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Latin Empire of Constantinople

(Encyclopedia)Latin Empire of Constantinople: see Constantinople, Latin Empire of. ...

Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

(Encyclopedia)Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: see Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of. ...

Constantinople, Latin Empire of

(Encyclopedia)Constantinople, Latin Empire of, 1204–61, feudal empire established in the S Balkan Peninsula and the Greek archipelago by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade (see Crusades) after they had sacked (120...

Romance languages

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Romance languages, group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Italic languages). Also called Romanic, they are spoken by about 670 millio...

language of signs

(Encyclopedia)language of signs: see sign language. ...

ALGOL, computer language

(Encyclopedia)ALGOL: see programming language. ...

Ada, computer language

(Encyclopedia)Ada: see programming language.

C, computer language

(Encyclopedia)C: see programming language.

synonym

(Encyclopedia)synonym sĭnˈənĭm [key] [Gr.,=having the same name], word having a meaning that is the same as or very similar to the meaning of another word of the same language. Some are alike in some meanings o...

Schleicher, August

(Encyclopedia)Schleicher, August ouˈgo͝ost shlīˈkhər [key], 1821–68, German philologist. A professor at the universities of Prague and Jena, Schleicher wrote studies of the Lithuanian language (1856–57), t...