Vocabulary

Manama (Bahrain)

Ramallah (Palestine)

Eastern Jerusalem

Amman (Jordan)

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Nicosia (Cyprus)

Northern Cyprus (de facto state)

Brunei Dassalam

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

lucky you

patrilineal imperial succession (Japan)

muted greenish yellow

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

non-sovereign territory

engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty)

Mesoamerica

French-speaking world; francophone world; francophonie

patois

Ibero-America

luckily; happily

luckily; happily

patois

thank you very much; I'm sorry; excuse me

consulting firm

consulting firm

prime minister

telenovela

public exhibitionism

adding to the Constitution (e.g. an article)

giving birth at home; home delivery; home birth

globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level

person who laughs a lot

government emergency radio system for disaster prevention and relief

whaling

Kingdom of Thailand

monarchism; royalism

ladyboy; lady boy

by chance; coincidentally; as it happens

comedian; comic celebrity; comic