1.Gorkii (name)2.Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist
Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
Brno, city in Czech Republic
Dalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
1.standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding2.excellent and unrivaled
Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), US Secretary of State 1997–2001
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), author of the Sherlock Holmes stories 歇洛克·歇洛克·福尔摩斯
the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
1.Sadr (name)2.Moqtada Sadr (c. 1973-), Iraqi Shia clergyman and militia leader
1.Paulson or Powellson (name)2.Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary 2006-2009
Koper (port city of Slovenia)
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 汉城[hàn chéng])
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born British composer
Ka'aba, sacred building in Mecca
a type of plain-woven woolen fabric that is thin, stiff and smooth
1.Gasol (name)2.Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)3.Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player
Bhopal, capital of central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh 中央邦[zhōng yāng bāng]
Gar, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区[ā lǐ dì qū], Tibet
Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai
Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 顺治帝[shùn zhì dì]
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), French Neoclassical painter
Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India
1.Bashir (name)2.Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019
1.Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology2.Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group
1.Bushehr Province of southern Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf2.Bushehr, port city, capital of Bushehr Province
1.(name) Cantor2.Georg Cantor (1845–1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
Perm, Russian city in the Urals
1.Dreyer (name)2.June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan
Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea