drive, where Mr. Juba often played his music outside. City Administrator...
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Champion of the common citizen The Greatest Manitobans: #19 Steve Juba
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 9/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Manitobans launches in November. Steve Juba grew up poor and Ukrainian. In his childhood...that chair. It was a different world when Juba, already a sitting MLA, was first elected...as second-class citizens. Even though Juba had made a fortune through his Keystone...
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Horrible conditions of Juba roads.
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan); 8/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...depressing conditions of roads in and around Juba, the southern national capital. It is...horrible and depressing sight of roads in Juba under the very noses of the authorities...precisely responsible for roads in and around Juba?" Most roads criss-crossing Juba are...
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Ugandan NGO chief meets LRA rebels in Juba
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/10/2006; 662 words
; Ugandan NGO chief meets LRA rebels in Juba KAMPALA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Uganda...traveled to the southern Sudanese town of Juba, holding indirect talks with Uganda...Vision daily on Monday. Security sources in Juba said Pulkol, who pitched camp in Juba...
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Editorial - Steve Juba, he's not
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 7/29/2006; 679 words
; IN 1966, fabled Winnipeg mayor Steve Juba received a postcard from the editor of the magazine Swimming Times of England. The editor, a William Juba, had written Steve Juba to congratulate him for landing the Pan-Am Games to...
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 "The Independent (Bangladesh)")
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AL, Juba League decry power, water crisis in city, THE INDEPENDENT
Newspaper article from: The Independent (Bangladesh); 5/5/2003; 557 words
; ...Leaders of Dhaka City Awami League and Juba League said yesterday that the BNP-led...this sultry summer. Dhaka City (South) Juba League organized the rallies at Bahadur...the citizenry. Sutrapur-Kotwali Thana Juba League organised the rally at Bahadur Shah...
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As Garang's body taken around south, Juba smolders with anger at northerners
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...AP Worldstream 08-04-2005 Dateline: JUBA, Sudan The body of John Garang was flown...burial. But his final resting place, Juba, is still recovering from a rampage against...unburned corner, on an unpaved road of Juba's central business district of Konyo...
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Juba
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Juba joo´be , city (1993 pop. 114...Kinshasa). A unification agreement arranged in Juba in 1947 joined the northern and southern parts...s hopes of adding the south to Uganda. Juba became the center of southern resistance to...
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Juba I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Juba I , c.85 BC-46 BC, king of Numidia in...at Thapsus. Despite his defeat, his son, Juba II, d. c.AD 20, was educated in Rome...of Antony and Cleopatra. Highly learned, Juba II wrote lengthy historical and geographical...
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Master Juba
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Master Juba. See Lane, William Henry .
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Holder, Laurence 1939–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...Mama theater company in 1978; it was called Juba and depicted a dancer, known by the stage name of Juba, who was active in New York’s...dance musical production in the classic vein, Juba marked the first in a long series of works...
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Numidia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...brought on a fatal war with Rome. Later, in the Roman civil war, King Juba I sided with Pompey, and Numidia lost (46 BC) all independence with Julius Caesar's victory. Juba II was favored by the Romans as a subject prince, and the region subsequently...
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