Search results for "la"

Cyprus: History, Culture & Economy

Comments Off on Cyprus: History, Culture & Economy
Cyprus (pronounced /ˈsaɪprəs/; Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros, IPA: /ˈcipros/; Turkish: Kıbrıs), – officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kypriakī́ Dīmokratía, IPA: /cipriaˈci ðimokraˈtia/; Turkish:Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) – is a Eurasian island country in the Eastern Mediterranean, south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea...
Read More Share

Zimbabwe: History, Culture and Economy

Comments Off on Zimbabwe: History, Culture and Economy
Zimbabwe (English pronunciation: /zɪmˈbɑːbweɪ/ zim-BAHB-we; officially the Republic of Zimbabwe and formerly Southern Rhodesia, theRepublic of Rhodesia, and Zimbabwe Rhodesia) is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered...
Read More Share

Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao: History, Culture & Economy

Comments Off on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao: History, Culture & Economy
Aruba (pronounced /əˈruːbə/ ə-ROO-bə) is a 33-kilometre (21 mi)-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southernCaribbean Sea, located 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of the coast of Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands...
Read More Share

Bulgaria: History, Culture & Economy

Comments Off on Bulgaria: History, Culture & Economy
Bulgaria (pronounced /bʌlˈɡɛəriə/ Bulgarian: България, Balgariya, pronounced ), is a country insouth-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north (mostly along the Danube), Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south. The Black Sea defines the...
Read More Share

Ukraine: History, Culture and Economy

Comments Off on Ukraine: History, Culture and Economy
Ukraine is the second largest country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to...
Read More Share

Sweden: History, Culture and Economy

Comments Off on Sweden: History, Culture and Economy
Sweden (pronounced /ˈswiːdən/ (help·info) SWEE-dən, Swedish: Sverige pronounced [ˈsvæːrijə]), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and water borders...
Read More Share

Western Sahara: History, Culture and Economy

Comments Off on Western Sahara: History, Culture and Economy
Western Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الغربية, Berber: Taneẓṛuft Tutrimt, Spanish: Sáhara Occidental) is a mostly Moroccan-controlled territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts...
Read More Share

Syria: History, Culture and Economy

Comments Off on Syria: History, Culture and Economy
Syria (pronounced /ˈsɪriə/ SEER-ee-ə; Arabic: سورية‎ sūriyya or سوريا sūryā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السورية‎), is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to...
Read More Share
We Blog The World

Pin It on Pinterest