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(Encyclopedia) KhalkísKhalkískhälkēsˈ [key] or ChalcisChalciskălˈsĭs [key], city (1991 pop. 51,646), capital of Évvoia (Euboea) prefecture, E Greece, on the island of Évvoia. Connected to the…Lepidodendron and Sigillaria
(Encyclopedia) LepidodendronLepidodendronlĕpˌĭdōdĕnˈdrən [key] and SigillariaSigillariasĭjĭlârˈēə [key], two principal genera of an extinct group of primitive vascular trees. They dominated the…Oahu
(Encyclopedia) OahuOahuōäˈh&oomacr; [key], island (1990 pop. 836,231), 593 sq mi (1,536 sq km), third largest and chief island of Hawaii, part of Honolulu co., between Molokai and Kauai. Oahu is…Freetown
(Encyclopedia) Freetown, city (1995 est. pop. 519,500), capital of Sierra Leone, W Sierra Leone, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located on the Sierra Leone peninsula, Freetown is the nation's…Dalian
(Encyclopedia) Dalian or TalienDalianboth: däˈlyĕnˈ [key], Rus. Dalny, Jap. Dairen, city (1994 est. pop. 1,855,200), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liaodong peninsula in the Bay of Korea. It has…month
(Encyclopedia) month, in chronology, the conventional period of a lunation, i.e., passage of the moon through all its phases. It is usually computed at approximately 29 or 30 days. For the…Northern Cape
(Encyclopedia) Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from…Botswana
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Botswana Botswana bŏtswäˈnə [key], officially Republic of Botswana, republic (2020 est. pop…Mayne, Thom
(Encyclopedia) Mayne, Thom, 1944–, American architect, b. Waterbury, Conn., grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.A., 1968), Harvard (M.A., 1978). In 1972 Mayne cofounded the firm Morphosis in Santa…bootlegging
(Encyclopedia) bootlegging, in the United States, the illegal distribution or production of liquor and other highly taxed goods. First practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was…Trending
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