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  • The central character of The God of Small Things (she is just called 'Ammu' — Mother — because the story is even more about her twin children) is a South Indian woman who has few advantages in her background but who refuses to be docile: 'Must we behave like some damn godforsaken tribe that's just been discovered?' she snaps when her English sister-in-law enthuses about quaint, exotic Kerala.

    Out of the Ruins Dinnage, Rosemary 1997

  • Nandan Farms, Sawantwadi, MaharashtraIn the Sindhudurg region of southern Maharashtra, this rustic, adobe-style home offers two guest rooms opening on to a wide verandah that overlooks Ammu and Ashish Padgaonkar's farm - 12 acres of cashews, pineapples and coconut palms.

    Ten top homestays in India Lesley Gillilan 2010

  • Once when Bou came to Nuapalli she also played cards, which Nerika has picked up at Hyderabad while playing with her Tatta-Ammu the other grand parents.

    Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Back Srijit Mishra 2009

  • Once when Bou came to Nuapalli she also played cards, which Nerika has picked up at Hyderabad while playing with her Tatta-Ammu the other grand parents.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Srijit Mishra 2009

  • Ammu on räägitud, aga nüüd lõpuks näib ka asjaks minevat.

    Indiana Jones 4 Ulmeguru 2007

  • (See above, p. 64.) 'Ammu-anshi married Sinuhit to his eldest daughter, and bestowed upon him the government of a district called Aia which lay on the frontier of

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • There was an Upper Lutennu and a Lower Lutennu, the Upper Lutennu corresponding with Palestine and the adjoining country, and thus including the Edomite district of which 'Ammu-anshi or

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • After spending a year and a half there, 'Ammu-anshi, the prince of the

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • In the name of 'Ammu-anshi, it may be observed, we have the name of the deity who appears as Ammi or Ammon in the kingdom of the Ammonites, and perhaps forms the second element in the name of

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • His principal enemy was a certain Vaiteha, who had for allies Natun, or Nathan, king of the Nabathivans, and Ammu-ladin, king of Kedar.

    The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2. (of 7): Assyria The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. George Rawlinson 1857

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