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gecko

(Encyclopedia) geckogeckogĕkˈō [key], small or medium-sized lizard of the family Gekkonidae. Some 1,500 species are distributed throughout the warm regions of the world, mostly in the Old World.…

Cape Town

(Encyclopedia) Cape Town or Capetown, city, legislative capital of South Africa, capital of Western Cape prov., and seat of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality; a port on the Atlantic…

Warwickshire

(Encyclopedia) WarwickshireWarwickshirewŏˈrĭkshĭr [key], county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick. Warwickshire is divided into five…

Abu Dhabi

(Encyclopedia) Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi äˈb&oomacr; ᵺäˈbē, zä–, dä– [key], Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom, c.26,000 sq mi (67,300 sq km), part of the federation of seven…

Dover, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Dover. 1 City (2020 pop. 39,403), state capital, and seat of Kent co., central Del., on the St. Jones River; founded 1683 on orders of…

Galveston

(Encyclopedia) Galveston Galveston gălˈvəstən [key], city (2020 pop. 50,546), seat of Galveston co., on Galveston…

Vancouver, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border. It is the largest…

magnetic levitation

(Encyclopedia) magnetic levitation or maglevmaglevmăgˈlĕv [key], support and often propulsion of objects or vehicles by the use of magnets. The magnets used in magnetic levitation suspend an object…

virtual reality

(Encyclopedia) virtual reality (VR) or virtual environment (VE), computer-generated environment with and within which people can interact. The advantage of VR is that it can immerse people in an…

Florida Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Florida, commonly referred to as the Sunshine State, is situated in the southeastern region of the United States. Covering an area of over 65,000 square miles, it is the 22nd largest state in the U.S…