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(Encyclopedia) mantle, portion of the earth's interior lying beneath the crust and above the core. No direct observation of the mantle, or its upper boundary, has been made; its boundaries have been…Kamehameha
(Encyclopedia) KamehamehaKamehamehakämāˈhämāˈhä [key], dynasty of Hawaiian monarchs. Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great), c.1738–1819, was king of the island of Hawaii after 1790. Through conquest he…Hawaii, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 HawaiiHawaiihəwīˈē, häväˈē [key], 50th state of the United States, comprising a group of eight major islands and numerous islets in the central Pacific Ocean, c.2,100 mi (3,380…Pacific Ocean
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the…Hawaii, island, United States
(Encyclopedia) Hawaii, island (2020 pop. 200, 629), 4,037 sq mi (10,456 sq km), largest and southernmost island of the state of Hawaii and coextensive…Honolulu
(Encyclopedia) Honolulu Honolulu hŏnˌəl&oomacr;ˈl&oomacr;, hōnō– [key], city (…basalt
(Encyclopedia) basaltbasaltbəsôltˈ, băsˈôlt [key], fine-grained rock of volcanic origin, dark gray, dark green, brown, reddish, or black in color. Basalt is an igneous rock, i.e., one that has…Oceanic art
(Encyclopedia) Oceanic art, works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline,…Lili’uokalani
Name at birth: Lydia Paki Kamaka'eha Lili'uokalaniQueen Lili'uokalani was the queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the United…Douglas Kenney
Along with Henry Beard and Rob Hoffman, Doug Kenney founded the humor magazine National Lampoon in 1969. (The name was borrowed from the college humor magazine Harvard Lampoon, where the three met…Trending
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