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Cape Roca. / 38.78083°N 9.50056°W / 38.78083; -9.50056. Cabo da Roca ( Portuguese: [ˈkaβu ðɐ ˈʁɔkɐ]) or Cape Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal, of continental Europe, and of the Eurasian landmass. [1] It is situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, in ...
Cape Coloureds(Afrikaans: Kaapse Kleurlinge) are a South Africanethnicclassification consisting primarily of persons of mixed raceAfrican, Asian and European descent. Demographics. [edit] Although Colouredsform a minority group within South Africa, they are the predominant population group in the Western Cape.
The wolverine ( / ˈwʊlvəriːn / WUUL-və-reen, US also / ˌwʊlvəˈriːn / WUUL-və-REEN; [4] Gulo gulo ), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew ), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. [2]
And on Monday, she did it again. In less than 24 hours, Lively changed into a series of different spring-appropriate ensembles, and despite the 90-degree weather in New York City, she pulled them ...
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [ note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.
—Gene Clark recalling the encounter at the Troubadour folk club in Los Angeles that marked the genesis of the Byrds The nucleus of the Byrds formed in early 1964, when Jim McGuinn, Gene Clark, and David Crosby came together as a trio. All three musicians had a background rooted in folk music, with each one having worked as a folk singer on the acoustic coffeehouse circuit during the early ...
e. The Qing dynasty(/tʃɪŋ/ching), officially the Great Qing,[d]was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of Chinaand the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history. [e]The dynasty, proclaimed in Shenyangin 1636,[7]seized control of Beijingin 1644, which is considered the start of the dynasty's rule. [2][8][1][9][10][11][12]The dynasty lasted until ...
e. In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, or just inflation, is a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe. The inflationary epoch is believed to have lasted from 10 −36 seconds to between 10 −33 and 10 −32 seconds after the Big Bang. Following the inflationary period, the universe continued ...