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prairies

(Encyclopedia)prairies, generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. The prairie belt also e...

Transvaal

(Encyclopedia)Transvaal trănzvälˈ [key], former province, NE South Africa. With the new constitution of 1994, it was divided into Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), Pretoria-Wi...

Free State

(Encyclopedia)Free State, formerly Orange Free State, province, 50,126 sq mi (129,825 sq km), E central South Africa. It was renamed Free State shortly after the 1994...

Chinhae

(Encyclopedia)Chinhae, South Korea: see Jinhae.

Chinju

(Encyclopedia)Chinju, South Korea: see Jinju.

Cheju

(Encyclopedia)Cheju, South Korea: see Jeju.

Chonan

(Encyclopedia)Chonan, South Korea: see Cheonan. ...

Chongju

(Encyclopedia)Chongju, South Korea: see Cheongju. ...

Chonju

(Encyclopedia)Chonju, South Korea: see Jeonju.

Chunchon

(Encyclopedia)Chunchon, South Korea: see Chuncheon. ...