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(Encyclopedia) Satu-MareSatu-Maresäˈt&oomacr;-mäˈrĕ [key], Hung. Szatmárnémeti or Szatmár, city (1990 pop. 137,723), NW Romania, in Crişana-Maramureş, on the Someşul River, near the Hungarian…Schenck, Robert Cumming
(Encyclopedia) Schenck, Robert CummingSchenck, Robert Cummingskĕngk [key], 1809–90, American politician and diplomat, Union general in the Civil War, b. Franklin, Ohio. He studied law and practiced…Gelsenkirchen
(Encyclopedia) Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen gĕlˌzənkĭrkhˈən [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, a port on…Freycinet, Charles de
(Encyclopedia) Freycinet, Charles deFreycinet, Charles deshärl də frāsēnāˈ [key], 1828–1923, French statesman. A mining engineer, he helped Léon Gambetta organize resistance to the Germans during the…Gallup
(Encyclopedia) Gallup, town (2020 pop. 21,899), alt. 6,515 ft (1,986 m), seat of McKinley co., NW N.Mex., on the Puerco River near the Ariz. line; inc…Calvin, Melvin
(Encyclopedia) Calvin, Melvin, 1911–97, American organic chemist and educator, b. St. Paul, Minn., grad. Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1931, Ph.D. Univ. of Minnesota, 1935. In 1937 he…Bruay-la-Buissière
(Encyclopedia) Bruay-la-Buissière Bruay-la-Buissière brüĕˈ-lä-bwēsyĕrˈ [key], formerly Bruay-en-Artois…Zacatecas, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia) Zacatecas, city (1990 pop. 100,051), capital of Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. With an altitude of more than 8,000 ft (2,438 m), it is situated in a deep ravine surrounded by arid…Cerro de Pasco
(Encyclopedia) Cerro de Pasco Cerro de Pasco sĕrˈrō ᵺā päsˈkō [key], city, capital of…Anchorage
(Encyclopedia) Anchorage Anchorage ăngˈkərĭj [key], city (2020 pop. 291,247), Anchorage census div., S central Alaska, a port at the head of Cook Inlet; inc. 1920. It is…Trending
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