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Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic or Kirghizia: see Kyrgyzstan. ...

Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...

Carlsbad, city, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Carlsbad: see Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. ...

Djibouti, city, Republic of Djibouti

(Encyclopedia)Djibouti jēbo͞otēˈ [key], town (1995 est. pop. 383,000), capital of the Republic of Djibouti, a port on the Gulf of Tadjoura (an inlet of the Gulf of Aden). It is the nation's only sizable town an...

Donegal, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Donegal dŏnˌĭgôlˈ, dŭnˌ– [key], county, 1,865 sq mi (4,830 sq km), N Republi...

Donegal, town, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Donegal, town, Co. Donegal, NW Republic of Ireland, on the River Eske at the head of Donegal Bay. The town is a seaport with wool mills. Its castle, str...

Dublin, county, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Dublin, county, 327 sq mi (847 sq km), E central Republic of Ireland, on the Irish Sea. The region is dominated by Dublin, which is ...

Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (2021 est. pop. 1,430,000), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mout...

Dundalk, town, Republic of Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Dundalk dəndôkˈ [key], town, seat of Co. Louth, NE Republic of Ireland, near the mouth of ...

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Congo, Democratic Republic of the, formerly Zaïre zīˈēr, zäērˈ [key], republic ...