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===== bidden  =====

*Dutch word for "to request, to pray."

===== bidello  =====

*Italian word for "janitor."

===== biduum  =====

*Latin word for "space of two days, two-day period."

===== biegunka  =====

*Polish word for "diarrhea, dysentery."

===== bien, French  =====

*French word for "well."

===== bien, Spanish  =====

*Spanish word for "good, well."

===== bienes  =====

*Spanish word for "property, goods, fee."

===== biennium  =====

*Latin word for "two-year period."

===== biens  =====

*French word for "goods, property."

===== bierzmowanie  =====

*Polish word for "confirmation."

===== biezacy  =====

*Polish word for "current." Roku biezacego means "of the current year."

===== bifolco  =====

*Italian word for "plowman."

===== bijlagen  =====

*Dutch word for "supplemental documents."

===== bijna  =====

*Dutch word for "almost, nearly."

===== bijnaam  =====

*Dutch word for "surname, nickname."

===== bijzit  =====

*Dutch word for "mistress, concubine".

===== bilaga  =====

*Swedish word for "supplement, enclosure."

===== billedhugger  =====

*Danish word for "sculptor."

===== Biloxi Bay, Mississippi  =====

*The seaport area on the Gulf of Mexico where the city of Biloxi, Mississippi is now located. The permanent settlement in the Mississippi Valley was made there by the French in 1699.

===== bind, Danish  =====

*Danish word for "volume."

===== bind, Norwegian  =====

*Norwegian word for "volume (book)."

===== binnekant  =====

*Afrikaans word for "inside."

===== binnenkant  =====

*Dutch word for "inside."

===== biografi  =====

*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "biography."

===== biografia  =====

*Italian word for "biography."

===== biografie  =====

*Afrikaans and Dutch word for "biography."

===== biographie, French  =====

*French word for "biography."

===== Biographie, German  =====

*German word for "biography."

===== Biography  =====

*A history of an individual's life.

===== birk  =====

*Danish word for "court district."

===== birodalom  =====

*Hungarian word for "empire."

===== birraio  =====

*Italian word for "barkeeper, brewer."

===== Birth certificate  =====

*An official government document stating an individual's birth date, birthplace, and parentage.

===== birtokos  =====

*Hungarian word for "landowning farmer."

===== bis-bisnonno  =====

*Italian word for "secont great-grandfather."

===== bisabuela  =====

*Spanish word for "great-grandmother."

===== bisabuelo  =====

*Spanish word for "great-grandfather."

===== bisabuelos  =====

*Spanish word for "great-grandparents."

===== bisavo, -a  =====

*Italian word for "great-grandfather (great-grandmother)."

===== bisavolo, -a  =====

*Italian word for "great-grandfather (great-grandmother)."

===== bisavó  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-grandmother."

===== bisavô  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-grandfather."

===== bisavôs  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-grandparents."

===== Bischof  =====

*German word for "bishop."

===== bisdom  =====

*Afrikaans and Dutch word for "diocese."

===== biskop  =====

*Norwegian word for "bishop."

===== biskup  =====

*Czech and Polish word for "bishop."

===== bisneta  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-granddaughter."

===== bisneto  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-grandson."

===== bisnetos  =====

*Portuguese word for "great-grandchildren."

===== bisnieta  =====

*Spanish word for "great-granddaughter."

===== bisnieto  =====

*Spanish word for "great-grandson."

===== bisnietos  =====

*Spanish word for "great-grandchildren."

===== bisnonna  =====

*Italian word for "great-grandmother."

===== bisnonno  =====

*Italian word for "great-grandfather."

===== bispado  =====

*Portuguese word for "bishopric."

===== bispedømme  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "diocese."

===== bispo  =====

*Portuguese word for "bishop."

===== Bistum  =====

*German word for "diocese."

===== bitang  =====

*Hungarian word for "vagrant, vagabond."

===== Bjelke Feud (1658-1660), Norway  =====

*An Indian war that arose when a Ute chief named Black Hawk led an uprising against the settlers in Utah.

===== Blazon  =====

*An official description of a coat of arms. Blazons are found in armorials. The term blazon is also used to mean a coat of arms.

===== Blessing certificate, Latter-day Saint  =====

*A priesthood ordinance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in which an infant is given a name and a blessing.

===== Blue Books  =====

*A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains records relating to stock in the Bank of Maryland from 1733 to 1810. The collection contains information about paper money investment schemes, lawsuits against the state of Maryland, and papers concerning property that citizens lost during the Revolutionary War.

===== Board for Certification of Genealogists  =====

*A committee organized by the United States Congress in 1805 to investigate claims made by landowners to lands previously granted by the French and Spanish governments.

===== Boatswain  =====

*The officer on a merchant or navy ship who has charge over the hull, sails, rigging, and so forth.

===== Boer Wars (1877-1901)  =====

*A term referring to two wars between the British and the Boers (now called Afrikaners) in South Africa. The first Boer War occurred in 1880 and 1881, when the Boers gained independence from Britain. The second Boer War, which occurred between 1899 and 1902, happened when the Boers tried to deny British citizens and other non-Afrikaners full political rights. The Boers won the opening battles of the second war, but the British eventually won the war. The Boer troops surrendered in 1900, but guerilla fighting lasted until 1902.

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