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Major Earthquakes around the World, 2003
DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 20Solomon Islands7.3Jan. 22Colima, Mexico7.6March 17Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska7.0May 26Near Honshu, Japan7.0May 26Halmahera, Indonesia7.0June 20Amazonas, Brazil7…Brewer's: Scot
The same as Scythian in etymology; the root of both is Sct. The Greeks had no c, and would change t into th, making the root skth, and by adding a phonetic vowel we get Skuth-ai (Scythians…Major Earthquakes around the World, 2004
DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 3Southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia7.1Feb. 5Papua, Indonesia7.0Feb. 7Near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia7.3July 15Fiji Region7.1July 25Southern…Malayo-Polynesian languages
(Encyclopedia) Malayo-Polynesian languagesMalayo-Polynesian languagesməlāˈō-pŏlĭnēˈzhən [key], sometimes also called Austronesian languagesAustronesian languagesôˌstrōnēˈzhən [key], family of…Territories, Colonies, and Dependencies
Source: The World Factbook, 2005 The following is a list of dependencies—territories under the jurisdiction of another country. Under Australian Jurisdiction (6) Ashmore and Cartier Islands…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: 1789
by Robert Burns 178817901789ContentsRobin Shure In HairstOde, Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Oswald Of AuchencruivePegasus At WanlockheadSappho Redivivus-A FragmentSong-She's Fair And FauseImpromptu…The Difference Between the UK, Great Britain and England
A lot of people get confused by different terms for the political or geographic body that includes England; some people will use Great Britain and the U.K. interchangeably. There are, however, some…Life Expectancy for Countries, 2009
Find the average life expectancy for each country and the world. As of 2009, the country with the highest life expectancy is Macau at 84.4 years; the country with the lowest…How Many Continents Are There?
Source: iStock Like a large jigsaw puzzle, the surface of the Earth is divided up into interlocking pieces that form the world we know today. And when it comes to the number of continents, it hasn’t…Infoplease<sup>®</sup> Atlas: <span>Map Index</span>
Choose a category: ContinentsRegionsCountriesCountries (Proposed)United StatesCanadian Provinces & TerritoriesTerritories & Dependencies Continents Africa Antarctica…Trending
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