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  • 121salt — salt1 saltlike, adj. /sawlt/, n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. table salt mixed with a particular herb or… …

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  • 122SALT — /sawlt/, n. See Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. * * * I Chemical compound formed when the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a metal or its equivalent, such as ammonium (NH4). Typically, an acid and a base react to form a salt and water. Most… …

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  • 123Shantung — /shan tung / or, for 2, /shan tung/; for 1, also Chin. /shahn doong /, n. 1. Shandong. 2. (often l.c.) Textiles. a. a heavy pongee. Cf. tussah. b. a fabric imitating this, of rayon or cotton. * * * ▪ province …

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  • 124Sichuan — /sich wahn , sich ooh ahn /; Chin. /sue chwahn /, n. Pinyin. a province in S central China. 67,960,000; 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Cap.: Chengdu. Also, Szechwan, Szechuan. * * * or Ssu ch uan conventional Szechwan Province (pop., 2000 est …

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  • 125Szechwan — /sech wahn , sech ooh ahn /; Chin. /su chwahn /, n. Sichuan. Also, Szechuan. * * * ▪ province, China Introduction Chinese (Wade Giles)  Ssu ch uan,  (Pinyin)  Sichuan,          …

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  • 126United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 127Vienna — /vee en euh/, n. 1. German, Wien. a port in and the capital of Austria, in the NE part, on the Danube. 1,515,666. 2. a city in NE Virginia. 15,469. 3. a town in W West Virginia. 11,618. * * * I German Wien City (pop., 2001: 1,550,123; metro. area …

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  • 128Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… …

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