Pa. |
| abbreviation - Pennsylvania
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Pacific |
| proper noun - The Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean |
| proper noun - The world's largest body of water, to the east of Asia and Australasia and to the west of the Americas.
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Padua |
| proper noun
- Province of Veneto, Italy.
- City and capital of the province of Padua.
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Pahang |
| proper noun - State in western Malaysia which has Kuantan as its capital.
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paisley |
| noun (wikipedia, paisley (design))
- a soft woolen fabric having a motif of swirling droplets somewhat resembling half of the yin-yang symbol
adjective
- made from this fabric, or marked with this design
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Pakistan |
| proper noun
- Country in South Asia. Official name: w:Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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Palatinate |
| proper noun
- A historical region of Germany, originally the territory of the Holy Roman Empire
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Palatine |
| proper noun
- One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement.
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Palawan |
| proper noun
- An island of the Philippines, in the Visayas island group
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Palermo |
| proper noun
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- The capital city of the province of Palermo and of Sicily.
- A district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Palestine |
| proper noun
- The historical name for the region where Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories reside, sometimes still used.
- The British colonial name for a region occupying a similar area to historic Palestine.
- The Occupied Territories, the territories under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority.
- The Holy Land.
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Palestinian |
| proper noun - A person from Palestine or of Palestinian descent.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine, or the Palestinian people.
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Palisades |
| proper noun the Palisades
- a line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey
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Pall Mall |
| proper noun - (London) a fashionable street in Westminster, leading from Trafalgar Square, via the Haymarket to St James; it is the home of many select gentlemen's clubs
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Palmas |
| proper noun - State capital of Tocantins (Brazil).
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Palmer |
| proper noun
- An English surname, of Old French origin, for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought back a palm branch as proof
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pampa |
| noun
- Any of the large, grassy plains of temperate South America.
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Pamplona |
| proper noun
- A city in Navarre of northern Spain famous for w:The running of the bulls, the running of the bulls.
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Panama |
| proper noun
- Country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.
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Panama City |
| proper noun
- The capital of Panama.
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Panay |
| proper noun
- An island of the Philippines, located in the Visayas
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Pantheon |
| proper noun
- The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BC in Rome. Since the 7th century AD reconsecrated by christianity and dedicated to their single god.
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Papua |
| proper noun
- A large island north of Australia divided between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea |
| proper noun
- Country in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
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para |
| noun - Formerly, one-hundredth of a dinar in Yugoslavia and, later, in the constituent states of that country.
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Paradise |
| proper noun (uncountable)
- (religion) Heaven.
- (religion) The Garden of Eden.
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Paraguay |
| proper noun
- Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay.
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Paramaribo |
| proper noun
- The capital of Suriname.
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paramount |
| adjective
- Of greatest importance
- Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
- Having the highest rank or authority
- Having the greatest influence
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Paris |
| proper noun
- The capital city of France.
- (greekmyth) A Trojan prince.
- A city in Texas.
- A town in Arkansas.
- A town in Illinois.
- A town in Kentucky.
- A town in Tennessee.
- (given name, female) of modern usage, referring to the French city.
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Parma |
| proper noun
- Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- A city, the capital of Parma.
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Parthian |
| noun
- A native or inhabitant of Parthia.
- The language spoken in Parthia.
adjective
- Relating to Parthia.
- Delivered as if in retreat.
- ''A shot.
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Patna |
| proper noun - The state capital of Bihar (India).
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Pavia |
| proper noun
- A province of Lombardy, Italy.
- The capital of the province of Pavia.
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Pearl |
| proper noun
- (given name, female) from the English noun pearl
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pearl harbor |
| noun
- A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
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peel |
| noun
- The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable etc.
- (Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation.
- A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
verb
- (archaic) (transitive) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
- (transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.
- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- (transitive) To remove from the outer or top layer of.
- I peeled the skin from an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- (intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to .
- (intransitive) To remove one's clothing.
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- (intransitive) To move, separate (off or away)
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
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Pembroke |
| proper noun
- A town in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Pembrokeshire |
| proper noun
- A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire.
- A local government principal area, bordered by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion.
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Penang |
| proper noun (infl, en, proper noun)
- State in western Malaysia which has Georgetown as its capital.
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Pennsylvania |
| proper noun
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Harrisburg.
- The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
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Pennsylvanian |
| proper noun (Pennsylvanians, -)
- An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Pennsylvania.
- (geology) Any of the three Pennsylvanian epochs.
adjective
- (geology) of any of the three geologic epochs (lower, middle and upper) within the Carboniferous period from 318 to 299 million years ago; marked by a high oxygen atmosphere and the rise of reptiles and winged insects.
- of, or pertaining to the state of Pennsylvania.
