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This is a list of articles that don't exist (or which exist only as lemma articles, or don't have a definition) but which could be considered basic reference material in an encyclopedia.
Color code
- Red: no article whatsoever
- Black: lemma or redirect
- Blue: at least a stub
Key to Pictograms
Each article name has an icon to the left indicating the status of that particular article:
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(Status 3, Stub)
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Continents and Regions
Antarctica [r]: The Earth's southernmost continent, located almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle; covers the South Pole. [e]
Eastern Hemisphere
Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). [e]
- Central Asia [r]: A geographic area with many definitions, one common one based on the newly independent, predominantly Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union [e]
- East Asia [r]: Region comprising China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan; also defined in cultural terms, with these nations historically or at present sharing writing systems, philosophical modes of thought, and other relationships (population about 1,600,000,000). [e]
- North Asia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Asia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Levant [r]: The region of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and some neighboring states, largely Muslim but with significant Jewish and Christian populations [e]
- Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [e]
- Africa [r]: Continent stretching over the equator, hosting deserts, tropical jungles and savannah as well as over fifty nations; population about 900,000,000. [e]
- Maghreb [r]: The Muslim-majority, Arabic and Berber-speaking countries of North Africa, bounded on the north by the Mediterranean Sea and often by the Sahara Desert on the south. [e]
- Horn of Africa [r]: A peninsula in East Africa, bordered by the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. [e]
- Sahel [r]: A dryland transitional area stretching across Africa, south of the Sahara Desert [e]
- East Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- West Africa [r]: A major geographic and economic subregion of Africa, usually defined as having 15 member countries [e]
- Oceania [r]: A major geographical region of the planet Earth, mostly in the southern hemisphere, consisting of Australasia (the Australian continent and New Zealand), Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. [e]
Western Hemisphere
- Europe [r]: Sixth largest continent; area 10,000,000 km2; pop. 720,000,000 [e]
- Western Europe [r]: The westernmost region of Europe with countries such as Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. United Kingdom. [e]
- Eastern Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northern Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Southern Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North America [r]: The third largest continent, location of three large nations Canada, the United States, and Mexico. [e]
- South America [r]: The fourth largest of the Earth's continents, one of the pieces that broke up from the former supercontinent Gondwana. [e]
- Southern Cone [r]: The southernmost part of South America, always including Argentina, Chile and Uruguay; sometimes all or part of Brazil, as well as Bolivia and Peru. [e]
- Central America [r]: Southernmost region of North America, comprising Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; borders Mexico, Colombia, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (area approximately 524,000km²/202,000mi²; population about 42 million). [e]
Countries
- American Samoa [r]: A territory of the United States of America, located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. See also U.S. States and Territories. [e]
- Anguilla [r]: A United Kingdom Overseas Territory situated in the Caribbean Sea. [e]
- Antigua and Barbuda [r]: Independent nation in the Caribbean and part of the Commonwealth of Nations. [e]
- Armenia [r]: A mountainous country in the Middle East, formerly part of the Soviet Union. [e]
- Aruba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bahamas [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bahrain [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Barbados [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Benin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bolivia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Botswana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- British Virgin Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burkina Faso [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burundi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cape Verde [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cayman Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Central African Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Comoros [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cook Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Costa Rica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Democratic Republic of Congo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dijbouti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominican Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- East Timor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ecuador [r]: Add brief definition or description
- El Salvador [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Equatorial Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eritrea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ethiopia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Falkland Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Faroe Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Federated States of Micronesia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fiji [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gabon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gambia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Greenland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Grenada [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guatemala [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guernsey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea-Bissau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guyana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Haiti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Honduras [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Isle of Man [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jamaica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jersey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kenya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kiribati [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kyrgyzstan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lesotho [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liberia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Libya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Macedonia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Madagascar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Malawi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Malaysia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Maldives [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mali [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mauritania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mauritius [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Moldova [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Montserrat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mozambique [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Namibia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nauru [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nepal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Netherlands Antilles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nicaragua [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Niger [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Niue [r]: Add brief definition or description
- North Korea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northern Mariana Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Palau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Palestine (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Panama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Papau New Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paraguay [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Philippines [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pitcairn Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Puerto Rico [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Puerto Rico [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Qatar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Republic of the Congo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rwanda [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Helena [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Kitts and Nevis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Lucia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Samoa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- San Marino [r]: Add brief definition or description
- São Tomé and Príncipe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Senegal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Seychelles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sierra Leone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Sudan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Suriname [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Swaziland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Taiwan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Togo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tokelau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tonga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Trinidad and Tobago [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tunisia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tuvalu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Virgin Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vanuatu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Venezuela [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Western Sahara [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Zambia [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cities (by population)
- Mumbai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Delhi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Istanbul [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Moscow, Russia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mexico City [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wuhan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lagos [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tehran [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kinshasa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lima [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ho Chi Minh City [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bangkok [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dhaka [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cairo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guangzhou [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lahore [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bangalore [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tianjin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kolkata [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Santiago [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chongqing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chennai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Petersburg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Surat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Riyadh [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alexandria, Egypt [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yangon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hyderabad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ahmedabad [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ankara [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Johannesburg [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Los Angeles, California [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Abidjan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yokohama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Busan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cape Town [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Durban [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pune [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Madrid [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kanpur [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jaipur [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Buenos Aires [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jeddah [r]: Add brief definition or description
- State definitions (see United States of America/Related Articles) need a bit of cleanup.
- Vice-Presidents catalog
- Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States catalog
- Manitoba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Yukon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northwest Territories [r]: Add brief definition or description