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Wonder

~ WONDER  in old eng and Frisian WUNDER
^u        adjective related to WONDERFUL WONDERWORK
  WONDEROUS or WONDROUS            sug> SENSATIONAL
  ge  WUNDER  = MIRACLE            sug> STRANGE
  ukr CHUDOVE   MARVELOUS          sug> PRODIGY
      CHUDO     MIRACLE            sug> AMAZING
  sp MARAVILLA  SURPRISING  OF UNCERTAIN NATURE
  lit+ " WONDRERS ARE MANY
         AND NONE MORE WONDERFUL THAN MAN ... "
      Chorus  Antigone
  hx> THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD or
      THE SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS INCLUDED THE
  CHEOPS PYRAMID IN EGYPT
  THE LIGHTHOUSE OF PHARES or PHAROS IN ALEXANDRIA
  WALLS AND HANGING GARDENS IN BABYLON
  TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS or DIANA AT EPHESUS
  STATUE OF ZEUS BY PHIDIAS AT OLYMPIA
  COLOSSUS OF RHODES
  MAUSOLEUM FOR KING MAUSOLLOS or MAUSOLLUS or MAUSOLUS
  buit by ARTEMISIA located in HALICARNASSUS
  note the emphasis on BEAUTY
  ply> | MODERN WONDERS MAY BE PONDEROUS
         BUT RARELY DUE TO BEAUTY |

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