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Cameroon, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Cameroon, MountCameroon, Mountkămˈər&oomacr;n [key], active volcano, 13,354 ft (4,070 m) high, in the Cameroon Highlands, W Cameroon; highest point in W Africa. The mountain and…

Babol

(Encyclopedia) Babol Babol bäbōlˈ [key], town, N Iran, near the Caspian Sea, NE of Tehran. It is the…

Repplier, Agnes

(Encyclopedia) Repplier, AgnesRepplier, Agnesrĕpˈlēr [key], 1858–1950, American essayist, b. Philadelphia. Her essays, esteemed for their scholarship and wit, are collected in several volumes,…

Hartford Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Hartford Foundation, fund established (1929) by retail food merchants John A. Hartford (1872–1951) and George L. Hartford (1864–1957) of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A…

Hsinchu

(Encyclopedia) Hsinchu or Hsin-chu Hsinchu both: shĭnˈj&oomacr;ˈ [key], city, NW Taiwan. The city and surrounding…

Dehradun

(Encyclopedia) Dehradun Dehradun dârˈəd&oomacr;n [key], city, capital of Uttarakhand state, N central India…

catnip

(Encyclopedia) catnip or catmint, strong-scented perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) of the family Labiatae (mint family), native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in the United States. A tea of the…

Price, Kenneth

(Encyclopedia) Price, Kenneth, 1935–2012, American ceramic artist, b. Los Angeles, grad. Univ. of Southern California (B.F.A., 1956), New York State College of Ceramics (M.F.A., 1959). Obliterating…

Adjarian Autonomous Republic

(Encyclopedia) Adjarian Autonomous Republic or Ajarian Autonomous Republic Ajarian Autonomous Republic both: əjärˈēən [key], formerly Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist…

Mawlamyine

(Encyclopedia) MawlamyineMawlamyinemôˌləmīnˈ [key] or Moulmein,Moulmein,m&oobreve;lmānˈ, mōl– [key], city (1983 pop. 219,991), SE Myanmar, near the mouth of the Thanlwin (Salween) River; the…