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   vanda
         n 1: any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having
               many large flowers in loose racemes

English Dictionary: vomit by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaned
adj
  1. (of an arrow) equipped with feathers [syn: fledged, vaned]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vanity
n
  1. feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity]
  2. the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"
    Synonym(s): vanity, emptiness
  3. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
    Synonym(s): conceit, conceitedness, vanity
    Antonym(s): humbleness, humility
  4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
    Synonym(s): dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vanuatu
n
  1. a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
    Synonym(s): Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vaunt
n
  1. extravagant self-praise
v
  1. show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veined
adj
  1. having or showing markings that resemble veins [syn: veined, venose, veinlike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vend
v
  1. sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vendee
n
  1. a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vendue
n
  1. the public sale of something to the highest bidder [syn: auction, auction sale, vendue]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Venetia
n
  1. a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic [syn: Veneto, Venezia-Euganea, Venetia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Veneto
n
  1. a region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic [syn: Veneto, Venezia-Euganea, Venetia]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vent
n
  1. a hole for the escape of gas or air [syn: vent, venthole, vent-hole, blowhole]
  2. external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
  3. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
    Synonym(s): vent, volcano
  4. a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
  5. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
    Synonym(s): release, outlet, vent
v
  1. give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers"
    Synonym(s): vent, ventilate, give vent
  2. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
    Synonym(s): vent, ventilate, air out, air
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
via media
n
  1. a middle way between two extremes [syn: compromise, {via media}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viand
n
  1. a choice or delicious dish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vomit
n
  1. the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus, puke, barf]
  2. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
    Synonym(s): emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant
  3. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
    Synonym(s): vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking
v
  1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
    Antonym(s): keep down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   V moth \V" moth`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A common gray European moth ({Halia vauaria}) having a
      V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vanity \Van"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Vanities}. [OE. vanite, vanit[82],
      L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See {Vain}.]
      1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to
            satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness;
            falsity.
  
                     Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
                     vanities; all is vanity.                     --Eccl. i. 2.
  
                     Here I may well show the vanity of that which is
                     reported in the story of Walsingham.   --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
      2. An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride
            inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal
            attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice
            or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
  
                     The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was
                     galled.                                             --Macaulay.
  
      3. That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or
            unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor
            productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle
            show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
  
                     Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. --Eccl. i.
                                                                              2.
  
                     Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the
                     certainty of things to come.               --Sir P.
                                                                              Sidney.
  
                     [Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled,
                     That all her vanities at once are dead; Succeeding
                     vanities she still regards.               --Pope.
  
      4. One of the established characters in the old moralities
            and puppet shows. See {Morality}, n., 5.
  
                     You . . . take vanity the puppet's part. --Shak.
  
      Syn: Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness;
               self-sufficiency. See {Egotism}, and {Pride}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vant \Vant\, v. i.
      See {Vaunt}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaunt \Vaunt\, n. [F. avant before, fore. See {Avant},
      {Vanguard}.]
      The first part. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t. [See {Avant}, {Advance}.]
      To put forward; to display. [Obs.] [bd]Vaunted spear.[b8]
      --Spenser.
  
               And what so else his person most may vaunt. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vaunting}.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
      {Vain}.]
      To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
      attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
      ostentatiously; to brag.
  
               Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
               he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
                                                                              of Tongue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t.
      To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with
      ostentation.
  
               Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. --1 Cor.
                                                                              xiii. 4.
  
               My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vaunt \Vaunt\, n.
      A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done;
      ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
  
               The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises
               and other vaunts.                                    --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vein \Vein\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Veined}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Veining}.]
      To form or mark with veins; to fill or cover with veins.
      --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veined \Veined\, a.
      1. Full of veins; streaked; variegated; as, veined marble.
            [bd]Veined follies.[b8] --Ford.
  
      2. (Bot.) Having fibrovascular threads extending throughout
            the lamina; as, a veined leaf.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Venada \Ve*na"da\, N. [Cf. Sp. venado a does, stag.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The pudu.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vend \Vend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vended}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vending}.] [F. vendre, L. vendere, from venum dare; venus
      sale + dare to give. See 2d {Venal}, {Date}, time.]
      To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to
      make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as,
      to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
  
      Note: Vend differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter
               for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares,
               merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and
               tenements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vend \Vend\, n.
      1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  
      2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendee \Vend*ee"\, n.
      The person to whom a thing is vended, or sold; -- the
      correlative of vendor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vendue \Ven*due"\, n. [OF. vendue, from F. vendre, p. p. vendu,
      vendue, to sell.]
      A public sale of anything, by outcry, to the highest bidder;
      an auction. [Obsoles.]
  
