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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rahu(noun)

    a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses

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  1. Rahu(ProperNoun)

    A snake that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a dragon with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is also one of the navagrahas (nine planets) in Vedic astrology.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

peace(noun)

(sometimes with a ) (a time of) freedom from war; (a treaty or agreement which brings about) the end or stopping of a war

Does our country want peace or war?; (also adjective) a peace treaty.

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