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Nouméa
(Encyclopedia) NouméaNouméan&oomacr;māäˈ [key], town (1992 est. pop. 75,000), chief port and capital of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, on New Caledonia island, South Pacific.…Mogilev
(Encyclopedia) MogilevMogilevməgēlyôfˈ [key], Belarusian Mahilyow, city (1989 pop. 359,188), capital of Mogilev region, in E Belarus, on the Dnieper River. It is an important rail and highway…Massachuset
(Encyclopedia) MassachusetMassachusetmăsəch&oomacr;ˈsĭt [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native…Pike, Albert
(Encyclopedia) Pike, Albert, 1809–91, American lawyer, Confederate general in the Civil War, b. Boston. He settled (1832) in Arkansas, where he became a newspaper editor and a lawyer. He was a…Petropavlovsk, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia) PetropavlovskPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk [key] or Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk, [key]Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskikəmchätˈskē [key], city (1989 pop. 269,000),…Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of
(Encyclopedia) Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of, d. 1176, English nobleman, also known as Richard Strongbow. He went as an adventurer (1170) to Ireland at the request of the hard-pressed Dermot…Dhekelia
(Encyclopedia) DhekeliaDhekeliathĕkälˈyä [key], Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, or Eastern Sovereign Base Area, British military base (2004 est. pop. 7,200), c.51 sq mi (131 sq km), SE Cyprus, on…Cherokee Strip
(Encyclopedia) Cherokee Strip or Cherokee Outlet, a narrow piece of land in N Oklahoma. Bounded on the north by the Kansas border, it has an area of more than 6 million acres (2.4 million hectares).…Gibault, Pierre
(Encyclopedia) Gibault, PierreGibault, Pierrepyĕr zhēbōˈ [key], 1737–1804, Roman Catholic missionary priest in America, patriot in the American Revolution, b. Montreal. He was sent (1768) to the…Ahmad al-Mansur
(Encyclopedia) Ahmad al-MansurAhmad al-Mansuräˈməd äl-mäns&oomacr;rˈ, Arabic äkhmädˈ [key] [al-Mansur,=the victorious], d. 1603, emir of Morocco (1578–1603). Proclaimed ruler after his brother's…Trending
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