unreferenced date January 2008 coord 60 25 N 1 15 W display title Image Shetland Mainland parts.png thumb 160px North, Central Mainland, Shetland Central , West Mainland, Shetland West and South Mainland, Shetland South Mainland Image Klippen bei Eshaness3 5845.JPG thumb The cliffs of Eshaness, NorthMainland, Shetland NorthMainland The NorthMainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Shetland MainlandMainland lying north of Voe 60 21 N . Notable places in NorthMainland include Sullom Voe , its oil terminal being an important source of employment for the islanders. Brae Muckle Roe Esha Ness Lighthouse Cunnigill Hill, 176 ft Toft ferry terminal, connecting the A968 to Yell island Yell Lunna Ness , with Lunna Lunnasting peninsula coord 60 21 54 N 1 8 9 W , with Lunning and Vidlin, with a ferry connecting to Whalsay the large Northmavine peninsula, connected to Mainland by a narrow isthmus at Mavis Grind North Roe Ronas Hill , 1475 ft 450 metres Ollaberry Hillswick Uyea, Northmavine, Shetland Uyea island To the north east, are the North Isles , and Yell Sound Shetland geo stub Category Shetland ... more details
Infobox language family name nowrap North Papuan Mainland D Entrecasteaux region Eastern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila Nuclear fam7 Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Nuclear Papuan Tip child1 Bwaidoga child2 Dobu Duau child3 Kakabai child4 Are Taupota removed child5 Anuki child6 Gumawana The two dozen North Papuan Mainland D Entrecasteaux languages may form a group of Papuan Tip languages . Languages Bwaidoga Bwaidoka language Bwaidoka , Diodio language Diodio West Goodenough , Iamalele language Iamalele , Iduna language Iduna , Koluwawa language Koluwawa , Maiadomu language Maiadomu Dobu Duau Dobu language Dobu , Molima language Molima , Bunama language Bunama , Boselewa language Boselewa , Duau langugage Duau , Galeya language Galeya , Mwatebu language Mwatebu , Sewa Bay language Sewa Bay Kakabai Dawawa language Dawawa , Kakabai language Kakabai Anuki language Anuki Gumawana language Gumawana A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database ref http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database ref considered six putative North Papuan Mainland D Entrecasteaux NPMD languages. Two of these, in the Are languages Are branch , emerged as non NPMD languages. The other four formed a unit, but with Molima closest to Dobu rather than in the Bwaidoga group. References Reflist Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea hr Sjevernopapuanski kopneni D Entrecasteaux jezici ... more details
population, it is slightly larger than the North Island . Mainland New Zealand more commonly refers ... Mainland cheese the episode of the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted The Mainland Father Ted the town in Western Australia Mainland, Western Australia Wiktionary Mainland is a name given to a large landmass ..., a mainland almost always has a much larger population than its associated islands, and mainlander ... include Mainland Argentina , as opposed to the Falkland Islands , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Tierra del Fuego Mainland Australia , as opposed to Tasmania . Great Britain British Mainland i.e. the island of Great Britain , as opposed to the Channel Islands , the Isle of Man , Northern ... overheard residents at Ventnor and now they were talking about the mainland , as if we were far ... 83. ref Mainland Canada , as opposed to Prince Edward Island , Newfoundland island Newfoundland , Cape Breton Island or Vancouver Island Mainland China including the island of Hainan , as opposed to the Special ... and other small islands administered by the Republic of China ROC Mainland Chile , as opposed ... used as opposed to Chilo Island and Tierra del Fuego Mainland Denmark , as opposed to the Faroe Islands and Greenland Mainland Ecuador , as opposed to the Galapagos Islands Mainland Equatorial ... of islands of Equatorial Guinea offshore islands Mainland Estonia , as opposed to Saaremaa , Hiiumaa and other Western Estonian islands Mainland Europe, another term for Continental Europe used ... usually in Great Britain, and sometimes in Ireland, mainland Europe is referred to as The Continent . Mainland Finland , as opposed to land Islands Mainland France Le Continent , as opposed to Corsica ... is more commonly used Geography of Greece MainlandMainland Greece including and the island of Euboia , as opposed to the Greek Islands . Mainland Ireland as opposed to List of islands of Ireland its offshore islands . Note that the mainland in Northern Ireland is ambiguous between this sense ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Coord 60 18 N 1 15 W display title Image Shetland Mainland parts.png thumb 160px Central, West Mainland, Shetland West , NorthMainland, Shetland North and South Mainland, Shetland South Mainland The