nao
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The list of toppings starts with khao soi pork, bringing all the richness and complexity of the version made in Laos, including the fermented soybean paste tua nao.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Dian is electricity and nao is brain — put together, they mean “computer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
At the San Marino class, Chuang wrote dian nao on the board.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
Around 1950 Hunter heard a Chinese friend, talking about the methods of the Red Chinese government, use the phrase hsi nao.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world's ultimate pragmatist just shrugs and says: "NhUng gi minh mong it khi nao no jcay ra. Nhung gi minh khong muon thi no lai cti den."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Team historians were particularly intrigued by black granite pieces from a Menouthis naos, or shrine, on which hieroglyphics revealed the roots of classical astrology.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other vessels consisted of two naos, or ships of a hundred tons, and four caravels.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
After this rapid glance at the aspect of the landscape, let us return to the cangia with its fifty rowers, and, without announcing ourselves, enter boldly into the naos of honor.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
In the centre of the vessel arose a flat-roofed cabin—a sort of naos, or tent of honor—colored and gilded, ornamented with palm-leaf mouldings, and lighted by four little square windows.
From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Th?ophile Gautier
CELLA, in architecture, the Latin name for the sanctuary of a Roman temple, corresponding with the naos of the Greek temple.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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