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The word “dynasty” is defined as a series of rulers or leaders who are all from the same line of descent or family, or a ...

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Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

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