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  2. Gear stick - Wikipedia

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    A gear stick (rarely spelled gearstick ), [1] [2] gear lever (both UK English ), gearshift or shifter (both U.S. English ), more formally known as a transmission lever, is a metal lever attached to the transmission of an automobile. The term gear stick mostly refers to the shift lever of a manual transmission, while in an automatic transmission ...

  3. List of placeholder names by language - Wikipedia

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    Though not directly translatable into English, e.g. "Si m’annil-leh" roughly translates to "go do that thing". Similarly to other Semitic languages, plān ܦܠܵܢ (masculine) and plānīthā ܦܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (feminine) are used for "so-and-so". Bengali. Bengali uses the universal placeholder ইয়ে iẏē. It is generally placed ...

  4. Ilocano people - Wikipedia

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    The Ilocanos ( Ilocano: Tattao nga Iloko / Ilokano ), Ilokanos, or Iloko people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. They mostly reside within the Ilocos Region, in the northwestern seaboard of Luzon, Philippines. The native language of the Ilocano people is the Ilocano (or Ilokano) language .

  5. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...

  6. Members Church of God International - Wikipedia

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    Its English version went online in 2005 as theoldpath.tv. From 2001 to 2007, the website Kaanib.NET was an online community and portal that connected the global members. From 2004 to 2005, the website mybeliever.com was an online news magazine featuring church events with its printed version known as Believer NewsMagazine. The printed features ...

  7. Tinikling - Wikipedia

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    Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance.

  8. Pinoy hip hop - Wikipedia

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    Pinoy reggae. Filipino hip-hop or Pinoy hip hop (also known as Pinoy rap) is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent, both in the Philippines and overseas, especially by Filipino-Americans . The Philippines is known for having the first hip hop music scene in Asia [1] since the early 1980s, largely due to the country's ...

  9. Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    A Tagalog speaker, recorded in South Africa.. Tagalog (/ t ə ˈ ɡ ɑː l ɒ ɡ /, tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɣaː.loɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.