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daz·zling
/ˈdaz(ə)liNG/adjective
- 1. extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily: "the sunlight was dazzling" Similar
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Chon (sometimes stylized as CHON) was an American progressive rock and math rock band from Oceanside, California. Their music is largely instrumental with only a few songs containing vocal performances. The final line up of the band consisted of Mario Camarena (guitar), Erick Hansel (guitar), Esiah Camarena (bass) and Nathan Camarena (drums).
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Isidore of Miletus ( Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation: [iˈsiðoros o miˈlisios]; Latin: Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greek mathematician, physicist and architects ( Anthemius of Tralles was the other) [1] that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia ...
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Dazzling is the dwelling in which the gentle ones live (aiar l-daura ḏ-nʿhil šrabḥ), and my heart has been chosen among the elect ones (u-libai mn bhiria bhir). Chapter 12.4 (14.2.3 in the Al-Saadi edition) is an acrostic hymn that is identical to Prayer 214 in the Qolasta. The poem begins with the opening lines: The pearl came (atat ...