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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 185 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AMERICA . lb lb lb lb See also:

UNITED

United States . 397,0 2,850,0 431,0 2,488,0 See also:

CANADA

Canada and See also:

NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland 248,0 1,891,0 187,0 616,0 See also:

Mexico and Central Ameri- 11,0 177,0 can States 11,0 13,0 See also:

Brazil, See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, 39,0 621,0 35,0 78,0 See also:

URUGUAY (officially the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, and long locally called the Banda Oriental, meaning the land on the eastern side of the river Uruguay, from which the country takes its name)

Uruguay and See also:

PARAGUAY

Paraguay .

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