Central Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Shetland MainlandMainland , between Hellister , Aith and Voe . Shetland geo stub Category Geography of Shetland ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Coord 60 15 N 1 30 W display title Image Shetland Mainland parts.png thumb 160px West, Central Mainland, Shetland Central , NorthMainland, Shetland North and South Mainland, Shetland South Mainland The West Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Shetland MainlandMainland lying west of Aith 1 23 W . Aith Twatt, Shetland Twatt Sandness Walls, Shetland Islands Walls Easter Skeld Reawick Wester Skeld Shetland geo stub Category Geography of Shetland ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Coord 60 4 N 1 16 W display title Image Shetland Mainland parts.png thumb 160px South, Central Mainland Central , NorthMainlandNorth and West Mainland The South Mainland of the Shetland Islands is the part of the Mainland, Shetland Mainland lying south of Hellister 60 14 N . Lerwick Scalloway Veensgarth Gulberwick Quarff Cunningsburgh Sandwick Sandwick, Shetland Hoswick Bigton , St Ninian s Isle Scousburgh Fitful Head Sumburgh Head Shetland geo stub Category Geography of Shetland ... more details
bei Eshaness3 5845.JPG thumb left The cliffs of Eshaness, NorthMainland reflist Shetland geo ...Infobox Scottish island Map Shetland Mainland locator.svg Image Image caption Image size 400px GridReference HU414553 celtic name norse name Megenland meaning of name Old Norse for mainland area convert 96879 ha sqmi 0 ref name HS Haswell Smith 2004 p. 406 ref area rank 3 highest elevation Ronas Hill convert 450 m ft 0 Population 17,550 ref name GRO General Register Office for Scotland 28 November 2003 http www.gro scotland.gov.uk statistics publications and data occpapers occasional paper 10.html Occasional Paper No 10 Statistics for Inhabited Islands . Retrieved 9 July 2007. ref population rank 2 population density 18.15 people km sup 2 sup ref name HS ref name GRO main settlement Lerwick island ... http www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk Ordnance Survey ref The Mainland is the main island of Shetland , Scotland ... . The mainland can be broadly divided into four sections. The long south Mainland southern peninsula ... unst projectinfo.html Shorewatch ref Scalloway Sumburgh Head Sumburgh The Central Mainland has more farmland and some woodland plantations. The West Mainland Aith Walls, Shetland Islands Walls The NorthMainland in particular the large Northmavine peninsula, connected to Mainland by a narrow isthmus at Mavis Grind is wild, with much moorland and coastal cliff s. The NorthMainland contains Sullom Voe , whose oil terminal is an important source of employment for the islanders. Brae North Roe ... Mainland cy Mainland Shetland da Mainland Shetland de Mainland Shetlandinsel et Mainland Shetland el , es Mainland Shetland fo Mainland, Hetland fr Mainland Shetland is Mainland it Mainland Isole Shetland he hu Shetland Mainland nl Mainland Shetland ja no Mainland Shetland nn Shetland Mainland pnb pl Mainland Szetlandy pt Mainland Shetland ru sv Mainland ... more details
10 mi km north of the Mall of the Mainland, which Bivins said was the dominant retail force on the southeast ...coord 29 24 22 N 95 1 32 W dim 500 type landmark region US TX display title The Mall of the Mainland is a shopping mall located off the FM 1764 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway ref name EFL cite news url http galvestondailynews.com story 159114 work Galveston Daily News title Emmett F. Lowry overpass raises questions author Aulds, T.J. date 2010 06 25 accessdate 2011 01 15 ref near Interstate 45 Gulf Freeway in Texas City, Texas . ref name BivinsBought Bivins, Ralph. http www.chron.com CDA archives archive.mpl?id 2002 3545783 Mall of the Mainland bought Investors seek turnaround for languishing center . Houston Chronicle . Friday May 17, 2002. Business 1. Retrieved on January 23, 2010. ref It was opened in 1991. Sourced from below The mall has convert 800000 sqft sqm of space. ref name BivinsBought ... Cinemark Movies 12 . History File MOM Foodcourt 2.jpg thumb Mall of the Mainland foodcourt File MOM Foodcourt 1.jpg thumb Mall of the Mainland foodcourt The Mall of the Mainland, developed ... the Mall of the Mainland and that the mall suffered from being institutionally owned. ref name BivinsBought An investment group headed by Bob Yari and Kam Mateen bought the Mall of the Mainland ... and convert 32 acre ha of land at the Mall of the Mainland, allowing the group to sell parcels ... the mall. ref name BivinsBought During May 2002 the Mall of the Mainland was 65 occupied. Bivins said ... the Mall of the Mainland to be successful. Bivins added that the Mall of the Mainland was criticized ..., 2010. ref Also in 2006, JCPenney announced to close the Mall of the Mainland location, and is currently ... Mall of the Mainland store in the early spring, leaving Sears as the last major store. Anchors Sears ... http www.mallofthemainland.com index.html Mall of the Mainland Home Website Galveston Bay Area Houston Sugar Land Baytown MSA DEFAULTSORT Mall Of The Mainland Category Shopping malls in Texas Category ... more details
