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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a (ab)'''''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "from, by."</font></blockquote>  

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a cagione di'''''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "because of."</font></blockquote>  

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a casa'''''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "at home."</font></blockquote>  

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a reçu'''''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">French word for "has received."</font></blockquote>  

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a, az'''''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Hungarian word for "the."</font></blockquote>  

<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''außer Dienst'' (a.D.)'''</font>  

<blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "formerly employed, retired."</font></blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''avioliiton ulkopuolella'' (a.u.)'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "illegitimate, out of wedlock."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a'', Czech'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Czech word for "and."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a'', French'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">French word for "has."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a'', Portuguese'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Portuguese word for "the (feminine)" and "to, toward."<br></font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''a'', Spanish'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish word for "to, in, into, on."<br></font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abuela materna'' (Aa.M.)'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish word for "maternal grandmother."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abuela paterna'' (Aa.P.)'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish word for "paternal grandmother."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aamu'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "morning."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aamulla'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "in the morning."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aamupäivä'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "forenoon."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aan'', Afrikaans'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "to."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aan'', Dutch'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "upon, to."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aand'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "evening."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aangenome naam'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "alias."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aangenomen naam'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "named, alias, also known as, assumed name, accepted surname."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aangiften'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "intentions (marriage), declarations."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aanneem'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "to adopt (a child)."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aannemen'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "to adopt (a child), to assume, to take on."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aanneming'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "confirmation."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aannemingsdag'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "day of confirmation."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aanstaande'', Afrikaans'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "betrothed, future (husband/wife), next."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aanstaande'', Dutch'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "next, toward, following, expectant, future, impending."<br></font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aanval'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "stroke, attack."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aarde'', Afrikaans'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "earth (buried in)."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aarde'', Dutch'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "earth (buried in), ground."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aardrijkskundig woordenboek'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Dutch word for "gazetteer."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aardrykskundige woordeboek'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Afrikaans word for "gazetteer."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aateli(nen)'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "noble."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aatelisto'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "nobility."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aatto'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Finnish word for "eve."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''ab'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "from, since."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''ab hoc mense'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "from this month on."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abaixo-assinado'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Portuguese word for "undersigned."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abavia'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "great-great-grandmother."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abavus'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "great-great-grandfather, ancestor."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abbiamo'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "we have."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abbiente'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "owner."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abbracciatutto'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "jack-of-all-trades."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abcesso'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Portuguese word for "abscess."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abdormitus'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "died."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abdormivit'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "he/she died."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''Abend'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "evening."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abends'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "in the evening."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''aber'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "but."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abgestorben'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "deceased."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abiatico'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "grandson."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abiit'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "he/she died."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abinde'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "since."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abitante'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "inhabitant."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abitare'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "to live."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abitazione'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Italian word for "home, residence."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abitus est'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "he/she died, went away."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abjectarius'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "cabinetmaker, woodworker."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abjurations'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">French word for "renunciations of Protestant faith."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abjuro'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "to renounce by oath."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abril'' (abl)'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish and Portuguese word for "April."<br></font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''ablutus est'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "he was baptized."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abogado'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish word for "lawyer."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''Abolished'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Done away with, discontinued.</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abril'' (abl)'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish and Portuguese word for "April."<br></font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abs'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "from, by."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''absceso'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Spanish word for "abscess."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abscessus'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "death."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''Absentee landlords'''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Landowners who lived far away from the area they owned. Most of the landowners for Prince Edward Island before 1873 lived in Great Britain. People who lived on the island rented or leased the land from them.</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''absolution'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">French word for "absolution, last rites."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''absolvere'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Danish and Norwegian word for "to give absolution."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''absque'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Latin word for "without, except."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''absterben'''''</font>]]  

<blockquote>[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">German word for "to die, to die off."</font>]]</blockquote>  

[[|<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4">'''''abstersus'''''</font>]]