Quirk et al. 5.68- Geographical names ( p.293)
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Note the exceptional use of 'the' for certain countries and regions, eg:
(the) Argentine (but Argentina, without the article, is more common; cf 5.57).
Other examples:
the Crimea
the Punjab
the Ruhr
the Saar
the Sahara
(the) Sinai
(the) Sudan
(the) Ukraine
(the) Yemen
The is sometimes used with French names, eg: the Auvergne; it is also used
with plural names such as the Everglades (cf 5.72), and for names ending with
a compass point: the Near/Middle/Far East, the (Deep) South, the Midwest
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