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  1. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    1: ... of [[Dar es Salaam]]. The country's name derives from its [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] language, [[Kirun...
    3: ...he poorest and most conflict-ridden countries in Africa and in the world. Its small size belies the ma...
    10: ... = Unit鬠Travail, Progr賠([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
    13: ...[Kirundi language|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
    38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
  2. Dye (6033 bytes)
    3: ...sing. By far the greatest source of dyes has been from the [[plant kingdom]], notably [[root]]s, [[ber...
    5: {{Wiktionary}}
    7: == Organic dyes ==
    9: The first man-made [[organic]] dye, [[mauveine]], was discovered by [[Willi...
    17: ...ordant]], which improves the fastness of the dye against water, [[light]] and [[perspiration]]. The ch...
  3. Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
    8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
    10: * &#23610; ([[wiktionary:%E5%B0%BA|shaku @ Wiktionary]]) &ndash; The word "[[shaku]]" means "foot" (as ...
    12: * &#20843; ([[wiktionary:%E5%85%AB|hachi @ Wiktionary]]) &ndash; The word "hachi" means the number "eig...
    14: ... of a shakuhachi. Other shakuhachi vary in length from about 1.3 shaku up to 3.3 shaku. (The longer th...
    18: ... players can produce virtually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of o...
  4. Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
    3: ...[[Pinyin]] ''sh&#275;ng'') is a [[mouth]]-blown [[free reed instrument]] (the first) consisting essent...
    5: ...of the [[harmonica]], [[accordion]], and [[reed organ]].
  5. Ghana (10910 bytes)
    1: ...rly the [[Gold Coast]], the name Ghana is derived from the [[Ghana Empire]] (although its territory ne...
    14: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: Freedom and Justice''</small>
    54: | [[6 March]] [[1957]], from the [[United Kingdom]]
    67: Upon achieving independence from the [[United Kingdom]], the name "Ghana" was ch...
    72: ...s considered the first "black" African country to gain independence. A long series of coups resulted i...
  6. Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
    1: ...ops defeated the Italians in 1941, and Ethiopia regained its [[sovereignty]] upon the signing of the [...
    40: ...gdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopi...
    59: ...at powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the co...
    61: ...r]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
    63: ...onaries. At the same time, the [[Oromo]] people began to migrate north into Ethiopian territorities, a...
  7. Eritrea (12964 bytes)
    36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br />&nbsp;[[May 29]], [[1991]]<br...
    53: ... Having achieved independence on May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest indepen...
    57: ...&#913;&#921;&#913; (''Erythra'), which derives from &#917;&#929;&#933;&#920;&#929;&#913; &#920;&#91...
    66: ...cement, reduced economic development, and one of Africa's more severe landmine problems. The [[Ethiop...
    71: ...s entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This assem...
  8. South Africa (40100 bytes)
    1: ...pendent [[nation]], entirely surrounded by South African territory.
    3: ...as well as many white, coloured and Indian South Africans.
    5: ...the entire [[Africa]]n continent, with modern [[infrastructure]] common throughout the country.
    7: {{South Africa infobox}}
    9: ...Tswana]], and [[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard it is [[List of national languages of India|se...
  9. Finland (29511 bytes)
    1: ...[[Gulf of Bothnia]] to the west. Finland has land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]]...
    33: | style="vertical-align: top;" | From [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22...
    51: ..., [[chisel]]s from [[Lake Onega]], and spearheads from North Scandinavia. Currently it is considered p...
    53: ...ctious stories of Finnish kings in Scandinavian sagas.
    55: ...Actually many of the [[Finnish paganism|Finnish pagans]] were already Christened hundreds of years bef...
  10. Atmosphere (444 bytes)
    1: {{wiktionary}}
    7: *a [[gas]] mixture or [[artificial atmosphere]]
  11. Constellation (3718 bytes)
    3: ...n)|Orion]] is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the wh...
