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  1. Burundi (13403 bytes)
    1: ...akes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and ...
    12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
    13: ...uage|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
    23: percent_water = 7.8% |
    53: ...elgian administrative authority following [[World War II]].
  2. Dye (6033 bytes)
    5: {{Wiktionary}}
    9: The first man-made [[organic]] dye, [[mauveine]], was discovered by [[William Perkin|William Henry Per...
    11: '''[[Acid dye]]s''' are [[water]]-[[soluble]] [[anionic]] dyes that are applie...
    13: '''[[Basic dye]]s''' are water-soluble cationic dyes that are mainly applied ...
    17: ...], which improves the fastness of the dye against water, [[light]] and [[perspiration]]. The choice of...
  3. Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
    3: ...ike the familiar Western [[transverse flute]]. It was used by the monks of the [[Fuke Zen|Fuke]] sect ...
    10: ...mical and as an archaic measure of length), which was roughly equal to 30.3 [[centimeters]] (ca. 0.994...
    12: * 八 ([[wiktionary:%E5%85%AB|hachi @ Wiktionary]]) – The word "hachi" means the number "eig...
    26: ...ies out in the guise of Fuke monks as well. (This was made easier by the baskets that the Fuke wore ov...
    30: ...mitted by repetition and practice, and much of it was lost, along with many important documents.
  4. Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
    3: ...nese '''sheng''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: [[Wiktionary:笙|笙]], [[Pinyin]] ''shēng'') i...
    5: ...re known in Europe centuries earlier. However, it was only in the early [[1800s]] that Amiot's sheng i...
  5. Ghana (10910 bytes)
    30: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- % water
    67: ...he north and west of current-day Ghana. The name was adopted as a reference to the descendants of the...
    72: ... new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in [[1992]].
    77: ...xecutive power. The [[Parliament of Ghana]] is [[wiktionary:unicameral|unicameral]] and dominated by two mai...
    87: ...ith the [[IMF]]. On the minus side, public sector wage increases and regional peacekeeping commitments...
  6. Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
    1: ...-Ethiopian Agreement]] in December 1944. Ethiopia was historically called Abyssinia.
    33: | '''[[Area]]'''<br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- % water
    49: ...edefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]] (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
    59: ...a as one of the four great powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Ch...
    61: ...e line of rulers descended from the Axumite kings was broken several times: first by [[Gudit|Queen Jud...
  7. Eritrea (12964 bytes)
    26: ...'''[[Area]]'''<br />&nbsp;- Total <br />&nbsp;- % water
    62: ... by [[Ethiopia]], starting a 30-year long [[civil war]].
    64: ...years later, after a [[referendum]], independence was declared.
    66: ...final border ruling in [[2003]], but its decision was rejected by Ethiopia. [[As of June 2005]] the b...
    71: ...us international observers including Human Rights Watch and [[Amnesty International]]. In [[2004]] th...
  8. South Africa (40100 bytes)
    1: ...[[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Swaziland]]. [[Lesotho]] is an independent [[nation]]...
    3: ...ing the general election of [[1948]]; however, it was the same party under the leadership of [[Frederi...
    9: ..., [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], and [[Venda language|Venda]]. In this regard...
    13: ...lect]]s stretching northward into Namibia and Botswana, and elsewhere. These people, who are a physica...
    24: ... around [[1050]]. The furthest south they reached was the [[Fish River]], in today's [[Eastern Cape Pr...
  9. Finland (29511 bytes)
    1: ... Finland has land frontiers with [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Russia]] and a maritime border with [[Es...
    26: |'''[[Area]]''' <br>&nbsp;- Total <br>&nbsp;- % water
    51: ...s indicating that the area now comprising Finland was settled around [[8th millennium BC|8500 BC]], du...
    57: ... [[18th century]], virtually the whole of Finland was twice occupied by [[Russian Empire|Russian]] for...
    59: ... emotional ties with Sweden, the Finnish language was ardently promoted by both the imperial court and...
