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  2. List of alternative country names - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia (official, English), Persekutuan Malaysia (colloquial long form, Malay), Federation of Malaysia (colloquial long form, English), Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak (former, English names of the various components), Tanah Melayu or Malay Land (former, Malay), 马来西亚/ Mǎláixīyà (common, Mandarin), மலேசியா/ Malēciya ...

  3. List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations

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    The following is a list of adjectival and demonymic forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents.A country adjective describes something as being from that country, for example, "Italian cuisine" is "cuisine of Italy".

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a form of address for either a person or item, either jocular ("he's a generous bugger", "I finally found the little bugger!") or less so ("he's a mean bugger") (slang) term of endearment, often used for children (slang) a bug (insect) buggy 2-wheeled horse-drawn lightweight carriage baby transport vehicle also called (UK) pushchair (US: stroller)

  5. Expatriate - Wikipedia

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    For some people, moving abroad is a conscious, thoroughly planned decision, while for others it could be a ‘spur of the moment’, spontaneous decision. This decision, of course, is influenced by the individual's geographic, socioeconomic and political environment; as well as their personal circumstances. The motivation for moving (or staying ...

  6. Near abroad - Wikipedia

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    The pre-1989 Eastern Bloc and SFR Yugoslavia (orange) superimposed on 2005 European borders. In the political language of Russia, the near abroad (Russian: ближнее зарубежье, romanized: blizhneye zarubezhye) refers to the post-Soviet states (other than Russia itself) which became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

  7. 5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History - AOL

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    Humanitarian assistance, meaning deliveries of food and other essentials, took up $9.4 billion, while $7.2 billion was allocated to health care. Another $3.7 billion went to administrative costs.

  8. International assignment - Wikipedia

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    In virtual assignments, employees take on international responsibilities for the office in the host country while remaining in their home country. This form of assignment requires heavy use of conference calls, video-conferencing and emails. Virtual assignments can lead to role conflict, identification issues or cultural misunderstanding. [3]

  9. Travel - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the word "travel" is most likely lost to history. The term "travel" may originate from the Old French word travail, which means 'work'. [2] According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century.