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- Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: The '''Republic of Burundi''' (formerly Urundi) is a small landlocked nation in the...
3: ...uling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political participation of the [[Hutu]] majority...
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47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is ...
53: ... Territory under Belgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...contrast, a [[pigment]] generally has no affinity for the substrate, and is insoluble.
3: ... the [[Middle East]], dyeing has been carried out for over 5000 years. The dyes were obtained from eit...
5: {{Wiktionary}}
11: ...the fibre is attributed, at least partly, to salt formation between anionic groups in the dyes and [[c...
13: ... applied to [[acrylic fibre]]s, but find some use for wool and silk. Usually [[acetic acid]] is added ... - Shakuhachi (6042 bytes)
7: ...p both "shakuhachi means" and "shaku-hachi means" for Google -->
8: The name shakuhachi means "1.8 foot", from its size. It is a simple compound of two...
10: ...to 30.3 [[centimeters]] (ca. 0.994 of the English foot) and subdivided in ten (not twelve).
12: ... number "eight", but here means eight tenths of a foot.
14: Thus, "shaku-hachi" means "one foot eight" (almost 55 centimeters) which is merely ... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
3: ...nese '''sheng''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: [[Wiktionary:笙|笙]], [[Pinyin]] ''shēng'') i...
7: Sheng generally serves as [[accompaniment]] for Chinese music pieces in an orchestra, while bein...
9: ...of sheng, which has seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-four or thirty holes (depending on development) atta... - Ghana (10910 bytes)
1: ...the [[Gulf of Guinea]] on its southern coastline. Formerly the [[Gold Coast]], the name Ghana is deriv...
2: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
67: ...e [[United Kingdom]], the name "Ghana" was chosen for the new nation—a reference to the [[Ghana ...
72: ..." even though it is part of "Black Africa." Therefore, Sudan was actually the first to achieve indepe...
77: ...xecutive power. The [[Parliament of Ghana]] is [[wiktionary:unicameral|unicameral]] and dominated by two mai... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...pia maintained independence during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and continued to do so until [[1936]],...
3: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
6: ...3;ዊ ሪፐብሊክ'''</font>
49: ...[Whedefit Gesgeshi Woude Henate Ethiopia]] (March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia)
59: ...ty]] into the country, converting king [[Ezana]]. For a short period in the [[6th century]], Axum cont... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
1: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
57: ...rࠔhᬡssa''), the [[Greek language|Greek]] name for the [[Red Sea]].
62: ...ained in power until they were defeated by Allied forces in [[World War II]] ([[1941]]), and Eritrea b...
64: This war ended in [[1991]], when Eritrean forces defeated the Ethiopian army. Two years later,...
71: ...red Eritrea a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its record of religious persecution (see below). - South Africa (40100 bytes)
7: {{South Africa infobox}}
9: ...umber. As a result, there are many official names for the country.
17: ... Africa|11 official names]] for South Africa, one for each of the official national languages. While e...
24: ...frica. Extensive [[fossil]] remains at the [[Sterkfontein]], [[Kromdraai]] and Makapansgat caves sugge...
26: ...]] on behalf of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. For most of the [[17th century|17th]] and [[18th cen... - Finland (29511 bytes)
1: ...extensive [[autonomy]]. The Finnish language name for Finland is '''Suomi.''' In the Swedish language ...
3: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
51: ...]] and [[soapstone]] from Eastern Finland, and by founds of [[flint]] from South Scandinavia and Russi...
53: ...not much written information of Finnish history before the 13th century AD, if we discount the obcscur...
55: ...e for the [[peasantry]], considered useful mainly for printing religious literature. - Atmosphere (444 bytes)
1: {{wiktionary}} - Constellation (3718 bytes)
6: ...ing of stars into constellations is essentially [[wiktionary:arbitrary|arbitrary]], and different [[culture]]s...
18: ... broken up into several different constellations, for the convenience of stellar cartographers.
21: ... star designation]]s such as RR Lyrae. For more information about star names, see [[Star designation]]... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...nces. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.
5: ...ese dictionaries. ''(See [[collation]] for more information on linguistic sorting).''
8: ... called a [[maximizing dictionary]] (e.g. the [[Oxford English Dictionary]]), whereas a dictionary tha...
14: ...ry has translations of words in another language. For example, in a Japanese-English dictionary, the e...
17: ...ries (also referred to as technical dictionaries) focus on linguistic and factual matters relating to ... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
1: ...similar to the collection of [[reference table]]s found at the back of [[almanac|almanacs]], [[diction...
3: It includes listings or tabular information for quick reference, not narrative articles.
7: Despite the present lack of support at Wikipedia for sorting tables, one alternative (where the lists...
33: ...mation Science basic topics|List of library and information science topics]]
126: *[[wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Wiktionary: List of colors]] - October (1849 bytes)
6: ...name is from the Latin "[[Wiktionary:octo|octo]]" for "[[eight]]". October was the eighth month in the... - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
3: ...n Earth it can usually only be seen a few hours before sunrise or a few hours after sunset. However, w...
5: ...n Venus's motion) and must have been known long before in prehistoric times, given that it is the thir...
7: ...t. The true adjective coming from [[Latin]], ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is avoided because of its ...
18: ...ven such slow winds exert a significant amount of force against obstructions. The clouds are mainly co...
23: ... be the result of [[tidal locking]], with [[tidal force]]s affecting Venus's rotation whenever the pla... - Sea (3330 bytes)
2: {{wiktionary}}
3: {{wiktionarypar|maritime}}
14: * [[Sea of Cortez]] (aka Gulf of California)
78: * [[Beaufort Sea]] - Surfing (15219 bytes)
3: ...[Wood]]en and [[foam]] (see [[plastic]]) boards ("foamies") are also used. [[Kayak]] & [[Kite]] surfi...
5: ...erable, and lighter boards made of fiberglass and foam became available and the teenaged [[baby boomer...
9: ...sition where the wave curls over the top of them, forming a "tube" (or "barrel"), with the rider insid...
13: ...an extremely popular and lucrative activity, both for professional competitors and sponsors, the sport...
20: ...at a particular location or "break" that is known for surfing (see below) are almost never ideal ''all... - Lists of people (6244 bytes)
15: ** List of [[Wiktionary:Wiktionary_Appendix:First_names|given name derivations]]
27: ** [[List of foods named after people]]
100: * [[List of former pupils of Westminster]]
113: * [[List of people who became famous for surviving a deadly event]] - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...nts endow computers with the ability to process information. If correctly configured (usually by [[Com...
10: ...ble onto the physical phenomena being exploited. For example, electron flows might be used to model t...
12: ...(ones and zeros). Next, all operations on that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]]....
14: ...h made modern ''digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. Shan...
16: ...could not be solved by computers, and in doing so founded [[theoretical computer science]]. - Cephalopod (4875 bytes)
18: ..., and a modification of the mollusc foot into the form of arms or [[tentacle]]s. '''Teuthology''', a b...
20: The class contains two [[Wiktionary: extant| extant]] [[subclass (biology)|subclasses...
22: ...aterial of [[Neurophysiology|neurophysiologists]] for many years.
24: ...f the cephalopods is usually backward as water is forced out anteriorly through the hyponome, but dire...
29: ...e forms. Early cephalopods were at the top of the food chain. The ancient (cohort Belemnoidea) and mod...
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