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11Boaco — is the capital city and municipality of the Boaco department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Boaco has a population of 56,900 (2006 est.) and an area of 1,086.81 km² (26% of the Boaco department). The city of Boaco, with a population of… …
12inroad — /in rohd /, n. 1. a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings. 2. a sudden hostile or predatory incursion; raid; foray. [1540 50; IN 1 + ROAD] * * * …
13Táin Bó Flidhais — Queen Medb, Myths Legends of the Celtic Race (1911) T.W.Rolleston Táin Bó Flidhais, also known as the Mayo Táin, is a tale from the Ulster Cycle of early Irish literature. It is one of a group of works known as Táin Bó, or cattle raid stories,… …
14Swinton and Simprim — SWINTON and SIMPRIM, a parish, in the county of Berwick, 5 miles (N.) from Coldstream; containing 1095 inhabitants. This parish comprehends the old parishes of Swinton and Simprim, which were united in 1761. The name of the latter is of very… …
15inroad — /ˈɪnroʊd / (say inrohd) noun 1. (usually plural) forcible or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings. 2. a hostile or predatory incursion; a raid; a foray: *This would be a small but significant inroad into the patrilineal system and would… …
16United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
17invasion — invasion, incursion, raid, inroad are comparable when meaning an entrance effected by force or strategy. Invasion basically implies entrance upon another s territory with such hostile intentions as conquest, plunder, or use as a basis of… …
18raid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attack, invasion, onset, incursion; foray. See stealing. v. t. attack, invade; pounce upon. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A predatory attack] Syn. invasion, assault, forced entrance, sortie, sweep,… …
19Planet killer — In science fiction, a planet killer (or some variation on that meaning) is a object capable of destroying an entire planet or render it uninhabitable. [ [http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Planet Killers.html stardestroyer.net: Planet… …
20First Stadtholderless Period — The First Stadtholderless Period or Era (1650 1672) (Dutch Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk ) is the period in the history of the Dutch Republic in which it reached the zenith of its economic, military and political Golden Age. The term has… …
