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  2. Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia

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    Amerigo Vespucci ( / vɛˈspuːtʃi / vesp-OO-chee, [ 1] Italian: [ameˈriːɡo veˈsputtʃi]; 9 March 1451 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian [ 2] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence, from whose name the term "America" is derived. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery ...

  3. Amicus curiae - Wikipedia

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    An amicus curiae ( lit. 'friend of the court'; pl. amici curiae) is an individual or organization that is not a party to a legal case, but that is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. Whether an amicus brief will be considered is typically under the court's ...

  4. Naming of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Americus Vesputius was the Latinized version of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci's name, the forename being an old Italianization (compare modern Italian Enrico) of Medieval Latin Emericus (see Saint Emeric of Hungary), from the Old High German name Emmerich, which may have been a merger of several Germanic names – Amalric, Ermanaric and ...

  5. Americus - Wikipedia

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    Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American politician, banker, and businessman. Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was Americus in Latin. Saint Emeric of Hungary (died 1031), also known as Saint Americus or Emeric, a Hungarian prince. Americus Symmes (1811–1896), son of John Cleves ...

  6. Americas - Wikipedia

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    001 – World. 1990s CIA political map of the Americas in Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, [ 5][ 6][ 7] are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America. [ 8][ 9][ 10] The Americas make up most of the land in Earth 's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.

  7. Emeritus - Wikipedia

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    Emeritus (past participle of Latin emerere, meaning 'complete one's service') is a compound of the Latin prefix e- (variant of ex-) meaning 'out of, from' and merere (source of 'merit') meaning 'to serve, earn'. The word is attested since the early 17th century with the meaning 'having served out one's time, having done sufficient service'.

  8. Americus, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Americus is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 16,230. It is the principal city of the Americus Micropolitan Statistical Area , a micropolitan area that covers Schley and Sumter counties [ 5 ] and had a combined population of 36,966 at the 2000 census .

  9. Lie - Wikipedia

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    Lie. The fictional character Pinocchio is a common depiction of a liar. A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar.