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Kankan
(Encyclopedia) KankanKankankänkänˈ, käNkäNˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 261,341), E Guinea, a port on the Milo River, a tributary of the Niger. It is the commercial center for a farm area where rice,…Namaqualand
(Encyclopedia) NamaqualandNamaqualandnəmäˈkwəlănd [key] or NamalandNamalandnäˈməlănd [key], region, c.150,000 sq mi (388,500 sq km), SW Africa. It extends from Windhoek, Namibia, in the north to…Cartwright, Alexander Joy
(Encyclopedia) Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820–92, American baseball player, b. New York City. He worked as a bank teller and a bookseller, and was a volunteer firefighter with the Knickerbocker Fire…fer-de-lance
(Encyclopedia) fer-de-lancefer-de-lancefĕrˌ-də-lănsˈ [key], highly poisonous snake, Bothrops atrox, found in tropical South America and the West Indies. A pit viper, related to the bushmaster and the…Ciudad Guayana
(Encyclopedia) Ciudad Guayana Ciudad Guayana sy&oomacr;ᵺäᵺˈ [key] Ciudad Guayana…gar
(Encyclopedia) gar, member of the family Lepisosteidae, freshwater fishes found in the warmer rivers and lakes of the S United States, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. Gars are highly…Dunhuang
(Encyclopedia) Dunhuang or TunhwangDunhuangboth: d&oomacr;n-hwäng [key], town, extreme NW Gansu prov., China. Crescent Lake, a noted tourist attraction surrounded by high sand dunes, is there.…earring
(Encyclopedia) earring, a personal adornment, sometimes an amulet, worn attached to the ear lobe. Since prehistoric times the ear has been pierced for the insertion of the earring; certain primitive…Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen
(Encyclopedia) Van Rensselaer, KiliaenVan Rensselaer, Kiliaenkēˈlēän văn rĕnˈsələr, rĕnˈsəlērˌ [key], c.1580–1644, Dutch merchant and patroon, b. Amsterdam. He was a wealthy diamond and pearl…West, Mae
(Encyclopedia) West, Mae, 1893–1980, American stage and movie comedienne, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Mary Jane West. The unparalleled mistress of double entendre, West began in burlesque and continued in…Trending
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