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41Guinea-Bissau — /gin ee bi sow /, n. a republic on the W coast of Africa, between Guinea and Senegal: formerly a Portuguese overseas province; gained independence in 1974. 1,178,584; 13,948 sq. mi. (36,125 sq. km). Cap.: Bissau. Formerly, Portuguese Guinea. * *… …
42imminent — imminently, adv. imminentness, n. /im euh neuhnt/, adj. 1. likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent. 2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging. [1520 30; < L imminent (s. of imminens), prp. of imminere to overhang,… …
43Libya — /lib ee euh/, n. 1. Anc. Geog. the part of N Africa W of Egypt. 2. Italian, Libia. a republic in N Africa between Tunisia and Egypt: formerly a monarchy 1951 69. 5,648,359; 679,400 sq. mi. (1,759,646 sq. km). Cap.: Tripoli. * * * Libya… …
44Madagascar — Madagascan, n., adj. /mad euh gas keuhr/, n. an island republic in the Indian Ocean, about 240 mi. (385 km) off the SE coast of Africa: formerly a French colony; gained independence 1960. 14,061,627; 227,800 sq. mi. (590,000 sq. km). Cap.:… …
45Mayotte — Fr. /mann yawt /, n. one of the Comoro Islands, in the Indian Ocean, NW of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 52,000; 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km). * * * Mayotte Introduction Mayotte Background: Mayotte was ceded to France along with the… …
46Northern Ireland — a political division of the United Kingdom, in the NE part of the island of Ireland. 1,537,200; 5238 sq. mi. (13,565 sq. km). Cap.: Belfast. * * * Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion …
47ominous — ominously, adv. ominousness, n. /om euh neuhs/, adj. 1. portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds. 2. having the significance of an omen. [1580 90; < L ominosus portentous, equiv. to omin (s.… …
48sinister — sinisterly, adv. sinisterness, n. /sin euh steuhr/, adj. 1. threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark. 2. bad, evil, base, or wicked; fell: his sinister purposes. 3. unfortunate; disastrous; unfavorable: a… …
49Doomsday Cults — ▪ 1998 by Martin E. Marty Waco, Heaven s Gate, Solar Temple, Aum Shinrikyo ( Supreme Truth ), and People s Temple, or Jonestown, are shorthand terms often used to recall places, movements, and events associated with groups known as doomsday …
50Philostorgius — ▪ Byzantine historian born AD 368, , Borissus, Cappadocia [near modern Kayseri, Tur.] died c. 433, , probably Constantinople [now Istanbul, Tur.] Byzantine historian, partisan of Arianism, a Christian heresy asserting the inferiority of… …
