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Italian representatives visit Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, discuss Tibet's
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
During the meeting, participants highlighted the long-standing ties between Italy and Tibet, noting that cultural exchanges between the two date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. At that time, Italian Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries travelled to Lhasa, where they studied the Tibetan lang
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ALA, UNESCO highlight role of historical dictionaries
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Arabic Language Academy (ALA) in Sharjah, in collaboration with UNESCO, held a specialised symposium to highlight the importance of historical linguistic dictionaries.
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Ramdas Athawale schools Shashi Tharoor on English spelling, Twitterati hav
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor renowned for his expansive vocabulary and penchant for "unheard" words like 'floccinaucinihilipilification,' which has led even the well-read make a run for their dictionaries, was on Thursday called out for spelling errors in
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Vocabmetry: The most effective methods of being affluent in vocabulary by
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 2 (ANI/PNN): We all have at one point pulled out our dictionaries after reading tweets or listening to speeches of scholars like Shashi Tharoor.
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Trump's racist remarks make racism as most searched word
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): As US President Donald Trump ratcheted up his attack on four minority congresswomen "squad" with his racist remarks, it appears people are reaching for their dictionaries in order to understand the meaning of his accusations.
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Rahul Gandhi's claim on 'Modilie' is 'fake', no such word exists: Oxford D
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi posted a meme on social media introducing the word 'Modilie', which he claimed was a new entry in the English dictionary, the Oxford Dictionaries on Thursday said there is no such word.
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"Can gulp down abuses in all dictionaries of the world": PM's comeback at
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): Answering Mamata Banerjee's continued attacks, Narendra Modi on Thursday said that that he is "immune" to her tirade and can gulp down all the abuses in dictionaries all over the world. Addressing an election rally, he accused the Chief Minister
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Oxford dictionaries announce ‘Nari Shakti’ as the 2018 Hindi word of the y
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 26 (ANI): ‘Nari Shakti’ is the 2018 Hindi word of the year, announced Oxford Dictionaries after the word attracted a great deal of attention and reflects the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past year.
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Aadhar is first-ever Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the Year
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 28 (ANI): The Oxford Dictionaries has announced 'Aadhar' as the Hindi Word of the Year for 2017.
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This unusual word is Oxford's 2017 'Word of the Year'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec 16 (ANI): The Oxford Dictionary has announced its 'Word of the Year' and it is none other than 'Youthquake', but there's a catch as lots of people are not entirely sure what the term means.
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Tamil, Gujarati online dictionaries launched by Oxford Dictionaries
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Tamil and Gujarati have joined Hindi to become the second and third Indian languages as part of Oxford Dictionaries' global languages initiative.
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Oxford Dictionaries' campaign to find most hated English word scrappe
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug. 29 (ANI): The campaign to find the world's most hated words in the English language has been scrapped after it took a racist turn.
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