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  • 21Aztec — For other uses, see Aztec (disambiguation). The Aztec Pyramid at St. Cecilia Acatitlan, Mexico State …

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  • 22highland — /huy leuhnd/, n. 1. an elevated region; plateau: He moved to a highland far from the river. 2. highlands, a mountainous region or elevated part of a country. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of highlands. [bef. 1000; ME; OE heahlond.… …

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  • 23Highland — /huy leuhnd/, n. 1. a region in N Scotland, including a number of the Inner Hebrides. 182,044; 9710 sq. mi. (25,148 sq. km). 2. a city in NW Indiana, near Chicago. 25,935. 3. Brit. See West Highland. * * * ▪ council area, Scotland, United Kingdom …

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  • 24Mauna Kea — with its seasonal snow cap visible Elevation 4,205 m (13,796&#160 …

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  • 25Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Batanes-Babuyanes — The Prelature of Batanes babuyanes is a prelature of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines and was created on November 30, 1950, comprising the civil province of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands group which belongs to the province of… …

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  • 26Niijima — For other uses, see Niijima (disambiguation). For the administrative unit, see Niijima, Tokyo. Niijima Native name: 新島 Yunohama Onsen, Niijima …

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  • 27china — /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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  • 28China — /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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  • 29japan — 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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  • 30Japan — /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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