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| Ascension Island |
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Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (994 mi) from the coast of Africa, and 2,250 kilometres (1,398 mi) from the coast of South America which is roughly midway...
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Earth (or the Earth) is the third planet from the Sun, and the fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest, most massive, and densest of the Solar System's four terrestrial (or rocky) planets. It is sometimes...
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| British House of Commons |
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically...
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The Khuriya Muriya Islands or Kuria Muria Islands (Arabic: جزر خوريا موريا; transliterated: Juzur Khurīyā Murīyā or Khūryān Mūryān – in antiquity the islands were called the Zenobii Islands or Zenobiou Islands (Greek: Ζηνοβίου νησία; Latin: Zenobii...
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| Lake |
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A lake (from Latin laus) is a terrain feature (or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain feature; that is, it is not global) and moves slowly if it...
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A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a...
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| Northern Ireland |
Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
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| Nuremberg Trials |
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The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II. The trials were held in the city of...
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A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also...
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| Supervolcano |
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A supervolcano or super volcanic eruption is a volcanic eruption with ejecta greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles), which is millions of times larger than any volcanic event in historic times. Supervolcanoes can occur when magma in...
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| Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone |
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Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone |
The Saudi–Iraqi neutral zone was an area of 7,044 km² on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq within which the border between the two countries had not been settled. The Treaty of Muhammarah (Khorramshahr) of May 5, 1922, forestalled the...
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air,...
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The United Nations Organization (UNO) or simply United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights,...
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Penn |
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and is one of several...
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Snowdonia National Park |
Snowdonia (Welsh: Eryri) is a region in north Wales and a national park of 838 square miles (2,170 km) in area. It was the first to be designated of the three National Parks in Wales, in 1951.
The English name for the area derives from Snowdon,...
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Worldwide |
World is a common name for the sum of human civilization living, specifically human experience, history, or the 'human condition' in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.
In a philosophical context, World may refer to the Universe, everything...
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| Danish West Indies |
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The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien or De dansk-vestindiske øer) or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and Denmark in the Caribbean, now known as the United States Virgin Islands. Jomfruøerne ("Virgin Islands") is the...
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| Cape Province |
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The Cape of Good Hope Province (commonly referred to simply as the Cape Province) was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa. It encompassed the old Cape Colony, and had Cape Town as its capital.
It was...
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| Lorraine |
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The Duchy of Upper Lorraine (French: Lorraine, German: Lothringen) was a historical duchy in present-day northeast France, including parts of present Luxembourg and Germany. Some of the main cities are Metz, Nancy and Verdun.
Lorraine was originally...
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The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is located in St. Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It was designated as a National Memorial by Executive Order 7523, on December 21, 1935, and is maintained by the...
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Lexington, Kentucky |
Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County) is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 65th largest in the United States. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's...
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Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Albuquerque (pronounced /ˈælbəkɜrkiː/; Spanish pronunciation: [alβuˈkerke]; known as Bee'eldííldahsinil in Navajo) is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the...
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| British Somaliland |
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British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the northern part of present-day Somalia. The protectorate incorporated much of what now constitutes the Puntland (Maakhir) and Somaliland macro-regions of Somalia. For much of its existence, British...
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| Natal Province |
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Natal was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu. Natal Province was the only province to vote "no" to the creation of a republic in the South African...
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Peak District National Park |
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire.
Most of the area falls within the Peak...
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Netherlands East Indies |
The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia-Belanda) was the Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II.
It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the former Dutch East...
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Congo Belge |
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo Belge, Dutch: Belgisch-Kongo (help·info)) was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of personal control over the state to Belgium on...
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| Serengeti National Park |
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The Serengeti National Park (2°19′58″S 34°34′00″E / 2.33278°S 34.5666667°E / -2.33278; 34.5666667) is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million and a half white bearded (or...
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| Mackinac Island |
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Mackinac Island (pronounced /ˈmækɨnɔː/ MAK-in-aw) is an island covering 3.8 square miles (9.8 km) in land area, part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron, at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac, between the state's Upper...
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| Canadian House of Commons |
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The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308...
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Edinburgh University |
The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It was the fourth university to be established in Scotland, making it one of the ancient universities of the...
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| Cabrera, Balearic Islands |
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Cabrera (Latin: Capraia) is one of the minor Balearic Islands belonging to Spain, just south of Mallorca, in the Mediterranean Sea, at approximately 39° 9' N, 3° E.
It is the largest of a small archipelago of islands and islets, including (from...
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| Achmetha |
This article incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.
Achmetha (Ezra 6:2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, was the capital of northern Media. Here was the palace which was the residence...
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| Stream |
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A stream is a flowing body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, kill, lick, rill, river syke, bayou,...
