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(Encyclopedia) creeper, common name for members of a family of small, inconspicuous birds related to wrens and nuthatches. They are found in wooded regions of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. A…Gatineau, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Gatineau Gatineau gătˈĭnō [key], city, SW Que., Canada, at the junction of the Gatineau and Ottawa…anhydride
(Encyclopedia) anhydrideanhydrideănhīˈdrīd, –drĭd [key] [Gr.,=without water], chemical compound formed by removing water, H2O, from another compound; the anhydride can also react with water to form…Hopewell
(Encyclopedia) Hopewell. <1> City (2020 pop. 1,922), Mercer co., central N.J.; inc. 1891. The area was settled in the early 1700s. One early…Darwin
(Encyclopedia) Darwin, city, capital of the Northern Territory, N Australia, on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea. Remotely situated on the…King's Lynn
(Encyclopedia) King's Lynn, town (1991 pop. 37,323), Norfolk, E England, on the Great Ouse River near its influx into The Wash, an inlet of the North Sea. Its large harbor serves foreign as well as…Kingston, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Kingston, city (1991 pop. 56,597), S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario, near the head of the St. Lawrence River and at the end of Rideau Canal from Ottawa. Kingston has probably the best…Kumayri
(Encyclopedia) KumayriKumayrik&oomacr;ˈmīrē [key] or GyumriGyumrigy&oobreve;mˈrē [key], formerly LeninakanLeninakanlənyēnˌäkänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 122,587), in Armenia, near the Turkish…Kivu, region, Congo
(Encyclopedia) KivuKivukēˈv&oomacr;, kēv&oomacr;ˈ [key], region, c.89,000 sq mi (230,510 sq km), E Congo (Kinshasa). It borders on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika on the east.…Kamakura
(Encyclopedia) KamakuraKamakurakämäˈk&oomacr;rä [key], city (1990 pop. 174,307), Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and at the base of the Miura Peninsula. It is a resort…Trending
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