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- noun obsolete A
Turk , specifically from theOttoman Empire .
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It was printed at Cremona, in 1493.] [396] {340} Shakespeare is my authority for the word "Ottomite" for
The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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These are rocks really pierced; natural galleries, which run through a solitary mountain: such are the Hohleberg of Muggendorf, and the famous cavern called Dantoe by the Ottomite Indians, and the Bridge of the Mother of God, by the
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Muggendorf, and the famous cavern called Dantoe by the Ottomite
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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