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Zanzibar, semiautonomous archipelago and island, Tanzania
(Encyclopedia)Zanzibar zănˈzĭbär, zănzĭbärˈ [key], semiautonomous archipelago (2012 pop. 1,303,569), Tanzania, E Africa, in the Indian Ocean c. 20 mi (32 km) off the mainland, consisting of the island of Za...Sandalwood Island, alternate name for Vanua Levu, Fiji
(Encyclopedia)Sandalwood Island: see Vanua Levu. ...Lewis, island, Scotland
(Encyclopedia)Lewis, Scotland: see Lewis and Harris. ...Ezel, island, Estonia
(Encyclopedia)Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.Hydra, island, Greece
(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.Ithaca, island, Greece
(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.streamline
(Encyclopedia)streamline, path of a fluid flowing steadily and without appreciable turbulence. A body is said to be streamlined if its shape offers the least possible resistance to a current of air, water, or other...New Providence, island, Bahamas
(Encyclopedia)New Providence: see Bahamas.Herm, island, Channel Islands
(Encyclopedia)Herm: see Channel Islands, British dependency. ...Dixon, Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Dixon, Thomas, 1864–1946, American novelist, b. Shelby, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College. A militant Southerner, he is best known for his novel The Clansman (1905), on which D. W. Griffith's movie Th...Browse by Subject
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