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(Encyclopedia) ShaanxiShaanxishänˈshēˈ [key] or ShensiShaanxishĕnˈsēˈ [key] [west of the mountain passes], province (2010 pop. 37,327,378), c.76,000 sq mi (196,840 sq km), N central China. Xi'an is…Hangzhou
(Encyclopedia) HangzhouHangzhouhangˈjōˈ [key] or HangchowHangzhouhăngˈchou [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,184,300), capital of Zhejiang prov., E China. It is on the Fuchun River at the head of…Erie, Lake
(Encyclopedia) Erie, Lake, 9,940 sq mi (25,745 sq km), 241 mi (388 km) long and from 30 to 57 mi (48–92 km) wide, bordered on the N by S Ont., Canada, on the E by W N.Y., on the S by NW Pa. and N…Staten Island
(Encyclopedia) Staten Island (1990 pop. 378,977), 59 sq mi (160 sq km), SE N.Y., in New York Bay, SW of Manhattan, forming Richmond co. of New York state and the borough of Staten Island of New York…Rabin, Yitzhak
(Encyclopedia) Rabin, YitzhakRabin, Yitzhakyĭtskhäkˈ räbēnˈ [key], 1922–95, Israeli general and statesman, b. Jerusalem, the first native-born prime minister of Israel (1974–77, 1992–95). His…Odisha
(Encyclopedia) OdishaOdishaŏdĭshˈə [key], formerly OrissaOrissaərĭsˈə, ō– [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 36,706,920), 60,162 sq mi (155,820 sq km), E India, on the Bay of Bengal. Bhubaneswar is…Fujian
(Encyclopedia) Fujian Fujian f&oomacr;ˈjēĕnˈ [key] or Fukien Fujian…Lucerne
(Encyclopedia) LucerneLucernel&oomacr;sûrnˈ [key], Ger. LuzernLucernel&oomacr;tsĕrnˈ [key], canton (1993 pop. 331,800), 576 sq mi (1,492 sq km), central Switzerland. Drained by the Reuss and…Logos
(Encyclopedia) LogosLogoslōˈgŏs [key] [Gr.,=word], in Greek and Hebrew metaphysics, the unifying principle of the world. The central idea of the Logos is that it links God and man, hence any system…Sierra Madre, mountain system, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Sierra MadreSierra Madresyāˈrä mäˈᵺrā [key], chief mountain system of Mexico, consisting of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, and the Sierra Madre del Sur and…Trending
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