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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RAS , the Arabic for a " See also:

head," hence a cape, promontory or headland; a See also:

COMMON

common word in See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place names .

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