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  • 21Tanka people — Total population 4,569,000 [1] Regions with significant populations …

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  • 22Iona —    IONA, or Icolmkill, an island of the Hebrides, and also a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Kilfinichen, district of Mull, county of Argyll; containing 1084 inhabitants, of whom 460 are on the island. This place, which is of remote… …

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  • 23supervision — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oversight, surveillance, superintendence. See authority, director. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. guidance, surveillance, direction; see administration 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. management,… …

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  • 26India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 27pontifex — /pon teuh feks /, n., pl. pontifices /pon tif euh seez /. Rom. Relig. a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus). [1570 80; < L: appar. lit., path maker, equiv. to ponti (s. of pons) bridge,&#8230; …

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  • 28Andrew's, St. —    1) ANDREW S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the metropolitan see of Scotland, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 39 miles (N. N. E.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Boarhills, Grange,&#8230; …

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  • 29Kirkcaldy —    KIRKCALDY, a royal burgh, a sea port, and parish, in the district of Kirkcaldy, county of Fife, 14 miles (E. by N.) from Dunfermline, and 10 (N. by E.) from Edinburgh; containing 5275 inhabitants, of whom 4785 are in the burgh. This place&#8230; …

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  • 30Leith —    LEITH, a burgh and sea port town, in the county of Edinburgh, 1½ mile (N. by E.) from Edinburgh, and 392 (N. N. W.) from London; containing, with the parishes of North and South Leith, 28,268 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable&#8230; …

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