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noun
- An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
- An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
proper noun
- The extinct Akkadian language.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
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| Balinese |
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noun
- The language of Bali
- A native or inhabitant of Bali
- A long-haired domestic cat breed. w:Balinese (cat), Wikipedia
adjective
- Of, or relating to Bali, or its inhabitants, language etc.
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| Baltic |
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proper noun
- the Baltic language family
- the Balticum.
- Thomas Malthus, Importation of Foreign Corn
- : It appears from the evidence, that the corn from the is often very heavily taxed, and that this tax is generally raised in proportion to our necessities.
- the Baltic sea.
- 1906 CE: Robert Barr, A Rock in the Baltic
- : Well, you see, I was temporarily in command of the cruiser coming down the , and passing an island rock a few miles away, I thought it would be a good opportunity to test a new gun that had been put aboard when we left England.
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to the w:Baltic region, Baltic region or the w:Baltic sea, Baltic sea.
- Of or pertaining to any of the w:Baltic languages, Baltic languages.
- 1918 CE: Charles E. Bennett, New Latin Grammar
- : The division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic.
- Of or pertaining to the Balt, Balts (the Baltic people, peoples).
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| Bambara |
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proper noun
- A language spoken in Mali by as many as six million people. Fewer numbers of people speak or understand the language, or dialects of it, in Burkina Faso, Cí´te d'Ivoire, and Gambia.
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| bannock |
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noun (bannocks)
- An unleavened bread made with oatmeal in Scotland, and with cornmeal or wheat flour in Canada, baked in a pan.
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| Bantu |
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proper noun
- Bantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. Bantu languages are spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- General term for African ethnic groups speaking a Bantu language.
- (South African: unacceptable/derogatory) A black South African.
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| Bashkir |
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proper noun
- A Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.
- A Turkic language with many dialects, spoken in parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.
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| Basque |
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noun
- A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.
proper noun
- The language of the Basque people.
adjective
- Relative to the Basque people or their language.
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| Bavarian |
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noun
- A German dialect spoken in Bavaria (a state of southern West Germany) and Austria, which varies considerably across different regions.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Bavaria.
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| bedouin |
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noun
- A generic name for a desert-dweller; a term generally applied to Arab nomadic groups
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| Beja |
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proper noun
- An ethnic group found along the Horn of Africa.
- The language of the afore mentioned people.
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| Bemba |
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proper noun
- a member of an African tribe inhabiting parts of Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania and Malawi
- the language of these people
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| Bengali |
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proper noun
- Language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Tripura and West Bengal, India.
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| Berber |
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proper noun - An ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.
- A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.
adjective - Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.
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| Bhili |
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proper noun
- A Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India.
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| Biblical Latin |
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proper noun
- Late Latin
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| Boer |
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proper noun
- South African of Dutch descent.
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| Bohemian |
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noun
- (context, countable) a native or resident of Bohemia
- (context, uncountable) the dialect of the Czech language spoken in Bohemia
- (context, countable, archaic) a Gypsy
adjective
- of, or relating to Bohemia or its language.
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| boor |
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noun
- An uncultured person
- A peasant.
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| Breton |
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proper noun (Bretons)
- A person from Brittany.
- A language of w:Brittany, Brittany.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Brittany.
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| British |
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proper noun
- The citizens or inhabitants of Britain.
- (colloquial) The citizens or inhabitants of the UK.
- (context, history) The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain, also called Ancient Britons.
- The British English language.
adjective
- of Britain
- (colloquial) of the UK
- (context, history) of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain. Also Brythonic.
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| British English |
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proper noun
- The English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom.
category:Dialects
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| Britisher |
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noun
- A British subject, usually as opposed to an American.
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| Briton |
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noun
- An inhabitant of Great Britain.
- A member of the British ethnic group.
- (historical) A Celtic inhabitant of southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest.
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| Brythonic |
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proper noun
- A Celtic language.
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| Bulgarian |
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noun
- native from Bulgaria.
proper noun
- The official language of Bulgaria.
adjective
- Relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language.
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| Burman |
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proper noun
- A member of the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar, especially as distinguished from the Shan, Karen, and other minority peoples.
- A native or inhabitant of Myanmar; a Burmese.
adjective
- Of or relating to the principal, Burmese-speaking ethnic group of Myanmar.
- Of or relating to Myanmar; Burmese.
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| Burmese |
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noun
- A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.
proper noun
- The Sino-Tibetan official language of the country Myanmar. Also known as Myanmar (which is the name preferred by the country's current government).
- The script in which the Myanmar language is written. Also known as Myanmar.
adjective
- Of, from, or pertaining to Burma (or Myanmar), the Burmese people or the Burmese language.
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| Burushaski |
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noun
- a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language.
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| Bushman |
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noun (pl=Bushmen)
- A member of a distinct ethnic group of nomadic people from southwest Africa.
- Any of the related Khoisan languages spoken by the San/Bushman peoples.
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| Byelorussian |
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noun - (alternative spelling of, Belarusian)
proper noun - (alternative spelling of, Belarusian)
adjective - (alternative spelling of, Belarusian)
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