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   Abidjan
         n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the
               Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast

English Dictionary: jan by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Azerbaijan
n
  1. a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet
    Synonym(s): Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cajanus cajan
n
  1. tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
    Synonym(s): pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
capital of Azerbaijan
n
  1. a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
    Synonym(s): Baku, capital of Azerbaijan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Harijan
n
  1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India [syn: untouchable, Harijan]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Jan
n
  1. the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
    Synonym(s): January, Jan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trajan
n
  1. Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117)
    Synonym(s): Trajan, Marcus Ulpius Traianus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Trojan
adj
  1. of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants; "Trojan cities"
n
  1. a native of ancient Troy [syn: Trojan, Dardan, Dardanian]
  2. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse"
    Synonym(s): trojan, trojan horse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Yojan \[d8]Yo"jan\, n. [Skr. y[omac]jana.]
      A measure of distance, varying from four to ten miles, but
      usually about five. [India] [Written also {yojana}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Finjan \Fin*jan"\, n. [Also fingan, findjan, fingian, etc.] [Ar.
      finj[be]n.]
      In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as
      is held in a cup or stand called a zarf.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jan \Jan\, n. [Ar.] (Moham. Myth.)
      One of intermediate order between angels and men.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trojan \Tro"jan\, n.
      One who shows the pluck, endurance, determined energy, or the
      like, attributed to the defenders of Troy; -- used chiefly or
      only in the phrase {like a Trojan}; as, he endured the pain
      like a Trojan; he studies like a Trojan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trojan \Tro"jan\, a. [L. Trojanus, fr. Troja, Troia, Troy, from
      Tros, Gr. Trw`s, Trwo`s, Tros, the mythical founder of Troy.]
      Of or pertaining to ancient Troy or its inhabitants. -- n. A
      native or inhabitant of Troy.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Inarajan, GU (CDP, FIPS 35850)
      Location: 13.27607 N, 144.73762 E
      Population (1990): 1063 (235 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water)

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Azerbaijan
  
   Note--Azerbaijan continues to be plagued by an unresolved
   seven-year-old conflict with Armenian separatists over its
   Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Karabakh Armenians have declared
   independence and seized almost 20% of the country's territory,
   creating almost 1 million Azeri displaced persons in the process. Both
   sides have generally observed a Russian-mediated cease-fire in place
   since May 1994, and support the OSCE-mediated peace process, now
   entering its fourth year. Nevertheless, Baku and Xankandi
   (Stepanakert) remain far apart on most substantive issues from the
   placement and composition of a peacekeeping force to the enclave's
   ultimate political status, and prospects for a negotiated settlement
   remain dim.
  
   Azerbaijan:Geography
  
   Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran
   and Russia
  
   Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States - European States
  
   Area:
   total area: 86,600 sq km
   land area: 86,100 sq km
   comparative area: slightly larger than Maine
   note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the
   Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by
   Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
  
   Land boundaries: total 2,013 km, Armenia (west) 566 km, Armenia
   (southwest) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (south) 432 km, Iran
   (southwest) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
  
   Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
   note: Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km, est.)
  
   Maritime claims: none; landlocked
  
   International disputes: violent and longstanding dispute with ethnic
   Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh over its status; Caspian Sea boundaries
   are not yet determined
  
   Climate: dry, semiarid steppe
  
   Terrain: large, flat Kur-Araz Lowland (much of it below sea level)
   with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag (Karabakh) Upland
   in west; Baku lies on Abseron (Apsheron) Peninsula that juts into
   Caspian Sea
  
   Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous
   metals, alumina
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 18%
   permanent crops: 4%
   meadows and pastures: 25%
   forest and woodland: 0%
   other: 53%
  
   Irrigated land: 14,010 sq km (1990)
  
   Environment:
   current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron (Apsheron)
   Peninsula (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the
   ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air,
   water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of DDT
   as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production
   of cotton
   natural hazards: droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising
   levels of the Caspian Sea
   international agreements: signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
   Climate Change
  
   Note: landlocked
  
   Azerbaijan:People
  
   Population: 7,789,886 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 33% (female 1,241,952; male 1,315,313)
   15-64 years: 61% (female 2,437,810; male 2,307,496)
   65 years and over: 6% (female 303,926; male 183,389) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 1.32% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 22.05 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 6.56 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 71.09 years
   male: 67.4 years
   female: 74.97 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 2.64 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Azerbaijani(s)
   adjective: Azerbaijani
  
   Ethnic divisions: Azeri 90%, Dagestani Peoples 3.2%, Russian 2.5%,
   Armenian 2.3%, other 2% (1995 est.)
   note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh
   region
  
   Religions: Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox
   2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
   note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; actual
   practicing adherents are much lower
  
   Languages: Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
   total population: 97%
   male: 99%
   female: 96%
  
   Labor force: 2.789 million
   by occupation: agriculture and forestry 32%, industry and construction
   26%, other 42% (1990)
  
   Azerbaijan:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Azerbaijani Republic
   conventional short form: Azerbaijan
   local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi
   local short form: none
   former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
  
   Digraph: AJ
  
   Type: republic
  
   Capital: Baku (Baki)
  