Infobox Company name Mainland Cheese logo type Privately held company Private subsidiary of Fonterra Fonterra Co operative Group genre foundation 1954 founder Peter McConnon location city location country location locations area served Worldwide key people industry Dairy products Cheddar cheese services market cap revenue operating income net income assets equity owner num employees parent Fonterra Fonterra Co operative Group divisions subsid homepage http www.mainlandcheese.com www.mainlandcheese.com footnotes intl Mainland Cheese is a brand of cheese now owned by Fonterra Fonterra Co operative Group that is sold throughout Australasia and parts of the Americas. It began as a family business in the South Island of New Zealand which is jocularly known as the mainland of New Zealand because it is larger than the North Island . Company history Mainland Products Ltd was founded in 1954 by Peter McConnon. ref cite news title Norgate company buy up of Wrightson s ends well short url http www.nzherald.co.nz ... price tag paid by Kiwi Co op and Fonterra to the McConnon family for Mainland Products. ref name ... be forced offshore. In 2005, Fonterra sold most of the business that was formerly part of Mainland to Graeme ... date 8 August 2005 accessdate 13 February 2011 ref but it retained all the cheese assets. Mainland cheese now comes under Fonterra Brands. The balance of the former Mainland company is now part of Goodman Fielder . Advertising Mainland established an iconic advertising campaign see, for example ... 2005 mainland cheese Mainland Cheese Cheesemakers on TV , The Inspiration Room Daily blog 26 October 2005 . ref Mainland s advertising in New Zealand has been largely focused on the theme of waiting patience, mirroring the Cheese Aging aging process of cheese . Mainland s advertising in Australia has ... External links http www.mainlandcheese.com Mainland Cheddar Cheese U.S. http www.fonterra.com wps wcm connect fonterracom fonterra.com Our Products Consumer Brands Our Brands MainlandMainland at Fonterra ... more details
. Geography main Lower Mainland Ecoregion The region is bounded to the north by the Coast Mountains ..., Richmond and the North Shore, and the mainland coast as far north as the Coast of British ...Image LowerMainland.jpg thumb right 300px Lower Mainland, loosely defined by orange outline. The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver , British Columbia ... as part of the Lower Mainland. ref While the term Lower Mainland has been recorded from the earliest ... Whistler and west of Hope. ref Cite bcgnis id 57400 title Lower Mainland ref However, the term ... Atlas of Canada, Vol II, The Land Transformed 1800&ndash 1891. Plate 36, Lower Mainland 1881 ... Mainland are consistent enough that it has been classified as a separate ecoregion the Lower Mainland Ecoregion within the Ecological framework of Canada, used by both Federal and Provincial Environment ... , geology and land use , Lower Mainland is also the name of an ecoregion &mdash a biogeoclimatic ... Lower Mainland . Ecological Framework of Canada. Retrieved on 2011 07 09 ref One of the mildest climates in Canada, the region has a mean annual temperature in the Lower Mainland is 9 C with a summer ... . Retrieved on 2012 02 14. ref living in the communities of the Lower Mainland, comprising ... considered to be part of the Lower Mainland, notably the lower Fraser Canyon and the heads of Harrison ... of the Lower Mainland was up 9.2 percent from the 2006 census. This is among the highest growth ... powers to areas outside existing municipalities. Today, the Lower Mainland includes two List of British ... districts, however, include areas outside the traditional limits of the Lower Mainland, and the Fraser ... up of 21 municipalities. The GVRD is bordered on the west by the Strait of Georgia, to the north ... Canyon the Fraser Canyon is not in the Lower Mainland . Regional district powers are very ... Halkomelem language , more or less coincides with the traditional conception of the Lower Mainland, except ... more details
