Glossary
Tourism Handbook. Description of countries, terms, definitions, reference articles.
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Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China. Over 90 percent of its territory is m...
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Borneo is the world’s third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea, shared by Indonesia in the south and center (Kalimantan provinces), Mala...
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Chile is a unitary presidential republic in western South America, stretching about 4,300 km north to south along the Pacific. It borders Peru, Bol...
The Luo (endonym Joluo; language Dholuo) are a Nilotic people of western Kenya centered around Winam Gulf and Kisumu. Multilingualism is common: Dh...
Madagascar is an island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, separated from Mozambique by the Mozambique Channel. It i...
Mongolia is a vast, landlocked country in north central Asia, wedged between Russia to the north and China to the south. Much of its territory is g...
The Tuareg speak Tamahaq/Tamasheq and write in Tifinagh; most are Sunni Muslims with local traditions of piety. Hospitality, mutual aid, and honor ...
The Scythians were an ancient Iranic‑speaking nomadic people and confederations of the Eurasian steppe. Their language (Eastern Iranian) lacked a n...
The Nanai are an Indigenous people of the Amur basin in Russia and northeastern China. Their language is Nanai (Tungusic), with widespread bilingua...
Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, excluding the Inuit and Aleuts. Linguistic diversity is immense: over a thousand langu...
The Chukchi are an Indigenous people of northeastern Asia, chiefly in Russia’s Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Their language is Chukchi (Chukotko‑Kamch...
Finland is a Nordic republic spanning 338,455 km² on the Fennoscandian Peninsula. Its name, derived from the Finnish word Suomi, reflects the ancie...
Uzbekistan is a large, doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, roughly the size of California, sandwiched between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajiki...
Niger is a vast landlocked nation in West Africa, stretching over 1.27 million square kilometers between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Sah...
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country in central South America bordered by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, C...
The Falkland Islands, also known in Spanish as Islas Malvinas, are a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 480 km ea...
Kamchatka refers to both the peninsula and Kamchatka Krai, a federal subject of Russia whose capital is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The krai also inc...
Indonesia is a unitary presidential republic with a directly elected president and legislature. The president is the head of state and government, ...
Georgia spans coastal lowlands, fertile valleys, and the Greater and Lesser Caucasus ranges. The highest peak is Mount Shkhara at 5,193 m, with Mou...
Armenia lies on the Armenian Highlands with rugged relief, fast rivers, and wide elevation bands. The highest point is Mount Aragats at 4,090 m. La...