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Grand Junction
(Encyclopedia)Grand Junction, city (2020 pop. 65,560), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The shipping and pro...Grand Marnier
(Encyclopedia)Grand Marnier: see liqueur.Grand Prairie
(Encyclopedia)Grand Prairie, city (2020 pop. 196,100), Dallas and Tarrant counties, N Tex., halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth; inc. 1909. Located in a highly urba...Grand-Pré
(Encyclopedia)Grand-Pré grăn-prā, Fr. gräN-prā [key] [Fr.,=large field], village, W central N.S., Canada, on an arm of the Bay of Fundy. The area is famous for having been an early settlement of the Acadians, ...Grand Rapids
(Encyclopedia)Grand Rapids. <1> City (2020 pop. 198,917), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the stat...Combin, Grand
(Encyclopedia)Combin, Grand gräN kôNbăNˈ [key], peak, 14,164 ft (4,317 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps, near the Italian border. ...indictment
(Encyclopedia)indictment ĭndītˈmənt [key], in criminal law, formal written accusation naming specific persons and crimes. Persons suspected of crime may be rendered liable to trial by indictment, by presentment...Newfoundland and Labrador, province, Canada
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Newfoundland and Labrador nyo͞oˈfənlənd, nyo͞ofənlăndˈ; lăbˈrədôrˌ [key], province (2001 pop. 512,930), 156,185 sq mi (404,519 sq km), E Canada. The province consists of the island...Schwerin
(Encyclopedia)Schwerin shvārēnˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 122,189), capital of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania state, N central Germany, on Schwerin Lake. It is the commercial, industrial, and transportation center of...Grand Coulee Dam
(Encyclopedia)Grand Coulee Dam ko͞oˈlē [key], 550 ft (168 m) high and 4,173 ft (1,272 m) long, on the Columbia ...Browse by Subject
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