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20 hours ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in Early Medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
20 hours ago · Etymology and nomenclature Rama is also known as Ram, Raman, Ramar, [α] and Ramachandra (IAST: Rāmacandra, Sanskrit: रामचन्द्र). Rāma is a Vedic Sanskrit word with two contextual meanings. In one context, as found in Atharva Veda, as stated by Monier Monier-Williams, it means "dark, dark-colored, black" and is related to the term ratri, which means night. In another ...
20 hours ago · Islamic banking, Islamic finance ( Arabic: مصرفية إسلامية masrifiyya 'islamia ), or Sharia-compliant finance [1] is banking or financing activity that complies with Sharia (Islamic law) and its practical application through the development of Islamic economics. Some of the modes of Islamic finance include mudarabah (profit-sharing ...
20 hours ago · The Southern Common Market, [a] commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 ...
20 hours ago · The word "banana" is thought to be of West African origin, possibly from the Wolof word banaana, and passed into English via Spanish or Portuguese. Musa is the type genus in the family Musaceae. The APG III system assigns Musaceae to the order Zingiberales, part of the commelinid clade of the monocotyledonous flowering plants.
20 hours ago · The tiger is a carnivore and an apex predator feeding mainly on ungulates, with a particular preference for sambar deer, Manchurian wapiti, barasingha and wild boar. Tigers kill large ungulates like gaur [109] and opportunistically smaller prey like monkeys, peafowl and other ground-based birds, porcupines and fish.
20 hours ago · Soy sauce. Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English [1]) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. [2] It is recognized for its saltiness and pronounced umami taste.
