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  2. Military colours, standards and guidons - Wikipedia

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    The National Color is never dipped in salute, but remains vertical at all times, while the organizational colours and any guidons are dipped as necessary. When the National Color is not cased, all persons salute the Colors. The finial is a nickel or chrome-plated spearhead, though the Navy uses different finials on occasion.

  3. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans. Lime tree in culture - uses of the lime (linden) tree by humans. Rose symbolism - a more expansive list of symbolic meanings of the rose. Apple (symbolism) - a more expansive list of symbolic means for apples.

  4. Potassium permanganate - Wikipedia

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    It is a purplish-black crystalline salt, that dissolves in water as K + and MnO−. 4, an intensely pink to purple solution. Potassium permanganate is widely used in the chemical industry and laboratories as a strong oxidizing agent, and also as a medication for dermatitis, for cleaning wounds, and general disinfection.

  5. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Balaghat. Etymology: probably from Hindi बालाघाट, from Persian بالا bālā 'above' + Hindi gaht 'pass.' tableland above mountain passes. [11] Baldachin. "Baldachin" (called Baldac in older times) was originally a luxurious type of cloth from Baghdad, from which name the word is derived, through Italian "Baldacco".

  6. Urdu alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu alphabet (Urdu: اردو حروفِ تہجی, romanized: urdū ḥurūf-i tahajjī) is the right-to-left alphabet used for writing Urdu. It is a modification of the Persian alphabet, which itself is derived from the Arabic script. It has official status in the republics of Pakistan, India and South Africa.

  7. Cinema of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistani cinema includes films made in various Pakistani languages, which reflects the linguistic diversity of the country itself. The largest language-based film industries in the country include Punjabi, Urdu, Pashto, Sindhi and Balochi cinema. Pakistani cinema has played an important part in the country's culture.

  8. Kashmiri language - Wikipedia

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    Kashmiri (English: / k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər i / kash-MEER-ee) [10] or Koshur [11] (Kashmiri: کٲشُر (Perso-Arabic, Official Script), pronounced) [1] is a Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, [12] primarily in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory. [13]

  9. Tea - Wikipedia

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    Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. [3][4][5] Tea is also made, but rarely, from the leaves of Camellia taliensis. [6][7][8] After plain ...