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Guangdong province
a province in southern China
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Gansu province
a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
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Hebei province
a populous province in northeastern China
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Hunan province
a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources
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Szechwan province
a populous province of south central China
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Yunnan province
a province of southern China
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Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
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Inner Mongolia
an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911
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Yucatan
a state of Mexico on the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Campeche
a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche
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Chihuahua
a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
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Coahuila
a state in northern Mexico; mostly high plateau
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Quintana Roo
a Mexican state on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Tabasco
a Mexican state on the Gulf of Campeche
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Lower Saxony
a state in northwestern Germany
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Bavaria
a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory
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Kosovo
a Serbian province in southern Serbia and Montenegro populated predominantly by Albanians
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Bosnia
the northern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Tirol
a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy
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Assam
state in northeastern India
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Karnataka
state in southern India; formerly Mysore
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Manipur
state in northeastern India
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Andhra Pradesh
a state of southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal
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Bihar
a state of northeastern India
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Goa
a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony
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Gujarat
an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
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Tamil Nadu
a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
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Uttar Pradesh
a state in northern India
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Orissa
state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
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West Bengal
a state in eastern India
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Indonesian Borneo
the part of Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Borneo
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Friesland
one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands
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Orange Free State
a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
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Transvaal
a province of northeastern South Africa originally inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the Boers
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Cape of Good Hope Province
a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
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Cape of Good Hope
a province of western South Africa
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Abkhazia
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
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Adzharia
an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea
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Buganda
a state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
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Abruzzi e Molise
a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
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Basilicata
a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
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Calabria
a region of southern Italy (forming the toe of the Italian `boot')
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Campania
a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia
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Emilia-Romagna
a region of north central Italy on the Adriatic
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
a region in northeastern Italy
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Latium
an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea
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Liguria
region of northwestern Italy on the Ligurian Sea
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Lombardia
a region of north central Italy bordering Switzerland
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Marches
a region in central Italy
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Molise
a region of south central Italy
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Piedmont
the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
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Apulia
a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic
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Sardegna
the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century
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Sicilia
the Italian region on the island of Sicily
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Toscana
a region in central Italy
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Trentino-Alto Adige
a region of northeastern Italy bordering Austria
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Umbria
a mountainous region in central Italy
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Valle D'Aosta
a region in northwestern Italy
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Venezia-Euganea
a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic
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Alberta
one of the three prairie provinces in western Canada; rich in oil and natural gas and minerals
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British Columbia
a province in western Canada
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Manitoba
one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada
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New Brunswick
a province in southeastern Canada
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Newfoundland and Labrador
a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949
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Nova Scotia
the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns
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Ontario
a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada
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Prince Edward Island
an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada
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Quebec
the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British
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Saskatchewan
one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada
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Queensland
a state in northeastern Australia
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New South Wales
an Australian state in southeastern Australia
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Victoria
a state in southeastern Australia
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Tasmania
an Australian state on the island of Tasmania
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South Australia
a state in south central Australia
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Western Australia
a state containing the western third of Australia
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Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic
formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
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Camellia State
a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Last Frontier
a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
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Grand Canyon State
a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
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Land of Opportunity
a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Golden State
a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
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Centennial State
a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
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Constitution State
a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Diamond State
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Everglade State
a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Empire State of the South
a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Aloha State
a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
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Gem State
a state in the Rocky Mountains
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Land of Lincoln
a midwestern state in north-central United States
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Hoosier State
a state in midwestern United States
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Hawkeye State
a state in midwestern United States
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Sunflower State
a state in midwestern United States
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Bluegrass State
a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
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Pelican State
a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
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Pine Tree State
a state in New England
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Old Line State
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Massachusetts
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
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Great Lakes State
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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North Star State
a midwestern state
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Magnolia State
a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War
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Show Me State
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union
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Treasure State
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
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Cornhusker State
a midwestern state on the Great Plains
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Battle Born State
a state in the southwestern United States
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Granite State
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
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Garden State
a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
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Land of Enchantment
a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
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New York State
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Old North State
a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
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Peace Garden State
a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
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Buckeye State
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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Sooner State
a state in south central United States
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Beaver State
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
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Keystone State
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Little Rhody
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
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Palmetto State
a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
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Mount Rushmore State
a state in north central United States
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Volunteer State
a state in east central United States
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Lone-Star State
the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
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Beehive State
a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young
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Green Mountain State
a state in New England
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Old Dominion State
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
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Evergreen State
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
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Mountain State
a state in east central United States
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Badger State
a midwestern state in north central United States
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Equality State
a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east