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• Landlocked country — Landlocked countries in Green A landlocked country is a country entirely enclosed by land, or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas.[1][2] …   Wikipedia

• harbour — Harbor Har bor (h[aum]r b[ e]r), n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE. herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Saldanha Bay — ▪ harbour, South Africa Afrikaans  Saldanhabaai,         deep, essentially landlocked harbour of the Atlantic Ocean, situated on the southwest coast of South Africa. Named after the early 16th century Portuguese navigator António de Saldanha, the …   Universalium

• Pearl Harbor — 1. a harbor near Honolulu, on S Oahu, in Hawaii: surprise attack by Japan on the U.S. naval base and other military installations December 7, 1941. 2. any significant or crippling defeat, betrayal, loss, etc., that comes unexpectedly. * * * Inlet …   Universalium

• Virgin Islands — a group of islands in the West Indies, E of Puerto Rico: comprises the Virgin Islands of the United States and the British Virgin Islands. Abbr.: V.I., VI * * * Virgin Islands Introduction Virgin Islands Background: During the 17th century, the… …   Universalium

• Seattle — /see at l/, n. 1. (Seatlh), c1790 1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him. 2. a seaport in W Washington, on Puget Sound. 493,846. * * * City (pop., 2000: 563,374) and seaport, Washington, U.S. It is the largest city in the… …   Universalium

• cochin — /koh chin, koch in/, n. one of an Asian breed of chickens, resembling the Brahma but slightly smaller. [1850 55; short for Cochin China fowl] * * * ▪ India       town and major port on the Arabian Sea, west central Kerala state, southwestern… …   Universalium

• Cochin — /koh chin/, n. 1. a seaport in W Kerala, in SW India: first European fort in India, built by Portuguese 1503. 438,420. 2. a former state in SW India; merged with Travancore 1949; a part of Kerala state since 1956. * * * ▪ India       town and… …   Universalium

• Kochi — /koh chee/; Japn. /kaw chee/, n. a seaport on central Shikoku, in SW Japan. 300,830. * * * ▪ India formerly  Cochin        city and major port on the Arabian Sea, west central Kerala state, southwestern India. Also the name of a former princely… …   Universalium

• Dar es Salaam — /dahr es seuh lahm / a seaport in Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean: the former capital. 757,346. Also, Dar es Salaam. * * * Largest city (pop., 1995 est.: 1,747,000), capital, and major port of Tanzania. Founded in 1862 by the sultan of Zanzibar, it …   Universalium

• San Juan — /san wahn , hwahn /; Sp. /sahn hwahn / 1. a seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the N part. 424,600. 2. a city in W Argentina. 290,479. 3. a river in S Nicaragua, flowing E from Lake Nicaragua along the Nicaragua Costa Rica border to… …   Universalium