of the Mainland is west of Kirkwall and is low lying, with coastal cliff s to the north and west ... on the west coast, Rendall and Evie to the north west. Holm, Mainland Orkney Holm , Deerness and St ... classified as north or south of the Mainland. The exceptions are the remote islets of Sule Skerry ... length of convert 1.5 mi km 1 . They link the south of Mainland in the north to the island ...Infobox Scottish island Image Orkney Islands map mainland highligted.png 500px GridReference HY350158 celtic name Unknown norse name Megenland Hrossey meaning of name Norse for mainland or island of horses ... 2002 format map author Landranger Maps title Sheet No.6. postscript None ref The Mainland is the main ..., especially seabirds. Etymology The name Mainland is a corruption of the Old Norse Meginland ... or Mainland? Orkneyjar.com. Retrieved 4 October 2007. ref although it is retained in the name of the Pomona ... Harray . The eastern part of the Mainland is shaped like the letter W , the easternmost peninsula ... and South Ronaldsay via Lamb Holm and Glims Holm . Mainland effectively provides the core of the Orkney ..., and west ends, islands proceed to the north and south, somewhat in the shape of an X . The western part of the island is part of the Hoy and West Mainland National Scenic Area Scotland National Scenic ... settlement on Mainland, and Orkney in general. The three main settlements on Mainland, in order of magnitude ... of the islands, lies on a narrow strip of land between west Mainland and east Mainland, which historically ... link from Stromness to Scrabster in Caithness on the Scottish mainland as well as the Isle ... In common with most of the Orkney isles, Mainland rests almost entirely on a bedrock of Old Red ... rock s of the eastern schist s, and in Mainland where a narrow strip is exposed between Stromness ... by well bedded flagstones over most of the islands in the south of Mainland these are faulted ... the use of Pomonia or Mainland . There are numerous smaller Orkney islands surrounding the mainland ... more details
do not use the term Mainland or the north and south divisions at all, preferring to refer to their original ... td table Infobox ends Mainland Halifax is a region in central Nova Scotia , Canada that refers to the central ... Mainland Halifax became the official description ref http www.halifax.ca planning map.html HRM Planning ... separate community planning areas, Halifax Peninsula and Mainland Halifax, with separate Halifax Regional Community Council community council s inside of the regional government. Mainland Halifax is further divided into MainlandNorth Bayer s Lake, Nova Scotia Bayer s Lake , Clayton Park, Nova Scotia Clayton Park , Fairview, Nova Scotia Fairview , and Rockingham, Nova Scotia Rockingham and Mainland ... more details
Mainland India are the territories of India located on the Asia n continental mainland. This includes the twenty eight states of India and five out of the seven union territories of India . The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are outside mainland India. Additionally, the Antarctic base of Maitri is also outside mainland India. Because more than 95 of India s land and population is on the mainland itself, politically and historically, the term has little significance. It is mostly used only by amateur radio operators as the territories outside mainland India have a different callsign block. References http us.rediff.com news 2005 jan 15an.htm Port Blair moves 1.15 m away from mainland India Category Geography of India ... more details
Infobox university name College of the Mainland image File COM campus2007.jpg 220px motto lang en Education for Everyone established 1966 type Community College president Larry Durrence interim city Texas City, Texas Texas City state Texas coor Coord 29.395164 94.999516 region US type landmark format dms display inline,title country United States USA undergrad 3,527 as of 2009 postgrad staff endowment campus urban area Urban colors COM Blue, COM Red and COM Yellow website http www.com.edu www.com.edu College of the Mainland COM is a community college located in Texas City, Texas Texas City , Texas , United States . Its name comes from its location on the mainland portion of Galveston County, Texas that portion north of Galveston Island . History College of the Mainland was launched in late 1966 when the voters of Dickinson, Hitchcock, La Marque, Santa Fe, and Texas City approved a building bond issue of 2,850,000, having been largely an idea since 1935. Herbert F. Stallworth, who previously had helped establish two colleges, was selected to head the new college in April 1967, and Fred A. Taylor was appointed dean of instruction. Classes were begun in temporary quarters in 1967. On March ... vocational building were completed, and the College of the Mainland moved to its new campus ... opened a North County Learning Center in League City, Texas , part of COM s extended service area ... property taxes. Other sources of revenue are federal grants and funds raised by the College of the Mainland ..., Section 130.174, College of the Mainland District Service Area . ref the Dickinson Independent School ... http www.chron.com CDA archives archive.mpl?id 2007 4429036 title Hispanics claim Mainland college is racially ... of allowing College of the Mainland students anonymously if desired to determine whether a rumor ... Houston University References Reflist External links http www.com.edu College of the Mainland Galveston Bay Area Houston Sugar Land Baytown MSA DEFAULTSORT College Of The Mainland Category Education ... more details
