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Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM ( / joʊ / YOH; born Yeoh Choo Kheng; simplified Chinese: 杨紫琼; traditional Chinese: 楊紫瓊; 6 August 1962) [1] [2] is a Malaysian actress. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films in Hong Kong, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action films where she performed her own ...
Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] ⓘ, lit. ' Northern Sea Circuit ') is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.
Shanghai [a] is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of China. The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the third largest in the world, with around 29.2 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the most populous in ...
Ontario ( / ɒnˈtɛərioʊ / ⓘ on-TAIR-ee-oh; French: [ɔ̃taʁjo]) is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [note 1] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area ...
Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
Guadeloupe (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l uː p /; French: [ɡwad(ə)lup] ⓘ; Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup, IPA:) is an overseas department of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings.
The .eu domain is also used, as it is shared with other European Union member states. Latvia ( / ˈlætviə / ⓘ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes / ˈlɑːtviə / LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija] ), [14] officially the Republic of Latvia, [15] [16] is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
42°29′ N to 45°56′ N. Longitude. 96°26′ W to 104°03′ W. Website. sd .gov. South Dakota ( / dəˈkoʊtə / ⓘ də-KOH-tə; [8] Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga, pronounced [daˈkˣota iˈtokaga]) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains.