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Tiraspol
(Encyclopedia)Tiraspol tyērŭˈspôl [key], city (1995 est. pop. 203,870), Trans-Dniester Region, E Moldova, on the Dniester River. It has diversified light industries, including the production of foodstuffs, furn...Batavian Republic
(Encyclopedia)Batavian Republic, name for the Netherlands in the years (1795–1806) following conquest by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. The United Provinces of the Netherlands were reconstituted...Czech Republic
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika, or Czechia chĕkˈēə ...Skopje
(Encyclopedia)Skopje skôpˈəlyə [key], city (1994 pop. 444,760), capital of North Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is an important transportation and trade center as well as an industrial hub where chemicals, ...Kutná Hora
(Encyclopedia)Kutná Hora ko͝otˈnä hôˈrä [key], Ger. Kuttenberg, city (1991 pop. 24,561), central Czech Republic, in Bohemia. Now an agricultural center, it was an important silver-mining center in the Middle...Tyrone
(Encyclopedia)Tyrone, former county, Northern Ireland. In 1973 it was divided into the districts of Strabane, Omagh, Dungannon, and part of the Cookstown district. ...Karakalpakstan Republic
(Encyclopedia)Karakalpakstan Republic käˌrəkŭlpäkˈ [key], autonomous republic (1992 pop. 1,312,000), c.61,000 sq mi (158,000 sq km), W Uzbekistan, on the Amu Darya River. Nukus is the capital. The republic co...Bremen
(Encyclopedia)Bremen brāˈmən [key], city, capital of the state of Bremen, NW Germany, on the Weser River...Udmurt Republic
(Encyclopedia)Udmurt Republic o͝odˈmo͝ort, Rus. o͝odmo͞ortˈ [key] or Udmurtia, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,620,000), 16,255 sq mi (42,100 sq km), European Russia, in the forested foothills of the Urals,...Buryat Republic
(Encyclopedia)Buryat Republic bo͝oryätˈēə [key], constituent republic (2020 est. pop. 985,431), c.135,600 sq mi ...Browse by Subject
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