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Geothermal comes from the Greek word geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat.

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  1. A narrow inlet walled in by steep cliffs. A strange wild land of stacks and skerries, of voes and geos, and of cliffs and caves. R. Tudor, The Orkneys and Shetlands.

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  • "Look for the geo-specific catch of your town," advises Italian food icon Mario Batali during his Saturday morning seminar. —  Colorado Springs Independent
  • They are definitely not "ducks", nor do they have any relation to "geo" - logy. —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • Paul Coulton from Forum Nokia writes innovative LBS project realized with his student Zhang Lei, based around the old idea of geo-wand. —  News From Symbian Smart Phones World...
  • To fend off attacks on him from Hillary Clinton and John McCain that depicted him as a geo-strategic lightweight, —  Progressive Bloggers
  • For a geo-political zone adept at strategically outsmarting other zones, the North is becoming desperate; and it is obvious. —  AllAfrica News: Latest
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  1. North. Scots, also written geow, rarely geu, goe; from Icelandic gjā, a chasm or rift in fells or crags.
 

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