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George Junior Republic

(Encyclopedia)George Junior Republic, any of several communities founded by the American philanthropist William Reuben George (1866–1936) for neglected and maladjusted adolescents. The first (1895) was at Freevil...

Far Eastern Republic

(Encyclopedia)Far Eastern Republic, Far Eastern Russia, or Far Eastern Territory: see Russian Far East. ...

United Arab Republic

(Encyclopedia)United Arab Republic, political union (1958–61) of Egypt and Syria. The capital was Cairo. The two countries were merged (1958) into a single unit comprising the Southern (Egypt) and the Northern (S...

Ireland, Republic of

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ireland, Republic of, Gaelic, Eire, republic (2015 est. pop. 4,700,000), 27,136 sq mi (70,282 sq km). It occupies all but the northeastern corner of the island of Ireland in the British Isles. ...

Central African Republic

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Central African Republic, republic (2020 est. pop. 4,829,767), 240,534 sq mi (622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is bordered b...

Báez, Buenaventura

(Encyclopedia)Báez, Buenaventura bwāˌnävānto͞oˈrä bäˈās [key], c.1810–1884, president of the Dominican Republic (1849–53; 1856–58; 1865–66; 1868–73). Like his rival, Santana, Báez was unscrupu...

Friedland, town, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Friedland: see Frýdlant, Czech Republic. ...

Eger, city, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Eger, Czech Republic: see Cheb.

Carlsbad, city, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Carlsbad: see Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. ...

Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavia: see Moldova. ...