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| Demographics of the United States |
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American people |
The United States has a total resident population of 308,236,000. It is a very urbanized population, with 81% residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-2005 (the worldwide urban rate was 49%). California and Texas are the most populous states, as the...
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| St. Johns County |
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St. Johns County is located in northeastern Florida. As of the 2000 census, the population was 123,135. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population as of 2008 at 181,540. The county seat is St. Augustine. Due to the inclusion of Ponte Vedra and...
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| Mauretania |
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In Antiquity, Mauretania was originally an independent Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa (named after the Mauri tribe, after whom the Moors were named), corresponding to western Algeria, northern Morocco and Spanish Plazas de...
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| Knossos |
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Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός pronounced [kno̞ˈso̞s]), also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan...
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| Uruk |
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Uruk (Cuneiform: 𒌷𒀔, UNUG ; Sumerian: unug; Akkadian: uruk; Biblical Hebrew: Erech; Greek: Ορχόη Orchoē, Ωρύγεια Ōrugeia; Latin: Orchoi; Arabic: وركاء, Warkā') was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the...
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| Nippur |
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Nippur (EN.LIL 𒂗𒇸; Sumerian: Nibru; Akkadian: Nibbur), from the Sumerian for 'lord wind' (Enlil), is modern Nuffar in Afak Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq. Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities. It was the special seat of the...
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| Opis |
Opis (Akkadian Upî or Upija; Greek Ὦπις) was an ancient Babylonian city on the Tigris, not far from modern Baghdad. The precise location of Opis has not been established, but from the Akkadian and Greek texts, it was located on the east bank of the...
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| Harran |
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Harran, also known as Carrhae, is a district of Şanlıurfa Province in the southeast of Turkey.
A very ancient city which was a major Mesopotamian commercial, cultural, and religious center, Harran is a valuable archaeological site. It is often...
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| Cyrene, Libya |
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Cyrene (in Greek, Κυρήνη – Kyrēnē) was an ancient Greek colony in present-day Shahhat; Libya, the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern...
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| Usini |
Usini is a town and comune in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.
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| Fairfax |
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Fairfax city |
This article refers to the independent city of Fairfax, Va. For the surrounding unincorporated area of Fairfax County with a Fairfax postal address, please see Fairfax County, Virginia
The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave...
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| Acton, London |
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Acton is a place in west London, United Kingdom situated 6.4 miles (10.3 km) west of Charing Cross. At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689...
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| Chessington |
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Chessington is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in Greater London, England. The Hogsmill river runs through it. Neighbouring settlements include: Hook, Tolworth, Ewell, Surbiton, Claygate, Epsom, Leatherhead, Esher, and Kingston...
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| Thamesmead |
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Thamesmead is a suburb of London, UK built on the southern bank of the River Thames, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) east of Charing Cross. It is located partly in the London Borough of Bexley and partly in the London Borough of Greenwich. Originally planned to...
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Dauphine |
The Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois is a former province in southeastern France, roughly corresponding to the present departments of the Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. Dauphiné was an independent State from 1040 to 1349, under the rule of the Counts...
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| St. Bernard Parish |
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St. Bernard Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Bernard) is a parish located southeast of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Chalmette, the largest city in the parish. As of 2000, its population was 67,229. It has been...
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| Samaria Gorge |
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The Samariá Gorge (Greek: Φαράγγι Σαμαριάς or just Φάραγγας) is a national park on the island of Crete, and a major tourist attraction of the island.
The gorge is in the prefecture of Chania in southwest Crete. It was created by a small river...
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| Millport, Isle of Cumbrae |
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Millport (Scottish Gaelic: Port a' Mhuilinn) is the only town on the island of Great Cumbrae in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland. The town is four miles south from the Largs-based Caledonian MacBrayne ferry slipway....
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| Barakee National Park |
Barakee is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 257 km north of Sydney.
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| Ben Boyd National Park |
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Ben Boyd is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 382 km south of Sydney. It is named after the entrepreneur Ben Boyd who had a variety of interests in the far South Coast of New South Wales including whaling and farming. He commissioned...
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| Ben Halls Gap National Park |
Ben Halls Gap is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 251 km north of Sydney.
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| Biamanga National Park |
Biamanga is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 307 km southwest of Sydney.
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| Bimberamala National Park |
Bimberamala is a national park in New South Wales, Australia. It is located thirty kilometers west of Batemans Bay and ten kilometers north of Kings Highway.
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| Biriwal Bulga National Park |
Biriwal Bulga is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 284 km northeast of Sydney.
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| Bongil Bongil National Park |
Bongil Bongil is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 427 km northeast of Sydney.
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| Boonoo Boonoo National Park |
Boonoo Boonoo is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 571 km north of Sydney and 26 kilometres north east of Tenterfield off Woodenbong Road.
The Boonoo Boonoo River passes through the park and includes a 210 metre waterfall and a...
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