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Penzance |
| proper noun
- A coastal town and port in Cornwall, England
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People's Republic of China |
| noun people, People's, "s republic, Republic of China
- Official name of the country popularly known as China. Abbreviated PRC.
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Perak |
| proper noun
- State in western Malaysia which has Ipoh as its capital.
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Perlis |
| proper noun - State in western Malaysia which has Kangar as its capital.
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perm |
| noun
- a permanent
- a permanent wave (british)
verb to perm
- to give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc
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Pernambuco |
| proper noun - State in north-eastern Brazil which has Recife as its capital.
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Pernik |
| proper noun
- a town in western Bulgaria
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Persia |
| proper noun
- The country of Iran until 1935 was officially called "Persia" in English. However, the local name of the country since the Sassanian period has been "Iran". Since 1935 both terms "Iran" and "Persia" have been used in English, though Iran predominates. The w:Persia, Persian Empire once included most of Western and Central Asia and North Africa.
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Persian Gulf |
| proper noun The Persian gulf, Gulf
- A gulf between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula; known as The Persian Gulf.
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Perth |
| proper noun
- The state capital of Western Australia.
- A town in central Scotland.
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Peru |
| proper noun
- Country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru.
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Perugia |
| proper noun
- Province of Umbria, Italy.
- A city, the capital of Perugia.
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Pescara |
| proper noun
- A province of Abruzzo, Italy.
- A city, the capital of Pescara.
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Peshawar |
| proper noun
- The capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, situated near Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
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pest |
| noun
- An annoying, often destructive creature.
- A person who is annoying.
- (slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.
- Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!
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Peterborough |
| proper noun
- a city in east central England
- a city in Central Ontario, Canada
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Petersburg |
| proper noun (wikipedia, Petersburg, Virginia)
- a city in Virginia; various other towns and cities
- a campaign in the American Civil War
- Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, a city in Russia
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Petrograd |
| proper noun
- name given to the city of Saint Petersburg from the time of Russia's involvement in Word War I until Lenin's death in 1924.
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Philadelphia |
| proper noun
- Largest city in Pennsylvania, located in southeastern part of the state along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Site of the Independence Hall; former capitol of United States. Nicknamed "City of Brotherly Love"
- A town in Mississippi, United States.
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Philippines |
| proper noun the Philippines
- The Republic of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country comprised of over seven thousand islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Philly |
| proper noun
- (informal) Philadelphia
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Phnom Penh |
| proper noun
- Capital city of Cambodia.
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Piacenza |
| proper noun
- Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Piacenza.
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Picardy |
| proper noun
- A région of France.
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picayune |
| noun - A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. A Fippenny bit.
adjective - Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;
- quotations:
- "It might seem like a matter, akin to the rivalry in the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" between the Judean People's Front, the Judean Popular People's Front and the People's Front of Judea." —New York Times, November 17, 2005
- something not worth arguing about.
- an argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or doesn"t change a primary supposition, outcome, postulate, premise, conclusion, hypothesis, judgement or recommendation;
- small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.
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Piccadilly Circus |
| proper noun Piccadilly circus, Circus
- (London) a traffic intersection in the West End, having connections with Piccadilly, Regent Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, Haymarket, Coventry Street and Glasshouse Street
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Piedmont |
| proper noun
- Region in the north of Italy.
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Pierre |
| proper noun
- (given name, male) occasionally borrowed from French, cognate to Peter.
- The capital of South Dakota.
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pigs |
| noun
- (plural of, pig)
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pines |
| noun - Plural of pine
verb - Third person singular of to pine.
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Piraeus |
| proper noun
- A city in Greece.
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Pisa |
| proper noun
- Province of Tuscany, Italy.
- City and capital of the province of Pisa.
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Pistoia |
| proper noun
- Province of Tuscany, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Pistoia.
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Pittsburgh |
| proper noun
- A city in Pennsylvania, USA
The most livable city as of April 25, 2007
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plain |
| noun
- An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
- 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistíªs of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
- : For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards "searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole"
adjective
- ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation.
- (computing) containing no non-printing characters; ASCII code values 32 through 126.
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plantation |
| noun
- large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers.
- the importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Caribbean.
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Pleven |
| proper noun
- a town in northern Bulgaria
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Plovdiv |
| proper noun
- a city in southern Bulgaria
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plum |
| noun
- The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
- The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
- A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.
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- A desirable thing.
- A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
- (pejorative) A fool, idiot
- (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
- The edible, fleshy stone of Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
- The tree which bears this fruit, Prunus mume. See plum blossom.
adjective (more, -)
- (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
- (not comparable) choice, Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
- She landed a position as an executive for the firm.
adverb
- completely, Completely; utterly.
