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Mauretania (ancient region, Africa)
Mauritania (country)
Mauritius (country, island group)
Maurya (dynasty, India)
mausoleum (structure)
Mawlamyine (city, Myanmar)
Maxim (American-born British inventor of an automatic)
May Day (festival)
May Fourth Movement (movement, China)
Maya (indigenous people of Mexico and Central America)
maya (in Hinduism)
Mayagüez (city, Puerto Rico)
Mayenne (department, France)
Mayerling (city, Austria)
Mayfield (city, Kentucky)
Mayfield Heights (city, Ohio)
Mayflower (ship)
mayflower (in botany)
Mayflower Compact (government, United States)
mayfly (insect, arthropod)
mayhem (in law)
Maykop (city, Russia)
Maynooth (city, Ireland)
Mayo (county, Ireland)
Mayon, Mount (volcano, Philippines)
Mayotte (island, territory, France/Comoros)
Maywood (city, California)
Maywood (city, Illinois)
Maywood (city, New Jersey)
Mazandaran (province, Iran)
Mazar-i-Sharif (city, Afghanistan)
Mazarin Bible (in literature, printing, the Bible)
Mazaruni (river, Guyana)
Mazatlán (city, Mexico)
maze (structure, symbol)
Mazovia (region, Poland)
mazurka (dance, Poland)
Mazzaroth (in the Old Testament)
Mbabane (city, Swaziland)
Mbandaka (city, Zaire)
Mbuji-Mayi (city, Zaire)
Mbundu (people, Angola)
McAlester (city, Oklahoma)
McAllen (city, Texas)
McClure Strait (body of water, Canada)
McComb (city, Mississippi)
McCulloch v. Maryland (case, United States)
McDonald Observatory (structure, Texas)
McGill University (university, Canada)
McKees Rocks (city, Pennsylvania)