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  • 111Saskatoon — This article is about the Canadian city. For other uses, see Saskatoon (disambiguation). Saskatoon   City   Downtown Saskatoon …

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  • 112Caprivi Strip — Caprivi, sometimes called the Caprivi Strip (in German: Caprivizipfel) or the Okavango Strip and formally known as Itenge, is a narrow protrusion of Namibia eastwards about 450km (280 miles), between Botswana on the south, Angola and Zambia to… …

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  • 113Zaporizhian Sich — ( ua. Запорізька Січ, Zaporiz ka Sich ) original Slavonic name Zaporizhska Sich was the center of the Dnieper Cossacks of Zaporizhia. The term has also been metonymically used as an informal reference to the whole Zaporizhia or to the Zaporozhian …

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  • 114Latgalian language — language name=Latgalian nativename=Latgalīšu states=Latvia, Russia region=Latgale, Sēlija, Vidzeme, Siberia, Bashkiriya speakers=150 200,000 familycolor=Indo European fam1=Indo European fam2=Balto Slavic fam3=Baltic fam4=Eastern Baltic… …

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  • 115Prussian Lithuanians — Ethnic group group=Prussian Lithuanians (Lietuwininkai) poptime= 125,000 (by origin, due exceptional identity declaring is confusing)Fact|date=December 2007 region1 = flagcountry|Germany pop1 = 100,000Fact|date=December 2007 region2 =… …

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  • 116Armenia — /ahr mee nee euh, meen yeuh/; for 3 also Sp. /ahrdd me nyah/, n. 1. an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2. Also called, Armenian Republic. a republic in Transcaucasia, S of Georgia and W of Azerbaijan.… …

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  • 117Bulgaria — /bul gair ee euh, bool /, n. a republic in SE Europe. 8,652,745; 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Cap.: Sofia. * * * Bulgaria Introduction Bulgaria Background: The Bulgars, a Central Asian Turkic tribe, merged with the local Slavic inhabitants in …

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  • 118cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …

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  • 119Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural&#8230; …

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  • 120Cuba — Cuban, adj., n. /kyooh beuh/; Sp. /kooh vah/, n. a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Cap.: Havana. /kooh bah/, n. Cubba. * * * Cuba Introduction Cuba&#8230; …

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