      {Vendue master}, one who is authorized to sell any property
            by vendue; an auctioneer. [Obsoles.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [F. vente, fr. L. vendere, -itum, to sell; perh.
      confused with E. vent an opening. See {Vend}.]
      Sale; opportunity to sell; market. [Obs.] --Shelton.
  
               There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. --Sir
                                                                              W. Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, v. t.
      To sell; to vend. [Obs.]
  
               Therefore did those nations vent such spice. --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [Sp. venta a poor inn, sale, market. See {Vent}
      sale.]
      A baiting place; an inn. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, v. i. [Cf. F. venter to blow, vent wind (see
      {Ventilate}); but prob influenced by E. vent an opening.]
      To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit,
      cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but
      probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See
      {Fissure}, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
      1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid
            to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a
            volcanic vent.
  
                     Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak.
  
                     Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which
                     first should issue from the narrow vent. --Pope.
  
      2. Specifically:
            (a) (Zo[94]l.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates
                  and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of
                  reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
            (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through
                  which fire is communicated to the powder of the
                  charge; touchhole.
            (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for
                  gases divided by the length of the same passage in
                  feet.
  
      3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
            privacy; outlet.
  
      4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
            publication; utterance.
  
                     Without the vent of words.                  --Milton.
  
                     Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {To give vent to}, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour
            forth; as, to give vent to anger.
  
      {To take vent}, to escape; to be made public. [R.]
  
      {Vent feather} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anal, or crissal,
            feathers of a bird.
  
      {Vent field} (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
  
      {Vent piece}. (Gun.)
            (a) A bush. See 4th {Bush}, n., 2.
            (b) A breech block.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vent \Vent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Venting}.]
      1. To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage
            or outlet to.
  
      2. To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to
            utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
  
                     The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.]
  
                     By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. --Milton.
  
                     Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations.
                                                                              --Barrow.
  
      4. To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] --Turbervile.
  
      5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a
            mold.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Via \[d8]Vi"a\, n. [L. See {Way}.]
      A road way.
  
      {Via Lactea} [L.] (Anat.), the Milky Way, or Galaxy. See
            {Galaxy}, 1.
  
      {Via media} [L.] (Theol.), the middle way; -- a name applied
            to their own position by the Anglican high-churchmen, as
            being between the Roman Catholic Church and what they term
            extreme Protestantism.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viand \Vi"and\, n. [F. viande meat, food, LL. vianda, vivanda,
      vivenda, properly, things to live on, fr. L. vivere to live;
      akin to vivus living. See {Vivid}, and cf. {Victualis}.]
      An article of food; provisions; food; victuals; -- used
      chiefly in the plural. --Cowper.
  
               Viands of various kinds allure the taste. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
            metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
            tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
            little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
            etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
            consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
            several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
            cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
            sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
            of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vined \Vined\, a.
      Having leaves like those of the vine; ornamented with vine
      leaves. [bd]Vined and figured columns.[b8] --Sir H. Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinette \Vi*nette"\, n. [Cf. {Vignette}.]
      A sprig or branch. [Archaic] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinewed \Vin"ewed\, a.
      Same as {Vinnewed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinnewed \Vin"newed\, a. [See {Fenowed}.]
      Moldy; musty. [Written also {vinewed}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
      -- {Vin"newed*ness}, n. [Obs.]
  
               Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were,
               vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. --F. Beaumont.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinewed \Vin"ewed\, a.
      Same as {Vinnewed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinnewed \Vin"newed\, a. [See {Fenowed}.]
      Moldy; musty. [Written also {vinewed}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
      -- {Vin"newed*ness}, n. [Obs.]
  
               Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were,
               vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. --F. Beaumont.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vinnewed \Vin"newed\, a. [See {Fenowed}.]
      Moldy; musty. [Written also {vinewed}.] [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
      -- {Vin"newed*ness}, n. [Obs.]
  
               Many of Chaucer's words are become, as it were,
               vinnewed and hoary with over-long lying. --F. Beaumont.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;
      akin to Gr. [?], Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. {Emetic},
      {Vomito}.]
      1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the
            stomach through the mouth.
  
                     Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
                                                                              --Sandys.
  
      2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
  
                     He gives your Hollander a vomit.         --Shak.
  
