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noun

  1. Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.

noun

  1. an annual festival of the Japanese Buddhists, welcoming ancestral spirits to household altars.

noun

  1. a shamanistic Tibetan sect, absorbed by the first Buddhist sects of the 7th century and later.

noun

  1. Also called: Feast of Lanterns, Festival of Lanterns an annual festival celebrated by Japanese Buddhists
    1. the pre-Buddhist priests of Tibet or one such priest
    2. their religion

noun

  1. Cape Bon a peninsula of NE Tunisia

French, literally “good” (adj.), from Latin bonus “good” (see bene-). It has crossed the Channel in phrases such as bon apétit (1860), literally “good appetite;” bon-ton (1744) “good style;” bon mot.

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