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Chulym
(Encyclopedia) ChulymChulymch&oomacr;lĭmˈ [key], river, c.1,075 mi (1,730 km) long, Krasnoyarsk Territory, S central Siberian Russia. It rises in the eastern slopes of the Kuznetsk Alatau and…Abuja
(Encyclopedia) Abuja Abuja äb&oomacr;ˈjə [key], city and federal capital territory (2021 metropolitan area est. pop. 3,278,000), central Nigeria. Plans to move the…Sibley, Henry Hastings
(Encyclopedia) Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811–91, first governor of Minnesota, b. Detroit. After two years of law study, he was (1830–34) a clerk for the American Fur Company. He later became (1834) a…sphere of influence
(Encyclopedia) sphere of influence, term formerly applied to an area over which an outside power claims hegemony with the intention of subsequently gaining more definite control, as in colonization,…Bir Tawil
(Encyclopedia) Bir Tawil, unclaimed territory, c.795 sq mi (2,060 km), along the E Egypt-Sudan border W of the Halayeb Triangle. Its unclaimed status arose from the peculiarities the disputed border…Iqaluit
(Encyclopedia) Iqaluit Iqaluit ĭkäl&oomacr;ˈĭt [key], town, Nunavut Territory, Canada, at the NE head of Frobisher…Claiborne, William Charles Coles
(Encyclopedia) Claiborne, William Charles Coles, 1775–1817, governor of Louisiana, b. Sussex co., Va. He began law practice in Sullivan co., Tenn., and was appointed a judge of the state supreme…Mackay, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Mackay, LakeMackay, Lakeməkīˈ [key], large, usually dry, saline lake, 1,829 sq mi (4,737 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, 40 mi (64 km) wide, W central Australia, on the border of Western…Puducherry
(Encyclopedia) PuducherryPuducherryp&oomacr;ˌdŭchĕˈrē [key], formerly PondicherryPondicherrypŏndĭchĕˈrē, –shĕˈrē [key] or PondichéryPondichérypôNdēshārēˈ [key], union territory (2001 provisional…Wallis and Futuna Islands
(Encyclopedia) Wallis and Futuna IslandsWallis and Futuna Islandswŏlˈĭs, f&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈnä [key], officially Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French overseas territory (2015…Trending
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