  10. Atmosphere (444 bytes)
    1: {{wiktionary}}
  11. Constellation (3718 bytes)
    3: ... visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long).]]
    6: ...ing of stars into constellations is essentially [[wiktionary:arbitrary|arbitrary]], and different [[culture]]s...
    12: ...]. ([[Ptolemy|Claudius Ptolemy]], the astronomer, was not related to the [[Ptolemaic_dynasty|Greek kin...
    18: ...t constellation [[Argo Navis]] was so big that it was broken up into several different constellations,...
  12. Dictionary (22415 bytes)
    20: ...Chinese) characters]] has developed, called ''Kan-wa jiten'' (literally 'Han-Japanese dictionary') in ...
    31: ...ational Dictionary|Webster's Third]] in [[1961]], was enough to provoke outrage among many with prescr...
    33: ...similar notes, but is more prescriptive, offering warnings and admonitions against the use of certain ...
    42: ... important that the information is presented in a way that keeps the [[lexicographic information cost]...
    47: ...ist of difficult or antiquated words, whose usage was illustrated by quotations from early Roman autho...
  13. List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
    50: **[[List of books by award or notoriety]]
    126: *[[wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Wiktionary: List of colors]]
    182: *[[Timeline of cosmic microwave background astronomy]]
    193: *[[Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae]]
    232: ***[[Abbeys and priories in Wales|Wales]]
  14. October (1849 bytes)
    6: ...winter period (summer in the southern hemisphere) was divided between [[January]] and [[February]].
  15. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    3: ...e Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth, it always appears in roughly the same direction from Eart...
    5: Venus was known to ancient [[Babylon]]ians around [[1600s ...
    7: ...t. The true adjective coming from [[Latin]], ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is avoided because of its ...
    23: ...uch a way that it always presents the same face toward Earth when the two planets are at their closest...
    25: ...e causes [[meteor]]s to decelerate as they fall toward the surface, and even large meteors will strike...
  16. Sea (3330 bytes)
    2: {{wiktionary}}
    3: {{wiktionarypar|maritime}}
    5: ...a shore'', or even ''[[sea water]]'' referring to water of the ocean.
    101: ...on the [[Moon]] that were thought to be bodies of water by early astronomers, who referred to them as ...
    103: Liquid water is thought to be present under the surface of ...
  17. Surfing (15219 bytes)
    2: ...pg|thumb|350px|Surfing outside [[Kaneohe Bay]], Hawai&lsquo;i.]]
    3: ...[[Glass-reinforced plastic|GRP]] ("fiberglass") [[wiktionary:board|board]]s. [[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[pl...
    5: ...boards. The sport has spread to most places where waves of sufficient size and the right shape appear,...
    7: ...suits, booties, hoods, and gloves to manage lower water temperatures.
    9: ...ve. However, such situations do not exist if the waves 'dump', meaning that they break in large parts...
  18. Lists of people (6244 bytes)
    15: ** List of [[Wiktionary:Wiktionary_Appendix:First_names|given name derivations]]
    59: ...List of people associated with the American Civil War]]
    60: ** [[List of people associated with World War I]]
    61: ** [[List of people associated with World War II]]
    80: *[[List of prizes, medals, and awards]]
  19. Computer (32773 bytes)
    3: ...art of a system. If a computer configured in this way is given appropriate input data, then it can aut...
    10: ...electron flows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' c...
    14: ...which made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. ...
    20: ...successfully emulate human comprehension or self-awareness. See [[artificial intelligence]].
    24: ...ists the year [[1897]] as the first year the word was used to refer to a [[mechanical calculating devi...
  20. Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
    20: The class contains two [[Wiktionary: extant| extant]] [[subclass (biology)|subclasses...
    24: ... Motion of the cephalopods is usually backward as water is forced out anteriorly through the hyponome,...
    26: Octopuses are also able to walk along the sea bed. Squids and cuttlefish can mo...

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