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91Matériel moteur de la SNCF — Le matériel moteur de la SNCF, avec le matériel remorqué de la SNCF, fait partie du matériel roulant de la Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF). L entreprise étant en activité, cette liste est en constante évolution depuis sa… …
92Matériel moteur de la sncf — Liste des engins moteurs de la SNCF. Voir aussi la liste du matériel remorqué de la SNCF. (en gras, le matériel en service actuellement, en italique les engins retirés du service) Abréviation des activités SNCF : VFE = Voyages France Europe… …
93astraddle — /euh strad l/, adv., adj., prep. astride with one leg on each side of; astride: sitting astraddle a fence. [1695 1705; A 1 + STRADDLE] * * * …
94Great Bear Lake — a lake in NW Canada, in the Northwest Territories. 12,275 sq. mi. (31,792 sq. km). * * * Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. Lying astride the Arctic Circle, it was visited before 1800 by North West Company traders and later named for the bears… …
95Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
96international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
97Queensland — /kweenz land , leuhnd/, n. a state in NE Australia. 2,295,123; 670,500 sq. mi. (1,736,595 sq. km). Cap.: Brisbane. * * * State (pop., 2001: 3,635,121), northeastern Australia. Bounded on the north by the Pacific Ocean and the Great Barrier Reef,… …
98straddle — straddler, n. straddlingly, adv. /strad l/, v., straddled, straddling, n. v.i. 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart; stand or sit astride. 2. to stand wide apart, as the legs. 3. to favor or appear to favor both sides of an issue,… …
99Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …
100Rainy Lake — Narrow lake astride the Canadian U.S. border, between Minnesota and southwestern Ontario. Rainy Lake is about 50 mi (80 km) long and has an area of 360 sq mi (932 sq km). Its shores are irregular and deeply indented, and it contains more than 500 …
