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Chester Bidwell DARRALL, Congress, LA (1842-1908)

DARRALL Chester Bidwell , a Representative from Louisiana; born near Addison, Somerset County, Pa., June 24, 1842; attended the common schools; studied medicine and was graduated from the Albany (…

Maracaibo, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Maracaibo, Lake, largest lake of South America, c.5,100 sq mi (13,210 sq km), NW Venezuela, extending c.110 mi (180 km) inland. A strait, 34 mi (55 km) long, connects it with the Gulf…

Jalalabad

(Encyclopedia) JalalabadJalalabadjəläˌläbädˈ, jəlălˈəbăd [key], city (1979 pop. 53,915), capital of Nangarhar prov., E Afghanistan, near the Khyber Pass. The city dominates the entrances to the…

Sinaloa

(Encyclopedia) SinaloaSinaloasēnälōˈä [key], state (1990 pop. 2,204,054), 22,582 sq mi (58,487 sq km), W Mexico, on the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean. Culiacán is the capital. A long,…

San Luis Potosí, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) San Luis PotosíSan Luis Potosísän l&oomacr;ēsˈ pōtōsēˈ [key], state (1990 pop. 2,003,187), 24,417 sq mi (63,240 sq km), central Mexico. San Luis Potosí is the capital. Most of the…

brandy

(Encyclopedia) brandy [for brandywine, from Du.,=burnt, i.e., distilled, wine], strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or from marc, the residue of the wine press. The most noted brandy is…

Hispaniola

(Encyclopedia) HispaniolaHispaniolahĭsˌpănyōˈlə [key], Span. EspañolaHispaniolaĕspänyōˈlä [key], second largest island of the West Indies, 29,530 sq mi (76,483 sq km), between Cuba and Puerto Rico.…

Junagadh

(Encyclopedia) JunagadhJunagadhj&oomacr;ˈnəgädˌ [key] or JunagarhJunagarh–gärˌ [key], former principality, Kathiawar peninsula, W India, on the Arabian Sea. The region of Junagadh became a…

Saipan

(Encyclopedia) SaipanSaipansīˈpăn, sīpänˈ [key], volcanic island (2010 pop. 48,220), 47 sq mi (122 sq km), W Pacific, capital of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is mountainous; the highest peak is…

Okeechobee, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Okeechobee, LakeOkeechobee, Lakeōˌkēchōˈbē [key], c.700 sq mi (1,810 sq km), SE Fla., N of the Everglades; third largest freshwater lake and fourth largest lake wholly within the…