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  2. State of Love and Trust - Wikipedia

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    State of Love and Trust. " State of Love and Trust " is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by guitarist Mike McCready and bassist Jeff Ament, "State of Love and Trust" first appeared on the soundtrack to the 1992 film, Singles. The song was included on Pearl Jam's ...

  3. Maryland, My Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Maryland, My Maryland. " Maryland, My Maryland " was the state song of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1939 until 2021. [1] The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius" [2] — the same tune "O Tannenbaum" was taken from. The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861.

  4. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation originally meant " P aulan ja M iran m olemmat p uolet" ("both sides of Paula and Mira") but the band has also explained it simply means " P aula, M ira, M ira, P aula" in a similar fashion as the Swedish band ABBA chose their name.

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of music terminology. A variety of musical terms are encountered in printed scores, music reviews, and program notes. Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings.

  6. Saudade - Wikipedia

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    Saudade ( English: / saʊˈdɑːdə /, [1] European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ], Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadʒi] ⓘ, Galician: [sawˈðaðɪ], Northeast Brazil: [saw.ˈda.di]; plural saudades) [2] is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent something or someone. It derives from the Latin word for solitude. [3] It is often associated with a ...

  7. Ministries in Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia

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    The Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love, and the Ministry of Plenty are the four ministries of the government of Oceania in the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell.

  8. Limerence - Wikipedia

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    Limerence is a state of mind which results from romantic feelings for another person, and typically includes intrusive, melancholic thoughts, or tragic concerns for the object of one's affection as well as a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and to have one's feelings reciprocated.

  9. Aloha - Wikipedia

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    Aloha. Aloha ( / əˈloʊhɑː / ə-LOH-hah, Hawaiian: [əˈlohə]) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a greeting. [1] [2] It has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians, for whom the term is used to define a force that holds together existence. [3]