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Cape Colony

(Encyclopedia)Cape Colony: see Cape Province.

Songjiang

(Encyclopedia)Songjiang or Sungkiang both: so͞ongˈjyängˈ [key], former province (c.32,000 sq mi/82,880 sq km), NE China. Mudanjiang was the capital. It was one of nine provinces created in Manchuria by the Chin...

Lower Canada

(Encyclopedia)Lower Canada: see Quebec, province, Canada. ...

Che-chiang

(Encyclopedia)Che-chiang: see Zhejiang, province, China. ...

Pars

(Encyclopedia)Pars, ancient province, Iran: see Fars. ...

Irian Jaya

(Encyclopedia)Irian Jaya, province, Indonesia: see Papua. ...

Shaba

(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

Oklahoma

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Oklahoma ōkləhōˈmə [key], state in SW United States. It is bordered by Missouri and Arkansas (E); Texas, partially across the Red River (S, W); New Mexico, across the narrow edge of the Ok...

Ferney-Voltaire

(Encyclopedia)Ferney-Voltaire fĕrnāˈ-vôltĕrˈ [key], town, Ain dept., E France, on the French-Swiss frontier near Geneva. The town grew after Voltaire bought the seigniory of Ferney in 1758 to escape harassmen...

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