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Look up: swastika

  1. Swastika
    A symbol used by Hitler's Nazi Party.
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  2. swastika
    [n] - the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the German Third Reich
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. swastika
    Cross in which the bars are extended at right angles in the same clockwise or anticlockwise direction. Its origin is uncertain, but it appears frequently as an ancient good luck and religious symbol...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. swastika
    the --, called --, its form being composed of four Greek capitals of the letter gamma, is marked on many early christian tombs as a veil symbol of the cross Category: Religion and philosophy
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. swastika
    Hakenkreuz noun the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction
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  6. Swastika
    • (n.) Alt. of Swastica
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. swastika
    equilateral cross with arms bent at right angles, all in the same rotary direction, usually clockwise. The swastika as a symbol of prosperity and ... [6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/195

  8. Swastika
    The swastika (स्वस्तिक) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing (卐) form or its mirrored left-facing (卍) form. Earliest archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization of Ancient India as...
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  9. swastika
    An ancient ideogram, signs of which have been found in the Euphrates-Tigris Valley, and in some areas of the Indus valley, dating back 3,000 years old; it became commonly used around 1000 BC, possibly first in ancient Troy, in the northwest of modern Turkey. The swastika is an irregular icosagon (a ...
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  10. Swastika
    The swastika is an ancient religious symbol and amulet for good luck, dating from Neolithic times, and occurring in ancient Greek and Egyptian art. It has the form of an equal armed cross with the ends of the arms all bending in the same direction at right angles. It was introduced into Europe in th...
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  11. swastika
    Cross in which the bars are extended at right angles in the same clockwise or anticlockwise direction. Its origin is uncertain, but it appears frequently as an ancient good luck and religious symbol in both the Old World and the New. In Hinduism it is a symbol of good luck and goodness. In this reli...
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  12. Swastika
    English term for the German Hakenkreuz.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of

  13. Swastika
    [Germanic Iron Age] The swastika design is known from artefacts of various cultures since the Neolithic, and it recurs with some frequency on artefacts dated to the Germanic Iron Age, i.e. the Migration period to Viking Age period in Scandinavia, including the Vendel era in Sweden, attested ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_(G



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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