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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 86 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AZURE (derived, through the See also:Romance See also:languages, from the Arabic al-lazward, for the See also:precious See also:stone lapis lazuli, the initial 1 having dropped) , the lapis lazuli; and so its See also:colour, See also:blue.

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