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The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. [13] The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands'), is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of ...
Bangladesh, by the constitution, guarantees healthcare services as a fundamental right to all of its citizens. [280] The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is the largest institutional healthcare provider in Bangladesh, [ 281 ] and contains two divisions: Health Service Division and Medical Education And Family Welfare Division . [ 282 ]
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. [N 5] It has a total area of 7,688,287 km 2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania.
Vital to India's self-image as an independent nation was its constitution, completed in 1950, which put in place a secular and democratic republic. [162] Economic liberalisation, which began in the 1980s and the collaboration with Soviet Union for technical know-how, [ 163 ] has created a large urban middle class, transformed India into one of ...
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, [12] Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world [7] and 7th most populous in Africa.
The cat (Felis catus), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae.
Greek has been spoken in the Balkan peninsula since around the 3rd millennium BC, [18] or possibly earlier. [19] The earliest written evidence is a Linear B clay tablet found in Messenia that dates to between 1450 and 1350 BC, [20] making Greek the world's oldest recorded living language. [21]