densely peopled country
1CHINA — (300,000 to 400,000), which, with Tibet, Mongolia (from which it is separated by the Great Wall), and parts of Turkestan, forms the Chinese Empire; is a vast, compact, and densely peopled country in Eastern Asia; bounded on the N. by Mongolia; …
2Middle American Indian — ▪ people Introduction member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle America is the broad mountain chain extending from the southern end of the Rockies to… …
3Saxony — • Chronology of the area and the people Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Saxony Saxony † …
4History of Saxony — The Saxon tribeThere arose in Germany during the third and fourth centuries,CE(Current Era)the great tribal confederations of the Alamanni; Bavarians, Thuringians, Franks, Frisians, and Saxons, which took the place of the numerous petty tribes… …
5English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …
6History of Wiltshire — Wiltshire is an historic county located in the South West England region.Early historyThe English conquest of the district now known as Wiltshire began in 552 AD with the victory of Saxon Cynric over the native Britons at Old Sarum, by which the… …
7Beguines, Beghards — Beguines & Beghards † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Beguines & Beghards The etymology of the names Beghard and Beguine can only be conjectured. Most likely they are derived from the old Flemish word beghen, in the sense of to pray , not to… …
8backcountry — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a rural and relatively thinly settled and undeveloped area to the rear of a more densely peopled and developed region containing the main centers of population the antagonism between Tidewater and backcountry in colonial… …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10Mexico — /mek si koh /, n. 1. a republic in S North America. 97,563,374; 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). Cap.: Mexico City. 2. a state in central Mexico. 6,245,000; 8268 sq. mi. (21,415 sq. km). Cap.: Toluca. 3. Gulf of, Mexican, Golfo de México /gawl …
