| ancient Rome |
a civilization cultivated by the city-state of Rome from the 8th century B.C.E. through its development as a republic and its collapse as an empire in the 5th century A.D. |
| Angola |
a country on the western coast of Africa, bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Namibia. |
| apartheid |
a policy of racial segregation, esp. the official segregation of blacks and whites as it existed in the Republic of South Africa from 1948 until 1994. |
| Armenia |
a Near Eastern country between Georgia and Turkey; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. [1/2 definitions] |
| Austria |
a central European country that lies between Germany and the Czech Republic to the north and Italy and Slovenia to the south. |
| Azerbaijan |
a Near Eastern country on the Caspian Sea between Iran and Russia; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union. |
| bamboo curtain |
(sometimes cap.) a barrier to trade and diplomacy, based on ideological and political differences, that formerly existed between the People's Republic of China and the West, attributed by the latter to the secrecy and censorship practiced by the Chinese. (Cf. iron curtain.) |
| Bangui |
the capital of the Central African Republic. |
| Belarus |
a European country bordered by Poland, Lithuania, Russia, and Ukraine; formerly a republic of the Soviet Union; Belorussia; Byelorussia. |
| Bohemia |
a region in the northwestern Czech Republic that was formerly a separate country. [1/2 definitions] |
| bonobo |
any of a species of highly intelligent African ape related to but smaller than the chimpanzee and exhibiting various human-like behaviors. The bonobo's habitat in the wild is limited to an area within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
since 1992, a Balkan republic bordered by Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. |
| Bratislava |
the capital of the Slovak Republic. |
| Burundi |
a central African country between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Central Africa |
a large region of Africa in the central part of the continent usually consisting of Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and often including, in addition, other nearby nations depending on which definition of the region is used. |
| Central African Republic |
an African country bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Chad, and Sudan. |
| Chad |
a central African country bordered by Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, and Niger. |
| chancellor |
the head of state in Austria or the Federal Republic of Germany. [1/4 definitions] |
| China |
a large, populous East Asian country on the Pacific coast; People's Republic of China. [1/2 definitions] |
| Comoros |
an African country comprising three of the Comoro Islands; Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros. |
| Congo |
Republic of the Congo, a country in Central Africa south of Gabon and north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Republic of the Congo was formerly known as the French Congo. Its capital is Brazzaville. [2/3 definitions] |