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(Encyclopedia) Esbjerg Esbjerg ĕsˈbyĕr [key], city, Ribe co., SW Denmark, a port on the North Sea. It is a…Oxon Hill
(Encyclopedia) Oxon Hill, village (1990 pop. 35,794), Prince Georges co., central Md., a suburb S of Washington, D.C. Oxon Hill was dominated by large estates until the 1950s. National Harbor, a…Davenport, Charles Benedict
(Encyclopedia) Davenport, Charles BenedictDavenport, Charles Benedictdăvˈənpôrtˌ [key], 1866–1944, American zoologist, b. Stamford, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1892. As director (1904–34) of the…Hammerfest
(Encyclopedia) Hammerfest Hammerfest häˈmərfĕst [key], town, Finnmark co., N Norway, on Kvaløy island. It is the…Canso
(Encyclopedia) Canso Canso kănˈsō [key], town, S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean, near Cape…Castle Pinckney
(Encyclopedia) Castle Pinckney, fortification on Shutes Folly, an island in the harbor of Charleston, S.C.; built in 1797, when war with France seemed imminent; named for the American diplomat…Thames , river, United States
(Encyclopedia) ThamesThamesthāmz [key], river, c.15 mi (25 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Yantic and Shetucket rivers at Norwich, E Conn., and flowing south to Long Island Sound at New…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…Plymouth Sound
(Encyclopedia) Plymouth Sound, deep inlet of the English Channel, Devon and Cornwall, SW England. It is a famous roadstead and forms a bay c.3 mi (5 km) wide. It receives the Tamar River through the…Sandakan
(Encyclopedia) SandakanSandakansəndəkänˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 157,180), Sabah, Malaysia, on N Borneo, on Sandakan Harbor, an inlet of the Sulu Sea. It is the trade hub for an agricultural and…Trending
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