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Jewish Autonomous Region
(Encyclopedia) Jewish Autonomous Region or BirobidzhanBirobidzhanbērōbējänˈ [key], autonomous region (1995 pop. 211,900), c.13,800 sq mi (35,700 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the…Evenki Autonomous Area
(Encyclopedia) Evenki Autonomous Area Evenki Autonomous Area ĕvyĕnˈkē [key], former administrative division, 287,645…New Netherland
(Encyclopedia) New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch West India Company in 1621. Colonists were settled along the Hudson River region; in…Cameroons, former German colony
(Encyclopedia) Cameroons, Fr. Cameroun, Ger. Kamerun, former German colony, W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea and extending N to Lake Chad. Germany's penetration of the area began in 1884 and by 1902…Panama Canal Zone
(Encyclopedia) Panama Canal Zone, former territory within Panama, 553 sq mi (1,432 sq km), that was administered by the United States under a 1903 treaty (with later amendments) with Panama. The zone…Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818–62, American army engineer, territorial governor, and Union general in the Civil War, b. North Andover (then part of Andover), Mass., grad. West Point,…Kuala Lumpur
(Encyclopedia) Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpurkwäˈlə l&oobreve;mˈp&oobreve;r [key], city (1990 est. pop. 1,750,000), capital of Malaysia, S Malay Peninsula, at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak…Transkei
(Encyclopedia) TranskeiTranskeitrănskīˈ [key], former black “homeland” and nominal republic, E South Africa, in what is now Eastern Cape prov. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south…Gran Paradiso
(Encyclopedia) Gran ParadisoGran Paradisogrän pärädēˈzō [key], mountain, 13,323 ft (4,061 m) high, in Valle d'Aosta, NW Italy. In the Graian Alps, it is the highest Alpine peak entirely in Italian…Jabal Shammar
(Encyclopedia) Jabal ShammarJabal Shammarjäˈbäl shăˈmər [key], former emirate, N Saudi Arabia. Its capital was at Hail. In 1921, Ibn Saud conquered the forces of the emir, Ibn Rashid, and annexed the…Trending
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