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Clubs (also known as clovers or flowers in some parts of Africa) is one of the four suits found in playing cards. A club may be any of several things: For groups or gathering places of people, such as social organizations with formal or informal membership, see club. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... “Trump card” redirects here. ... Some typical modern playing cards. ...


In Bridge, it ranks lowest out of all four suits, below Diamonds. It is typically associated with war. Contract bridge, more usually known as Bridge, is a trick_taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or sides. The partners on each side sit opposite one another. ... For other uses, see War (disambiguation). ...


The symbol was first used on French playing cards, mass produced in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th Century through the use of woodcuts. The suits were based on the four major economic classes on the late middle ages: Spades represented the military, Hearts represented the church, Clubs represented agriculture, and Diamonds represented trade merchants. Some typical modern playing cards. ... Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... This article is about the French city. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer Ukiyo-e woodcut, Ishiyama Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1889) Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface... For other uses, see spade (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see heart (disambiguation). ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... Diamonds () is one of the four suits found in playing cards. ...

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Analogues in other suits

For other uses, see Acorn (disambiguation). ... This article is about the general history, iconography, and uses of tarot cards. ... The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the dukes daughter into a white hind. ... Rod may mean: Rod (geometry), a straight and slender stick; a wand; a cylinder; hence, any slender bar Rod cell, a cell found in the retina that is sensitive to light/dark (black/white) Rod (unit), an Imperial unit of length, also known as the pole or perch Rod (cryptozoology...

Meanings in other languages

Also known as the Latin cross or crux ordinaria. ... For other uses, see Clover (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Flower (disambiguation). ...

Сodes of symbol

Unicode — U+2663 and U+2667 The Unicode Standard, Version 5. ...

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