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Rajputs , Rajputs
PRONUNCIATION: RAHJ-puts
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ksatriya caste
LOCATION: India (Rājasthān state and elsewhere)
POPULATION: 138 million (estimate)
L… Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen , Röntgen (Roentgen), Wilhelm Conrad
RöNTGEN (ROENTGEN), WILHELM CONRAD
(b. Lennep im Bergischen [now part of Remscheid], Rhine Province, Germany, 27 M… Ramanuja , Rāmānuja
RĀMĀNUJA (1017–1137), Hindu philosopher-theologian and the most influential exponent of a theistic interpretation of Vedantic philosophy tha… Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen , Röntgen, Wilhelm
GERMAN PHYSICIST
1845–1923
In 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (or Roentgen) was the recipient of the first Nobel Prize in physics, award… Crutch ★½ 2004 (R) , crutch / krəch/ • n. 1. a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a lame person. ∎ [in sing.] fig. a thing use… Bummer woof! 1973 (R) , bum·mer / ˈbəmər/ • n. inf. 1. (a bummer) a thing that is annoying or disappointing: the party was a real bummer. ∎ an unpleasant reaction to a hallu…
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