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Big Bend National Park — a national park in W Texas, on the Rio Grande. 1080 sq. mi. (2800 sq. km). * * * Preserve, southwestern Texas, U.S. It lies 250 mi (400 km) southeast of El Paso and occupies 1,252 sq mi (3,243 sq km). It was established in 1944 and named for the… … Universalium
china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material … Universalium
China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
frontier — frontierless, adj. frontierlike, adj. /frun tear , fron /; also, esp. Brit., /frun tear/, n. 1. the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border. 2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country s settled… … Universalium
backwoods — n 1. hinterlands, wilds, wilderness, frontier, woods, bush, country, no man s land, Sl. the boondocks, Australian. outback, U.S. Inf. the sticks. adj 2.Also backwood sequestered, secluded, isolated, lonely, remote, removed, inaccessible,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
country — n 1. region, district, territory, tract of land, land, terrain; section, quarter, area, place; parts, neighborhood, Inf. neck of the woods. 2. nation, power, state, commonwealth, city state; kingdom, realm, royal domain or territory; union,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
