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(Encyclopedia) WaukeganWaukeganwôkēˈgən [key], residential and industrial city (1990 pop. 69,392), seat of Lake co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1859. It has a good harbor and is the first port…Wagley, Charles Walter
(Encyclopedia) Wagley, Charles WalterWagley, Charles Walterwăgˈlē [key], 1913–91, American anthropologist, b. Clarksville, Tex., grad. Columbia (Ph.D., 1941). He began teaching at Columbia in 1940,…Shawnee, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) ShawneeShawneeshôˌnēˈ [key] or ShawanoShawneeshôˈwənō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see…Yunus, Muhammad
(Encyclopedia) Yunus, Muhammad, 1940–, Bangladeshi economist and banker, b. Chittagong (then in British India), grad. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. (Ph.D. 1971). Yunus, who taught economics in…Wichita, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) WichitaWichitawĭchˈĭtô [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Caddoan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly…Raabe, Wilhelm
(Encyclopedia) Raabe, WilhelmRaabe, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm räˈbə [key], 1831–1910, German novelist, whose pseudonym was Jakob Corvinus. At 23 he began to write novels and tales of village life; the charming…Abu-Simbel
(Encyclopedia) Abu-SimbelAbu-Simbeläˌb&oomacr;-sĭmˈbəl [key] or IpsambulIpsambulĭpˈsämb&oomacr;lˈ [key], village, S Egypt, on the Nile River. Its two temples were hewn (c.1250 b.c.) out of…Essex, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Essex. <1> Town (2020 pop. 6,733), Middlesex co., SE Conn., in the Connecticut River Valley. Three villages are incorporated into…Eleusis
(Encyclopedia) EleusisEleusisĭl&oomacr;ˈsĭs [key], ancient city of Attica, Greece, 12 mi (20 km) NW of Athens. Through ancient times it was the seat of the Eleusinian Mysteries. There was a large…Gunsan
(Encyclopedia) Gunsan or Kunsan Gunsan g&oobreve;nˈsänˈ [key], Jap. Gunzan, city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW…Trending
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