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n. - Ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; Also: The second tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: n. - Ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; Also: The second tone of the diatonic scale in solmization. Used as an adverb, listen here, it means: In the case of; With reference to.

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  • October 3, 2009 at 7:36 pm mi fa mi re ～do～ re ～～mi so fa mi re～ fa～～～～♪
  • Oi 'ut feipfos laudibus ferant, prehenfio, multunque requirat qui mirabilem in tali re virtu - caudoiiem: qui akerius re« tem oftenderint fuam.
  • Stephanie shot back that Santino got his title re-matches in Europe and he lost.
  • When the band signed with Prikosnovénie in 2002, the label re-edited and re-released many of the previous New Rose Records albums that had previously been out of...
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  • ''re" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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