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(Encyclopedia) NantucketNantucketnăntŭkˈĭt [key], island, c.14 mi (23 km) long, from 3 to 6 mi (4.8–9.6 km) wide, SE Mass., lying c.25 mi (40 km) S of Cape Cod, from which it is separated by…Meath
(Encyclopedia) MeathMeathmēth, mēᵺ [key], county (1991 pop. 105,370), 903 sq mi (2,339 sq km), E Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Navan. The land is mostly level, being a part of the central…Galway, county, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) Galway Galway gôlˈwā [key], county, 2,293 sq mi (5,939 sq km), W Republic of Ireland. The…Çatalhöyük
(Encyclopedia) ÇatalhöyükÇatalhöyükchätäalˈhöyükˈ [key] or ÇatalhüyükÇatalhöyük–hü– [key], Neolithic settlement on the Konya Plain in S Turkey that flourished c.6500–c.5800 b.c. The site, first…Udaipur
(Encyclopedia) UdaipurUdaipur&oomacr;dĭp&oobreve;rˈ, &oomacr;dīˈp&oobreve;r [key] or MewarUdaipurmāwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India.…Yazoo
(Encyclopedia) YazooYazooyăzˈ&oomacr; [key], river, 188 mi (303 km) long, formed in W central Miss. by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha rivers. Prevented by natural levees from…South Manchurian Railway
(Encyclopedia) South Manchurian Railway, Japanese-developed enterprise, with a trackage of 701 mi (1128 km). The line from Changchun to Lüshun (Port Arthur), originally belonging to the Russian-built…porgy
(Encyclopedia) porgyporgypôrˈgē [key], common name for members of the Sparidae, a family of small-mouthed fishes with strong teeth adapted for crushing their food of shellfish and crustaceans.…Federal Communications Commission
(Encyclopedia) Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public…torpedo boat
(Encyclopedia) torpedo boat, small fast warship built specially for using the torpedo as a means of attack. The first modern torpedo boat was the Lightning, built for the British navy in 1877 by the…Trending
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