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Cluj-Napoca
(Encyclopedia) Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca kl&oomacr;zh-näpō [key], Hung. Kolozsvár, Ger.…Dust Bowl
(Encyclopedia) Dust Bowl, the name given to areas of the U.S. prairie states that suffered ecological devastation in the 1930s and then to a lesser extent in the mid-1950s. The problem began during…Gettysburg
(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Gettysburg gĕtˈēzbûrgˌ [key], borough (2020 pop. 7,106), seat of Adams co., S Pa.; inc. 1806…Fraunces, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Fraunces, SamuelFraunces, Samuelfrônˈsĭs [key], c.1722–95, American innkeeper, proprietor of the historic Fraunces Tavern in New York City. This building at the corner of Broad and…Florence, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Florence. 1 City (2020 pop. 40,184), seat of Lauderdale co., NW Ala., on the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals and adjacent to Wilson…Agen
(Encyclopedia) Agen Agen äzhäNˈ [key], town, capital of Lot-et-Garonne dept., SW France, on the Garonne River, in Guienne. It is an agricultural marketplace in the center of a…Yamuna
(Encyclopedia) YamunaYamunayäˈmənə [key] or JumnaYamunajŭmˈnə [key], river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, rising in the Himalayas, N India, and flowing generally SE, through the Shiwalik Range, past…Westminster Palace
(Encyclopedia) Westminster Palace or Houses of Parliament, in Westminster, London. The present enormous structure, of Neo-Gothic design, was built (1840–60) by Sir Charles Barry to replace an…Touraine
(Encyclopedia) TouraineTourainet&oomacr;rĕnˈ [key], region and former province (until the French Revolution), W central France, centering around Tours (the historic capital) and drained by the…Slavonia
(Encyclopedia) SlavoniaSlavoniasləvōˈnēə [key], Croatian Slavonija, historic region, part of Croatia. It is a fertile agricultural and forested lowland bounded, in part, by the Drava River in the…Trending
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