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  List of countries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty.
It covers all areas under the jurisdiction of the listed countries, namely territory, territorial waters (including internal waters and contiguous zone), Exclusive Economic Zone, continental shelf and airspace.
The names of countries in the list are given in English and include both the short official names (e.g.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_countries   (1749 words)

  
 List of countries - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states as well as (inhabited) dependent territories.
Other subnational entities of countries, including overseas regions integrated in the country, like French overseas departments, Azores (Portugal) and Canary Islands (Spain) as well as the Plaza de soberanĂ­a (places of sovereignty) of Spain (alongside Ceuta and Melilla) at the northern coast of Africa.
The international status of Palestine is further supported, short of further present recognition as a state, by non-recognizing countries' according the (at least closely associated) Palestinian Authority a pivotal role in the process that may involve their eventually recognizing a State of Palestine.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Countries_of_the_world   (1528 words)

  
 List of country names in various languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Countries are listed alphabetically by their current best-known name in English.
Each English name is followed by its currently best-known equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language.
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are listed, to provide an answer to the question "What is that name in..."?.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages   (336 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of countries by population
This is a list of sovereign states and other territories by population.
Estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
Brazil took a count in August 2000, which reported a population of 169,799,170; that figure was about 3.3% lower than projections by the US Census Bureau, and is close to the implied underenumeration of 4.6% for the 1991 census
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population   (474 words)

  
 List of sovereign states - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states.
This list derives its definition of a sovereign state from Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention from 1933.
The names in the native languages are the short and official names in the official language(s).
psychcentral.com /psypsych/List_of_sovereign_states   (2906 words)

  
 List of countries and territories (text file and SQL script)
Similar lists already exist but they are either outdated or only human-readable (everything buried in plenty of HTML, not suitable for import into a program).
Andrew Patton offers a country list with more details, including information on currencies, capitals and types of dependencies.
Language which was used to describe the country given as a ISO 639 code.
schmidt.devlib.org /data/countries.html   (598 words)

  
 Texas Hill Country Land Investment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Developing countries are in general countries which have not achieved a significant degree of industrialization relative to their populations, and which have a low standard of living.
Texas Hill Country Deer Lease Nature of development Even though a good part of the world seems to aspire to development, the term itself is criticized by those who think it is too centered on Western countries.
Countries with long-term civil war or large-scale breakdown of rule of law or non-development-oriented dictatorship ("failed states") (e.
www.countries-world.com /texas-hill-country-land-investment_1882.html   (1535 words)

  
 Countries of The World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During the Viking era, the Scandinavian countries all shared a common culture, language and religion; Old Norse and Norse mythology, although Finland, due to its different cultural, mythological and lingustic Finno-Ugric heritage is considered to be separate from the Scandinavian grouping.
The application of the term 'developing country' to all of the world's least developed countries could be considered innappropriate in the cases of a number of poor countries, due to the fact that they are not improving their economic situation as the term implies, but have experienced prolonged periods of economic decline.
A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one another's countrymen.
www.countries-world.com   (3756 words)

  
 A Hotlist on Spanish Speaking Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Country Facts - Bilingual information and fun facts about Spanish-speaking on the country your family may come from (or where you may want to visit some day!).
Includes quick facts like: capital of the country, currency, distinguished hispanic women from that country, etc. A good opportunity to test your knowledge.
Country and capitals quiz - Contains a mini-quiz about capitals and counties.
www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listspanishlo.html   (238 words)

  
 Columbus Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The students are able to: describe Christopher Columbus physically; name his country of origin and his Spanish sponsors, the country and continent from which he left; describe and name the three ships; show Columbus' voyage on the map; write a paragraph about Columbus; present the written paragraph to the class.
The students are able to: follow directions related to map reading; name continents and countries; associate selected countries with their appropriate flags; locate the same country on a continent map, a world map and a globe.
Students are assessed on their ability to follow commands in the language, by their ability to list 10 Spanish-speaking countries for their parents, and by completing a portfolio writing piece.
clear.msu.edu:16080 /mfla/michi-html/Erickson.htm   (3390 words)

