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(Encyclopedia) Fujairah Fujairah f&oomacr;jīˈrä [key], sheikhdom, c.450 sq mi (1,170 sq km), part of the…Greater and Lesser Tunb
(Encyclopedia) Greater and Lesser Tunb, disputed islands, E Persian Gulf. Greater Tunb is approximately 6 sq mi (10 sq km) in area; Lesser Tunb, some 7 mi (11 km) to the west, about 1 sq mi (2 sq km…Ehime
(Encyclopedia) Ehime Ehime āhēˈmā [key], prefecture, 2,188 sq mi (5,667 sq km), NE Shikoku, Japan. Matsuyama is the…East River
(Encyclopedia) East River, tidal strait, 16 mi (26 km) long and 600–4,000 ft (183–1,219 m) wide, connecting Upper New York Bay and Long Island Sound, New York City, and separating the boroughs of…Honshu
(Encyclopedia) Honshu Honshu hōnˈsh&oomacr; [key], island , c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), central Japan. It is c…Kerch
(Encyclopedia) KerchKerchkyĕrch [key], city (1989 pop. 174,000), E Crimea. It lies on the Kerch Strait of the Black Sea and at the eastern end of the Kerch Peninsula, a strip of land between the Sea…Calabria
(Encyclopedia) Calabria Calabria käläˈbrēä [key], region, 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km), S Italy, a peninsula projecting…George I, king of Greece
(Encyclopedia) George I, 1845–1913, king of the Hellenes (1863–1913), second son of Christian IX of Denmark. After the deposition (1862) of Otto I, he was elected to succeed on the throne of Greece.…George II, king of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) George II (George Augustus), 1683–1760, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1727–60), son and successor of George I. Though devoted to Hanover, of which he was elector, George was more…Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham
(Encyclopedia) Grenville, George Nugent Temple, 1st marquess of Buckingham, 1753–1813, British statesman; second son of George Grenville. He sat in the House of Commons from 1774 until 1779, when he…Trending
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