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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural The Iroquois confederacy after it was joined by the Tuscarora in 1722.
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- proper noun rugby union an annual
rugby union tournament between the nations ofItaly ,France ,England ,Wales ,Ireland andScotland , the successor to theFive Nations tournament.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
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Examples
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"Even RBS, despite all their financial woes, have remained committed to their £20 million four-year sponsorship deal of the Six Nations, which is up for renewal at the end of the 2013 tournament.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The beauty of Six Nations rugby is the sound of sages stuffing sentences down their throats.
Six Nations 2011: An insider's guide to the teams and tactics | Shaun Edwards (with Paul Rees) 2011
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It is ITV's desire to build a brand around the 2015 World Cup – to be held in this country – that is driving the Six Nations strategy, since it would justify hiring its own in-house commentary and punditry team rather than using Sky's on secondment.
Plymouth Argyle's administration secret is undone by Chinese whispers 2011
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He said he would not recommend individual Leicester players to the management before next month's Six Nations squad announcement.
Richard Cockerill of Leicester questions Andy Farrell's England role 2011
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As the Six Nations championship heats up with France's visit to Twickenham on Saturday, the BBC's grip on the competition is slipping.
Plymouth Argyle's administration secret is undone by Chinese whispers 2011
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In formal club gear, the hulking Carroll might have been reporting for duty with Martin Johnson's England ahead of the Six Nations opener in Cardiff.
Kenny Dalglish's sure touch unveils foraging foursome to fear 2011
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Which makes it tough to read too much into a Six Nations campaign that even by the inconsistent standards of French rugby, was a model of inconsistency.
Lessons from the Six Nations Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Paul Rees: England's management were naive in letting Warren Gatland influence the referee before their Six Nations clash with Wales
Warren Gatland is desperate to make a winning difference with Wales | Donald McRae 2011
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In one sense, this is no great surprise: The Six Nations is one of only two tournaments with global significance, along with the southern hemisphere's Tri Nations involving South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.
Lessons from the Six Nations Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Despite the risk of jokes about Italy's players getting buried here, the find could prove an extra draw for Six Nations games.
Six Nations 2011: Stadio Flamino dig to reveal Roman 'City of the Dead' 2011
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