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22 hours ago · Number of native speakers of each Romance language, as fractions of the total 690 million (2007) The Romance language most widely spoken natively today is Spanish, followed by Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian, which together cover a vast territory in Europe and beyond, and work as official and national languages in dozens of countries.
22 hours ago · The English word druid derives from Latin druidēs (plural), which was considered by ancient Roman writers to come from the native Gaulish word for these figures. Other Roman texts employ the form druidae, while the same term was used by Greek ethnographers as δρυΐδης (druidēs).
22 hours ago · The Qedarites ( Ancient North Arabian: 𐪄𐪕𐪇, romanized: qdr) were an ancient tribal confederation of Arabia centred in their capital Dumat al-jandal in the Al-Jawf Province. Attested from the 9th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its territory throughout the 9th to 7th centuries BC to cover a large area ...
22 hours ago · The Romani, also spelled Romany or Rromani ( / ˈroʊməni / ROH-mə-nee or / ˈrɒməni / ROM-ə-nee) and colloquially known as the Roma ( sg.: Rom ), are an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin [71] [72] [73] who traditionally lived a nomadic, itinerant lifestyle. Linguistic and genetic evidence suggests that the Romani originated in the Indian ...
22 hours ago · Sir Keir Starmer has denied Diane Abbott's claim that she's been banned from standing for Labour at the general election. It comes after she had the whip restored yesterday, more than a year after ...
22 hours ago · e. Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods formed the core of ancient Egyptian religion, which emerged sometime in prehistory. Deities represented natural forces and phenomena, and the Egyptians supported and appeased them through offerings and rituals so ...
22 hours ago · Anna Mancini (and Donna Pescow in "Made in America") as Donna Parisi: she is married to longtime Soprano soldier Pasquale "Patsy" Parisi and sister-in-law to Phillip Parisi. Michael Drayer as Jason Parisi: he is the younger son of Donna and Patsy Parisi and nephew of Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi.