      {Black vomit}. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Vomit nut}, nux vomica.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomit \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare.
      See {Vomit}, n.]
      To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke;
      to spew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vomit \Vom"it\, v. t.
      1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth;
            to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up
            or out.
  
                     The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
                                                                              --Jonah ii.
                                                                              10.
  
      2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to
            emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones,
            etc.
  
                     Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Venedy, IL (village, FIPS 77408)
      Location: 38.39589 N, 89.64587 W
      Population (1990): 158 (62 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62214

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Veneta, OR (city, FIPS 77050)
      Location: 44.04834 N, 123.35233 W
      Population (1990): 2519 (932 housing units)
      Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97487

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Venetia, PA
      Zip code(s): 15367

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Venetie, AK (CDP, FIPS 82420)
      Location: 67.01459 N, 146.39795 W
      Population (1990): 182 (64 housing units)
      Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99781

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vinita, OK (city, FIPS 77550)
      Location: 36.64114 N, 95.15357 W
      Population (1990): 5804 (2617 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74301

From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
   Vanuatu
  
   Vanuatu:Geography
  
   Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about
   three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia
  
   Map references: Oceania
  
   Area:
   total area: 14,760 sq km
   land area: 14,760 sq km
   comparative area: slightly larger than Connecticut
   note: includes more than 80 islands
  
   Land boundaries: 0 km
  
   Coastline: 2,528 km
  
   Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
   contiguous zone: 24 nm
   continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 nm
  
   International disputes: none
  
   Climate: tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds
  
   Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains
  
   Natural resources: manganese, hardwood forests, fish
  
   Land use:
   arable land: 1%
   permanent crops: 5%
   meadows and pastures: 2%
   forest and woodland: 1%
   other: 91%
  
   Irrigated land: NA sq km
  
   Environment:
   current issues: a majority of the population does not have access to a
   potable and reliable supply of water
   natural hazards: tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April);
   volcanism causes minor earthquakes
   international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change,
   Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
   Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea
  
   Vanuatu:People
  
   Population: 173,648 (July 1995 est.)
  
   Age structure:
   0-14 years: 41% (female 34,819; male 36,128)
   15-64 years: 56% (female 47,320; male 50,456)
   65 years and over: 3% (female 2,217; male 2,708) (July 1995 est.)
  
   Population growth rate: 2.22% (1995 est.)
  
   Birth rate: 31.26 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Death rate: 9.06 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
  
   Infant mortality rate: 66.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
  
   Life expectancy at birth:
   total population: 59.71 years
   male: 57.9 years
   female: 61.61 years (1995 est.)
  
   Total fertility rate: 4.14 children born/woman (1995 est.)
  
   Nationality:
   noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
   adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
  
   Ethnic divisions: indigenous Melanesian 94%, French 4%, Vietnamese,
   Chinese, Pacific Islanders
  
   Religions: Presbyterian 36.7%, Anglican 15%, Catholic 15%, indigenous
   beliefs 7.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 6.2%, Church of Christ 3.8%, other
   15.7%
  
   Languages: English (official), French (official), pidgin (known as
   Bislama or Bichelama)
  
   Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1979)
   total population: 53%
   male: 57%
   female: 48%
  
   Labor force: NA
   by occupation: NA
  
   Vanuatu:Government
  
   Names:
   conventional long form: Republic of Vanuatu
   conventional short form: Vanuatu
   former: New Hebrides
  
   Digraph: NH
  
   Type: republic
  
   Capital: Port-Vila
  
   Administrative divisions: 6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa,
   Tafea, Torba
  
   Independence: 30 July 1980 (from France and UK)
  
   National holiday: Independence Day, 30 July (1980)
  
   Constitution: 30 July 1980
  
   Legal system: unified system being created from former dual French and
   British systems
  
   Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
  
   Executive branch:
   chief of state: President Jean Marie LEYE (since 2 March 1994)
   head of government: Prime Minister Maxime CARLOT Korman (since 16
   December 1991); Deputy Prime Minister Sethy REGENVANU (since 17
   December 1991)
   cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the prime minister,
   responsible to parliament
  
   Legislative branch: unicameral
   Parliament: elections last held 2 December 1991 (next to be held NA
   November 1995); note - after election, a coalition was formed by the
   Union of Moderate Parties and the National United Party to form a new
   government on 16 December 1991, but political party associations are
   fluid; results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (46 total) UMP
   19, NUP 10, VP 10, MPP 4, TUP 1, Nagriamel 1, Friend 1
   note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of custom and
   land
  