Mainland Finland lang fi manner Suomi , lang sv fasta Finland is a term used in statistics and in other contexts to exclude the Autonomous entity autonomous land Islands under Finland Finnish sovereignty from the rest of Finland. In legal contexts, the relation between the mainland and the land Islands is depicted by the word pairs valtakunta maakunta Finnish or riket landskapet Swedish . The literal translation into English is realm province , but the translation given by the Finnish Ministry of Justice is the State land . ref http www.finlex.fi fi laki kaannokset 1991 en19911144.pdf Act on the Autonomy of land 1144 1991 and http www.finlex.fi fi laki ajantasa 1991 19911144 the Finnish original . E.g. 27 shows the difference. ref The term mainland Finland is significant in the context of legal differences between land and mainland Finland, and in the context of differences of culture, language, history, and self perceived nationhood between the landers and the Swedish speaking Finns in mainland Finland. However, since the population of land is only about 0.5 of that of mainland Finland, and below 10 of that of the Swedish speaking Finns in mainland Finland, there are many instances when this distinction is ignored. Notes In a Geography geographical sense the term mainland Finland could, of course, also be used to exclude Finland s other sea islands, but when distinguishing between land and the rest of Finland, the term does encompass those islands. Mainland Finland is not to be confused with Finland Proper , which is the Historical provinces of Finland historical province adjacent to land. References reflist Finland topics Finland geo stub coord 65 N 27 E display title Category Geography of Finland Category NUTS 1 statistical regions of the European Union es Finlandia Continental fr Finlande continentale it Finlandia continentale ... more details
Infobox airline airline image Mainland Air hangar Dunedin International Airport.jpg image size 250 alt Mainland Air hangar at Dunedin International Airport in 2009 IATA ICAO callsign founded commenced ceased aoc bases hubs Dunedin International Airport , Dunedin , New Zealand secondary hubs focus cities frequent flyer lounge alliance subsidiaries fleet size 14 destinations company slogan parent Southair Aviation headquarters key people revenue operating income net income assets equity website http www.mainlandair.com Mainland Air 2010 is a general aviation , flight training and charter airline operating out of Dunedin International Airport in New Zealand . Mainland Air has recently been taken over by Southair Aviation at Taieri Airfield. Services Mainland provides charter flights within New Zealand. It s scenic flights visit popular destinations such as Milford Sound , Mount Aspiring Tititea , Aoraki Mount Cook , Fiordland , Omarama , Stewart Island Rakiura and the Queenstown, New Zealand Queenstown area. As well as doing air ambulance transfer flights in the Piper Chieftain, Mainland Air takes doctors from Dunedin, New Zealand Dunedin to Invercargill, New Zealand Invercargill and Alexandra, New Zealand Alexandra twice a week. Mainland Aviation College is a Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand approved flying school for full and part time students. as of 2012 , Mainland Air had around 20 students, around 10 international and 10 domestic. The recent drop in domestic students is largely due to the loss of student loan funding from the New Zealand government. It is expected that by June 2013 the college will only teach casual and international students. File Mainland Air Socata TB 10 Tobago ZK JIG over Dunedin city, NZ.jpg thumb right Mainland Air s Socata TB10 Tobago ZK JIG over Dunedin . Fleet class wikitable Aircraft Number Notes Cessna 152 14 Socata TB Socata TB 10 ... links commonscat Mainland Air Portal Aviation http www.mainlandair.com Mainland Air official website ... more details
Expert subject multiple Mammals Indonesia date February 2009 Taxobox name Mainland serow image Capricornis milneedwardsii Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology DSC02439.JPG status NT status system IUCN trend stable regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Caprinae genus Capricornis species C. milneedwardsii binomial Capricornis milneedwardsii binomial authority David, 1869 The mainland serow Capricornis milneedwardsii is a species of goat antelope native to China and Southeast Asia . The name mainland serow was formerly referring to Capricornis sumatraensis , which used to be the scientific name for all serows in the mainland and Sumatra when they were all considered to be the same species. 