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Venezuela

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Venezuela vĕnəzwāˈlə, Span. vānāswāˈlä, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2015 est. pop. 29,275,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. Venezuel...

Nicaragua

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Nicaragua nĭkäräˈgwä, officially Republic of Nicaragua, republic (2015 est. pop. 6,082,000), 49,579 sq mi (128,410 sq km), Central America. Nicaragua is bordered on the north and northwest...

Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Ecuador ĕkˈwədôr [Span., = equator], officially Republic of Ecuador, republic ...

Nobel Prizes (table)

(Encyclopedia)Nobel Prizes

Argentina

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Argentina ärjəntēˈnə, Span. ärhāntēˈnä , officially Argentine Republic, republic (2020 est. pop. 45,380,000), 1,072,157 sq mi (2,776,889 sq km), S ...

Chile

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Chile chĭlˈē, Span. chēˈlā , officially Republic of Chile, republic (2020 est. pop. 19,116,201), ...

history

(Encyclopedia)history, in its broadest sense, is the story of humanity's past. It also refers to the recording of that past. The diverse sources of history include books, newspapers, printed documents, personal pap...

Colombia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Colombia kəlŭmˈbēə, Span. kōlōmˈbyä , officially Republic of Colombia,...

Australia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Australia ôstrālˈyə , smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the ...

Portugal

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Portugal pôrˈchəgəl, officially Portuguese Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 10,418,000), 35,553 sq mi (92,082 sq km), SW Europe, on the western side of the Iberian Peninsula and including...