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Not What You Meant?  There are 11 definitions for Aryan.  Also try: Indo-European or Aryan language or Indo-Aryan or Ario.

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Indo-Aryan : Language and Linguistics
693 words, approx. 2 pages
Branch of Indo-European which belongs to the Indo-Iranian subgroup, with over thirty languages, some of which contain numerous dialects; in total about 650 million speakers. The most significant languages are Hindi-Urdu (over 220 million speakers,...
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Aryan Summary
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The Aryans, far from being a "race," were speakers of Vedic Sanskrit in India, the earliest form of that classical Indo-European language. These people entered India from the northwest about 1500 BCE, and their descendants today form most...
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Aryan : Buddhist Terms
42 words, approx. 1 pages
From Ārya (Sk.) meaning noble. In P.Ariya, e.g., the Aryan or noble Eightfold Path, or the four Aryan or noble Truths. Taken from the Aryan race, the word was used by the Buddha as worthy of the race, noble in...
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Aryan Information
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Aryan is an English language word derived from Sanskrit and Avestan term ārya- meaning "noble" or "spiritual".[1] It is widely held to have been used as an ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians. Since, in the 19th century, the...


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Montana; The Magazine of Western History
Aryan Cowboys
07/01/2007: 538 words, approx. 2 pages
Aryan Cowboys WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND THE SEARCH FOR A NEW FRONTIER, 1970-2000 Evelyn A. Schlatter University of Texas Press, Austin, 2006. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index, xv + 350 pp. $50.00 cloth, $19.95 paper. Historians share with the American people a certain schizophrenia...
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The Washington Post
The Aryan Nations Verdict
09/16/2000: 495 words, approx. 2 pages
THE ARYAN Nations, a vile white supremacist organization, may soon be out of business. Good news? Well, maybe not quite as cheerful as it sounds at first. The group, along with some of its members and its guru, Richard Butler, were recently assessed...
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2 Aryan Brotherhood gang leaders convicted
1/10/2007: 251 words, approx. 1 pages
Two men who prosecutors say helped lead the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang in California were convicted Tuesday of plotting at least six murders from behind bars.A federal jury found Robert "Blinky" Griffin, 59, and John "Youngster" Stinson, 52, guilty of conspiracy to commit racketeering and...
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Aryan Brotherhood members get life terms
8/18/2007: 327 words, approx. 1 pages
Two members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang will get life in prison for plotting the murders of two black inmates after a jury deadlocked on whether to recommend the death penalty.A federal jury deliberated about 4 1/2 days before announcing a deadlock Thursday. Jurors...
 


 

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