Sowing is the process of planting seeds. An area or object that has had seeds planted in it will be described as a sowed or sown area.
A homograph is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning. However,some dictionaries insist that the words must also be pronounced differently,while the Oxford English Dictionary says that the words should also be of "different origin". In this vein,The Oxford Guide to Practical Lexicography lists various types of homographs,including those in which the words are discriminated by being in a different word class,such as hit,the verb to strike,and hit,the noun a strike.
Owela,also referred to by the Khoekhoe language loanword ǁHus,is the Oshiwambo name of a traditional mancala board game played by the Nama people,Herero people,Rukwangali speakers,and other ethnic groups from Namibia. It is related to the Omweso family of mancala games played in Eastern and Southern Africa. Although this is an abstract strategy game,the consequences of individual moves are so hard to predict that it can be considered,to some extent,a game of chance.
Dhanna Bhagat,also known Dhanna Jaat,Dhanna Jatt,Dhanna Bairagi or Sant Dhanna,was a mystic poet and a Vaishnav devotee whose three hymns are present in Guru Granth Sahib.
Pape Sow is a Senegalese former professional basketball player who played for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA and for several European and Asian teams.
Aminata Sow Fall is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof,her books are written in French. She is considered "the first published woman novelist from francophone Black Africa".
The Bible Society of India is a Christian body that is authorized to translate,produce,distribute and market the Bible and is a member of the United Bible Societies.
Amis is a Formosan language of the Amis,an indigenous people living along the east coast of Taiwan. Currently the largest of the Formosan languages,it is spoken from Hualien in the north to Taitung in the south,with another population in the Hengchun Peninsula near the southern end of the island,though the northern varieties are considered to be separate languages.
Vom Schem Hamphoras,full title:Vom Schem Hamphoras und vom Geschlecht Christi,was a book written by German Reformation leader Martin Luther in 1543,in which he equated Jews with the Devil and described them in vile language.
Le Wazzou polygame is a 1971 Nigerien/French film about polygamy directed by and starring Oumarou Ganda. It was produced by Argos Films in France. It won the Grand Prize at the 1972 Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou and was the first official winner of that festival.
Ordinary Heroes is a 1999 Hong Kong drama film directed and produced by Ann Hui. Based on real-life prototypes,the film focused on social activists in the 1970s and 1980s who fought defiantly against the British Colonial government for the rights of the Yau Ma Tei boat people and their mainland wives. Mostly leftists and Communist sympathisers,their despair after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is also highlighted.
Christoph Sauer was the first German-language printer and publisher in North America.
Pacaraos Quechua is a variety of Quechua spoken until the middle of the 20th century in the community of Pacaraos in the Peruvian Lima Region in the Chancay valley up to 3000 m above sea level.
Raivaaja was a Finnish-language newspaper published from 1905 to 2009 in Fitchburg,Massachusetts,by Raivaaja Publishing Company. For the first three decades of its existence the publication was closely associated with the Socialist Party of America (SPA). In 1936 as part of a large factional split in the SPA,the former Finnish Socialist Federation severed its connection to become the "Finnish American League for Democracy," with Raivaaja remaining the official organ of this remodeled organization.
Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae,native to the Irano-Turanian Region. Its seeds –each one contained within a fruit,which is dried –are used in the cuisines of many cultures in both whole and ground form. Although cumin is used in traditional medicine,there is no high-quality evidence that it is safe or effective as a therapeutic agent.
The deuce is the playing card with the highest value in German card games. It may have derived its name from dice games in which the face of the die with two pips is also called a Daus in German.
Bierkopf ("beer-head") is a trick-taking ace–ten card game for 4 players,played in fixed partnerships. It is a simple version of the Bavarian national game of Schafkopf that is played in Franconia and usually for litre-glasses of beer. It is especially popular in the area of Bamburg. The game is popular enough for regular tournaments to be held.
The Wedding Ring (Zin'naariyâ!) is a 2016 Nigerien drama film directed by Rahmatou Keïta. It was selected as the Nigerien entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,but it was not nominated. It was the first film to be submitted by Niger in the Foreign Language Oscar category.
In Dependence is a novel written by British-Nigerian author Sarah Ladipo Manyika. Her first novel,it was originally published by Legend Press,London,in 2008.
