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31Guyana — Not to be confused with Ghana., or French Guiana. For other uses, see Guyana (disambiguation). Co operative Republic of Guyana[1] …
32Declaration and address — Published December 1809 The Declaration and Address was written by Thomas Campbell in 1809. It was the founding document for the Christian Association of Washington, a short lived religious movement of the 19th century. The Christian Association… …
33Kunlun Mountains — [koon′loon′] mountain system in W China, between Tibet & Xinjiang: highest peak, c. 25,300 ft (7,711 m) * * * or K un lun Mountains Mountain system, east central Asia. It extends for 1,250 mi (2,000 km) through the western regions of China. From… …
34climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
35Mato Grosso — /mah too grddaw soo/; Eng. /mat euh groh soh/ 1. a plateau in SW Brazil. 2. a state in SW Brazil. 1,418,000; 475,378 sq. mi. (1,231,230 sq. km). Cap.: Cuiabá. Also, Matto Grosso. * * * State (pop., 2002 est.: 2,604,742), southwestern Brazil. It… …
36mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something… …
37plateresque — /plat euh resk /, adj. (sometimes cap.) noting or pertaining to a 16th century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors. [1835 45; < Sp …
38United 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… …
39Viking — /vuy king/, n. (sometimes l.c.) 1. any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. 2. a sea roving bandit; pirate. 3. a Scandinavian. 4. U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of space probes that… …
40Brinkman, Johannes Andreas — born March 22, 1902, Rotterdam, Neth. died May 6, 1949, Rotterdam Dutch architect. After graduating from the Delft Technical University, he helped design the van Nelle tobacco factory (1928–30) in Rotterdam, one of the most architecturally… …
