a sukarno

Su·kar·no

[soo-kahr-noh]
noun
Ach·med [ahk-med] , 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
Also, Soekarno.
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Sukarno or Soekarno (suːˈkɑːnəʊ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Achmed (ˈɑːkmɛd). 1901--70, Indonesian statesman; first president of the Republic of Indonesia (1945--67)
 
Soekarno or Soekarno
 
n

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A sukarno is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Sukarno [(sooh-kahr-noh)]

A statesman who became the first president of Indonesia when it gained independence from The Netherlands in 1949. (See Suharto.)

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