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Her name is Zoey, which is the Greek word for 'life.'

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  1. verb Third person singular present indicative of be.

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  • Almost every third word is a Latin word with a Ger- manized ending, the Latin portion being al- ways printed in Roman letters, while in the last syllable the German character is retained At length, about the year 1620, OPITZ arose, whose genius more nearly resembled that of Dryden than any other poet, who at present occurs to my recollection. —  Biographia Literaria
  • Paraklit11 is a Greek word meaning the Distinguisher between Truth and Falsehood. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Zeitgeist is a German word meaning "spirit of the times." —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Zodiac, meaning circle of animals, is a Greek word and out of the 12 Zodiac signs, 8 have animals as their symbol. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Ashram is a Sanskrit word denoting a spiritual community in the Hindu tradition. —  3quarksdaily
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English; see es- in Indo-European roots.
 

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/ɪz/
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