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(Encyclopedia)Chongju, South Korea: see Cheongju. ...Chonju
(Encyclopedia)Chonju, South Korea: see Jeonju.Cheju
(Encyclopedia)Cheju, South Korea: see Jeju.Chunchon
(Encyclopedia)Chunchon, South Korea: see Chuncheon. ...Uijongbu
(Encyclopedia)Uijongbu, South Korea: see Uijeongbu. ...Yosu
(Encyclopedia)Yosu, South Korea: see Yeosu.Sunchon
(Encyclopedia)Sunchon, South Korea: see Suncheon. ...hantavirus
(Encyclopedia)hantavirus, any of a genus (Hantavirus) of single-stranded RNA viruses that are carried by rodents and transmitted to humans when they inhale vapors from contaminated rodent urine, saliva, or feces. T...Seoul
(Encyclopedia)Seoul sāˈo͞ol, sāˈo͝ol, sōl [key], city (1995 pop. 10,229,262), capital of South Korea, NW South Korea, on the Han River. It has special status equivalent to that of a province. The political, ...mir, former Russian peasant community
(Encyclopedia)mir mēr [key], former Russian peasant community. The mir, which antedated serfdom (16th cent.) in Russia, persisted in its primitive form until after the Russian Revolution of 1917. In a community of...Browse by Subject
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