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Unique features:
the Channel, the Arctic
Compass points/areas:
the East, the Middle East
Countries: collective or plural:
The United Kingdom, The Netherlands
This does not apply to:
Mountain peaks:
Everest
(but
The Matterhorn)
Continents:
Asia
Countries:
France
The definite article is sometimes used before Lebanon and Gambia:
The Lebanon The Gambia
Place names
Post-modification, especially with ...
o f . . .
plays a role in place names.
Compare:
Leeds University/The University of Leeds
London Bridge/The Tower of London
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If the first part of a place-name is another name, then normal rules about
zero article apply.
Brown's Restaurant
The Garden House Hotel
The same applies in geographical names:
Canvey Island
The Isle of Man
Most
and
the most
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