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Southeast Asia
(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the…Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
(Encyclopedia) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), alliance organized (1954) under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty by representatives of Australia, France, Great Britain, New…Schurman, Jacob Gould
(Encyclopedia) Schurman, Jacob GouldSchurman, Jacob Gouldshûrˈmən [key], 1854–1942, American educator and diplomat, b. Freetown, Prince Edward Island. His education was completed in London, Edinburgh…Primo de Rivera, Miguel
(Encyclopedia) Primo de Rivera, Miguel, 1870–1930, Spanish general and dictator. After a rapid and brilliant military career in Cuba, the Philippines, and Morocco, he became governor of Cádiz (1915…Baguio
(Encyclopedia) Baguio Baguio băˈgēō, Sp. bägyōˈ [key], city, Benguet prov., NW Luzon,…Hukbalahap
(Encyclopedia) Hukbalahap (Huk)Hukbalahaph&oobreve;kˌbälähäpˈ [key], Communist-led guerrilla movement in the Philippines. It developed during World War II as a guerrilla army to fight the…Nelson, Knute
(Encyclopedia) Nelson, KnuteNelson, Knutekən&oomacr;tˈ [key], 1843–1923, U.S. Senator (1895–1923), b. Voss, Norway. He was brought to the United States at the age of six, grew up on a Wisconsin…Oceania
(Encyclopedia) OceaniaOceaniaōshēănˈēə, –āˈnēə [key] or OceanicaOceanicaōshēănˈĭkə [key], collective name for the approximately 25,000 islands of the Pacific, usually excluding such nontropical areas…Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(Encyclopedia) Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), organization established by the Bangkok Declaration (1967), linking the nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and…Zamboanga
(Encyclopedia) ZamboangaZamboangasāmˌbōängˈgä [key], city (1990 pop. 442,345), Zamboanga del Sur prov., SW Mindanao, the Philippines, at the tip of the Zamboanga peninsula, on Basilan Strait. One of…Trending
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