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  • proper noun A language of Papua New Guinea.

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Examples

  • We covered about twenty miles through that waste land, and lay overnight by the well serving the nearby village of Ad Abaga; the wells, being low-lying, are necessarily outside the walls of all the hill communities.

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • Not having had a wink of sleep since our bivouac at Ad Abaga the night before last, I slept the day through, and it was evening when I was summoned to a spacious apartment on the second floor and had my first taste of formal Ab dining.

    Flashman on the March Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 2005

  • At the request of Abaga, Khan of the Tatars, the pope sent him in 1278 five Franciscan missionaries who were to preach the Gospel first in Persia and then in China.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • From the Far East, ambassadors came to the pope from Abaga, Khan of Tatary, who had also sent an embassy to the Council of Lyons.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Kaochid, 2 banners; (17) Sunid, 2 banners; (18) Abaga, 2 banners;

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • People close to Abaga told HRW that on the day he was arrested, Abaga was planning to hold an event to press for a "no" vote on the referendum.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • It comes days ahead of a Nov. 13 referendum on the constitution which Abaga's party had strongly opposed.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • The statement issued Friday by the rights group says Marcial Abaga Barril, the representative of the main opposition party on the national electoral body, was arrested without a warrant allegedly in connection with a murder investigation.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • "From Taparitz we advanced much more rapidly along the Abaga

    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Various

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