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  2. Waters (name) - Wikipedia

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    Waters (name) Waters is a surname, derived from "Wat", or "Wa'ter", an old pronunciation of Gaultier or Walter, and similarly derived from the surname Watson ("Wat's son"). [1] The name is common from an early date in Wales and Yorkshire, [2] [3] as well as Shropshire, England. P.

  3. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United ...

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    List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States. The fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands have taken their names from a wide variety of languages. The names of 24 states derive from indigenous languages of the Americas and one from Hawaiian.

  4. Oasis - Wikipedia

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    Oasis. The desert oasis city of Jubbah in Saudi Arabia as photographed from space. In ecology, an oasis ( / oʊˈeɪsɪs /; pl.: oases / oʊˈeɪsiːz /) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment [ 1] that sustains plant life and provides habitat for animals. Surface water and land may be present, or water may only be accessible ...

  5. Douglas fir - Wikipedia

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    Description. Douglas-firs are medium-size to extremely large evergreen trees, 20–100 metres (70–330 feet) tall (although only Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii, common name coast Douglas-firs, reach heights near 100 m) [9] and commonly reach 2.4 m (8 ft) in diameter, [10] although trees with diameters of almost 5 metres (16 feet) exist. [11]

  6. Tree of life - Wikipedia

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    The river seems to feed two trees of life, one "on either side of the river" which "bear twelve manner of fruits" "and the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations" (v. 1–2). [9] Alternatively, this may indicate that the tree of life is a vine that grows on both sides of the river, as John 15:1 would hint at.

  7. The Lorax - Wikipedia

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    The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. [ 1] It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confronts the Once-ler, a business magnate who causes environmental destruction. The story is commonly recognized as a fable concerning the danger of greed ...

  8. Ailanthus altissima - Wikipedia

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    Botanical drawing of the leaves, flowers, and samaras from Britton and Brown 's 1913 Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Ailanthus altissima is a medium-sized tree that reaches heights between 17 and 27 m (60 and 90 ft) with a diameter at breast height of about 1 m (3 ft). [ 10] The bark is smooth and light grey, often becoming ...

  9. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).

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