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(Encyclopedia) LatinaLatinalätēˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 106,203), capital of Latina prov., in Latium, central Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is an industrial, commercial, and agricultural…Kemi
(Encyclopedia) KemiKemikĕˈmē [key], city (1996 pop. 24,633), Lapland prov., W central Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the Kemijoki River. An old trading post, it was chartered in 1869…Long Island University
(Encyclopedia) Long Island University, main campus at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1926, opened 1927. It also includes C. W. Post College (est. 1954) at Brookville, Long Island, a campus…Davenport, Charles Benedict
(Encyclopedia) Davenport, Charles BenedictDavenport, Charles Benedictdăvˈənpôrtˌ [key], 1866–1944, American zoologist, b. Stamford, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1892. As director (1904–34) of the…Houma
(Encyclopedia) Houma Houma hōˈmə [key], city (2020 pop. 33,406), seat of Terrebonne parish, SE La.; inc…Qeqertarsuaq
(Encyclopedia) QeqertarsuaqQeqertarsuaqkĕkˌĕrtärs&oomacr;ˈäk [key], formerly GodhavnGodhavngôᵺˈhoun [key], town (1996 pop. 1,095), Qeqertarsuaq dist., W Greenland, on Disko Island; founded in…Port Hueneme
(Encyclopedia) Port HuenemePort Huenemewīˌnēˈmē [key], city (1990 pop. 20,319), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; founded 1870, inc. 1948. It has an artificial deep-sea harbor and is the…Avalon Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Avalon Peninsula, 3,579 sq mi (9,270 sq km), SE N.L., Canada, on Newfoundland. It is nearly divided at its center by Conception Bay and St. Mary's Bay. The peninsula is the most…Northwich
(Encyclopedia) NorthwichNorthwichnôrthˈwĭch [key], town (1991 pop. 32,664), Cheshire West and Chester, W central England, at the confluence of the Weaver and Dane rivers. Northwich was once the…Snowdon
(Encyclopedia) Snowdon, Welsh Yr Wyddfa, highest mountain of Wales, 3,560 ft (1,085 m) high, Gwynedd, NW Wales. Its five peaks are separated by passes. There is a rack and pinion railway (opened 1896…Trending
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