3 species subsequently split from Capricornis sumatraensis and this scientific name now only refers to the serows in Sumatra and Malaysia . Physical characteristics The mainland serow possesses guard hairs on its coat that are bristly or coarse and cover the layer of fur closest to its skin to varying degrees. The animal has a mane that runs from the horns to the middle of the dorsal aspect of the animal between the scapulae covering the skin. The horns are only characteristic of the males and are light colored, approximately six inches in length, and curve slightly towards the animal s back. The mainland serow is quite large and has been known to grow to be six feet long and three feet high at the shoulder, and an adult typically weighs over 150 kg. Habitat and distribution The mainland serow is found in Central China Central and South China Southern China , Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Myanmar , and Thailand . Its distribution follows forested mountain ranges. The mainland serow inhabits steep, rugged hills up to an elevation ... are avoided. Behavior The mainland serow is territorial and lives alone or in small groups. It usually ..., and spends the rest of the day in thick vegetation. The mainland serow gives birth to a single ... more details
as mainland China . t linktext s linktext l Continental China p Zh ngg o D l j jung1 gwok3 ... s2 linktext l2 Inland p2 N id j2 noi6 dei6 wuu2 ne di Contains Chinese text Mainland China , the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland , is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under ... news government 200911 575975 1.html ref There are two terms in Chinese for mainland . Namely, Dalu ... contexts with reference to Taiwan, with the PRC referring to itself as the mainland side as opposed ... Civil War Chinese Civil War on the mainland . This forced the Kuomintang to relocate the Government ... legitimacy and recognition as the government of China . The phrase mainland China emerged as a politically ... of Taiwan in the 1990s, the phrase mainland China soon grew to mean not only the area under ... mainland China excludes Hong Kong and Macau . ref So, Alvin Y. Lin, Nan. Poston, Dudley L. Contributor Professor, So, Alvin Y. 2001 2001 . The Chinese Triangle of mainland China, Taiwan and Hong .... The territories also have their distinct identities. Therefore mainland China generally continues ... 2767 1 e.pdf Legislative council HK . Mainland Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Bill. Retrieved on 2008 ... only to mainland China or the People s Republic of China. Usage of the term In Taiwan In Taiwan, the term mainland is often used to refer to mainland China Hong Kong and Macau excluded Citation needed ... organizations and official and legal documents in Taiwan also use the mainland to refer to mainland ... mainland to imply that Taiwan is separate from China. ref name Wachman In Taiwan , under the concept ... l external province person s , which are the people who immigrated to Taiwan from mainland China ... mostly refers to daluren zh t s p d l r n l mainland person s , meaning people who live in mainland ... were excluded from the definition of Taiwan , and are regarded as parts of mainland China. The United ... on the grounds that Quemoy and Matsu are considered by both Taipei and by Peking to be part of mainland ... more details
nihongo Mainland Japan naichi lit. inner lands is a term to distinguish the area of Japan from its outlying territories. It was an official term in the pre war period, distinguishing Japan and the colonies in East Asia . After the end of World War II , the term became uncommon, but still is used as an unofficial term to distinguish the area of Japan from Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa or Hokkaid . The literal Japanese meaning might best be translated as inner Japan or inner lands. The term mainland is an inaccurate translation because mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands. It is also somewhat confusing as Mainland Japan is defined to consist of several major islands Hokkaid , Honsh , Ky sh , Shikoku and many minor ones. The term mainland Japan is also sometimes used to translate Honsh , the largest island, though naichi not. Historical usage In the Empire of Japan Japanese Empire of the pre war period, naichi referred to the mainland of the empire. The other territories of the empire was called gaichi , lit. outer lands . 1 of the Common Law ja enumerates the territories with legal jursidictions, namely, Naichi Mainland Japan , Ch sen Korea , Taiwan , Kwantung Leased Territory Kwantung Province , and South Pacific Mandate Nan y Islands . ref cite web url http www.geocities.jp nakanolib hou ht07 39.htm title Ky ts h author Nakano Bunko accessdate 10 Dec 2011 ref In other words, Naichi consisted of the following cn date December 2011 Karafuto Prefecture South Sakhalin Kuril Islands Hokkaid Honsh Shikoku Ky sh Izu Islands Ogasawara Islands Okinawa Minor outlying islands around them Although it has never been abolished, the Common Law lost effect from enforcement after Japan lost all the former colonies, or gaichi as a result of World War II . Modern usage The residents of Hokkaid and Okinawa occasionally use naichi to refer to the mainland , excluding these areas. The colloquial usage is officially incorrect ... more details
