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Historically, a number of everyday words and expressions used to be characteristic of different dialect areas of the United States, especially the North, the Midland, and the South; many of these terms spread from their area of origin and came to be used throughout the nation. Today many people use these different words for the same object ...
Vindication and Candlemas Island were both discovered on 2 February 1775 by James Cook on the HMS Resolution. [1] In 1951–1952 the Argentine frigates ARA Hércules and ARA Sarandí installed a marker on Vindication, claiming Argentine sovereignty over the island; [2] this is the first recorded landing on the island. [3]
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in North America by area. [1] The region includes Canada, the Caribbean, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Central America, Greenland, Mexico, and the United States. Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere.
United States of America—a federal republic in North America founded in 1776 and comprising 50 states (one of which, Hawaii, is not considered to be located in North America) and one federal district (the District of Columbia), with several outlying territories of varying affiliation; commonly referred to as the U.S. or simply America.
Vindication may refer to: Vindication (horse) (2000–2008), American thoroughbred race horse Vindication (Crease album) (2000), third album of US hard rock band Crease
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
At the start of the summer, it looked like the 2024 presidential election might come down to the double-haters. Roughly 25 percent of voters told Pew pollsters they had unfavorable views of both ...
Both Candlemas and Vindication rise from the same submarine volcano, and are named the Candlemas Islands. [12] Around the islands the sea is less than 100 metres (330 ft) deep, [11] forming a 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) wide shallow platform with numerous shoals, islets and sea stacks. [33]