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Ooops forgot septante for 70 instead of soixante-dix.
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Some people use “septante”, “octante” and “nonante” for 60, 70 and 80, but are mostly Swiss or Belgian as far as I know.
growing pains 2006
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One notable difference is the use of the words septante (70) and nonante (90) in Belgium, as opposed to langues d'oïl - closely related, but not identical, to French.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Prophetie de PAnge Gabriel touch - ant. les septante semaines descrites par le Proph£te Daniel au Chap.ix. de ses Proprieties, "Tolose, 1605, 8vo.
The general biographical dictionary. Revised by A. Chalmers 1812
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