supplementary allocations

  • 31Education —    Like other Asian peoples, the Burmese have high esteem for education and educated persons. Books are customarily treated with care (e.g., they should not be placed on the ground), and the term saya (hsaya), meaning teacher in the Burmese… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 32SPAIN — (in Hebrew at first אספמיא then ספרד), country in S.W. Europe. The use of the word Spain to denote Sepharad has caused some confusion in research. Spain came into being long after the Jews had been expelled from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism