Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
ilium .
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This lady some call Ilia, others Rhea, and others Silvia; however, not long after, contrary to the established laws of the Vestals, she had two sons of more than human size and beauty, whom Amulius, becoming yet more alarmed, commanded a servant to take and cast away; this man some call
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884
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Quirinus, son of Rhea Sylvia, sometimes called Ilia, a vestal virgin, the daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa, was the twin brother of
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As Ishban is just after said to have "plundered and demolished Ilia, which is the same as
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various
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You shall see for yourself, if you read over the scene, that it would be weakened and cooled by an aria or duet, which, moreover, would be extremely annoying to the other actors who would have to stand around with nothing to do; besides the magnanimous contest between "Ilia" and "Idamante" would become too long and therefore lose in value. "
Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1905
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He cites this paper by Ilia D. Dichev, which appeared in the American Economic Review in March.
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Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images A released prisoner hugged relatives after arriving in Ramallah, West Bank.
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Ilia Yefimovich/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images UP AND OVER: An Israeli driver hit a masked Palestinian youth who was amid a group throwing stones at cars driven by Israelis in the mostly Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan Friday.
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I talked this over with Tyler Cowen and Ilia Rainer over lunch.
The Missing Take-Out, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In the obscure town of Simsbury, Connecticut, the world-famous skating coach and choreographer spent summers training an elite group of athletes including Olympic champions such as Alexei Yagudin and Ilia Kulik and my friend, the skating star Sasha Cohen.
Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011
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In the obscure town of Simsbury, Connecticut, the world-famous skating coach and choreographer spent summers training an elite group of athletes including Olympic champions such as Alexei Yagudin and Ilia Kulik and my friend, the skating star Sasha Cohen.
Welcome to My World Johnny Weir 2011
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