Abut Head is a forested headland on the West Coast of
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Whataroa River — The Whataroa River, sometimes the Wataroa River, is a river in the southern West Coast region of New Zealand s South Island. Its source is in the Southern Alps and it flows north and northwest, passing the township of Whataroa on the eastern side … Wikipedia
Saltwater Lagoon — The Saltwater Lagoon is a lagoon located on the West Coast of New Zealand s South Island.It is in the southern Westland District, with Abut Head to the west and the village of Harihari to the east/southeast. The lagoon is located on the coast of… … Wikipedia
Quezon, Isabela — Infobox Philippine municipality infoboxtitle = Municipality of Quezon sealfile = Quezon isabela.png locatormapfile = Ph locator isabela quezon.png| caption = Map of Isabela showing the location of Quezon. region = Cagayan Valley (Region II)… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
butt — butt1 [but] n. [< several bases, variously confused in E or Fr: ME but, butte, thick end, ? akin to ON būtr, block of wood, Du bot, stumpy, stocky, or ? < OFr bout, end < buter (see BUTT2); ME but, target, boundary < MFr bout, aim,… … English World dictionary
GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY — Names The name Ereẓ Israel (the Land of Israel) designates the land which, according to the Bible was promised as an inheritance to the Israelite tribes. In the course of time it came to be regarded first by the Jews and then also by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
butt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. target, goat, laughingstock; handle. See ridicule, end. v. abut; collide, strike. See impulse, contact. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The butt end] Syn. base, tail end, bottom, hilt, extremity, tail, tip,… … English dictionary for students
nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… … Universalium
butt — There are no fewer than four distinct words butt in English. The oldest, ‘hit with the head’ [12], comes via Anglo Norman buter from Old French boter. This can be traced back through Vulgar Latin *bottāre ‘thrust’ (source of English button) to a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
butt — There are no fewer than four distinct words butt in English. The oldest, ‘hit with the head’ [12], comes via Anglo Norman buter from Old French boter. This can be traced back through Vulgar Latin *bottāre ‘thrust’ (source of English button) to a… … Word origins
