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Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, published by Columbia University Press
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Title Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9
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Q (letter of the alphabet)
Qa'em Shahr (city, Iran)
Qaidam (geographical area, China)
Qalyub (city, Egypt)
Qantarah esh Sharqiya (city, Egypt)
Qaqortoq (city, Greenland)
Qaraghandy (city, Kazakhstan)
Qasigiannguit (city, Greenland)
Qatar (country)
Qattara Depression (geographical area, Egypt)
Qayrawan, Al (city, Tunisia)
Qazvin (city, Iran)
Qeqertarsuaq (city, Greenland)
Qeshm (island, Iran)
Qina (city, Egypt)
Qingdao (city, China)
Qinghai (province, China)
Qinghai Hu (lake, China)
Qinhuangdao (city, China)
Qinling (mountains, China)
Qiqihar (city, China)
Qitai (city, China)
Qom (city, Iran)
Qostanay (city, Kazakhstan)
Qu'Appelle (river, Canada)
Quabbin Reservoir (body of water, Massachusetts)
quack grass (plant)
quadrant (in analytic geometry)
quadratic (in mathematics)
quadrature (in astronomy)
Quadruple Alliance (organization, Europe)
quaestor (government, ancient Rome)
quagga (mammal)
Quai d'Orsay (geographical area, France)
quail (bird)
quantum chromodynamics (branch of physics)
quantum electrodynamics (branch of physics)
quantum field theory (branch of physics)
quantum theory (branch of physics)
Quanzhou (city, China)
Quapaw (tribe, North America)
quarantine (in medicine)
quarrying (in geology)
quartz (mineral)
quartzite (in geology, chemistry)
quasar (in astronomy)
quasicrystal (in crystallography, physics, metallurgy)
quassia (tree, plant)