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Smithsonian

Smith-so′ni-an

(-sō′nĭ-an)

,

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M.

Smithson

, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.;

as, the

Smithsonian

Institution;

Smithsonian

Reports

.

–

Noun.

The Smithsonian Institution.