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| home page |
the main page of a Web site. A home page often has a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web page. |
| news |
(used with a singular verb) a report of recent important events, read out on the television or radio, or printed in a newspaper, magazine, or Web site. |
| Rome |
Rome is the capital of the country of Italy. It was also the capital of the Roman Empire in ancient times. The modern city of Rome was built on the same site in Italy as the ancient city. [1/2 definitions] |
| site |
A site is a place where a building, town, or city is going to be built, or where it was built in the past. [3 definitions] |
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