   Administrative divisions: 59 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular), 11
   cities* (saharlar; sahar - singular), 1 autonomous republic** (muxtar
   respublika); Abscron Rayonu, Agcabadi Rayonu, Agdam Rayonu, Agdas
   Rayonu, Agstafa Rayonu, Agsu Rayonu, AliBayramli Sahari*, Astara
   Rayonu, Baki Sahari*, Balakan Rayonu, Barda Rayonu, Beylaqan Rayonu,
   Bilasuvar Rayonu, Cabrayil Rayonu, Calilabad Rayonu, Daskasan Rayonu,
   Davaci Rayonu, Fuzuli Rayonu, Gadabay Rayonu, Ganca Sahari*, Goranboy
   Rayonu, Goycay Rayonu, Haciqabul Rayonu, Imisli Rayonu, Ismayilli
   Rayonu, Kalbacar Rayonu, Kurdamir Rayonu, Lacin Rayonu, Lankaran
   Rayonu, Lankaran Sahari*, Lerik Rayonu, Masalli Rayonu, Mingacevir
   Sahari*, Naftalan Sahari*, Naxcivan Muxtar Respublikasi**, Neftcala
   Rayonu, Oguz Rayonu, Qabala Rayonu, Qax Rayonu, Qazax Rayonu, Qobustan
   Rayonu, Quba Rayonu, Qubadli Rayonu, Qusar Rayonu, Saatli Rayonu,
   Sabirabad Rayonu, Saki Rayonu, Saki Sahari*, Salyan Rayonu, Samaxi
   Rayonu, Samkir Rayonu, Samux Rayonu, Siyazan Rayonu, Sumqayit Sahari*,
   Susa Rayonu, Susa Sahari*, Tartar Rayonu, Tovuz Rayonu, Ucar Rayonu,
   Xacmaz Rayonu, Xankandi Sahari*, Xanlar Rayonu, Xizi Rayonu, Xocali
   Rayonu, Xocavand Rayonu, Yardimb Rayonu, Yevlax Rayonu, Yevlax
   Sahari*, Zangilan Rayonu, Zaqatala Rayonu, Zardab Rayonu
  
   Independence: 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
  
   National holiday: Independence Day, 28 May
  
   Constitution: adopted NA April 1978; writing a new constitution
  
   Legal system: based on civil law system
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President Heydar ALIYEV (since 18 June 1993); election
   last held 3 October 1993 (next to be held NA); results - Heydar ALIYEV
   won 97% of vote
   head of government: Acting Prime Minister Fuad QULIYEV (since 9
   October 1994); First Deputy Prime Ministers Abbas ABBASOV, Samed
   SADYKOV, Vahid AKHMEDOV (since NA)
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president and
   confirmed by the Mejlis
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   National Assembly (Milli Mejlis): elections last held 30 September and
   14 October 1990 for the Supreme Soviet (next expected to be held
   September 1995 for the National Assembly); seats for Supreme Soviet -
   (360 total) Communists 280, Democratic Bloc 45 (grouping of opposition
   parties), other 15, vacant 20; note - on 19 May 1992 the Supreme
   Soviet was prorogued in favor of a Popular Front-dominated National
   Council; seats - (50 total) Popular Front 25, opposition elements 25
   note: since June 1993 ALIYEV has rotated in several supporters to
   replace Popular Front adherents
  
   Judicial branch: Supreme Court
  
   Political parties and leaders: Azerbaijan Popular Front (APF), Ebulfez
   ELCIBEY, chairman; Musavat Party, Isa GAMBAR, chairman; National
   Independence Party, Etibar MAMEDOV, chairman; Social Democratic Party
   (SDP), Araz ALIZADE, chairman; Communist Party, Ramiz AKHMEDOV,
   chairman; People's Freedom Party, Yunus OGUZ, chairman; Independent
   Social Democratic Party, Arif YUNUSOV and Leila YUNOSOVA, cochairmen;
   New Azerbaijan Party, Heydar ALIYEV, chairman; Boz Gurd Party,
   Iskander HAMIDOV, chairman; Azerbaijan Democratic Independence Party,
   Qabil HUSEYNLI, chairman; Islamic Party of Azerbaijan, Ali Akram,
   chairman; Ana Veten Party, Fazail AGAMALIYEV; Azerbaijan Democratic
   Party, Sardar Jalaloglu MAMEDOV; Azerbaijan Democratic Party of
   Proprietors (DPOP), Makhmud MAMEDOV; Azerbaijan Patriotic Solidarity
   Party, Sabir RUSTAMHANLI; Azerbaijan Republic Reform Party, Fuad
   ASADOV; Communist Party of Azerbaijan (unregistered), Sayad SAYADOV;
   Equality of the Peoples Party, Faukhraddin AYDAYEV; Independent
   Azerbaijan Party, Nizami SULEYMANOV; Labor Party of Azerbaijan,
   Sabutai HAJIYEV; Liberal-Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, Lyudmila
   NIKOLAYEVNA; National Enlightenment Party, Hajy Osman EFENDIYEV;
   National Liberation Party, Panak SHAKHSEVEV; Peasant Party, Firuz
   MUSTAFAYEV; Radical Party of Azerbaijan, Malik SHARIFOV; United
   Azerbaijan Party, Kerrar ABILOV; Vetan Adzhagy Party, Zakir TAGIYEV
  
