TRIBES

Meaning of TRIBES in English

informal large numbers of people.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TRIBES — ➡ Native American
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
TRIBES — bestir bister
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TRIBES — Племена
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRIBES — Племена
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TRIBES — Кланы
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TRIBES — Племена
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ISRAEL, TRIBES OF — In the Bible, the 12 clans of the ancient Hebrew people, which were named for the sons of Jacob (Reuben, …
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TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL — in the Old Testament, the Hebrew people who, after the death of Moses, took possession of the Promised Land of …
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TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL — 10 of the original 12 Hebrew tribes, which, under the leadership of Joshua, took possession of Canaan, the Promised Land, …
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ISRAEL, TRIBES OF — In the Bible, the 12 clans of the ancient Hebrew people, which were named for the sons of Jacob (Reuben, …
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TRIBE — in cultural anthropology, theoretical type of human social organization based on small groups defined by traditions of common descent and …
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SUN DANCE — most spectacular and important religious ceremony of the Plains Indians of 19th-century North America. Ordinarily held by each tribe once …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPOTLIGHT — Spotlight: Mexico, the Painful Changes Rarely had a country turned from a showcase into a basket case in such a …
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UZBEKISTAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped blue-white-green national flag with red fimbriations (narrow borders) between the stripes. In the upper hoist corner are a …
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TURKMENISTAN, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of a green field (background) with a white crescent and five stars; near the hoist a claret …
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SUDAN, THE — officially Republic of The Sudan, Arabic As-Sudan, or Jumhuriyat As-Sudan, country located in northeastern Africa. It is bounded on the …
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SOUTHWEST INDIAN — Distribution of Southwest Indians and their reservations and lands. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting the …
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SOUTHEAST INDIAN — Distribution of Southeast American Indian cultures. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting the area of the …
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SOUTH AMERICAN FOREST PEOPLES — Distribution of aboriginal South American and circum-Caribbean cultural groups. indigenous inhabitants of the tropical forests of South America. The tribal …
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PLATEAU INDIAN — member of any of various North American Indian tribes who inhabited the high plateau between the Rocky Mountains on the …
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PLAINS INDIAN — Distribution of North American Plains Indians. also called Buffalo Indian, member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting …
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NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS — arts of the aboriginal Americans, often called American Indians. The art itself is often referred to as Indian art. The …
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NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH — also called Peyotism, or Peyote Religion most widespread indigenous religious movement among North American Indians and one of the most …
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NATIVE AMERICAN — also called American Indian, Amerindian, Amerind, or Indian, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with …
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MONGOLIA, FLAG OF
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GERMANY, FLAG OF
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CELT — also spelled Kelt, Latin Celta, plural Celtae a member of an early Indo-European people who from the 2nd millennium BC …
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BODO — group of peoples speaking Tibeto-Burman languages in the northeastern Indian states of Assam and Meghalaya and in Bangladesh. The Bodo …
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BERBER — any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. The Berbers are scattered in tribes across Morocco, Algeria, …
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ARABIA, HISTORY OF — history of the region from prehistoric times to the present. Some time after the rise of Islam in the first …
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TRIBE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE different ▪ Sometimes they are organized on a tribal basis, sometimes they embrace people …
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