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July 14 – Battle of Shelon: The forces of Muscovy defeat the Republic of Novgorod. August 9 – Pope Sixtus IV succeeds Pope Paul II, to become the 212th pope. August 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the Moroccan town of Arzila. August 29 – The Portuguese occupy Tangier, after its population flees the city.
The 1470s was the decade that started on January 1, 1470 and ended on December 31, 1479. Events. 1470 July 12 – The Ottomans capture Euboea. 1471 March – The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne. 1472 – Foundation of the Kingdom of Fez. 1474 February – The Treaty of Utrecht ends the Anglo-Hanseatic War.
The Historical Thesaurus of English It is primarily based on the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and its Supplements, incorporating material from A Thesaurus of Old English. The online version enables users to view the meanings of a word through time, their synonyms, and their relationship to words of more general or more ...
origin. in English. origin. Thesaurus > the start of something > origin. These are words and phrases related to origin. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of origin.
The word thesaurus comes from the Latin word “thēsaurus,” which was derived from the Greek “thēsauros.”. The literal meaning of the Greek origin word is “a treasure,” “treasury,” “storehouse,” or “chest.”. In other words, a thesaurus is a book, or “treasure chest” of synonyms.
Afrikaans; Anarâškielâ; العربية; Aragonés; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; Basa Bali; বাংলা; Bân-lâm-gú; Башҡортса; Беларуская
A thesaurus is a dictionary of synonyms (words that have the same or similar meaning). Thesauruses (or thesauri) often include related words that mean almost the same thing. Some thesauruses also include antonyms (words that have the opposite meaning).