11) Yap. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...An island group and state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Discovered by the Spanish in 1791, it...
12) Chuuk. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...An island group and state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Site of a major Japanese naval base during World...
13) Abu Dhabi. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A sheikdom and city of eastern Arabia on the Persian Gulf. The city is the capital of the federated United Arab Emirates. With enormous oil revenues, the sheikdom...
14) Palau. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. When the Carolines became part of the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978, Palau chose to form a republic...
15) Caroline Islands. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...of the Pacific Islands after 1947. All of the islands except Palau joined (1979) the Federated States of Micronesia....
16) Eritrea. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...Red Sea, Mare erythraeum. Captured by the British during World War II, Eritrea later became a federated part (1952) and then a province (1962) of Ethiopia, from which...
17) Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary
of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...islands. Most parts of the territory, including Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands, are now self-governing....
18) Tbilisi. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...coming under Russian control in 1801. Tbilisi was the capital of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (1922-1936) and the Georgian Soviet Socialist...
19) Georgia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...republic. It was joined with Armenia and Azerbaijan to form the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic from 1922 to 1936, when it became a separate republic,...
20) Russia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...the formation of the USSR in 1922. 2. Officially Russian FederationFormerly Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. A country of eastern Europe and northern...
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