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Razin, Stenka

(Encyclopedia) Razin, StenkaRazin, Stenkastĕngˈkä räˈzēn [key], d. 1671, Don Cossack leader, head of the peasant revolt of 1670. As commander of a band of propertyless Don Cossacks, he raided and…

Sargodha

(Encyclopedia) Sargodha, city (1998 pop. 455,360), Punjab province, Pakistan, on the lower Jhelum Canal. It is a center for trade in cotton and other agricultural commodities. Sargodha has…

Canada Day

(Encyclopedia) Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, Canadian national holiday, celebrated July 1. It is the anniversary of the uniting in 1867 of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia…

Delmenhorst

(Encyclopedia) Delmenhorst Delmenhorst dĕlˈmənhôrst [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, near Bremen. Manufactures of…

Neunkirchen, city, Austria

(Encyclopedia) NeunkirchenNeunkirchennoinˈkĭrˌkhən [key], city (1991 pop. 9,123), Lower Austria province, E Austria, on the Schwarza River. The city is a furniture-making center.

shoring

(Encyclopedia) shoring, placing of props or braces, called shores, against or beneath a structure for support. Shoring is often used to stabilize a building when it is to undergo structural…

Ottawa, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Ottawa, river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, largest tributary of the St. Lawrence River, Canada. It rises in the Laurentian Highlands, SW Que., and flows generally W through La Vérendrye…

Oka, river, Siberian Russia

(Encyclopedia) Oka, river, c.600 mi (970 km) long, rising in the Sayan Mts., Buryat Republic, S central Siberian Russia. It flows N through Irkutsk oblast to join the Angara River below Bratsk. The…

Des Plaines, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Des Plaines, river, 110 mi (177 km) long, rising in SE Wis., and flowing S and SW through NE Ill., joining the Kankakee River S of Joliet, Ill., to form the Illinois River. The lower…

paleography

(Encyclopedia) paleographypaleographypālēŏgˈrəfē [key] [Gr.,=early writing], term generally meaning all study and interpretation of old ways of recording language. In a narrower sense, it excludes…