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Illampú
(Encyclopedia) IllampúIllampúēyämp&oomacr;ˈ [key], peak, 21,276 ft (6,485 m) high, in the Cordillera Real of the Bolivian Andes, E Bolivia. Although lower than the adjacent peak, Ancohuma (21,489…Ashtabula
(Encyclopedia) Ashtabula Ashtabula ăshˌtəby&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled…Li T'ang
(Encyclopedia) Li T'angLi T'anglē täng [key], c.1050–1130, Chinese painter of the Sung dynasty. A leader of the academy founded by the Emperor Hui-tsung, he established a mode of painting that was…Buzzards Bay
(Encyclopedia) Buzzards Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi (48 km) long, from 5 to 10 mi (8–16 m) wide, SE Mass., connected with Cape Cod Bay by…Valmy
(Encyclopedia) ValmyValmyvälmēˈ [key], village (1993 est. pop. 293), Marne dept., NE France, in the Argonne region. The “cannonade of Valmy,” a Franco-Prussian artillery skirmish, was fought near…Woomera
(Encyclopedia) WoomeraWoomeraw&oomacr;ˈmərə [key], village (2016 pop. 146), South Australia, S Australia, near Lake Torrens. It is located within the large Woomera Range Complex, which includes…West Warwick
(Encyclopedia) West WarwickWest Warwickwôrˈwĭk, –ˈĭk [key], town (1990 pop. 29,268), Kent co., central R.I., on the Pawtuxet River; set off from Warwick and inc. 1913. Once important for textile…Taylor
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, city (1990 pop. 70,811), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit adjacent to Dearborn; founded 1847 as a township, inc. as a city 1968. A small rural village until World War…Sarez, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Sarez, Lake, 37 mi (60 km) long, on the Murgab River, E central Tajikistan, in the Pamir 80 mi (129 km) NE of Khorugh. Sarez was formed (1911) when an earthquake caused a landslide…Perov, Vasily Grigoryevich
(Encyclopedia) Perov, Vasily GrigoryevichPerov, Vasily Grigoryevichvəsēˈlyē grĭgôrˈyəvĭch pyĭrôfˈ [key], 1833–82, Russian historical, genre, and portrait painter. He was the leader of the realist…Trending
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