CZ:Basic Article List
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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:
(Approved)
(Status 1, Developed) 
(Status 2, Developing)
(Status 3, Stub)
(External)
Continents and Regions
- 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]
South America [r]: The fourth largest of the Earth's continents, one of the pieces that broke up from the former supercontinent Gondwana. [e]
Middle East [r]: A geographical region in Asia that also contains small parts of Europe and Africa. [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]
- Levant [r]: The region of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and some neighboring states, largely Muslim but with significant Jewish and Christian populations [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]
- 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]
Countries
- Philippines [r]: A large, democratic nation of Southeast Asia, consisting of an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, with many cultures, religions and languages. [e]
- Ethiopia [r]: Among the oldest countries of the world, from which Muslim-majority Eritrea split after a civil war; Coptic Christian-majority state in East Africa [e]
- Democratic Republic of Congo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- South Africa [r]: The southernmost African nation; population about 50,000,000. [e]
- Kenya [r]: A country of 38 million in East Africa. [e]
- Nepal [r]: Landlocked country in South Asia, bordered by Tibet and India. [e]
- Venezeula [r]: A country in the northern part of South America, with coastline along the Caribbean Sea; democratic government since 1959 although there is concern that the current President of Venezuela is weakening democratic institions; member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries [e]
- Malaysia [r]: Country in Southeast Asia; a peninsula bordering Thailand and the northern one-third of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea; south of Vietnam [e]
- North Korea [r]: State comprising the northern Korean peninsula; officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Pyongyang its capital. [e]
- Taiwan [r]: Formerly known as Formosa, an East Asian island and the common name for territories administered by the Republic of China. [e]
- Mozambique [r]: Republic in Africa, bounded north by Zambia, Malawi, and Tanzania, west by Zimbabwe, south-west by South Africa and Swaziland, with access to the Indian Ocean in the east. [e]
- Madagascar [r]: Republic in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of south-east Africa, the fourth largest island in the world. [e]
- Burkina Faso [r]: Landlocked West African nation with significant gold reserves and an economy based primarily on cotton; formerly a French colony (population about 18 million). [e]
- Niger [r]: A country in Western Africa, with one of the worst qualities of life in the world. [e]
- Malawi [r]: Landlocked republic in Africa, located along the shores of Lake Malawi, and bounded north by Tanzania, south by Mozambique, and west by Zambia. [e]
- Mali [r]: Landlocked republic in Africa, bounded north-west by Mauritania, north-east by Algeria, west by Senegal, east by Niger, and south by Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. [e]
- South Sudan [r]: North-eastern African nation established in 2011; formerly the southern region of Sudan. [e]
- Ecuador [r]: South American country with Quito its capital; economy built on agriculture and latterly on oil exports and industry (population about 15 million). [e]
- Guatemala [r]: Country in Central America that shares borders with Mexico to the north and west, Belize to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the south. [e]
- Zambia [r]: Landlocked republic in southern part of Africa. Formerly North Rhodesia until independence from U.K. in 1964. [e]
- Senegal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tunisia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominican Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Haiti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rwanda [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bolivia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Benin [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Burundi [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Honduras [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Papau New Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Togo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Libya [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Paraguay [r]: Add brief definition or description
- El Salvador [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nicaragua [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sierra Leone [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Krygzystan [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Eritrea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Costa Rica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Central African Republic [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Puerto Rico [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Palestine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Republic of the Congo [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Moldova [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Liberia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Panama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mauritania [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Armenia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oman [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jamaica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Namibia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lesotho [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Macedonia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Botswana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gambia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guinea-Bissau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gabon [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Qatar [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Trinidad and Tobago [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Swaziland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- East Timor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dijbouti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Fiji [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bahrain [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guyana [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Comoros [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Equatorial Guinea [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Suriname [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Western Sahara [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cape Verde [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bahamas [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Maldives [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Barbados [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vanuatu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Netherlands Antilles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Samoa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Lucia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- São Tomé and Príncipe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Federated States of Micronesia [r]: Add brief definition or description
- U.S. Virgin Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aruba [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Grenada [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tonga [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Kiribati [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jersey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Antigua and Barbuda [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northern Mariana Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Seychelles [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Isle of Man [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dominica [r]: Add brief definition or description
- American Samoa [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Guernsey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Greeland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cayman Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Kitts and Nevis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Faroe Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- San Marino [r]: Add brief definition or description
- British Virgin Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cook Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Palau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anguilla [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tuvalu [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Nauru [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Montserrat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Saint Helena [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Falkland Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Niue [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tokelau [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pitcairn Islands [r]: Add brief definition or description
Cities
- 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