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  2. Rocket - Wikipedia

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    The name "rocket" comes from the Italian rocchetta, meaning "bobbin" or "little spindle", given due to the similarity in shape to the bobbin or spool used to hold the thread from a spinning wheel. Leonhard Fronsperger and Conrad Haas adopted the Italian term into German in the mid-16th century; "rocket" appears in English by the early 17th ...

  3. Gajaman - Wikipedia

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    Gajaman (Sinhala: ගජමෑන්), sometimes referred to as Camillus' Gajaman 3D, is a 2023 Sri Lankan Sinhala 3D animation comedy film directed by Chanaka Perera and co-produced by John Fonseka and Chamika Jinadasa, Executive Produced by Isuru Silva and Isuru David for Studio 101. [2]

  4. Demigod - Wikipedia

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    "Cuchulain Slays the Hound of Culain", illustration by Stephen Reid from Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cuchulain, 1904. A demigod is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, [1] or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (divine illumination).

  5. Iskole - Wikipedia

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    Vihara, a teacher from Colombo gets a transfer to a rural village to teach the poor kids. She is engaged to a wealthy businessman called Roshan. Her parents are both well known doctors and work in Roshan's dad hospital.

  6. Ho Gaana Pokuna - Wikipedia

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    Ho Gana Pokuna (The Singing Pond) (Sinhala: හෝ ගානා පොකුණ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan children's musical drama film written and directed by Indika Ferdinando.

  7. Sinhalese people - Wikipedia

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    The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka.

  8. Shingles - Wikipedia

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    Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a viral disease characterized by a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area. [2] [6] Typically the rash occurs in a single, wide mark either on the left or right side of the body or face. [1]

  9. List of common commercial fish of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. It is situated in the middle of Indian Ocean.Because of being an island, Sri Lanka has many endemic freshwater fauna, as well as thousands of marine and brackish water fauna. [1]