  
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In this article, de jure and de facto sovereign states are only included if they are included in the List of sovereign states.
Other divisions of countries, including overseas regions integrated in the country, like the French overseas departments and the Spanish overseas communities.
The international status of Palestine is further supported, short of further present recognition as a state, by non-recognizing countries' according the (at least closely associated)Palestinian Authority a pivotal role in the process that may involve their eventually recognizing a State of Palestine.
www.esabb.com.ar /countrymedia   (1074 words)

  
 Highest lowest biggest smallest tallest deepest oldest youngest Continents Countries Cities Dependencies Deserts ...
Numerous areas of the world (most often islands) are under the economic and military protection of another country.
Numbers shown are the population within the recognized city limits, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.
Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures.
www.graphicmaps.com /geoquiz/thelist.htm   (589 words)

  
 Operation World Web Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There are 6,809 languages in the world, 3,000 of which don't yet have a single verse of the Bible.
List of 192 nations of the world and their capitals.
There's a large section listing all the different support organisations and services available to missionaries and mission organisations as well as a category aimed at those who support missionaries or world mission in general.
www.gmi.org /ow/updates/website.html   (2345 words)

  
 82.05.05: Countries of South America
Lastly, a condensed history of each country is added to give each student an idea of the effects of past situations which led to the conditions which exist in each country today.
A number of Bolivian problems are a difficult environment consisting of high rugged mountains to almost flat plains; a shortage of energy; the lack of adequate transportation and a chaotic political history.
The Indian element is composed of Quechua and Aymara and a scattering of isolated groups of the eastern sections of the country.
www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/5/82.05.05.x.html   (3198 words)

  
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When speakers of a language report that they can't assign wide scope to X--some quantified NP in a multiply-quantified sentence--linguists often interpret this judgment as evidence that a structure in which X receives wide scope violates some principle in the grammar.
Like any lexical item, quantifier terms may not have exact translations from one language to the next, and it is certainly possible that near-translations of some quantifiers may not be exactly equivalent in (I), the strength to which they take wide scope in different languages.
For example, a native speaker of Lebanese Arabic tells me that the Arabic equivalent of "everyone" has a stronger tendency to take wide scope in her language than in English, so that the relative ambiguity of Arabic equivalents of (3-4) are not the same as in English.
www.umich.edu /~archive/linguistics/linguist.list/volume.4/no.1051-1100   (14581 words)

  
 China
The Mings, last of the native rulers (1368–1644), overthrew the Mongol, or Yuan, dynasty (1271–1368) established by Kublai Khan.
Despite U.S. aid, the Kuomintang were overcome by the Soviet-supported Communists, and Chiang and his followers were forced to flee the mainland, establishing a government-in-exile on the island of Formosa (Taiwan).
With the death of Hu in April 1989, the ideological struggle spilled into the streets of the capital, as student demonstrators occupied Beijing's Tiananmen Square in May, calling for democratic reforms.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107411.html   (2920 words)

  
 South Africa - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The descendants of the white settlers remained a minority among the fl native Africans.
The whites were able to maintain their rule by implementing a series of harsh, apartheid laws that segregated the country along racial lines.
Control of the country is now largely in the hands of the fl majority, although some white politicians and business leaders remain.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Za   (349 words)

  
 Nations Online Project :: A Destination Guide to Countries and Nations of the World
You will find Country Profiles for almost every country, with information on: Area · Geography · Government · Country Flag · Maps · Population · Languages· the Capital City ·; Major cities ·; Ethnic groups· Religion · Literacy rate · Economy · History and even the Local Time.
Use the maps for a voyage of discovery of countries, nation-states, areas, territories and remote provinces.
List of country names in alphabetical order in
www.nationsonline.org   (336 words)

  
 Languages and DBT
The Language of the User Interface means the language of the menus, prompts, and error messages when one uses Duxbury DBT.
Be careful with this list if you are producing a work in a foreign language, such as a textbook on Spanish to be used in the United States.
Information about secondary languages available in other tables can be found when pressing the F1 Help key when reviewing the Translation Table menu (found in the DBT Document Menu).
www.duxburysystems.com /nations.asp   (665 words)

