fiat lux
[fee-aht loo ks; English fee-aht luhks, fahy-uh t]
Latin.
let there be light.
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Nearby words
- fianna,
- fianna fáil,
- fiasco,
- fiat,
- fiat justitia, ruat caelum,
- fiat money,
- fib,
- fibber,
- fiber,
- fiber bundle
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