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101Girmityas — are descendents of indentured Indian labourers brought to Fiji to work on sugarcane plantations for the prosperity of the European settlers and save the Fijians from having to work on these plantations and thus to preserve their culture.… …
102Traditional genres of Mexican music — Traditional Mexican music differs from contemporary Mexican music in that it is much older and uses more conservative instruments. Mariachi and rancheraAs the best known regional musicians of Mexico, mariachi s became common in Jalisco around the …
103Pandaka pygmaea — Taxobox name = Dwarf pygmy goby status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 220px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Gobiidae subfamilia = Gobionellinae genus = Pandaka species = P.… …
104Art of Croatia — Croatian art describes the visual arts in Croatia from medieval times to the present. In Early Middle Ages, Croatia was important centre for art and architecture in Southeastern Europe. There were many Croatian artists during the Medieval periods …
105Diffusion damping — Physical cosmology Universe · Big Bang …
106Berthoald, Duke of Saxony — Berthoald (died 622) was the Duke of the Saxons during the reign of the Frankish kings Chlothar II and his son Dagobert I, the last ruling Merovingians.Max Diesenberger (2003), Hair, Sacrality and Symbolic Capital in the Frankish Kingdoms, The… …
107Alaskan malamute — one of an Alaskan breed of large dogs having a dense, coarse coat, raised originally by Alaskan Eskimos for drawing sleds. [1935 40] * * * Sled dog developed by the Malemiut, an Eskimo group. It is a strongly built dog with a broad head, erect… …
108Algeria — /al jear ee euh/, n. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Cap.: Algiers. * * * Algeria Introduction Algeria Background: After a century of… …
109amphibole — /am feuh bohl /, n. Mineral. any of a complex group of hydrous silicate minerals, containing chiefly calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, and aluminum, and including hornblende, tremolite, asbestos, etc., occurring as important constituents of many… …
110Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
