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Platonic = 1) ideal; 2) relating to Plato (428 BC—348 BC), one of the greatest Greek philosophers, or to his teachings.

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the Adriatic Sea – a part of the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian and the Balkan peninsulas

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Gargantua – a fictional character, a giant, from a comic novel by François Rabelais (1494–1533), a famous French writer and priest

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piccolo – a small flute with a tender sound

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Virginian – from Virginia, a state on the US Atlantic coast, south of Washington; the state was named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen (1533–1603).

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George Washington (1732–1799) – commander in chief in the American Revolutionary War in 1775–1783 and the first president of the United States in 1789—1797

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Lord Baltimore – George Calvert who controlled the first British colony in Maryland to the north of Virginia; his son, Leonard Calvert (1606–1647), was the first governor of Maryland colony.

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the Civil War – a four-year war (1861–1865) between the US federal government and the Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860

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St. Paul – a city on the Mississippi River in Minnesota

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the Catskills – the Catskill Mountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountains in the southwest of New York state

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Jersey – New Jersey, one of the thirteen original states on the Atlantic coast, south and southwest of New York

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Long Island – an island in the Atlantic Ocean, the southwestern part of New York state

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proclamation – an official or public statement

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aliases – names, different from one’s own, which persons uses on some occasions or for some reasons

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the first Babylonian Empire – an ancient empire of the 18th century BC in Babylonia, a cultural region in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers

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bric-à-brac – bits of old and curious things of no great value

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nymph – in Greek and Roman mythology, a goddess living in rivers, trees, etc.; a beautiful young woman.

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Newport – a city in southwestern Rhode Island, US, founded in 1633

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amnesia – loss of memory

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wop = an Italian (US slang)

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Pro deo et patria et St. Midas = For God, and fatherland, and St. Midas (Latin)

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the Balkans – the Balkan Peninsula, a cultural and historical region in Eastern Europe

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Serbian – relating to Serbia, a country in the west-central Balkans

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Empress Eugénie – the wife of Napoleon III (1808–1873), president of the Second Republic of France and then the emperor of France

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West Virginia – a small US mountain state east of the Mississippi River, admitted to the Union in 1863

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Omaha – a city in eastern Nebraska, on the west bank of the Mississippi River

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Sioux City – a city in northwestern Iowa, on the Missouri River, founded in 1886

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portico – entrance of a building with a roof supported by columns

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Divinity – a divine person or other being

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By golly! – an exclamation of surprise

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rhinestones – rock-crystal; gems imitating diamonds.