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(Encyclopedia) District of Columbia, federal district (2020 pop. 689,545), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive…Novosibirsk
(Encyclopedia) NovosibirskNovosibirsknôˌvəsĭbērskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 1,437,000), capital of Novosibirsk region and the administrative center of the Siberian federal district, S Siberian Russia,…Morelos
(Encyclopedia) MorelosMorelosmōrāˈlōs [key], state (1990 pop. 1,195,059), 1,917 sq mi (4,965 sq km), S Mexico. Cuernavaca is the capital. Morelos is separated from the Federal District and from…cerrado
(Encyclopedia) cerrado, tropical ecological region, c. 770,000 sq mi (2 million sq km), Brazil, encompassing several states and the federal district and extending into Bolivia and Paraguay. Located…Brasília
(Encyclopedia) Brasília Brasília bräzēlˈyä [key], capital city and federal district of Brazil (2,264 sq mi/5,864 sq…Mexico, state, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Mexico, Span. México or Méjico, state (1990 pop. 9,815,795), 8,286 sq mi (21,461 sq km), S central Mexico. Toluca is the capital. The northern section of the state, containing most of…Bridges, Harry
(Encyclopedia) Bridges, Harry (Alfred Renton Bridges), 1901–90, American labor leader, b. Melbourne, Australia. Arriving (1920) as an immigrant seaman in San Francisco, he became a longshoreman and…Guadalupe Hidalgo
(Encyclopedia) Guadalupe HidalgoGuadalupe Hidalgogwäᵺäl&oomacr;ˈpā ēdälˈgō, wä– [key], shrine, central Mexico, in the Federal District. The basilica of Guadalupe containing the shrine of Our Lady…Nizhny Novgorod
(Encyclopedia) Nizhny NovgorodNizhny Novgorodnyēshˈnyī nôfˈgərəd [key], formerly Gorky or Gorki, city (1989 pop. 1,438,000), capital of Nizhny Novgorod region and the administrative center of the…court system in the United States
(Encyclopedia) court system in the United States, judicial branches of the federal and state governments charged with the application and interpretation of the law. The U.S. court system is divided…Trending
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