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61NICARAGUA — (313, mostly mulattoes and negroes), the largest and richest of five republics occupying Central America, stretches across the isthmus from the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras (N.) and Costa Rica (S.); the Cordilleras traverse… …
62SARDINIA — (682), an island of the Mediterranean, 170 m. long and 75 m. broad, the second largest, Sicily being larger, and to the S. of Corsica; is since 1859 part of the kingdom of Italy; it has a fruitful soil, and presents a diversified surface of… …
63Duirinish — DUIRINISH, a parish, in the Isle of Skye, county of Inverness; containing, with the late quoad sacra parish of Waternish, 4983 inhabitants. This place, early in the tenth century, became the property of the Mc Leods, by marriage of the first… …
64Lewis — LEWIS, an island in the Atlantic Ocean, partly in the county of Inverness, but chiefly in that of Ross and Cromarty; containing 21,466 inhabitants, of whom 4429 are in the portion in the county of Inverness. This island, which forms part of… …
65Orkney Islands — ORKNEY ISLANDS, a group forming, with that of Shetland, a maritime county, in the northern extremity of Scotland; and bounded on the north by the waters which divide Orkney from Shetland; on the east by the North Sea; on the south by the… …
66Sandwick — 1) SANDWICK, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 14 miles (W. N. W.) from Kirkwall; containing 1033 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from the sandy bay whereon it is situated, was originally included in that of Stromness; it is… …
67Young, John — 1) (1773 1837) Born in Falkirk, Scotland. Educated at Glasgow University; emigrated to Canada, 1814. In 1818 published a series of letters under the nom de plume of Agricola, in the Halifax Recorder. These letters drew attention to the… …
68Backwards — Backward Back ward, Backwards Back wards, adv. [Back, adv. + ward.] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. [1913 Webster] 2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. [1913 Webster] 3. On the back,… …
69retroflexion — Backward bending, as of the uterus when the corpus is bent back, forming an angle with the cervix. SYN: retroflection. r. of iris abnormal position of the iris on the ciliary body after …
70Government of Tamil Nadu — State government IN name of state= Tamil Nadu coat of arms= state colorbox|blackcolorbox|red seat of government= Chennai (Madras) name of governor= S. S. Barnala name of chief minister= M. Karunanidhi name of dpy chief minister= None legislative… …