Orphan date February 2012 copy edit date December 2011 Mainland Policy was a strategy pursued by Japan between the Meiji Restoration and Japanese expansion Japan s expansion during World War II . ref http www.cp1897.com.hk product info.php?BookId 7801906292 Shen Yu. 1868 1945 . Social science documents publisher. 2005. ISBN 7 80190 629 2. ref The policy s major aim was to conquer Japan s neighboring countries like Korea and China , dominate East Asia and even the world. ref Zhou Song Lun. . JiangHai Journal. 2004, 01. ref Mainland Policy before the Meiji Restoration There are already thoughts about expanding in Japan before the Meiji Restoration. Emperor Jimmu , the first Emperor of Japan , having thoughts of ruling the world. Also, Empress Jing mentioned about conquering Samhan . ref name Zhao Jie Qi Zhao Jie Qi. . Japan Journal. 2005, 04. ref In the late 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi finished unify Japan and he Japanese invasions of Korea 1592 1598 intruded Korea twice. The aim of intruding Korea was to prepare for conquering China in the future. Although he finally failed, this action symbolized the starting of Japan s expansion. In the late Tokugawa shogunate , many advisors had thoughts of conquering different lands, setting up colony .... ref name Yu Lu Mainland Policy after the Meiji Restoration In the mid 19th century, Japan had strengthened ... Japan, Japan decided to be a Militarism military based country, created the Mainland Policy . ref name Zhao Jie Qi Japan s plan and actions Plan In 1927, Tanaka Giichi presented the procedures of Mainland Policy. The Main idea of Mainland Policy is, If we want to conquer the World, we need to conquer ... want to conquer Mongolia and Manchuria, we need to conquer Korea and Taiwan first. Actions File Mainland ... intrude China in 1937 and they try to finish the Mainland Policy. But Japan failed to conquer China ... of Japan s expansion and the failure of Mainland Policy. References reflist Category Military doctrines ... more details
Taxobox name Mainland drill ref name MSW3 MSW3 Groves pages 165 ref status EN status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Oates, J. F. & Butynski, T. M. year 2008 id 12756 title Mandrillus leucophaeus ssp. leucophaeus downloaded 4 January 2009 ref trend unknown status system iucn3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Primate s familia Cercopithecidae genus Mandrillus species Drill mammal M. leucophaeus subspecies M. l. leucophaeus trinomial Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus trinomial authority Fr d ric Cuvier F. Cuvier , 1807 The mainland drill Mandrillus leucophaeus leucophaeus is a subspecies of the endangered drill mammal drill . It is distinguished by ringed yellow and black coloring on its crown, and is otherwise similar to the Bioko drill . References reflist Category Cercopithecine monkeys oldworld monkey stub sr ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Lagos Mainland other name native name nickname settlement type Local Government Areas of Nigeria LGA and suburb motto image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image map Lagos Map.PNG mapsize map caption Location in Lagos pushpin map pushpin label position pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Nigeria subdivision type1 States of Nigeria State subdivision name1 Lagos State subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 government footnotes government type leader title leader name established title established date area magnitude unit pref Imperial area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 population as of 2006 population footnotes population note population total population density km2 timezone West Africa Time WAT utc offset 1 timezone DST utc offset DST latd latm lats latNS N longd longm longs longEW E elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft postal code type postal code area code blank name blank info website footnotes Lagos Mainland is a Local Government Areas of Nigeria local government area in the Lagos Division of Lagos State , Nigeria . External links http www.mainlandlg.com Lagos Mainland Local Government Divisions and LGAs of Lagos State coord missing Nigeria Category Lagos State Category Local Government Areas in Lagos State Category Populated places in Lagos State es Lagos Continental pt Lagos Continental ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Mainland state wa image caption lga Shire of Cue latd 27.583 longd 117.916 postcode 6640 est 1898 pop elevation 418 maxtemp mintemp rainfall stategov Electoral district of North West North West fedgov Division of Durack Durack dist1 635 dir1 NNE location1 Perth, Western Australia Perth dist2 15 dir2 