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Eighth edition of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary launched
Friday, February 26, 2010 08:26:32 AM,
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Kolkata:
Kirpan, niqab,
kabbadi, fakir are some of the two per cent Indian words that find
place in the 8th edition of Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary,
which was launched here on February 25.
The latest
edition has 1000 new words and meanings including citizen
journalism, social bookmarking, staycation, stack it, carbon
trading, malwar Xfactor, vuvu-zela among the 184,000 words, phrases
and meanings, said Alison Waters, publishing manager, ELT
Dictionaries department, Oxford University Press, UK. Staycation, a
noun, which finds place in this edition means a holiday or vacation
that one spends at or near his/her home.
Vuvu-zela, a
long plastic instrument in the shape of a trumpet, that makes a very
loud noise when one blows it and is popular with football in South
Africa. The Rs 575 dictionary with a CD-ROM released by OUP and
British Council is globally considered the ''gold standard'' for
millions of learners of English as a foreign language.
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