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pean

[pee-uhn] / ˈpi ən /


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Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2015

Kiesinger reiterated the West German view that the doors of the Common Market should be opened to Britain and the other six members of the Euro pean Free Trade Association.

From Time Magazine Archive

As recently as 1951, Manhattan critics felt that he had plenty of speed but not enough depth, and Julius returned to his Left Bank apartment in Paris and more Euro pean appearances.

From Time Magazine Archive

His knowledge of the region is newly acquired; he previously focused on Euro pean relations and trade, and does not speak Spanish.

From Time Magazine Archive

And among other jubilations, so ran the legend, a pean was composed, corresponding in the number of its stanzas, to the number of islands.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman