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Kordofan  – a region in central Sudan between Dafur and the White Nile River

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East Indiens  – the peoples of India, a large country in Asia

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Lascars  – an ethnic group in India

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Foolahs  – an ethnic group of nomadic herders in western Africa

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Darfur  – a historical region in Africa, on the west of the present-day Sudan

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Sockatoo, Timbuctoo  – ancient cities in western Africa, on the southern edge of Sahara

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the false prophet  – Muhammad, the prophet of Islam; the Christian period of history ended in Darfur in 1200 with the advance of Islam

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Laing  – Alexander Gordon Laing (1793–1826), a Scottish explorer of western Africa and the first European who reached Timbuctu

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Mungo Park (1771–1806) – a Scottish explorer of Africa, famous for exploration of the Niger River, the Gambia River and the Senegal River basin

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the Quorra  – the name of the lower part of the Niger River

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parapluie – an umbrella ( French )

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Hebraic  – Jewish, Hebrew

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Judah  – one of the twelve tribes of Israel

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rabbi  – a title of a spiritual teacher in a Jewish community

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Aesculapius  – the Greco-Roman god of medicine, the son of Apollo; a medical man

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sardonism  – a scornful attitude

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kerseymere  – cashmere, a fine soft wool

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savoir faire – dexterity, skill ( French )

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distingué – distinguished ( French )

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impedimenta – burden

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sui generis – unique, rare ( Latin )

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vertu – virtue ( French )

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buckra  – buck, male (often contemptuously)

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Maroon  – a descendant of a runaway slave of African origin; former slaves, the Maroons formed communities and had a language of their own – a combination of English and African languages strongly influenced by Portuguese

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Endymion  – in Greek mythology, a beautiful mortal loved by moon goddess Celene

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cockney  – a native of the East End of London

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dégout – repulsion ( French )

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Apicius  – a rich Roman merchant famous for his feasts and banquets

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Wilberforce  – William Wilberforce (1759–1833), British politician known for his struggle against slave trade and slavery in the British colonies

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Pomona  – the Roman goddess of fruit that grow on trees

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parterres – flower beds ( French )

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Clarkson  – Thomas Clarkson (1760–1846), one of the representatives of the English movement against slave trade and slavery

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Proteus  – in Greek mythology, the prophet of the sea who knew past, present and future, but disliked to share what he knew with people

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Adonis  – in Greek mythology, a remarkably beautiful youth, the favourite of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty

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jack-a box  – a toy with something inside which springs when the box is opened

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penn – a grazing farm

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barbacoa  – a grating of green wood for cooking or drying meat over a slow fire; the word barbecue originated from the Arawak Indian term barbacoa

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vis-à-vis  – facing one another

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calabash  – a container for water or grain made of hard skin or shell of fruit or vegetables

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Abraham  – the first of Hebrew patriarchs, a figure equally revered by Judaism, Christianity and Islam