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  • 101The Hanse —    A company, society, or corporation of merchants belonging to certain cities in Germany, who had formed amongst themselves, c. 1140, the Hanseatic League for purposes of trade. The towns to which they belonged were known as the Hanse towns… …

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  • 102CITIC Pacific — Limited 中信泰富有限公司 Type Listed company Industry Conglomerate Founded 1990 Headquarters Hong Kong I …

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  • 103Guiana — • The name given to all that region of South America which extends along the Atlantic coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Guiana     Guiana      …

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  • 104Merchant's Tire and Auto — Merchants Tire and Automotive Center falls under the acquisition of Tire Kingdom by TBC Corporation. There are approximately 115 stores nationwide as of 3/16/2011. History Founded in 1943, the Merchant family from Manassas, VA owned and operated… …

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  • 105NRBX — Merchants Despatch Transportation Corporation (Regional » Railroads) …

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  • 106japan — 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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  • 107Japan — /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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  • 108Glasgow —    GLASGOW, a city, the seat of a university, and a sea port, having separate jurisdiction, locally in the Lower ward of the county of Lanark, and situated in longitude 4° 15 51 (W.), and latitude 55° 52 10 (N.), 23 miles (E. by S.) from Greenock …

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  • 109India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 110United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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