Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka
Barbados Bridgetown
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Belize Belmopan
Benin Porto-Novo
Bhutan Thimphu
Bolivia La Paz (administrative)
Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and
Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
Brazil Brasilia
Brunei Bandar Seri
Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
Burundi Bujumbura
Cambodia Phnom Penh
Cameroon Yaounde
Canada Ottawa
COUNTRIES CAPITALS
Cape Verde Praia
Central African
Republic Bangui
Chad N'Djamena
Chile Santiago
China Beijing
Colombia Bogota
Comoros Moroni
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the Kinshasa
Congo, Republic
of the Brazzaville
Costa Rica San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro
(official)
Abidjan
Croatia Zagreb
Cuba Havana
Cyprus Nicosia
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Djibouti Djibouti
Dominica Roseau
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
East Timor Dili
Ecuador Quito
Egypt Cairo
El Salvador San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea Malabo
Eritrea Asmara
Estonia Tallinn
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Fiji Suva
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
Gabon Libreville
Gambia, The Banjul
COUNTRIES CAPITALS
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin
Ghana Accra
Greece Athens
Grenada Saint George's
Guatemala Guatemala City
Guinea Conakry
Guinea-Bissau Bissau
Guyana Georgetown
Haiti Port-au-Prince
Honduras Tegucigalpa
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavik
India New Delhi
Indonesia Jakarta
Iran Tehran
Iraq Baghdad
Ireland Dublin
Israel Jerusalem
(claimed by
Israel)
Italy Rome
Jamaica Kingston
Japan Tokyo
Jordan Amman
Kazakhstan Astana
Kenya Nairobi
Kiribati Bairiki
Korea, North Pyongyang
Korea, South Seoul
Kuwait Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Laos Vientiane
Latvia Riga
Lebanon Beirut
Lesotho Maseru
Liberia Monrovia
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Wyandot building interior picture, volume
15 page 78
Wych elm (tree)
elm volume 4 page 128
Wyman, Jane (U.S. actress)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 11 page 32
Wynette, Tammy (U.S. singer)
country music volume 3
page 208
Wynns, Nellie Tayloe (governor ofWyoming):
see in index Ross, Nellie Tayloe
Wyoming (state in the U.S.)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 79
MORE TO EXPLORE
geography
Grand Teton National Park picture,
volume 15 page 79
rodeo in Cody picture, volume 15
page 80
State Capitol picture, volume 3
page 91
COUNTRIES CAPITALS
Libya Tripoli
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macedonia Skopje
Madagascar Antananarivo
Malawi Lilongwe
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives Male
Mali Bamako
Malta Valletta
Marshall Islands Majuro
Mauritania Nouakchott
Mauritius Port Louis
Mexico Mexico City
Micronesia,
Federated States
of Palikir
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco [none]
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro Podgorica
(administrative)
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Myanmar (Burma) Yangon
Namibia Windhoek
Nauru Yaren administrative
center
Nepal Kathmandu
Netherlands,The Amsterdam
New Zealand Wellington
Nicaragua Managua
Niger Niamey
Nigeria Abuja
Norway Oslo
Oman Muscat
COUNTRIES CAPITALS
Pakistan Islamabad
Palau Melekeok
Panama Panama City
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Paraguay Asuncion
Peru Lima
Philippines Manila
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Qatar Doha
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
Rwanda Kigali
Saint Kitts
and Nevis Basseterre
Saint Lucia Castries
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines Kingstown
Samoa Apia
San Marino San Marino
Sao Tome and
Principe Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Serbia Belgrade
Seychelles Victoria
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Solomon Islands Honiara
Somalia Mogadishu
South Africa Pretoria
(administrative)
Cape Town
(legislative)
Bloemfontein
(judicial)
COUNTRIES CAPITALS
Spain Madrid
Sri Lanka Colombo
Sudan Khartoum
Suriname Paramaribo
Swaziland Mbabane
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Syria Damascus
Tajikistan Dushanbe
Tanzania Dar es Salaam
Thailand Bangkok
Togo Lome
Tonga Nuku'alofa
Trinidad
and Tobago Port of Spain
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Ankara
Turkmenistan Ashgabat
Tuvalu Funafuti Atoll
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kiev
United Arab
Emirates Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom London
United States Washington,
D.C.
Uruguay Montevideo
Uzbekistan Tashkent
Vanuatu Vila
Venezuela Caracas
Vietnam Hanoi
Yemen Sanaa
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare
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X chromosome (biology)
gender determination picture, volume 5
page 93
genetics volume 5 page 93
X Games
skateboarding volume 12 page 94
Xian (city in China)
old city wall picture, volume 3 page 103
Xiling Gorge (gorge in China) picture,
volume 3 page 102
Xochimilco (town near Mexico City,
Mexico)
Mexico City volume 8 page 114
xocoatl (beverage)
chocolate volume 3 page 109
Xolotlan (lake in Nicaragua): see in index
Managua, Lake
X-ray (radiation beam)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 82
MORE TO EXPLORE
dentistry volume 4 page 38
images
human foot picture, volume 15
page 82
infected lung picture, volume 10
page 103
security workers at an airport picture,
volume 15 page 82
surgeons examining patient X-rays
picture, volume 8 page 93
types of electromagnetic radiation
picture, volume 11 page 18
radiation volume 11 page 17
Xunantunich ruins (Mayan ruins in Belize)
picture, volume 2 page 57
xylophone (musical instrument)
children learning about music picture,
volume 8 page 213
percussion instruments picture, volume
8 page 215
yachting (boating): see in index sailing
Yafa (city in Israel): see in index Tel Aviv-
Yafo
Yafo (ancient city in the Middle East): see
in index Jaffa
Yahooskin Band (Native American
people)
Klamath and Modoc volume 7 page 73
yak (mammal)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 84, picture,
volume 15 page 84
Yakama (Native American people)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 84
MORE TO EXPLORE
Yakama tepee picture, volume 15
page 85
Yale University (university in New
Haven, Connecticut, U.S.)
Connecticut volume 3 page 185
Yalta (resort city in the Ukraine) picture,
volume 3 page 217
Swallows Nest Castle picture, volume 4
page 164
WorldWar II meeting picture, volume
15 page 70
Yamoussoukro (capital city of Cote
dIvoire)
MAIN ARTICLE volume 15 page 85, picture,
volume 15 page 85
MORE TO EXPLORE
Cote dIvoire volume 3 page 204
Yamoussoukro Basilica (church in
Yamoussoukro, Cote dIvoire): see in