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(Encyclopedia)Lund lŭnd [key], city (1990 pop. 62,910), Malmöhus co., S Sweden. It is a commercial and industrial center and a rail junction. Manufactures include paper, packaging, printed materials, and clothing...Erlangen
(Encyclopedia)Erlangen ĕrˈläng-ən [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Schwabach and ...Texas A&M University
(Encyclopedia)Texas A&M University, main campus at College Station; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, opened 1876. The school gai...Duke University
(Encyclopedia)Duke University, at Durham, N. C.; coeducational; opened 1838, chartered 1841 as Union Institute in Randolph County. Reorganized 1852 as Normal College, it became Trinity College (Methodist) in 1859 a...Iowa, University of
(Encyclopedia)Iowa, University of, at Iowa City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1847, opened 1855. It has a noted program in the creative arts, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prest...Nalanda
(Encyclopedia)Nalanda nəlänˈdə [key], Buddhist monastic center in what is now Baragaon, Bihar state, E central India. Often referred to as a university, Nalanda was, from the 4th to the 12 cent. a.d., the most ...Ohio State University
(Encyclopedia)Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also cam...Southern Illinois University
(Encyclopedia)Southern Illinois University, main campus at Carbondale; state supported; coeducational; est. 1869, opened 1874 as a normal school, renamed 1947. It has a center for archaeological investigation and a...Peach Tree Creek
(Encyclopedia)Peach Tree Creek: see Atlanta campaign. ...Georgia, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Georgia jôrˈjə [key], state in the SE United States, the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be founded. It is bordered by Florida (S), Alabama (W), Tennessee and North Carolina (N), and South ...Browse by Subject
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