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Ceilão, the name given to Sri Lanka by the Portuguese Empire when it arrived in 1505, was transliterated into English as Ceylon. As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence as the Dominion of ...
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The Khyber Pass (Pashto: د خیبر درہ‎, Urdu: درۂ خیبر‎) is a mountain pass in the northwest of Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan. It connects the town of Landi Kotal to the Valley of Peshawar at Jamrud by traversing ...
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The Strait of Gibraltar (Arabic: مضيق جبل طارق‎, romanized: Maḍīq Jabal Ṭāriq; Spanish: Estrecho de Gibraltar) is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco in ...
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Many people know Italy as a boot-shaped country. It's a well-known symbol of the country and a basis for many jokes and anecdotes. The country is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula, usually nicknamed "The ...
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