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Ashkhabad
(Encyclopedia)Ashkhabad: see Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. ...Chardzhou
(Encyclopedia)Chardzhou: see Chärjew, Turkmenistan. ...Transcaspian Region
(Encyclopedia)Transcaspian Region: see Turkmenistan. ...Kara Kum
(Encyclopedia)Kara Kum kärˌə ko͝omˈ [key], two deserts, one in Kazakhstan and one in Turkmenistan. The Caspian Kara Kum or Garagum, the larger desert (c.115,000 sq mi/297,900 sq km), is W of the Amu Darya Rive...Kara-Bogaz-Gol
(Encyclopedia)Kara-Bogaz-Gol: see Garabogazkol, Turkmenistan. ...Kunya-Urgench
(Encyclopedia)Kunya-Urgench: see Urgench, ancient city, Turkmenistan. ...Caspian Kara Kum
(Encyclopedia)Caspian Kara Kum: see Kara Kum, Turkmenistan. ...Maori
(Encyclopedia)Maori mäˈōrē [key], people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands, believed to have migrated in early times from other islands of Polynesia. Maori tradition asserts that seven canoes brought their an...Kurz, Sebastian
(Encyclopedia)Kurz, Sebastian, 1986–, Austrian politician, federal chancellor of Austria (2017–), b. Vienna. A member of the conservative People's party, he was active in the party's youth wing and became its l...Tuareg
(Encyclopedia)Tuareg or Touareg both: twäˈrĕg [key], Berbers of the Sahara, numbering c.2 million. They have preserved their ancient alphabet, which is related to that used by ancient Libyans. The Tuaregs tradit...Browse by Subject
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