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(Encyclopedia) SkokieSkokieskōˈkē [key], village (1990 pop. 59,432), Cook co., NE Ill., an industrial suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1888. Its varied products include communications, computer, and…Azay-le-Rideau
(Encyclopedia) Azay-le-RideauAzay-le-Rideauäzāˈ–lə–rēdōˈ [key], village (1993 est. pop. 3,116), Indre-et-Loire dept., N central France, in Touraine. It is the center of a wine-producing area and has…Colville, river, United States
(Encyclopedia) Colville, river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising in the De Long Mts. of the Brooks Range, NW Alaska, and flowing across the tundra, east then north, to the Arctic Ocean. All of its…Ganesa
(Encyclopedia) GanesaGanesagənāˈsə [key], b. 1507, d. after 1564, Indian astronomer. As a boy of 13 in a village N of Mumbai, Ganesa wrote a treatise on astronomy, the Grahalaghava, which has often…Great Neck
(Encyclopedia) Great Neck, village (2020 pop. 10,203), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, a primarily residential suburb of New…Andersonville
(Encyclopedia) Andersonville, village (2020 pop. 215), SW Ga., near Americus; inc. 1881. In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, tens of thousands of Union soldiers were…Grafton
(Encyclopedia) Grafton. <1> Town (2020 pop. 19,664), Worcester co., S central Mass.; built on the site of a Native American village; est. by…Marathon
(Encyclopedia) MarathonMarathonmârˈəthŏn [key], village and plain, ancient Greece, 20 mi (32 km) NE of Athens. Here the Athenians and Plataeans under Miltiades defeated a Persian army in 490 b.c. (…Delaherche, Félix Auguste
(Encyclopedia) Delaherche, Félix AugusteDelaherche, Félix Augustefālēksˈ ōgüstˈ dəläârshˈ [key], 1857–1940, French potter. He is considered the greatest ceramist since Bernard Palissy. Working alone…Khatanga
(Encyclopedia) KhatangaKhatangakhətänˈgə [key], river, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia, formed by the union of the Kotui and the Kheta rivers. From the Kotui it is c.715 mi (1,150 km…Trending
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