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(Encyclopedia)Mawenzi, peak, Africa: see Kilimanjaro. ...Mafeking
(Encyclopedia)Mafeking, South Africa: see Mahikeng. ...Mafikeng
(Encyclopedia)Mafikeng, South Africa: see Mahikeng. ...Mfumbiro
(Encyclopedia)Mfumbiro, mountains, Africa: see Virunga. ...Pietersburg
(Encyclopedia)Pietersburg, South Africa: see Polokwane. ...Ahaggar
(Encyclopedia)Ahaggar, mountains, Africa: see Sahara. ...Ukerewe
(Encyclopedia)Ukerewe: see Victoria, Lake, Africa. ...babbler
(Encyclopedia)babbler, common name for some members of the large, diversified family Timaliidae, passerine birds found primarily in wooded areas of Asia, Africa, and Australia. Babblers have soft, fluffy plumage an...Tarik ibn Ziyad
(Encyclopedia)Tarik ibn Ziyad täˈrĭk [key], fl. 711, Berber leader of the Muslim invaders of Spain. When the heirs of the Visigothic king, Witiza, requested help from the Moors of N Africa against the usurper Ro...Andersson, Karl Johan
(Encyclopedia)Andersson, Karl Johan yo͞oˈhän änˈdərsōnˌ [key], 1827–67, Swedish explorer in Africa. In 1850 he and Francis Galton set out from Walvis Bay (now in Namibia) to explore Damaraland and Ovambol...Browse by Subject
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