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pipe smoking

(Encyclopedia) pipe smoking. The habit of smoking various substances probably arose independently in different parts of the world. Herodotus in the 5th cent. b.c. describes the Scythians as inhaling…

Huron, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) HuronHuronhy&oobreve;rˈänˌ [key], confederation of four Native North American groups who spoke the Wyandot language, which belongs to the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan…

Tionontati

(Encyclopedia) Tionontati: see Tobacco Nation.

Santiago de los Caballeros

(Encyclopedia) Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago de los Caballerossäntyäˈgō [key]Santiago de los Caballerosdā lōs käbäyāˈrōs [key], city (1993 pop. 364,859), N Dominican Republic, on the Yaque del…

Sanford

(Encyclopedia) Sanford. 1 City (1990 pop. 32,387), seat of Seminole co., central Fla., on Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River; inc. 1877. It is an agricultural center where citrus fruit and…

Samsun

(Encyclopedia) SamsunSamsunsäms&oomacr;nˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 301,412), capital of Samsun prov., N Turkey, on the Black Sea. The most important Turkish port on the Black Sea, it is also a…

Duke, James Buchanan

(Encyclopedia) Duke, James Buchanan, 1856–1925, American industrialist, processor of tobacco products, b. near Durham, N.C. The Civil War left the Duke family poor, but James and his brother,…

Greeneville

(Encyclopedia) Greeneville, town (2020 pop. 15,479), seat of Greene co., NE Tenn., in a tobacco, dairy, and cattle area; founded 1783, inc. 1875. It is…

Simcoe

(Encyclopedia) Simcoe, town (1991 pop. 15,539), S Ont., Canada, on the Lynn River SW of Hamilton. It is a market center for a region producing fruit, vegetables, and tobacco. There are food-…

Dübendorf

(Encyclopedia) Dübendorf Dübendorf düˈbəndôrfˌ [key], town, Zürich canton, NE Switzerland. Tobacco products and…