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Old 09-19-2002, 08:24 PM   #3
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kraken
SYLLABICATION: kra·ken
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: kräkn*****KEY
NOUN: A huge sea monster in Norwegian legend.
ETYMOLOGY: Norwegian dialectal : krake, kraken + Norwegian -n, suffixed definite article.
Ha! Well, what do ya know... I was right! And I was just guessing because of a roller coaster name! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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