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Outer Mongolia

(Encyclopedia)Outer Mongolia: see Mongolia, republic. ...

Tannu-Tuva

(Encyclopedia)Tannu-Tuva: see Tuva Republic.

Balkar

(Encyclopedia)Balkar: see Kabardino-Balkar Republic. ...

Erne

(Encyclopedia)Erne ûrn [key], river, 72 mi (116 km) long, rising in Lough Gowna, Co. Longford, N Republic of Ireland. It flows NW through SW Northern Ireland, then back through the Republic before entering the Atl...

Koper

(Encyclopedia)Koper kôˈpĕr [key], Ital. Capodistria, town (1991 pop. 24,704), in Slovenia, on the Istrian peninsula in the Gulf of Trieste. It is a fishing port and has salt mines and a radio factory. From 1278 ...

Ulan-Ude

(Encyclopedia)Ulan-Ude o͞olänˌ-o͞odĕˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 353,000), capital of the Buryat Republic, SE Siberian Russia, on the Selenga River near its confluence with the Uda. A major transportation hub, it...

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