“[nostra]”

The following 4 entries include the term [nostra].

audemus jura nostra defendere

Latin phrase

: we dare defend our rights —motto of Alabama

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Cosa Nostra

Italian noun phrase

: our thing : the Sicilian Mafia

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nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita

Italian quotation from Dante

: midway on the road of our life

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pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt

Latin phrase

: may they perish who have uttered ours (our ideas) before us

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