   Other political or pressure groups: self-proclaimed Armenian
   Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; Talysh independence movement
  
   Member of: BSEC, CCC, CIS, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, IBRD, ICAO, IDB,
   IFAD, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NACC, OIC, OSCE, PFP,
   UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WMO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Hafiz Mir Jalal PASHAYEV
   chancery: (temporary) Suite 700, 927 15th Street NW, Washington, DC
   20005
   telephone: [1] (202) 842-0001
   FAX: [1] (202) 842-0004
  
   US diplomatic representation:
   chief of mission: Ambassador Richard D. KAUZLARICH
   embassy: Azadliq Prospect 83, Baku
   mailing address: use embassy street address
   telephone: [9] (9412) 96-00-19, 98-03-37
   FAX: [9] (9412) 98-37-55
  
   Flag: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a
   crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either
   Armenia or Georgia, the other Transcaucasian states. It resembles the
   Central Asian states in its majority nominally Muslim population, high
   structural unemployment, and low standard of living. The economy's
   most prominent products are oil, cotton, and gas. Production from the
   Caspian oil and gas field has been in decline for several years, but
   the November 1994 ratification of the $7.5 billion oil deal with a
   consortium of Western companies should generate the funds needed to
   spur future industrial development. Azerbaijan accounted for 1.5% to
   2% of the capital stock and output of the former Soviet Union.
   Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet
   republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy,
   but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term
   prospects. Baku has only recently begun making progress on economic
   reform, and old economic ties and structures have yet to be replaced.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $13.8 billion (1994
   estimate as extrapolated from World Bank estimate for 1992)
  
   National product real growth rate: -22% (1994 est.)
  
   National product per capita: $1,790 (1994 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 28% monthly average (1994)
  
   Unemployment rate: 0.9% includes officially registered unemployed;
   also large numbers of other unemployed and underemployed workers
   (December 1994)
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $167.5 million
   expenditures: $234.6 million, including capital expenditures of $NA
   (1994)
  
   Exports: $366 million to non-FSU countries (f.o.b., 1994)
   commodities: oil and gas, chemicals, oilfield equipment, textiles,
   cotton (1991)
   partners: mostly CIS and European countries
  
   Imports: $296 million from non-FSU countries (c.i.f., 1994)
   commodities: machinery and parts, consumer durables, foodstuffs,
   textiles (1991)
   partners: European countries
  
   External debt: $NA
  
   Industrial production: growth rate -25% (1994)
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 4,900,000 kW
   production: 17.5 billion kWh
   consumption per capita: 2,270 kWh (1994)
  
   Industries: petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield
   equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals;
   textiles
  
   Agriculture: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea,
   tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep and goats
  
   Illicit drugs: illicit cultivator of cannabis and opium poppy; mostly
   for CIS consumption; limited government eradication program;
   transshipment point for illicit drugs to Western Europe
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: wheat from Turkey
  
   Currency: 1 manat = 100 gopik
  
   Exchange rates: manats per US$1 - 4500 (April 1995), 4168 (end of
   December 1994)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Azerbaijan:Transportation
  
   Railroads:
   total: 2,090 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
   lines
   broad gauge: 2,090 km 1.520-m gauge (1990)
  
   Highways:
   total: 36,700 km
   paved or graveled: 31,800 km
   unpaved: earth 4,900 km (1990)
  
   Pipelines: crude oil 1,130 km; petroleum products 630 km; natural gas
   1,240 km
  
   Ports: Baku (Baki)
  
   Airports:
   total: 69
   with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
   with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 3
   with paved runways under 914 m: 1
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
   with unpaved runways under 914 m: 33
  
   Azerbaijan:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 710,000 telephones; 90 telephones/1,000 persons
   (1991); 202,000 persons waiting for telephone installations (January
   1991); domestic telephone service is of poor quality and inadequate
   local: a joint venture to establish a cellular telephone system
   (Bakcel) in the Baku area is supposed to become operational in 1994
   intercity: NA
   international: connections to other former USSR republics by cable and
   microwave and to other countries via the Moscow international gateway
   switch; INTELSAT link installed in late 1992 in Baku with Turkish
   financial assistance with access to 200 countries through Turkey;
   since August 1993 an earth station near Baku has provided direct
   communications with New York through Russia's Stationar-11 satellite
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: NA; domestic and Russian TV programs are received
   locally and Turkish and Iranian TV is received from an INTELSAT
   satellite through a receive-only earth station
   televisions: NA
  
   Azerbaijan:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: Army, Air Force, Navy, Maritime Border Guard, National
   Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops)
  
   Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,927,955; males fit for
   military service 1,553,736; males reach military age (18) annually
   68,407 (1995 est.)
  
   Defense expenditures: 70.5 billion rubles, 10% of GDP (1993 budget
   allocation); note - conversion of the military budget into US dollars
   using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
  
  
  
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