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A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
Eternal oblivion. Eternal oblivion (also referred to as non-existence or nothingness) [1] [2] is the philosophical, religious, or scientific concept of one's consciousness forever ceasing upon death. Pamela Health and Jon Klimo write that this concept is mostly associated with religious skepticism, secular humanism, nihilism, agnosticism, and ...
Synonym (taxonomy) The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. [1] For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of ...
Unpaired word. An unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. [1] Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite. If the prefix or suffix is negative, such as 'dis-' or -'less ...
Red Owl – Upper Midwest; acquired by Supervalu in 1988. Sage's – Sage's Complete Markets based in San Bernardino, California, chain that was liquidated in 1973. Sav-A-Center – A&P in the New Orleans, Louisiana, region. Schwegmann Brothers Giant Supermarkets – New Orleans, Louisiana; acquired by National Tea.
Robert E. Howard ( Hyborian Age) Édouard Lalo ( Le roi d'Ys) H. P. Lovecraft often invoked the names of lost lands of his own invention, a practice that subsequently gave birth to the Cthulhu mythos. Geoffrey of Monmouth first mention of Avalon in his Historia Regum Britanniae. Plato. Augustus Le Plongeon.
List of former planets. This is a list of astronomical objects formerly widely considered planets under any of the various definitions of this word in the history of astronomy. As the definition of planet has evolved, the de facto and de jure definitions of planet have changed over the millennia. As of 2024, there are eight official planets in ...
The American Magazine (1904–1956) American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge (1834–1837) The American Mercury (1924–1981) The American Museum (1787–1792) American Review (1967–1977) The American Review (1933–1937) The American Review: A Whig Journal (1845–1849) American Thunder (2004) The American Weekly (1896–1966)