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Burr , BURR
BURR
BURR. An informal term for a pronunciation of r that is perceived as ‘rough’, like a burr (a flower head that sticks to one's clothes), esp… R , R, r [Called ‘ar’]. The 18th LETTER of the Roman ALPHABET as used for English. It originated in Phoenician and was adopted and adapted by the Greeks… Retroflex , ret·ro·flex / ˈretrəˌfleks/ (also ret·ro·flexed) • adj. Anat. & Med. turned backward: a retroflex fibers. ∎ Phonet. pronounced with the tip of the to… GUTTURAL , GUTTURAL. A general term for sounds made in or near the throat, such as the velar fricative in German Achtung and ScoE loch, the uvular r in Parisian… Rajputs , Rajputs
PRONUNCIATION: RAHJ-puts
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ksatriya caste
LOCATION: India (Rājasthān state and elsewhere)
POPULATION: 138 million (estimate)
L… Sounding , sound·ing1 / ˈsounding/ • n. the action or process of measuring the depth of the sea or other body of water. ∎ a measurement taken by sounding. ∎ the…
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