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Look up: pow-wow

  1. Pow wow
    A `pow-wow` (also `powwow` or `pow wow` or `pau wau`) is a gathering of North America`s Native people. The word derives from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader". A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American and non-Native American peop...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow_wow

  2. Pow woW
    `Pow woW` is French musical group. Their biggest hit was "Le Chat" in 1992. Their next single was the French version of song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", titled "Le lion est mort ce soir". Members : Discography : Albums : Compilations : External links:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow_woW

  3. Pow-Wow
    An Indian word meaning a meeting followed by dancing and feasting. The mountain man's term for any discussion between two men, or for a planned meeting.
    Found on http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss

  4. Pow-wow
    (folk magic) `Pow-wow` is a system of American folk religion and magic associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch. Origin of the name and practices: Its name comes from the book Pow-wows, or, The Long Lost Friend, written by John George Hohman and first published in German as Der Lange ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pow-wow

  5. powwow
    [v] - hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Powwow
    Pow'wow` noun 1. A priest, or conjurer, among the North American Indians. « Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow Longfellow. 2. Conjuration attended with great noise and confusion, and often with feasting, da...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/140

  7. Powwow
    Pow'wow` intransitive verb 1. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians. 2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. [ Colloq. U. S.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/140

  8. powwow
    1. To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc, as among the North American Indians. ... 2. Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. powwow
    noun a council of or with Native Americans
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Powwow
    • (v. i.) Hence: To hold a noisy, disorderly meeting. • (v. i.) To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. powwow
    a celebration of American Indian culture in which people from diverse indigenous nations gather for the purpose of dancing, singing, and honouring ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/104

  12. Powwow
    Powwow is British army slang for a conference of senior officers.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  13. Powwow
    Powwow is British army slang for a conference of senior officers.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. PowWow
    (chat program) `PowWow` was one of the first Internet instant message and chat programs for Windows. It was made by a company called Tribal Voice. It is a quintessential internet startup meltdown story. Many of the features found in contemporary instant messaging programs were first introduce...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowWow

  15. PowWow
    `PowWow` (Power Optimized Hardware and Software FrameWork for Wireless Motes) is a wireless sensor network (WSN) mote developed by the Cairn team of IRISA/INRIA. The platform is currently based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard radio transceiver and on an MSP430 microprocessor. Unlike other available mote s...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowWow



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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