S location2 Cue, Western Australia Cue dist3 dir3 location3 coord 27 35 S 117 55 E type city 0 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display title Mainland is an abandoned town in the Mid West Western Australia Mid West region of Western Australia . The town is located between Cue, Western Australia Cue and Austin, Western Australia Austin . Gold was discovered in the area in 1892 and was initially known as Mainland since it was located on the northern shore of Lake Austin so the name distinguished it from its neighbouring town of Austin which was also known as The Island . The town was gazetted in 1898. ref LandInfo WA c M 2011 05 06 ref References reflist Towns Mid West WA Category Ghost towns in Western Australia ... more details
Infobox Defunct Company company name Sodor & Mainland Railway company logo fate Amalgamation successor North Western Railway fictional North Western Railway foundation 1853 defunct 1914 location Kirk Ronan and Ballyhoo industry Railway company products num employees peak number of employees parent subsid former subsidiaries, if any The Sodor & Mainland Railway 1853 1914 is a fictional railway that existed on the Sodor fictional island Island of Sodor in The Railway Series books written by the Wilbert Awdry Rev. W. Awdry . In the books it is known as the S&M and was built when railway mania was still in force, opening in 1853. The initial aim of the railway was to link Sodor with the British Mainland. History Operations Image Maps sodor railways amoswolfe.svg thumb right A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system click to enlarge . The Sodor & Mainland Railway ran from the docks at Fictional locations in The Railway Series Kirk Ronan Kirk Ronan to the town of Fictional locations ... actually reached the mainland due to lack of money and misfortunes. The plan to extend to the Mainland ... and completion of the same link to the mainland that they hindered the S&M in building . The S&M ... North Western Railway fictional Peel Godred branch Peel Godred Branch , which was built under the powers ... The Island of Sodor Railway in the style of Harry Beck click to enlarge . The Sodor & Mainland ... under military pressure in 1914, to form the North Western Railway fictional North Western ... . Post S&M The S&M s dreams of a link between Sodor and the Mainland did eventually come to pass ... route connecting the town with the rest of Sodor and the mainland, along with the later built Norramby Branch. Further north the NWR main line rejoins the Norramby Branch and with it the S&M .... Locomotives It is stated in the Railway Series that the Sodor & Mainland Railway had three engines ... Despite having never appeared in the Thomas & Friends television series, a Sodor & Mainland Railway ... more details
Infobox settlement name Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin official name settlement type Unorganized area nickname motto image skyline imagesize image caption image map mapsize 200px map caption pushpin map Canada Ontario pushpin mapsize 200 pushpin label Unorg. Mainland Manitoulin pushpin label position bottom latd 46 latm 00 latNS N longd 81 longm 06 longEW W coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CA ON subdivision type Country subdivision name CAN subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 ON subdivision type2 District subdivision name2 Manitoulin District Manitoulin established title established date established title2 established date2 government type leader title Federal riding leader name Nickel Belt leader title1 Prov. riding leader name1 Nickel Belt provincial electoral district Nickel Belt area total km2 area land km2 140.45 area water km2 area footnotes ref name cp2006 population as of 2006 population footnotes ref name cp2006 cite web url http www12.statcan.ca census recensement 2006 dp pd prof 92 591 details page.cfm?Lang E&Geo1 CSD&Code1 3551091&Geo2 PR&Code2 35&Data Count&SearchText manitoulin&SearchType Contains&SearchPR 01&B1 All&Custom title Manitoulin, Unorganized, Mainland community profile publisher Statistics Canada work Canada 2006 Census 2006 Census accessdate 2012 02 22 ref population total 5 population density km2 0.04 timezone Eastern Time Zone EST utc offset 5 timezone DST Eastern Time Zone EDT utc offset DST 4 postal code type postal code area code elevation footnotes elevation m website footnotes Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin is a former unorganized area Canada unorganized area in the Canada Canadian province of Ontario , encompassing the small mainland portion of the Manitoulin District which was not part of the municipality ... living in the area in 1996. References reflist Geographic location Centre Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin North Killarney, Ontario Killarney Northeast East Killarney, Ontario Killarney Southeast South ... more details
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