  
 American culture
It was a time when the country came together and did what was right.
You may think the church is too powerful, or the state is; but you are used to not having a state church and don't think that it would be a good idea.
You'd be hard pressed to name the capitals or the leaders of all the nations of Europe.
www.zompist.com /amercult.html   (1613 words)

  
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As the requirements for other states are met, additions to this list will be made and fund raising will begin in the additional states.
Please note: neither this list nor its contents are final till midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement.
I should like to have brought him with me to Venice, which would have been useful both to me and to him and he would have learned the language, but she was afraid that the sky would fall on him.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext02/admjv10.txt   (21133 words)

  
 Fun with Spanish
Matching: Spanish Speaking Countries and Their Capitals - Become familiar with your Spanish-speaking neighbors by matching each country with its capital.
Multi-Cultural Calendar - This is an interesting site because you can click on any country and find short descriptions about their very individual holiday celebrations written by native speakers, often by children and youth.
Matching Countries and Leaders - See if you can match the names of these Mexican and Central American leaders to the name of their country.
www.kn.sbc.com /wired/fil/pages/listspanishdi1.html   (1573 words)

  
 Anthro.Net: Demography
Global Statistics - country profiles (provinces and main cities) to the highest mountains in the world, to a list of all countries in the world with their capitals, surface area and population
International Data Base - is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world.
Native American Navigator - an interface for geographical, historical, topical and keyword-based student inquiry on topics related to Native American history and culture in the United States.
home1.gte.net /ericjw1/population.html   (875 words)

  
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I think it may be a phenomenon from noun-final languages rather than noun-initial ones like the Romance languages, but we'll have to wait and see.
The native whom you address, gazes placidly at you, and says; "Chuya-ugeeakoa," which means, "I would like some tobacco." You proceed to write in your note-book, Oar=Chuya-ugeeakoa You feel that you have a start, and so you endeavor to obtain the verb.
Subject: Re: GB I am not on the Linguist list because I already have more e-mail messages than I care to process but I was told about a debate regarding inflectional agreement and scepticism that has been taking place on it for some time.
www.umich.edu /~archive/linguistics/linguist.list/volume.4/no.501-550   (14342 words)

  
 LINGUIST List 8.1836: Transliteration, Chinese & Japanese
elot.gr list on transliteration There are quite a rest in transliteration in library catalogues on the list, but there are other potential users of transliteration too.
Please reply where possible to the list as a whole, so that all can benefit: using the Group Reply function (pressing G on some email software)is the simplest way to achieve this.
Teaching Assistants must have native or native-like command of the languages they teach; in the case of Chinese, they must have such command of +Mandarin+ Chinese.
www.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de /linguist/issues/8/8-1836.html   (841 words)

  
 Foreign Language and Culture
Language Tutors (connecting learners and tutors in 100 foreign languages)
Filipino Languages (Cebuano, Tagalog, and Blaan, languages of the Philippines)
Delta Language School (Spanish language courses, in Santander, Spain, capital of the Cantabria region)
www.speakeasy.org /~dbrick/Hot/foreign.html   (3491 words)

  
 Geography
An up-to-date and factually accurate listing of data by country that is updated in real time.
This site provides full-color maps and encyclopedia-type information that can be used in a variety of ways by both teachers and students.
Facts, statistics, and maps can be accessed by country name or world region.
www.d.umn.edu /~gbabiuk/Geography.htm   (513 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Description: CHINA, a country of eastern Asia, the principal division of the Chinese empire.
Xijun Ni of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing and two colleagues report in Nature today that they have unearthed the partial skull and jaws of the most primitive specimen yet of the mammalian line which gave rise to modern primates - a group which includes lemurs, loris, monkeys, apes and archbishops....
China This site is a result of an international collaborative effort to publish the first English-language account of the approximately 30,000 species of vascular plants of China....
www.searchtuna.com:8004 /ftlive/2156.html   (3529 words)

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