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  • 11Benjamin Boyd — Benjamin Boyd, (21 August 1801 15 October 1851)cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040047b.htm |title=Boyd, Benjamin (1801 1851) |accessdatxt is taken directly from the biographical information in the quoted text and needs to be …

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  • 12pool — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 swimming pool, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bathing, paddling (BrE), swimming, wading (AmE) ▪ big ▪ little, small …

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  • 13Asia — For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). Asia …

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  • 14BOYD, Benjamin (C. 1796-1851) — pioneer was born about the year 1796 at Merton Hall, Wigtonshire, Scotland. He was the second son of Edward Boyd by his wife Jane, daughter of Benjamin Yule. In 1824 he was a stockbroker in London and on 8 October 1840 he addressed a letter to… …

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  • 15Economy of Swansea — The City and County of Swansea is an urban centre of regional importance [ [http://www.swansea.gov.uk/media/pdf/k/r/swansea 2020.pdf Swansea 2020 Swansea s Economic Regeneration Strategy] ] with a largely rural hinterland in Gower. Swansea s… …

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  • 16abundant — [[t]əbʌ̱ndənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is abundant is present in large quantities. There is an abundant supply of cheap labour... Birds are abundant in the tall vegetation by the canal. Syn: plentiful …

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  • 17United 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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  • 18Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 19china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 20China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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