nao
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naos
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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
Quem nao tem visto Lisboa, noa tem know what beauty is.*
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
It formed part of the ornamentation of a temple or naos door; and the other side was either built into a wall or imbedded in a piece of wood.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero
The large oblong hall was the naos or cella.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
In the midst of the procession, upon the shoulders of the priests and the minor prophets, was reared the closed naos of costly wood, ornamented with pearl, ivory, and gold.
From Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin
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