In 2019 Astana, capital of this "stan", was renamed Nur-Sultan after retiring leader Nursultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan
At 226,658 square miles, it's the largest island in the Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Fresh from hell, Scorpion uses some fire powers to take down Sub-Zero in this 2021 flick based on a video game
Mortal Kombat
This type of chocolate has a set of double consonants & double vowels
Bittersweet
This biological reservoir is 2.3 million square miles in area & stretches to the Andes; when there, feel free to save it
The Amazon
Karl Marx looked forward to a "dictatorship of" this group, originally a word & a class from ancient Rome
The Proletariat
This city is home to the Prado Museum in Europe
Madrid
A Pinoy is a person of this island ethnic heritage
Filipino
To suddenly escape or run away quickly or akind of tiny insect
Flee
This leading city of Northern Ireland is home to Queen's University
Belfast
The price of this 1803 land deal, including interest, came to a bit more than $27 million
The Louisiana Purchase
This special administrative region of China includes the islands of Taipa & Coloane
Macau
In the lungs, gas exchange takes place in the hundreds of millions of tiny air sacs called these
(alfred mas te vale que te la saques bien)
The Alveoli
Sauce-based dish characterized by its blend of spices. Commonly contains onions, tomatoes, and chili peppers.
Curry
The Corniche is a long, glamorous seafront street in this city where Cleopatra lived & loved
Alexandria
Hoping to get his family throne back, in 1660 this exiled king made some promises in the Declaration of Breda; it worked
Charles II
This Canadian river drains an area almost the size of Mexico
The Mackenzie River
Get your anagram travel on by visiting these 2 Japanese cities, one a capital for 1,000 years & the other, not quite as long
Tokyo & Kyoto
Legless larva of a fly
Maggot
Partly in Namibia, partly in South Africa, Namaqualand is divided by this "colorful" river
Orange River
The 1917 Corfu Declaration called for the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, which in 1929 became this
Yugoslavia
This strait connects the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea
the Strait of Malacca
This 16th letter of the Greek alphabet is also truly a transcendental number
Pi
Kind of cat species characterized by an M marking on the forehead
Tabby
The human cost of building this waterway prior to its 1914 opening?
More than 5,600 lives
The Panama Canal