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language ofIndonesia . - proper noun A
tribe inIndonesia .
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There are at least seven different tribes in and around GLNP, with their own languages and cultures from the Aceh and Gayo muslim farmers in the north, Batak highland farmers and Pakpak hunters and swidden hill farmers to the Alas, Singhil and Melayu rice farmers and fishermen of the lowlands mixed with Javanese once imported by the Dutch.
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“Lady Mary Wortley,” Jervas wrote to the poet, probably in 1715 or early in the following year, “ordered me by express this morning, cedente Gayo et ridente Fortescuvio, to send you a letter, or some other proper notice, to come to her on Thursday about five, which I suppose she meant in the evening.”
Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925
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Legaspi proposed to them the plan and compact which he had made with the said Japanese Don Joan Payo [Gayo]; and the other chiefs declared that they were ready to help him and to accede to his wishes.
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During the second period Gayo-maratan, the first man lived by himself, without suffering from the attacks of evil.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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And of the heroic names which actually occur in the Zendavesta, several, as Gayo-marathan, Haoshyariha, Kava
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We find in the Zend texts the names of Gayo-marathan, who corresponds to
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"He has great game skills," Rene Gayo, the Pirates' director of Latin American scouting, told ESPN.com.
NYT > Home Page By JOANNE C. GERSTNER 2011
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Musicians included Sufi shrine singers from Nagapattinam, traditional vocalists from Myanmar, Buddhist chanting monks, tappattam drummers from Tamil Nadu and Gayo villagers from Banda Aceh in Indonesia performing the Didong, a combination of vocals and body percussion.
PR.com Press Releases EarthSync 2010
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Gayo said at the time that, if Heredia were signed, he likely would report to the
Bucs Dugout 2010
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Growers of Kopi Gayo coffee in Aceh highland can no longer use the name they've used for generations, since a Dutch firm claimed Gayo coffee as its trademark.
unknown title 2009
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