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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2020 21:27:37 GMT
Singapore -- sovereign island city-state in maritime Southeast Asia
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 1, 2020 22:35:09 GMT
Woking - town in Surrey, close to London
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 1, 2020 23:00:44 GMT
Okinawa -- Japanese prefecture comprising more than 150 islands in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan's mainland
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 2, 2020 15:01:07 GMT
Saginaw (Michigan) - manufacturing centre in central (lower) Michigan
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Post by casimira on Jun 2, 2020 22:07:40 GMT
Sagaponack- tiny hamlet on L.I. N.Y. where my grandparents immigrated to in the 1890's and farmed potatoes. Native American name translates to: "land where the wild nuts grow".
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2020 22:31:27 GMT
And you're kind of a wild nut, no?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2020 22:40:24 GMT
Jinack -- an island in The Gambia containing a cluster of disadvantaged villages under the umbrella name of Jinack. The island also has resorts and swimming pools and lodges.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 3, 2020 5:36:38 GMT
Tianjin - first city to be linked to Beijing by high speed rail
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Post by casimira on Jun 3, 2020 11:49:22 GMT
(Yes Bixa. I do consider myself a kind of "wild nut".) The quote button is not working this morning.
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Post by casimira on Jun 3, 2020 11:50:13 GMT
Croatia- country in SE Europe
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Post by whatagain on Jun 3, 2020 17:58:53 GMT
Tian an men. Place where tanks stop for pedestrians.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 3, 2020 23:52:44 GMT
Sanmenxia -- city in the west of Henan Province, China whose name in Chinese means "The Gorge of Three Gateways" and is derived from two islands that split the Yellow River into three parts.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 4, 2020 4:59:35 GMT
San Marino - oldest republic in the world
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2020 5:09:06 GMT
The Maritimes - - region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
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Post by whatagain on Jun 4, 2020 6:58:25 GMT
La Martinique. Good rum, nice people, great landscapes, sun, beaches : paradise on earth.
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Post by bjd on Jun 4, 2020 8:59:44 GMT
The Maritime - - region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island They're called the Maritimes, bixa, with no special emphasis on "the". Tintagel small town in northern Cornwall with ruins of a castle
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Post by casimira on Jun 4, 2020 11:24:02 GMT
Carthage- ancient city that was the center of Tunisia on the Northern coast of Africa
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 4, 2020 14:51:17 GMT
Carcassonne - medieval walled city in southwestern France reinvented by Viollet-le-Duc in his restoration
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2020 16:41:38 GMT
They're called the Maritimes, bixa, with no special emphasis on "the". Thanks, Bjd -- I DO know that, and in fact thought that's what I wrote. That was posted last night from my phone. Anyport shows too teeny for me to see it well on the phone, plus I'm not a great proofreader in any event. I'll go back & fix it. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2020 16:44:07 GMT
Carson City -- capital of the US state of Nevada
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2020 5:34:43 GMT
Sonbhadra - district of Uttar Pradesh in India, known for its many power plants
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 5, 2020 5:48:28 GMT
Hadrian's Wall -- former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the emperor Hadrian. It ran from the banks of the River Tyne near the North Sea to the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea, and was the northern limit of the Roman Empire, immediately north of which were the lands of the northern Ancient Britons, including the Picts. A significant portion of the wall still stands and can be followed on foot. The largest Roman archaeological feature in Britain, it runs a total of 73 miles (117.5 kilometres) in northern England.
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Post by mossie on Jun 5, 2020 7:27:52 GMT
Wallsend - town, where else but at the end of Hadrians Wall.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2020 11:11:00 GMT
Walvis Bay - city on the coast of Namibia with a big guano collection industry
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Post by casimira on Jun 5, 2020 11:22:15 GMT
Bay St. Louis- town on the US Gulf Coast in Mississippi
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 5, 2020 13:22:39 GMT
Villeneuve-Loubet - town on the Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice
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Post by whatagain on Jun 5, 2020 16:02:34 GMT
Louvain la Neuve. Most recent city of Belgium, founded when the Flemish decided no more class in French would be allowed in Leuven, thus provoking a move of all french universities to this 'new Leuven' on walloon ground.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 6, 2020 4:27:43 GMT
Neuville-au-Plain -- commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On June 6, 1944, Neuville-au-Plain was one objective of the 505th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army in the invasion of Normandy. After capturing the commune early in the day, just 42 men of Company D/505 PIR, led by Lt. Turner B. Turnbull, were left to defend it. A much larger German force, consisting mainly of the 1058th Grenadier Regiment of the 91st Infantry Division, counterattacked and half of the defenders were killed or wounded in a heavy 8 hour battle. Eventually two of the American defenders, Sergeant Robert Niland and Corporal James Kelly, volunteered to remain behind. They were among wounded members of the 3rd platoon who held the German force off long enough for the rest to escape. Sergeant Niland was killed during this action.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 6, 2020 6:29:47 GMT
Laigueglia - town in northern Italy near the French border
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Post by whatagain on Jun 6, 2020 15:04:48 GMT
Aigues mortes. Spkendud town in France on the Med from where Louis 9 or 11 ? Embarked from there twice to go to the holy land. The inportance of this was to no longer depend (and pay huge fees i guess) from italian ports and vessels to cross the Med.
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