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otto

1 American  
[ot-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ /

noun

  1. attar.


Otto 2 American  
[ot-oh, awt-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ, ˈɔt oʊ /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”


Otto 1 British  
/ ˈɔto /

noun

  1. Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1869–1937, German theologian: his best-known work is The Idea of the Holy (1923)

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otto 2 British  
/ ˈɒtəʊ /

noun

  1. another name for attar

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Adelheid Otto of Germany's Ludwig-Maximilians-University started a long-planned dig at ancient Shuruppak, modern-day Tell Fara, on February 28.

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"I told the students you have to work on all the small finds that we have," said Otto, 59, who boasts four decades of experience.

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Now, said Otto, archaeologists once again face being shut out.

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"We are always training a lot of Iraqi archaeologists and colleagues," said Otto, of the German institute.

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One of Hurt’s childhood babysitters was fellow Marshalltown native Jean Seberg, a family acquaintance who would go on to star in films such as Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless” and Otto Preminger’s “St. Joan” before her tragic death in 1979.

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