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1 dzień temu · Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its history, economy, and culture. The two countries consider themselves among the "closest [of] allies". They share the longest border (8,891 km (5,525 mi)) between any two nations in the world, and also have significant military interoperability. Both Americans and Canadians have generally ranked ...
1 dzień temu · Teaching English as a second language. v. t. e. Canadian English ( CanE, CE, en-CA) [5] encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada. According to the 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French (20.8%) or other languages (21.1%). [6]
1 dzień temu · Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada.It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas in the unincorporated area of Paradise and covers 2,800 acres (11 km 2) of land.Reid is owned by Clark County and operated by the county's department of ...
1 dzień temu · Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third ...
1 dzień temu · Squinting your fingers allows you to measure distance. In war films, some officers and soldiers will squint their eyes and make a gesture, which is the "94-style divine power" stretching out a finger and squinting...
1 dzień temu · Nantes (/ n ɒ̃ t /, US also / n ɑː n t (s)/, French: ⓘ; Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt; Breton: Naoned) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, 50 km (31 mi) from the Atlantic coast.The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 320,732 in the proper Nantes and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2020). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire ...
1 dzień temu · Company rule in India (sometimes Company Raj, from Hindi: rāj, lit. 'rule') was the rule of the British East India Company on the Indian subcontinent.This is variously taken to have commenced in 1757, after the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated and replaced with Mir Jafar, who had the support of the East India Company; or in 1765, when the Company was ...
