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eureka!

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Eureka! [(yoo-ree-kuh)]

A Greek word meaning “I have found it!” An exclamation that accompanies a discovery: “When she finally located the rare book, the scholar cried, ‘Eureka!’” (See Archimedes.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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