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(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...Northern Cross
(Encyclopedia)Northern Cross: see Cygnus.Northern Crown
(Encyclopedia)Northern Crown: see Corona Borealis. ...Northern Dvina
(Encyclopedia)Northern Dvina, river: see Dvina (Northern Dvina). ...Northern Expedition
(Encyclopedia)Northern Expedition, in modern Chinese history, the military campaign by which the Kuomintang party overthrew the warlord-backed Beijing government and established a new government at Nanjing. At the ...Northern Land
(Encyclopedia)Northern Land: see Severnaya Zemlya, Russia. ...northern lights
(Encyclopedia)northern lights: see aurora borealis. ...Northern Rhodesia
(Encyclopedia)Northern Rhodesia: see Zambia.Northern Territory
(Encyclopedia)Northern Territory, territory (2016 pop. 228,833), 520,280 sq mi (1,347,525 sq km), N central Australia. It is bounded on the N by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Darwin i...Northern War
(Encyclopedia)Northern War, 1700–1721, general European conflict, fought in N and E Europe at the same time that the War of the Spanish Succession was fought in the west and the south. It arose chiefly from the d...Browse by Subject
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