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A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban neighbourhoods. Villages normally are permanent...

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Un oiseau est un animal appartenant à l'embranchement des vertébrés, tétrapode (il a quatre membres), ovipare (il pond des œufs), à sang chaud et à température constante (homéotherme), au corps couvert de plumes. Il possède un bec corné dépourvu de dents,...

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The locals living near the Calhau beach built the first church in Funchal. It was enlarged twice, first in 1438 and again in 1450, but still considered too small for the needs of the population. Finally, in November 1485, a new church started being built...

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Madeira's almost five-century-old capital is said to have been named 'Funchal' because of the abundance of fennel (funcho) that was growing there. Funchal is located in an absolutely unique area. The amphitheatre of Funchal city begins at the harbour...

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A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a long distance. The cannon is the archetypical form of artillery.Cannon comes through Old French from Old Italian cannone, ultimately derived from Latin canna—a tube. The...

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flow·er (flou'ər) n.The reproductive structure of some seed-bearing plants, characteristically having either specialized male or female organs or both male and female organs, such as stamens and a pistil, enclosed in an outer envelope of petals and sepals.Such...

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Coral Bleaching Coral bleaching is the whitening of coral colonies due to the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae from the tissues of polyps. This loss exposes the white calcium carbonate skeletons of the coral colony. Corals naturally lose less than 0.1%...

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Le chien (Canis lupus familiaris) est un mammifère domestiqu e de la famille des canidés, proche du loup. Le chien n'est plus, pour le moment, considéré comme une espèce à part entière mais comme une sous-espèce de Canis lupus. Chien et l oup sont ainsi...

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The start of an evening in the city

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Informally, the evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing, between the late afternoon and night. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin at twilight, sunset, the close of the standard business day, or 6:00...

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