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(Encyclopedia) National Road, U.S. highway built in the early 19th cent. At the time of its construction, the National Road was the most ambitious road-building project ever undertaken in the United…Lancaster Sound
(Encyclopedia) Lancaster Sound, arm of Baffin Bay, c.200 mi (320 km) long and 40 mi (60 km) wide, Nunavut Territory, Canada. It extends west between Devon and Baffin islands and is part of the…Laodicea
(Encyclopedia) LaodiceaLaodicealāōdˌĭsēˈə [key], name of several Greek cities of Asia and Asia Minor built by the Seleucids in the 3d cent. b.c. The most important, Laodicea ad Lycum, was N of…Kill Van Kull
(Encyclopedia) Kill Van KullKill Van Kullkĭl văn kŭl [key], channel, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and .5 mi (.8 km) wide, connecting Upper New York Bay with Newark Bay, between Bayonne, N.J., and Staten Island…Debir
(Encyclopedia) DebirDebirdēˈbər [key], in the Bible. 1 King of Eglon. 2 City, ancient Palestine, WSW of Hebron, on the main caravan route to Egypt. Also called Kirjath-sannah and Kirjath-sepher. 3…Arabian Sea
(Encyclopedia) Arabian Sea, ancient Mare Erythraeum, northwest part of the Indian Ocean, lying between Arabia and India. The Gulf of Aden, extended by the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman, extended by…Sarapul
(Encyclopedia) SarapulSarapulsəräˈp&oomacr;l [key], city (1989 pop. 110,000), E European Russia, in the Udmurt Republic, on the Kama River. It is a rail junction on the Moscow-Yekaterinburg line…Bab el Mandeb
(Encyclopedia) Bab el MandebBab el Mandebbăb ĕl mănˈdĕb [key] [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from…Pepi II
(Encyclopedia) Pepi IIPepi IIpāˈpē [key], d. c.2185 b.c., king of ancient Egypt, of the VI dynasty. His reign (c.2275–c.2185 b.c.) is the longest recorded in history. It was successful because the…Vychegda
(Encyclopedia) VychegdaVychegdavĭˈchĕgdä [key], river, c.700 mi (1,130 km) long, rising in several headstreams in the Urals, NE European Russia, and flowing generally W into the Northern Dvina River…Trending
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