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111Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
112Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
113extreme — /əkˈstrim / (say uhk streem), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective (extremer, extremest) 1. of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: an extreme case; extreme measures. 2. utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy. 3.… …
114ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …
115Articles of War (Royal Navy) — The Royal Navy s Articles of War were used to govern British ships at sea in the Napoleonic Wars and have been used as models for later martial and maritime law. They were read at least once a month, usually on Sunday, when church was rigged, and …
116John Reading (New Jersey) — John Reading (b. June 6, 1686 d. November 5, 1767) was the first native born governor of New Jersey, United States, serving in 1747, and again from September 1757 to June 1758. His father, Colonel John Reading, was the first white major landowner …
117extreme — extremeness, n. /ik streem /, adj., extremer, extremest, n. adj. 1. of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures. 2. utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy. 3. farthest from the center or… …
118extreme — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. remote, utmost, farthest, last, final, ultra, radical, drastic; excessive, inordinate, deep, intense, desperate, outrageous, immoderate, greatest. See end, greatness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [The… …
119maximum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. supreme, utmost; greatest, highest. n. most, utmost. See superiority. Ant., minimum. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. supreme, highest, most, greatest; see best 1 . n. Syn. supremacy, height, pinnacle,… …
120ultimate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. farthest, most remote; extreme, last; maximum; terminal, final, conclusive; elemental; eventual. See end. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. final, terminal, latest; see last 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
