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Czech Republic

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Czech Republic. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Czech Republic's geography, history, government, economy,…

Dominican Republic

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Dominican Republic. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Dominican Republic's geography, history, government, economy,…

Congo, Republic of

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Congo, Republic of. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Congo, Republic of's geography, history, government, economy,…

Central African Republic

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Curragh, the

(Encyclopedia) Curragh, theCurragh, thekûrˈəkh [key], undulating plain or common, 4,885 acres (1,977 hectares), Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland. It has been a military camp since 1646. The Curragh…

Brewer's: Parthenopean Republic

That of Naples, from January 22, 1799, to the June following. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PartiParthenope A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Brewer's: Ligurian Republic

(The). Venetia, Genoa, and a part of Sardinia, tied up in one bundle by Napoleon I. in 1797, and bound with a constitution similar to that of the French “Directory,” so called from Liguria…

The Devil's Dictionary: Republic

by Ambrose Bierce REPROBATIONREQUIEMREPUBLIC -n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional…

The Fundamental Principle of a Republic

by Anna Howard Shaw Shaw delivered this speech during the 1915 New York State equal suffrage campaign at a fully packed City Opera House in Ogdenburg on the evening of June 21. The…