- You're going to think I'm crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
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Plymouth |
| proper noun
- A city in Devon, England
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Podgorica |
| proper noun
- the capital city of Montenegro
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Poland |
| proper noun
- Country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland.
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Poltava |
| proper noun - a city in east central Ukraine
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Polynesia |
| proper noun - Part of Oceania including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga.
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Polynesian |
| noun (plural: Polynesians)
- A person from Polynesia.
- A language group spoken by these people.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
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Pomerania |
| proper noun
- A region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, now split between Germany and Poland. It was formerly a duchy, and later a province of Prussia.
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Pomeranian |
| noun
- a native, or inhabitant of Pomerania
- the Pomeranian or Kashubian language
- a breed of small, sturdy toy dogs in the spitz family
adjective
- of, or relative to Pomerania
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ponce |
| noun
- (context, UK, slang) A pimp.
- (context, UK, pejorative) A posh or effeminate person.
verb (ponces, poncing, ponced, ponced)
- (context, UK, slang) To act as a pimp.
- (context, UK, slang) Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something.
- (context, UK, pejorative) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.
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Pondicherry |
| proper noun - Union territory in southern India.
- Capital of the union territory of Pondicherry.
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Pori |
| proper noun - A city in Finland.
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portage |
| noun
- An act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways
- The route used for such carrying
- A charge made for carrying something
verb to portage
- (nautical) To carry a boat overland
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Port-au-Prince |
| proper noun - The capital of Haiti.
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Port Blair |
| proper noun - Capital of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India).
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Port Elizabeth |
| proper noun
- Port of Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Portland |
| proper noun
- a city in Oregon and another in Maine, USA
- an "island" in Dorset, England, famous for Portland stone
- many other places
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Port Moresby |
| proper noun
- The capital of Papua New Guinea.
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Portsmouth |
| proper noun
- A city in southern England
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Portugal |
| proper noun
- Country in Europe. Member state of the European Union. Official name: Portuguese Republic (Repíºblica Portuguesa).
- (obsolete) A Portuguese person.
adjective
- (obsolete) Portuguese.
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Powys |
| proper noun
- A principal area and preserved county of Wales, admin HQ Llandrindod Wells.
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Prague |
| proper noun
- The capital city of the Czech Republic.
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Praia |
| proper noun
- The capital of Cape Verde.
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Prato |
| proper noun
- Province of Tuscany, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Prato.
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PRC |
| initialism
- w:Protestant_Reformed_Church, Protestant Reformed Church
- w:Pesticide Residue, Pesticide Residues Committee
- People's Republic of China
- Palm Resource Code, the file format for w:Palm OS, Palm OS applications.
- Planning Review Committee
- Protocol Review Committee
- Preschool Referral Committee
- Private Commercial Organisation
- Personal radio communications, eg the w:AN/PRC-77, PRC-77 portable secure FM radio set.
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Prescott |
| proper noun
- An English habitational surname from any of several places in England
- given name, male, } a male given name.
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Preston |
| proper noun
- An industrial town in Lancashire, England.
- Several other towns and villages.
- An English surname derived from any of the placenames.
- (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
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Pretoria |
| proper noun
- The administrative capital of South Africa. South Africa has two other capitals: the legislative capital Cape Town and the judicial capital Bloemfontein.
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Prichard |
| proper noun
- Alternative form of Richard
- Name for a person of male gender.
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Prince Albert |
| noun
- A piercing through the glans penis. Abbreviation: PA
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Prince Edward Island |
| proper noun
- A province in eastern Canada which has Charlottetown as its capital.
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Prov. |
| abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation)
- (biblical) An abbreviation used for the Book of Proverbs, an Old Testament book of the Bible.
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Provence |
| proper noun
- A maritime region of southern France bordering Italy
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Providence |
| proper noun
- God, or a guardian deity
- any of several cities in the United States, especially the one in Rhode Island
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pueblo |
| noun - A communal building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and is usually built either of stone or adobe.
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Puerto Rico |
| proper noun puerto, Puerto rico, Rico
- A self-governing Commonwealth in the Caribbean which is a territory of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Pula |
| proper noun
- Town/city (which?) of Croatia.
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pulaski |
| noun
- A double-ended fire-fighting tool, usually long-handled, and having an ax-blade on one side and a mattock-blade on the other.
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Pullman |
| noun
- A railroad passenger car; especially, one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous w:Pullman Palace Car Company, Pullman Palace Car Company.
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Punjab |
| proper noun
- State in northern India which has Chandigarh as its capital.
- Province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.
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Puri |
| proper noun
- City in Orissa state, India, on the Bay of Bengal.
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Pyongyang |
| proper noun
- The capital of North Korea.
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Pyrenees |
| proper noun pl
- The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west and Catalans in the east.
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