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Asian-American History

From Chinese laborers in the 1800s to millions of U.S. citizens today by David Johnson Related Links Features Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Timeline of Asian-American…

Réunion

(Encyclopedia) CEE RéunionRéunionrāünyôNˈ [key], island and overseas department of France (2015 est. pop. 863,000), c.970 sq mi (2,510 sq km), one of the Mascarene Islands, in the Indian Ocean c.…

Guizhou

(Encyclopedia) Guizhou or Kweichow Guizhou both: gwāˈjōˈ [key], province, c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SW China.…

Durban

(Encyclopedia) DurbanDurbandûrˈbən [key], city, now part and seat of eThekwini metropolitan municipality, KwaZulu-Natal prov., E South Africa, on Natal Bay, an arm of the Indian Ocean. Durban is an…

Caroline Islands

(Encyclopedia) Caroline Islands, archipelago, c.830 sq mi (2,150 sq km), W Pacific, just north of the equator. The largest islands are Palau (Belau), Yap, Chuuk (Truk), Pohnpei (Ponape), and Kosrae.…

Uttar Pradesh

(Encyclopedia) Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh&oobreve;ˈtär präˈdĭsh [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 166,052,859), 92,804 sq mi (240,363 sq km), N central India. The capital is Lucknow. Other…

Fiji Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Fiji Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Fiji Relations GEOGRAPHYFiji is comprised of a group…

Santo Domingo, former Spanish colony

(Encyclopedia) Santo DomingoSanto Domingosänˈtō dōmēngˈgō [key], former Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola. The name has also been used for the Dominican Republic, and in early days it…

Lafayette

(Encyclopedia) LafayetteLafayetteläˌfēĕtˈ, lăfˌēĕtˈ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 23,501), Contra Costa co., NW Calif., a residential suburb in the San Francisco–Oakland area; settled 1848, inc. 1968. The…