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Blue Ridge

(Encyclopedia) Blue Ridge, eastern range of the Appalachian Mts., extending south from S Pa. to N Ga.; highest mountains in the E United States. Mt. Mitchell, 6,684 ft (2,037 m) high, is the tallest…

Cartagena, city, Colombia

(Encyclopedia) Cartagena Cartagena kärtähāˈnä [key], city, capital of Bolívar dept., NW Colombia, a port on the…

Trabzon

(Encyclopedia) TrabzonTrabzonträbˌzōnˈ [key] or TrebizondTrabzontrĕbˈĭzŏndˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 144,805), capital of Trabzon prov., NE Turkey, a port on the Black Sea. A commercial and…

English Borrows from Spanish

New World encounters bring new words by David Johnson Related Links Types of Spanish Explained Columbus's Unknown Legacy Spain Latin America Languages in the…

Izmir

(Encyclopedia) Izmir Izmir ĭzmīrˈ [key], formerly Smyrna Izmir…

September 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-Month World NATO and U.N. Agree on K.L.A. Role (Sept. 2): Part of Kosovo Liberation Army will be allowed to survive as lightly armed civilian emergency force. Middle East…