   Judicial branch: Supreme Court
  
   Political parties and leaders: Vanuatu Party (VP), Donald KALPOKAS;
   Union of Moderate Parties (UMP), Maxime CARLOT Korman; Melanesian
   Progressive Party (MPP), Barak SOPE; National United Party (NUP),
   Walter LINI; Tan Union Party (TUP), Vincent BOULEKONE; Nagriamel
   Party, Jimmy STEVENS; Friend Melanesian Party, leader NA; People's
   Democratic Party (PDP), Sethy REGENVANU
   note: the VP, MPP, TUP, and Nagriamel Party have formed a coalition
   called the United Front (UF) heading into the November 1995 elections
  
   Member of: ACCT, ACP, AsDB, C, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM,
   IDA, IFC, IFRCS (associate), IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user),
   IOC, ITU, NAM, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU,
   WHO, WMO
  
   Diplomatic representation in US: Vanuatu does not have a mission in
   the US
  
   US diplomatic representation: the ambassador to Papua New Guinea is
   accredited to Vanuatu
  
   Flag: two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a black
   isosceles triangle (based on the hoist side) all separated by a
   black-edged yellow stripe in the shape of a horizontal Y (the two
   points of the Y face the hoist side and enclose the triangle);
   centered in the triangle is a boar's tusk encircling two crossed
   namele leaves, all in yellow
  
   Economy
  
   Overview: The economy is based primarily on subsistence farming which
   provides a living for about 80% of the population. Fishing and tourism
   are the other mainstays of the economy, with 43,000 visitors in 1992.
   Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum
   deposits. A small light industry sector caters to the local market.
   Tax revenues come mainly from import duties.
  
   National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $200 million (1993
   est.)
  
   National product real growth rate: NA%
  
   National product per capita: $1,200 (1993 est.)
  
   Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.3% (1992 est.)
  
   Unemployment rate: NA%
  
   Budget:
   revenues: $90 million
   expenditures: $103 million, including capital expenditures of $45
   million (1989 est.)
  
   Exports: $14.9 million (f.o.b., 1991)
   commodities: copra, beef, cocoa, timber, coffee
   partners: Netherlands, Japan, France, New Caledonia, Belgium
  
   Imports: $74 million (f.o.b., 1991)
   commodities: machines and vehicles, food and beverages, basic
   manufactures, raw materials and fuels, chemicals
   partners: Australia 36%, Japan 13%, NZ 10%, France 8%, Fiji 8%
  
   External debt: $40 million (yearend 1992)
  
   Industrial production: growth rate 8.1% (1990); accounts for about 10%
   of GDP
  
   Electricity:
   capacity: 17,000 kW
   production: 30 million kWh
   consumption per capita: 181 kWh (1993)
  
   Industries: food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
  
   Agriculture: export crops - coconuts, cocoa, coffee, fish; subsistence
   crops - taro, yams, coconuts, fruits, vegetables
  
   Economic aid:
   recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral
   commitments (1970-89), $606 million
  
   Currency: 1 vatu (VT) = 100 centimes
  
   Exchange rates: vatu (VT) per US$1 - 112.42 (December 1994), 116.41
   (1994), 121.58 (1993), 113.39 (1992), 111.68 (1991), 116.57 (1990)
  
   Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Vanuatu:Transportation
  
   Railroads: 0 km
  
   Highways:
   total: 1,027 km
   paved: 240 km
   unpaved: 787 km
  
   Ports: Forari, Port-Vila, Santo (Espiritu Santo)
  
   Merchant marine:
   total: 116 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,874,698 GRT/2,758,783
   DWT
   ships by type: bulk 52, cargo 18, chemical tanker 3, combination bulk
   1, container 4, liquefied gas tanker 5, livestock carrier 1, oil
   tanker 5, refrigerated cargo 17, vehicle carrier 10
   note: a flag of convenience registry; includes 21 countries among
   which are ships of the US 117, Japan 39, Netherlands 12, China 11, UAE
   6, Greece 6, Canada 6, Hong Kong 4, Russia 2, Australia 2
  
   Airports:
   total: 31
   with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
   with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
   with paved runways under 914 m: 17
   with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
   with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 11
  
   Vanuatu:Communications
  
   Telephone system: 3,000 telephones
   local: NA
   intercity: NA
   international: 1 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth station
  
   Radio:
   broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0
   radios: NA
  
   Television:
   broadcast stations: 0
   televisions: NA
  
   Vanuatu:Defense Forces
  
   Branches: no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF;
   includes the paramilitary Vanuatu Mobile Force or VMF)
  
   Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
  
  
  
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