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Amphiscians
1620s, from M.L. Amphiscii, from Gk. amphiskioi "inhabitants of the tropics," from amphi- "on both sides" + skia "shadow." Inhabitants of torrid zones, so called because they are "people whose shadow is sometimes to the North, and sometimes to the South."
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Amphiscians
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