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- Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...y is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys access...
53: ...] from the [[16th century]]. In the [[1903]], it became a [[Germany|German]] colony and passed to [[Be...
58: ... leaders Agathon Rwasa and Pasteur Habimana, and declared the group a terrorist organisation.
63: {{election burundi}}
64: ...tical landscape of Burundi has been dominated in recent years by the [[civil war]] and a long [[peace ... - Dye (6033 bytes)
5: {{Wiktionary}}
9: ... thousands of dyes have since been prepared and, because of vastly improved properties imparted upon t...
15: ...ium sulphate]] (Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>). Direct dyes are used on [[cotton]], paper, [[leather]],...
17: ...mprise some 30% of dyes used for wool, and are especially useful for black and navy shades. The mordan...
19: ...oluble in water and incapable of dyeing fibres directly. However, reduction in [[alkaline liquor]] pro... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
1: [[Image:JapaneseShakuhachiSection.jpg|thumb|125px|A [[shakuhachi]], showing its...
3: ...t was used by the monks of the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke]] sect of [[Zen]] [[Buddhism]] in the practice of [[Sui...
8: ...t", from its size. It is a simple compound of two japanese words:
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... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
3: ...nese '''sheng''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: [[Wiktionary:笙|笙]], [[Pinyin]] ''shēng'') i...
5: ...hengs back to Europe in [[1740]] and [[1777]] respectively, although some believe shengs were known in...
7: ...y serves as [[accompaniment]] for Chinese music pieces in an orchestra, while being given little or no...
9: ...attached near the bottom of the reeds of the respective pipes. A player would close up one or more ho... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
72: ...sh Togoland]] trust territory, Ghana in [[1957]] became the first "black" country in colonial Africa t...
77: ...mocratic Congress]]. [[Kofi Annan]], the current Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]], is from ...
82: ==Economy==
83: ''Main article: [[Economy of Ghana]]''
85: ...heavily dependent on international financial and technical assistance. [[Gold]], [[timber]], and [[coc... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ... signing of the [[Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyss...
40: | December 1944 (from the [[United Kingdom|British]]) [...
61: ...iopia|Emperor]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheb...
63: ...mportant development, for when the Empire was subjected to the attacks of [[Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi...
65: ...ation during the 1700s. The Emperors of Ethiopia became figureheads, controlled by war lords like Ras ... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
62: ...ations]] eventually decided that the area was to become part of a [[federation]] with [[Ethiopia]]. Wh...
64: ... later, after a [[referendum]], independence was declared.
66: ...order ruling in [[2003]], but its decision was rejected by Ethiopia. [[As of June 2005]] the border q...
71: ...lar Concern (CPC) for its record of religious persecution (see below).
93: == Economy == - South Africa (40100 bytes)
3: ...licy of [[apartheid]] after winning the general election of [[1948]]; however, it was the same party u...
5: ...eral]] [[democracy|democracies]] in Africa. The [[economy of South Africa]] is the largest and most we...
9: ...ard it is [[List of national languages of India|second only to India]] in number. As a result, there ...
11: ...ons are not as such that they require nationwide recognition.
13: ...nt, and many of their languages are in danger of becoming [[Extinct language|extinct]]. - Finland (29511 bytes)
22: ... of Presidents of Finland|President]]''': || [[Tarja Halonen]]
32: ...pendence]]'''<br /> - Declared<br /> - Recognized
33: ... [[Russia]]<br/>[[6 December]] [[1917]]<br/>[[22 December]] [[1917]]
51: ...be important parts of the subsistence economy, especially in the northern and eastern parts of the cou...
55: ...eds of years before. [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]] became the dominant language of administration and ed... - Atmosphere (444 bytes)
1: {{wiktionary}} - Constellation (3718 bytes)
4: ...that is, one that may be widely known but is not recognized by astronomers or the [[International Astr...
6: ... although a few of the more obvious ones tend to recur frequently, e.g., [[Orion (constellation)|Orion...
8: ...on the constellations of the ancient [[ancient Greece|Greek]] tradition, passed down through the [[Mid...
14: In more recent times this list has been added to, to fill gap... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
8: ...cover only a limited selection of words from a speech community is called a [[minimizing dictionary]] ...
10: ==Special-purpose dictionaries==
14: ...s of words in another language. For example, in a Japanese-English dictionary, the entry ''tsuki'' has...
16: ===Specialized dictionaries===
17: ...y attempt to cover only a limited number of the specialized vocabulary concerned. Generally, multi-fie... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...''list of reference tables''', similar to the collection of [[reference table]]s found at the back of ...
7: ...d once you have come back to this page, paste the javascript code you have copied into your URL window...
10: Please use the new section editing feature if your browser
16: ..._of_P|5,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_U|6,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_ar|7]]
17: ...ial:Allpages/List_of_people_by_name:_Zz|12,]] [[Special:Allpages/List_of_television|13]] - October (1849 bytes)
6: ...in the southern hemisphere) was divided between [[January]] and [[February]].
8: In the [[Japanese calendar|old Japanese calendar]], the month is called ''Kan'na dz...
12: * [[Thanksgiving]] in [[Canada]] on the second [[Monday]] of the month.
20: * October begins on the same day of the week as January in [[common year]]s, but no other month begi... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
1: ...circle|circular]], with an [[eccentricity (orbit)|eccentricity]] of less than 1%.
3: ...skies it is by far the brightest [[star]]-like object in the sky.
5: ...ic times, given that it is the third brightest object in the sky after the Sun and [[Moon]]. Its symbo...
7: ...ich comes from [[Cythera]]. Other less common adjectives include ''Venerean'' and ''Veneran''.
9: The [[China|Chinese]], [[Korea|Korean]], and [[Japan]]ese cultures refer to the planet as the ''Met... - Sea (3330 bytes)
2: {{wiktionary}}
3: {{wiktionarypar|maritime}}
5: ... a large expanse of [[salinity|saline water]] connected with an [[ocean]], or a large, usually saline,...
16: * [[Sea of Japan]]
38: ** [[James Bay]] - Surfing (15219 bytes)
3: ...[[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] ("fiberglass") [[wiktionary:board|board]]s. [[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[pl...
5: ..., and lighter boards made of fiberglass and foam became available and the teenaged [[baby boomer]]s he...
7: ...ds (to keep a surfers feet from slipping off the deck of the board), interchangeable "[[skeg]]s" (also...
9: ...challenging conditions, but by their ability to execute various maneuvers such as the 'cutback' (turni...
13: .... Though in recent years competitive surfing has become an extremely popular and lucrative activity, b... - Lists of people (6244 bytes)
15: ** List of [[Wiktionary:Wiktionary_Appendix:First_names|given name derivations]]
46: ** List of [[recent deaths]]
112: * [[List of people who became famous only in death]]
113: * [[List of people who became famous for surviving a deadly event]]
115: ... The Smoking Gun|List of people with mugshots collected by The Smoking Gun]] - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: ...mputer case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]] (specifically a [[Power Mac G5]]).]]
3: ...ng]]) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of a system. If a computer ...
8: ...ies, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
10: ...ysical phenomena being exploited. For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow of wate...
14: ...uced to Boolean operations, a sufficiently fast electronic computer is capable of attacking the majori... - Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = [...
20: ...tilus]]. There are around 786 distinct living [[species]] of Cephalopods. Two important extinct subcla...
22: ...eveloped senses and large [[brain]]s. They have special skin cells called [[chromatophore]]s that chan...
24: ...ontrolled somewhat by pointing it in different directions.
26: ...and cuttlefish can move short distances in any direction by rippling of a flap of [[muscle]] around th...
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