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Arru Islands
(Encyclopedia)Arru Islands: see Aru Islands, Indonesia. ...Dutch New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)Dutch New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...Riouw Archipelago
(Encyclopedia)Riouw Archipelago: see Riau Archipelago, Indonesia. ...Tenimbar Islands
(Encyclopedia)Tenimbar Islands: see Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia. ...West Irian Jaya
(Encyclopedia)West Irian Jaya: see Papua, Indonesia. ...West New Guinea
(Encyclopedia)West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...El Dorado, legendary country of South America
(Encyclopedia)El Dorado ĕlˈdəräˈdō, –rāˈ– [key] [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. The legend supposedly originated in a custom of the C...Seran
(Encyclopedia)Seran or Serang: see Seram, Indonesia. ...Ternate
(Encyclopedia)Ternate tĕrnäˈtā [key], volcanic island (c.40 sq mi/100 sq km), E Indonesia, in the Molucca Sea, one of the Moluccas. Forested and mountainous, the nearly conical Ternate rises to the summit of Ga...mine, in warfare
(Encyclopedia)mine, in warfare, term formerly applied to a system of tunnels dug under an army fortification and ending in a chamber where either explosives were placed to be detonated at a chosen moment or the sup...Browse by Subject
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