| Dacca |
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proper noun
- Former spelling of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh.
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| Dagestan |
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proper noun
- A Russian republic in the Caucasus region.
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| Dakar |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Senegal
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| Dakota |
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proper noun
- the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people
- either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota
- a male or female given name
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| dal |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, dahl)
abbreviation
- decaliter, decalitre
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| Dallas |
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proper noun
- A city in Texas, USA
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| Dalmatia |
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proper noun
- A region in Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
- An historic Roman province.
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| Daman |
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proper noun
- Capital of the union territory of Daman and Diu (India).
- A male given name derived from the classical Greek Damianos, the brother of Cosmas
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| Damascus |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Syria.
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| Danube |
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proper noun
- (rivers) A river of Europe, which arises in Germany, and flows 2850 km (1775 miles) to the Black Sea in Romania.
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| Darlington |
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noun
- (electronics) A pair of transistors with the emitter of one connected to the base of the other and the collectors connected together, acting as a transistor with greater amplification. Also called "Darlington pair".
proper noun
- a family name
- a place name
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| Dartmouth |
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proper noun
- A port in Devon, England
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| Darwin |
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proper noun
- w:Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin (1809"1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Capital of the Northern Territory (Australia).
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| Daugavpils |
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proper noun
- A city in Latvia.
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| Davenport |
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proper noun
- An English habitational surname from the town in Cheshire.
- An English surname of Irish origin from the Gaelic í� Donndubhartaigh.
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| David |
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proper noun
- (given name, male); Hebrew for "beloved".
- (biblical character) The second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of Saul.
- A Welsh patronymic surname from which are derived the surnames Davis, Davies, Davidson and Davison.
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| Davis |
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proper noun
- A city in California.
- A university in Davis, California, AKA UC Davis.
- A Welsh patronymic surname, derived from David; equivalent to Davies
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| Dawson |
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proper noun
- A patronymic surname "son of Daw (a Middle English pet form of David)".
- (given name, ) derived from the surname.
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| DC |
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abbreviation
- (geography) District of Columbia (US federal district)
initialism
- District Court
- (electrical) direct current
- (degree) Doctor of Chiropractic
- (finance) debit card
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| Dearborn |
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proper noun (wikipedia, Dearborn, Michigan)
- a city in Michigan, USA
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| Debrecen |
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proper noun
- A town in Hungary; the capital of the county of Hajdíº-Bihar.
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| Dee |
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proper noun
- (rivers) A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
- (rivers) A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.
- A female given name.
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| defiance |
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noun
- the feeling, or spirit of being defiant
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| degrade |
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verb (degrad, ed)
- (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- (intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
- The DNA sample has degraded.
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| Dehra Dun |
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proper noun - The state capital of Uttaranchal (India).
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| Delaware |
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proper noun
- A (USstate) Capital: Dover.
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| Delft |
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proper noun
- city in the Netherlands, in the province of Zuid-Holland
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| Delhi |
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proper noun - National capital territory and old city in northern India in which the country"s capital New Delhi is located.
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| Delos |
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proper noun - An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
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| Denbighshire |
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proper noun
- A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.
- A local government principal area, bordered by Wrexham, Flintshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Powys.
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| Denmark |
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proper noun
- Country in western Europe. Capital: Copenhagen (Kí¸benhavn). Official name: Kingdom of Denmark (Kongeriget Danmark).
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| Dennis |
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proper noun
- (given name, male, ).
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| Denver |
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proper noun
- The capital of the US state of Colorado
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| Derbyshire |
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proper noun - A midland county of England bounded by Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.
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| Des Moines |
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proper noun
- The capital city of the state of Iowa.
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| Detroit |
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proper noun
- a city in Michigan, USA.
- the US automobile industry.
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| Devon |
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proper noun
- A county of England bordered by Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, the Bristol Channel and the English Channel.
- A small town in Alberta, Canada, with a population of approximately 5000.
- (given name, male) of modern American usage, derived from the place name.
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| Devonshire |
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proper noun
- The county of Devon, England.
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| Dhaka |
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proper noun
- The capital of Bangladesh.
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| Diamond |
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proper noun
- (given name, female) of modern usage, from the name of the gem.
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| Dijon |
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proper noun
- A city in Burgundy, France
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| Dili |
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proper noun
- The capital of East Timor.
(rfc-level, Translations at L3+)
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| District of Columbia |
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proper noun
- The District of Columbia (U.S. federal district) is coterminous with Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States of America, and is generally known under that name. This District of Columbia is not contained within the boundaries of any state, and is included together with the states in many listings such as censuses and economic statistics broken down by state.
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| Dixie |
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proper noun
- (informal) The southern United States; the South.
- A female given name made popular from the song
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| Dixieland |
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proper noun
- The southern states of the US; Dixie.
- (music) A type of jazz that originated in New Orleans.
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| Dixon |
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proper noun
- a northern English patronymic surname derived from the given name Dick
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| Djibouti |
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proper noun
- Country in Eastern Africa, official name: Republic of Djibouti
- The capital city of .
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| Dodecanese |
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proper noun
- An island chain consisting of twelve main islands including Rhodes, its capital.
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| Doha |
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proper noun
- The capital city of Qatar
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| Dominica |
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proper noun
- Country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of Dominica.
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| Dominican |
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noun
- (proper noun) A person from Dominica or of its descent.
- (proper noun) A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.
- (proper noun) A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.
- Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.
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| Dominican Republic |
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proper noun
- A country in the Caribbean.
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| Don |
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proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.
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| Doncaster |
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proper noun
- A town in Yorkshire, England
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| Dorado |
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proper noun
- (constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud,
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| Dorchester |
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proper noun
- A town in southern England.
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| Dorset |
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proper noun
- A maritime county of England bounded by Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Devon and the English Channel.
category:English counties
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| Dortmund |
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proper noun
- A city in Germany.
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| Douglas |
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proper noun
- A male given name.
- The capital of the Isle of Man.
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| Dover |
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proper noun
- A major port in Kent, England.
- The capital of the US state of Delaware.
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| Down |
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proper noun
- One of the counties of Northern Ireland
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| Drenthe |
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proper noun - A province of the Netherlands.
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| Dresden |
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proper noun
- The capital city of the German Federal State of Saxony.
- A village in Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
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| Drew |
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proper noun
- (given name, male) derived from Andrew.
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| Drina |
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proper noun - River that flows northward 160 miles along the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro to empty into the Sava River.
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| Dublin |
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proper noun
- The capital of the Republic of Ireland.
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| Dubrovnik |
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proper noun
- A city and port in southern Croatia on the Adriatic Sea.
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| Dudley |
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proper noun
- A town in the West Midlands.
- A surname, notably of Robet Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
- (given name, male), transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
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| Duncan |
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proper noun
- Name of two early saints and of two kings of Scotland.
- (given name, male).
- Several places in the U.S.A.
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| Dundee |
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proper noun
- A city in Scotland
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| Dunedin |
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proper noun
- City on the South Island of New Zealand
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| Dunkirk |
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proper noun
- A town in Nord-Pas de Calais, France
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| Durban |
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proper noun
- Seaport in Natal Province, Republic of South Africa.
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| Durham |
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proper noun
- The name signed by alternate bishops of (see Duresm).
- A city in county Durham in the Northeast of England.
- A county in the Northeast of England.
category:Cities
category:English counties
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| Dushanbe |
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proper noun
- The capital of Tajikistan.
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