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Aryan

, Arian
1. (in Nazi ideology) a Caucasian of non-Jewish descent, esp of the Nordic type
2. a member of any of the peoples supposedly descended from the Indo-Europeans, esp a speaker of an Iranian or Indic language in ancient times
3. of, relating to, or characteristic of an Aryan or Aryans
4. Archaic Indo-European
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Recently, Shah Rukh and Aryan dubbed for the Hindi version of 'The Lion King'.
Along with Shah Rukh and Aryan Khan, actors like Ashish Vidyarthi, Shreyas Talpade, Sanjay Mishra and Asrani have lent their voices in the film.
Social media users thought Aryan sounded "exactly like his father" and wondered if Shah Rukh Khan was voicing both roles.
Norm Gissel, a retired Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, attorney, worked with the Southern Poverty Law Center to bankrupt the Aryan Nations.
Let us take the case of the "Aryan migration' theory widely accepted among international scholars, that holds that from around 2000 BC, Steppe pastoralists (Aryans) from central Asia-roughly the Kazakh region-migrated to India and radically changed the prevailing social order here.
Mr Aryan has been with DHL for 31 years and has become the first Bahraini to hold the position.
Celebrating 31 years with DHL, Aryan is the first Bahraini to hold this important position, and brings with him a wealth of industry knowledge and business-related experience, said a statement from the company.
Boys' singles (quarter-finals): Ivan Penev (Bulgaria) bt Shoaib Khan (Pakistan) 6-4, 6-3; Berk Ulas Enc (Turkey) bt Aryan Esmaielpurfallahi (Iran) 6-3, 6-3; Huzaifa Abdul Rehman (Pakistan) bt Ronan Sani (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-2; Saqib Hayat (Pakistan) bt Arya Roghani (Iran) 6-3, 6-4.
In 2016, when Aryan scored 3 centuries in Singapore school cricket leagues, I decided to move him to India as he was very determined and committed to the game".
The book is a comprehensive study of the cultural, legal, and political underpinnings that resulted in a government that promoted the superiority of the German-Nordic race and the purity of the Aryan bloodline.
Completed in more than 30 years, Shahnameh chronicles the legends and histories of Iranian (Aryan) kings from primordial times to the Arab conquest of Iran in the 7th century, in three successive stages: the mythical, the heroic or legendary, and the historic.
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