    4: ...pen to appear close together in the sky as viewed from [[Earth]] and typically lie many [[light years]...
    6: ...ough a few of the more obvious ones tend to recur frequently, e.g., [[Orion (constellation)|Orion]] an...
    14: ...ber of visible stars in a constellation to be managably small.
    16: ...utch navigators [[Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser]] and [[Frederick de Houtman]] in the sixteenth century and ...
  12. Dictionary (22415 bytes)
    8: ...ary]] (e.g. a dictionary containing the 2000 most frequently used words in the English language).
    23: ...f the simplest meanings of the simplest concepts. From these, other concepts can be explained and defi...
    31: ...vious edition, for two words, ''ain't'' and ''irregardless,'' out of over 450,000 in [[Webster's Third...
    33: ... prescriptive, offering warnings and admonitions against the use of certain words considered by many t...
    38: ...nings develop over time, dictionary entries are organized to reflect these changes. Dictionaries may ...
  13. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
    38: *[[List of magazines]]
    39: **[[List of United States magazines]]
    126: *[[wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Wiktionary: List of colors]]
    178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
  14. October (1849 bytes)
    6: The name is from the Latin "[[Wiktionary:octo|octo]]" for "[[eight]]". October was the eig...
    17: *In the [[neopaganism|pagan]] [[wheel of the year]] October ends at or near ...
  15. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
    3: ...rection from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] is 47.8?), so on Earth it can usually only ...
    7: ...me astronomers use ''[[Cytherean]]'', which comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives incl...
    14: ...]'s, even though Venus is nearly twice as distant from the Sun and only receives 25% of the solar irra...
    16: ...to Earth. A common conceptual misunderstanding regarding Venus is the mistaken belief that its thick ...
  16. Sea (3330 bytes)
    2: {{wiktionary}}
    3: {{wiktionarypar|maritime}}
    5: ...e [[Dead Sea]]. The [[Sea of Galilee]] is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, but the term ...
    43: * [[Sargasso Sea]]
    71: * [[Bay of Bengal]]
  17. Surfing (15219 bytes)
    3: ...[[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] ("fiberglass") [[wiktionary:board|board]]s. [[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[pl...
    5: ...ppear, including [[France]], [[Brazil]], [[South Africa]], and many island states.
    7: ... wax and/or traction pads (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchang...
    9: ...nst a naturally unpredictable backdrop&mdash;an organic environment that is, by turns, graceful and se...
    11: The image of surfing powerfully differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the...
  18. Lists of people (6244 bytes)
    15: ** List of [[Wiktionary:Wiktionary_Appendix:First_names|given name derivations]]
    21: * [[List of eponyms]] or names derived from people
    57: ** [[List of people from the Dutch Golden Age]]
    58: ** [[List of people associated with the French Revolution]]
    83: *[[List of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2004]]
  19. Computer (32773 bytes)
    3: ...erical]] or [[logic]]al terms. Computers are made from [[digital circuit|components]] that perform sim...
    24: ...logue]], [[digital]] and [[electronic]]. However, from the context of the citation, it is obvious thes...
    26: See the [[Wiktionary]] entry for the word "[[wiktionary:computer|computer]]" for definitions, translation...
    29: ...werful, less expensive, smaller and have become [[wiktionary:ubiquitous|ubiquitous]] in many areas. The expone...
    39: *[[Mainframe|Mainframe computer]]
  20. Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
    2: ...nile cephalopod]] | caption = Juvenile cephalopod from [[plankton]]<br>[[Antarctica]]}}
    20: The class contains two [[Wiktionary: extant| extant]] [[subclass (biology)|subclasses...
    22: ...oceans of the world and at all depths. They are regarded as the most intelligent of the [[invertebrate...
    29: ...d modern Coleoidea (cohort Neocoleoidea) diverged from the external shelled Nautiloidea around 425 mil...
    32: ...d on other cephalopod articles) follows primarily from [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Curre...

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