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11Steamboats of the Mississippi — GeographyThe Mississippi is one of the world’s great rivers. It spans 3860 miles of length as measured using its northernmost west fork, the Missouri River, which starts in the Rocky Mountains in Montana, joining the Mississippi proper in the… …
12Sinbad the Sailor — (also spelled Sindbad; PerB|سندپاذ; Arabic السندباد البحري Al Sindibaad Al Bahri ) is a story cycle of ancient Middle Eastern origin. Sinbad is a Persian word [ W. Eilers (1983), Iran and Mesopotamia in E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran …
13japan — 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,… …
14Japan — /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… …
15Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …
16Auto rickshaw — An auto rickshaw on the streets of Bangalore, India. Auto rickshaws are a common means of public transportation in urban India. An auto rickshaw or three wheeler (tuk tuk, trishaw, auto, rickshaw, autorick, bajaj, rick, tricycle, mototaxi, or… …
17Iraq — /i rak , i rahk /, n. a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 22,219,289; 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Cap.: Baghdad. Also, Irak. * * * Iraq Introduction Iraq Background …
18Taxicabs by country — refers to the common property of vehicles hired to carry a passenger or passengers for an agreed journey of the passenger s choice. There is a wide variation in the vehicles used, the circumstances under which they may be hired and the regulatory …
19Yury Luzhkov — Infobox Mayor name = Юрий Михайлович Лужков caption = office = 2nd Mayor of Moscow term start = June 6, 1992 term end = incumbent predecessor = Gavriil Popov successor = birth date = birth date and age|1936|09|21 birth place = Moscow, Russia… …
20JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
