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Guizhou
(Encyclopedia) Guizhou or Kweichow Guizhou both: gwāˈjōˈ [key], province, c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SW China.…Buckinghamshire
(Encyclopedia) Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire bŭkˈĭng-əmshĭr [key], Buckingham, or Bucks, county (2020 est…Warwickshire
(Encyclopedia) WarwickshireWarwickshirewŏˈrĭkshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick. Warwickshire is divided into five…Dar es Salaam
(Encyclopedia) Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam därˈ-ĕs-sälämˈ [key] [Arab.,=haven of peace], city (2021 est. metro area…representation
(Encyclopedia) representation, in government, the term used to designate the means by which a whole population may participate in governing through the device of having a much smaller number of…Sevier, John
(Encyclopedia) Sevier, JohnSevier, Johnsəvērˈ [key], 1745–1815, American frontiersman and political leader. He was born near the site of New Market, Va., the town he founded in his young manhood. In…Nottinghamshire
(Encyclopedia) NottinghamshireNottinghamshirenŏtˈĭng-əmshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 980,600), 843 sq mi (2,183 sq km), central England. The county seat is at West Bridgford, in Rushcliffe. The…Stuttgart, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia) StuttgartStuttgartsht&oobreve;tˈgärt [key], city (1994 pop. 594,406), capital of Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Neckar River. It is a major transportation point, with a…Taliban
(Encyclopedia) Taliban or TalebanTalibantälēbänˈ, –lə– [key], Islamic fundamentalist militia of Afghanistan and later Pakistan, originally consisting mainly of Sunni Pashtun religious students from…Regulator movement
(Encyclopedia) Regulator movement, designation for two groups, one in South Carolina, the other in North Carolina, that tried to effect governmental changes in the 1760s. In South Carolina, the…Trending
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