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
At the San Marino class, Chuang wrote dian nao on the board.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
Dian is electricity and nao is brain — put together, they mean “computer.”
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
They led their visitors through the pronaos and naos to the secos, to the holy of holies.
From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis
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 Maspero, G. (Gaston)
No. 571, like the Barcelona MS., has: "y las naos de alli se enpeguen el dicho yncenso el qual le vale alli de ciento cinquenta mrs el quintal."
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
Below we have a square block, bearing on each face a woman's head in high relief and crowned with a naos.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
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