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HAM
(Old Testament) son of Noah

INN
A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

USA
The army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

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CHAD
A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

ROAD
A way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"

MILE
A former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)

OMAN
A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil

AREA
A part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"

MALI
A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years

LAND
Agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"

IRAN
A theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil

PERU
A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries

CUBA
The largest island in the West Indies

IRAQ
A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq

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YEMEN
A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990

CHINA
A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

SPAIN
A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power

SYRIA
An Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization

INDIA
A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

RURAL
Of or relating to the countryside as opposed to the city; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery"

STATE
The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"

JAPAN
Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

JATAN

ITALY
A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

KENYA
A republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya

WALES
One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria

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NORWAY
A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

TURKEY
Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

MEXICO
A republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810

GAMBIA
A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa

RUSSIA
A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917

ISRAEL
Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

BRAZIL
Three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

POLAND
A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II

NATION
A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

RUSTIC
An unsophisticated country person

GREECE
A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

FRANCE
A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

SWEDEN
A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula

CANADA
A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"

TUVALU
A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii

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TUNISIA
A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"

AUSTRIA
A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century

ALGERIA
A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

MOROCCO
A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

HOLLAND
A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level

BOLIVIA
A form of canasta in which sequences can be melded

HUNGARY
A republic in central Europe

FINLAND
Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917

ENGLAND
A division of the United Kingdom

BELGIUM
A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

BUCOLIC
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

LIBERIA
A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves

BELARUS
A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet

BRITAIN
A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

VIETNAM
A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States

ESTONIA
A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea

NAMIBIA
A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa

IRELAND
A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

ICELAND
A volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle

ALBANIA
A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula

AMERICA
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

ROMANIA
A republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea

CROATIA
A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991

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PORTUGAL
A republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

BULGARIA
A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe

REPUBLIC
A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president"

SLOVENIA
A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991

PASTORAL
A letter from a pastor to the congregation

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AUSTRALIA
A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

RURALAREA
An area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

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RESPUBLICA
A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

NEWZEALAND
North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific

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BODYPOLITIC
A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

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COMMONWEALTH
A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"

UNITEDSTATES
The executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

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CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC
A landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960