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Pagan, Mount (from the article "Northern Mariana Islands") ...southern islands (Farallon de Medinilla, Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan) are composed of limestone and have ... paganica (from the article "golf") The origin of golf has long been debated. Some historians trace the sport back to ... Paganini, Niccolo Italian composer and principal violin virtuoso of the 19th century. A popular idol, he inspired ... [3 Related Articles] paganism (from the article "celibacy") In the great pagan religions of the ancient Mediterranean, celibacy was practiced in various contexts. ... paganus (from the article "ancient Rome") ...Syriac, Libyphoenician, or Coptic, which further isolated them-and their own religion, marriage customs, and forms ... Pagasae (from the article "Volos") ...of the Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC) and capital of Mycenaean Thessaly. The Neolithic towns ... Pagasai, Gulf of gulf of the Aegean Sea, nomos (department) of Magnisia, Thessaly, Greece. 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Pagurus bernhardus (from the article "hermit crab") Some species live in close association with other animals. Pagurus (Eupagurus) bernhardus, a common, bright ... Pagurus pollicaris (from the article "hermit crab") Pagurus pollicaris, a large hermit crab of the Atlantic coastal waters of North America, is ... pagus (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...was delegated to counts who had control of counties, or gauen (pagi), some of which ... Pahang region, eastern West Malaysia (Malaya). Its eastern coastline stretches along the South China Sea. Pahang ... [1 Related Articles] Pahang River river in Pahang region, West Malaysia (Malaya). It is the longest river on the Malay ... Pahari people who constitute about three-fifths the population of Nepal and a majority of the population ... [1 Related Articles] Pahari languages group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas (pahari is Hindi ... 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Pai Lu Tung Academy (from the article "Kiangsi") In the Sung dynasty (960-1279) Kiangsi became a model of the Confucian state, governed by ... Pai Marire (from the article "Hauhau") any of the radical members of the Maori Pai Marire (Maori: "Good and Peaceful") religion, ... Pai-gow poker (from the article "poker") Pai-gow poker is a house-banked even-payout game. Each player is given seven cards, as is ... Pai-yun-o-po (from the article "Inner Mongolia") Inner Mongolia's industry is based on the territory's great mineral wealth. There are rich iron-ore ... Paichi Mountains (from the article "Anhwei") ...extension of the Tsinling-Fu-niu ranges lying to the north of the Yangtze-form a convex curve ... paid-in capital (from the article "accounting") In the United States, for example, the owners' equity is divided between paid-in capital and ... paideia (Greek: "education," or "learning"), system of education and training in classical Greek and Hellenistic (Greco-Roman) ... 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