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Hispaniola
(Encyclopedia) HispaniolaHispaniolahĭsˌpănyōˈlə [key], Span. EspañolaHispaniolaĕspänyōˈlä [key], second largest island of the West Indies, 29,530 sq mi (76,483 sq km), between Cuba and Puerto Rico.…Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley
(Encyclopedia) Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley, 1781–1826, British East Indian administrator. He was one of the founders of Britain's empire in East Asia. Beginning his career (1795) as a clerk…Saipan
(Encyclopedia) SaipanSaipansīˈpăn, sīpänˈ [key], volcanic island (2010 pop. 48,220), 47 sq mi (122 sq km), W Pacific, capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is mountainous; the highest peak is…Santos Calderón, Juan Manuel
(Encyclopedia) Santos Calderón, Juan Manuel, 1951–, Colombian government official and political leader. From a politically influential family, he studied at the Univ. of Kansas, London School of…William Rosenberg 2002 Deaths
William RosenbergAge: 86 entrepreneur who expanded his Massachusetts coffee shop into Dunkin' Donuts, one of the biggest coffee chains in the world. The 5,000-location franchise, which…Mayotte
(Encyclopedia) MayotteMayottemīŏtˈ [key], island (2015 est. pop. 240,000), 144 sq mi (374 sq km), French departmental collectivity, Indian Ocean, in the Comoro chain. Mamoudzou is the capital and…Limpopo, province, South Africa
(Encyclopedia) Limpopo, province (2011 pop. 5,404,868), 48,554 sq mi (125,754 sq km), NE South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Limpopo was created from the northern…Hidalgo, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Hidalgo Hidalgo ēᵺälˈgō [key], state, 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is…San José, city, Costa Rica
(Encyclopedia) San JoséSan Josésän hōsāˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 287,535), central Costa Rica, capital and largest city of Costa Rica. San José is the economic, political, and social center of Costa…Colima, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Colima Colima kōlēˈmä [key], state, 2,010 sq mi (5,206 sq km), SW Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean…Trending
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