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  • 71cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. Obs. cypress2. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK was approved in 1960 with constitutional guarantees by the Greek Cypriot majority to the Turkish Cypriot minority. In 1974, a Greek sponsored… …

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  • 72Cyprus — /suy preuhs/, n. an island republic in the Mediterranean, S of Turkey: formerly a British colony; independent since 1960. 752,808; 3572 sq. mi. (9250 sq. km). Cap.: Nicosia. * * * Cyprus Introduction Cyprus Background: Independence from the UK… …

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  • 73japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 74Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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  • 75JAPON - L’économie contemporaine — L’économie japonaise s’est affirmée, depuis les années 1980, comme la plus dynamique des pays industrialisés mais aussi comme la deuxième plus puissante du monde. Ruinée en 1945, elle totalise aujourd’hui près de 3 400 milliards de dollars de… …

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  • 76Zagreb — For other uses, see Zagreb (disambiguation). Zagreb   City   City of Zagreb Grad Zagreb …

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  • 77Fribourg — Infobox Swiss town subject name = Fribourg/Freiburg municipality name = Fribourg/Freiburg municipality type = city imagepath coa = City of Fribourg coat of arms.svg|pixel coa= languages = French (ca. 21.240 inhabitants) German (ca. 8.288… …

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  • 78Inclinometer — Compass with inclinometer Military model An inclino …

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  • 79Liquid capacitive inclinometers — are Inclinometers (or Clinometers)whose sensing elements are made with liquid capacitive technology; they are considered gravity based. The best way to understand how they work is to think of a disc like cavity that is half filled with a… …

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  • 80New Caledonia — /kal i doh nee euh, dohn yeuh/ 1. an island in the S Pacific, ab. 800 mi. (1290 km) E of Australia. 113,680; 6224 sq. mi. (16,120 sq. km). 2. an overseas territory of France comprising this island and other smaller islands: formerly a penal… …

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