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Sapir

[ suh-peer ]

noun

  1. Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.


Sapir

/ səˈpɪə; ˈseɪˌpɪə /

noun

  1. SapirEdward18841939MUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologistLANGUAGE: linguist Edward. 1884–1939, US anthropologist and linguist, noted for his study of the ethnology and languages of North American Indians


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A similar case has been filed by buyers at Trump International in Fort Lauderdale, the other Bayrock/Sapir project.

Another partner in Trump Soho is the Russian émigré developer Tamir Sapir, who lives in a $5 million Trump Tower condo.

In the Hebrew the Beautiful place is expressed by the word Sapir, which some take for the proper name of a city.

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