Tuesday, 2 July 2013

The World start with E

1. East Anglia
- region of eastern England consisting of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire.

2. Eastbourne
- a resort town on the south coast of England, in East Sussex

3. Easter Island
- an island in the SE Pacific west of Chile and administered by that country, famous for its large statues of human heads

4. Eastern Cape
- a province of south-eastern South Africa
- capital Bisho

5. East Indies
- the islands of SE Asia, especially the Malay Archipelago

6. East Lothian
- a council area and former county of east central Scotland

7. East Riding of Yorkshire
- a unitary council in NE England, formerly one of the traditional ridings (divisions) of the county of Yorkshire.

8. East Sussex
- a county of SE England
- county town is Lewes

9. East Timor
- the eastern part of the island of Timor in the southern Malay Archipelago
- chief town is Dili

10. Ebro
- the chief river of NE Spain, rising in the north and flowing south-eastwards into the Mediterranean Sea

11. Ecuador
- a republic in South America, on the Pacific coast
- capital is Quito

12. Edinburgh
- the capital of Scotland

13. Edmonton
- the capital of Canadian province of Alberta

14. Egmont, Mount
- a volcanic peak in the North Island, New Zealand, rising to a height of 2,518 m.
- Official name is Taranaki

15. Egypt
- a country in NE Africa bordering on the Mediterranean Sea
- capital is Cairo

16. Eiffel Tower
- a wrough-iron structure in Paris, 300m high and erected in 1889

17. Eiger
- a mountain peak in the Bernese Alps in central Switzerland, which rises to 3,970 m

18. Eilat
- a port and resort in Israel, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba

19. Eire
- the Gaelic name for Ireland, the official name of the Republic of Ireland from 1937 to 1949

20. Elba
- a small island off the west coast of Italy, the place of Napoleon's first exile (1814 - 15)

21. Elbe
- a river of central Europe flowing generally north-westwards from the Czech Republic through Germany to thew North Sea

22. Elbert, Mount
- a mountain in the US state of Colorado, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains at a height of 4,399 m

23. Elbrus
- a peak in the Caucasus mountains, on the border between Russia and Georgia.
- Rising to 5,642 m, it is the highest mountain in Europe

24. Ellice Islands
- former name for Tuvalu

25. El Salvador
- a country in Central America, on the Pacific coast
- capital is San Salvador

26. Elysee Palace
- a building in Paris which is the official residence of the French President

27. Elysium
- the place at the ends of the earth to which heroes were taken by the gods after death

28. Emilia-Romagna
- a region of northern Italy
- capital is Bologna

29. Empire State Building
- a skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, New York City, which at 449 m was once the tallest building

30. England
- a country situated in the south of Great Britain; it is part of the United Kingdom and contains the capital, London

31. English Channel
- the sea channel separating southern England from northern France, 35 km wide at its narrowest point

32. Entebbe
- a town in southern Uganda, on Lake Victoria. It was the capital of Uganda during British rule, from 1894 to 1962

33. Ephesus
- an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Asia Minor, site of the temple of Diana, one of the Seven Wonders of the World

34. Epsom
- a town in Surrey, SE England
- The annual Derby and Oaks horse races are held at its racecourse

35. Equatorial Guinea
- a small country on the3 west coast of Africa,  comprising several islands and a settlement between Cameroon and Gabon;
- capital is Malabo

36. Erebus, Mount
- a volcanic peak on Ross Island, Antarctica the worlds most southerly active Volcano

37. Erie, Lake
- one of the five Great Lakes of North America, situated on the border between Canada and the US

38. Eritrea
- an independent state in NE Afroca, on the Red Sea
- capital Asmara

39. Esbjerg
- a port in Denmark, on the west coast of Jutland

40. Essen
- an industrial city in the Rhr Valley, in NW Germany

41. Essex
- a county of eastern England
- county town is Chelmsford.

42. Estonia
- a country with a coastline on the Baltic Sea
- capital is Tallinn

43. Estoril
- a resort on the Atlantic coast of Portugal

44. Ethiopia
- a country in NE Africa, on the Red Sea
- capital is Addis Ababa
-Former name Abyssinia

45. Etna, Mount
- a volcano in eastern Sicily.
- Rising to 3,323 m, it is the highest and most active volcano in Europe

46. Eton College
- a boys' public school near Windsor in southern England

47. Etruria
- an ancient state of western Italy, corresponding roughly to modern Tuscany and parts of Umbrisa and the centre of the Etruscan civilization

48. Euphrates
- a river of SW Asia which rises in the mountains of eastern Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris

49. Eurasia
- the continental land mass of Europe and Asia as a whole

50. Europe
- a continent of the northern hemisphere, separated from Africa to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and from Asia to the east roughly by the Bosporus, the Caucasus Mountains, and the Ural Mountains

51. Everest, Mount
- a mountain in the Himalayas, between Nepal and Tibet.
- Rising to 8,848 m, it is the highest mountain in the world

52. Everglades
- a vast area of marshland and coastal mangrove in southern Florida

53. Exeter
- the county town of Devon

54. Exmoor
- an area of moorland and national park in north Devon and west Somerset, SW England

55. Extremadura
- a self-governing region of western Spain
- capital is Merida

56. Eyre, Lake
- a lake in South Australia'
- Australia's largest salt lake.

(Sources from Oxford English Dictionery)

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