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  1. perisciinoun

    The inhabitants of the polar regions (whose shadows, during part of the summer, make a complete revolution).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Periscii

    those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass

  2. Etymology: [NL. See Periscian.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Periscii

    pe-rish′i-ī, n.pl. the people within the polar circle, because their shadows, on some days in summer, move round in a complete circle, owing to the fact that on those days the sun does not set.—adj. Peris′cian. [Gr. periskios, throwing a shadow all round; peri, around, skia, a shadow.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of periscii in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of periscii in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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