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Cardamom Hills, mountains, India

(Encyclopedia) Cardamom HillsCardamom Hillskärˈdəməm [key], range, c.4,000 ft (1,220 m) high, c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), Kerala state, southern tip of India. Tea, coffee, teak, bamboo, turmeric,…

Maryland

Maryland State Information Capital: Annapolis Official Name: State of Maryland Organized as a Territory: 1632 Entered Union & Rank: April 28, 1788 (7th of the original 13 states) Present…

Howard COBLE, Congress, NC (1931)

COBLE Howard , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., March 18, 1931; attended Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., 1949-1950; A.B., Guilford…

Pocatello

(Encyclopedia) PocatelloPocatellopōkətĕlˈō [key], city (1990 pop. 46,080), seat of Bannock co., SE Idaho, between mountains on the Portneuf River near its junction with the Snake (there dammed to…

Hakone

(Encyclopedia) HakoneHakonehäˌkōˈnā [key], resort region, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. Famous for its mountains, lakes, and hot springs, it is included in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park…

Ayolas, Juan de

(Encyclopedia) Ayolas, Juan deAyolas, Juan dehwän dā äyōˈläs [key], d. 1537?, Spanish conquistador, explorer of the Río de la Plata country. He accompanied Pedro de Mendoza on his expedition of 1535–…

Hevelius, Johannes

(Encyclopedia) Hevelius, JohannesHevelius, Johannesyōhänˈəs hāvāˈlē&oobreve;s [key], 1611–87, Polish astronomer, b. Danzig. From a finely equipped observatory in his house at Danzig, assisted by…

zither

(Encyclopedia) zitherzitherzĭthˈər [key], stringed musical instrument, derived from the psaltery and the dulcimer. It has a flat sound box over which are stretched from 30 to 45 strings; these are…

Altai

(Encyclopedia) Altai or AltayAltayboth: ăltīˈ, äl–, ălˈtī, Rus. əltīˈ [key], geologically complex mountain system of central Asia; largely in the Altai Republic, Russia, and in Kazakhstan, but…

El Paso

(Encyclopedia) El Paso El Paso ĕl păˈsō [key], city (2020 pop. 678,815), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on…