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- 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]] | - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japane...
10: * 尺 ([[wiktionary:%E5%B0%BA|shaku @ Wiktionary]]) – The word "[[shaku]]" means "foot" (as ...
12: * 八 ([[wiktionary:%E5%85%AB|hachi @ Wiktionary]]) – 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... - 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: ...owers, but Ghana is considered the first "black" African country to gain independence. A long series o... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...aintained independence during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and continued to do so until [[1936]], when...
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]].
67: ... the southern entrance of the Red Sea, was bought from the local sultan in March 1870 by an Italian co... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
36: | From [[Ethiopia]]<br /> [[May 29]], [[1991]]<br...
53: ... Having achieved independence on May 24, [[1993]] from [[Ethiopia]], it is one of the youngest indepen...
57: ...ΑΙΑ (''Erythra'), which derives from ΕΡΥΘΡΑ Θ[...
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... - 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: South Africa has 11 official languages: [[Afrikaans]], [[English language|English]], [[Zulu lan... - 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...
57: ...e and in Russian propaganda promising "liberation from Swedish oppression".
63: ...and industrial workers who despite [[universal suffrage]] in [[1906]] had found themselves without pol... - 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: ...agreement. But the softening of usage notations, from the previous edition, for two words, ''ain't'' ...
42: ...rovide the basis for all lexicographic decisions, from the selection of entry words, over the choice o...
47: ... words, whose usage was illustrated by quotations from early Roman authors. - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
7: ... allowing the link to be accessible in the future from the toolbar.
126: *[[wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Wiktionary: List of colors]]
178: *[[List of largest optical refracting telescopes]]
363: *[[Historical African place names]]
371: *[[List of toponyms]] (with names derived from a place or region) - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: '''Venus''', the second [[planet]] from the [[Sun]], is named after the [[Roman mytholo...
3: ..., it always appears in roughly the same direction from Earth as the Sun (the greatest [[elongation]] i...
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: ...k into space. This prevents most of the sunlight from ever heating the surface. Venus's [[Bolometer|... - 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: ...and often powerful appeal, which probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements: adrenaline, ...
11: The image of surfing powerfully differs from the sport in reality. Most people only see the... - 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]] - 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]] - Allergy (18658 bytes)
1: ... known as [[allergen]]s. The word allergy derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''allos'' me...
4: ...e all [[hypersensitivities]] were thought to stem from the improper action of [[inflammatory]] [[immun...
16: ...allergic to [[house_dust_mite|dust mites]]. Apart from ambient allergens, allergic reactions can be du...
23: ...occur within 30 minutes. This response will range from slight reddening of the skin to full-blown [[hi...
39: ...bilitation is the removal of sources of allergens from the home environment, and avoiding environments... - Russia (28007 bytes)
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w...
23: ...unctional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, allowing it to claim succession to the leg...
27: ...Terrible]], the first leader designated [[Tsar]] (from the Roman ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'', also w... - Sumer (14409 bytes)
2: ...ir'') formed the southern part of [[Mesopotamia]] from the time of settlement by the Sumerians until t...
5: ...adian language|Akkadian]] which belongs to the [[Afro-Asiatic languages]].
12: ...fare over water rights, trade routes, and tribute from nomadic tribes.
18: ...g it his capital, and claimed an empire extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. He is t...
24: ...l]]s, [[millet]], [[wheat]], [[turnip]]s, [[Date (fruit)|date]]s, [[onion]]s, [[garlic]], [[lettuce]],... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Guinea pig (19730 bytes)
22: ... belief in the scientific community that evidence from [[mitochondrial DNA]] indicates that the [[Hyst...
24: ...e, the animals are not [[pig]]s, nor do they come from [[Guinea]]. Although there are more than 20 dif...
31: ...' (Guinean piglet), in Sweden they are called ''[[Wiktionary:marsvin|marsvin]]'' (a combination of the Latin w...
33: ...a common species is ''Cavia porcellus,'' with ''[[Wiktionary:porcellus|porcellus]]'' being [[Latin]] for "litt...
60: ... [[Litter#Other_meanings_of_litter|Litters]] vary from 2 or 3 young to as many as 8 or more. In smalle... - Kenya (15142 bytes)
1: ...'' (pronounced as KEN-ya) is a country of [[East Africa]], bordering [[Ethiopia]] (north), [[Somalia]]...
35: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]] <br> [[December 12]], [[...
43: calling_code = 254 ''('''005''' from [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]])'' |
49: ...omo habilis]] and [[Homo erectus]] lived in Kenya from 2.6 million years ago.
51: ...ed by the arrival of the [[Imperial British East Africa Company]] in [[1888]]. Incipient imperial riva... - Hippocampus (8957 bytes)
2: ...n [[memory]] and [[navigation]]. The name derives from its curved shape, which supposedly resembles th...
4: ...mptoms. Damage to the hippocampus can also result from oxygen starvation ([[anoxia]]) and [[encephalit...
6: ...est parts of the brain. The hippocampal emergence from the [[archipallium]] is most pronounced in [[pr...
18: ...a [[virtual reality]] town. The findings resulted from research with individuals who had electrodes im...
33: ... has been found that these areas are relatively [[Wiktionary:Hypotrophy|hypotrophic]] in [[cetaceans]].
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