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São Luís

(Encyclopedia)São Luís souN lo͞oēshˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 781,068), capital of Maranhão state, NE Brazil. It is a port city located on São Luís Island in São Marcos Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. São Luís ...

Bandinelli, Bartolomeo

(Encyclopedia)Bandinelli, Bartolomeo bätˈchō [key], 1493?–1560, Florentine sculptor and painter; son of a goldsmith. He attempted to emulate Michelangelo, and derived from him a strong interest in musculature....

Winthrop, Robert Charles

(Encyclopedia)Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809–94, American statesman, b. Boston. He studied law under Daniel Webster, was admitted (1831) to the bar, and was (1835–41) a Whig member of the Massachusetts legislat...

Bourdelle, Émile Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Bourdelle, Émile Antoine āmēlˈ äNtwänˈ bo͞ordĕlˈ [key], 1861–1929, French sculptor; son of a cabinetmaker of Montauban. He went to Paris in 1884, where he studied successively under Falgui...

Sioux City

(Encyclopedia)Sioux City, city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shipping, wholesale trade, and industrial ce...

Biscayne Bay

(Encyclopedia)Biscayne Bay bĭskānˈ [key], shallow, narrow inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40 mi (60 km) long, SE Fla. Famous resort areas, including Miami and Miami Beach, are on the NW and NE respectively. Touri...

Bennington

(Encyclopedia)Bennington, town (2020 pop. 15,333), seat of Bennington co., SW Vt.; chartered 1749, settled 1761. It includes the villages of North Bennington and Old ...

White Sands

(Encyclopedia)White Sands, uninhabited desert area, S central N.Mex. It is a center for U.S. military-weapons research and testing. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was exploded at Holloman Air Force Base (f...

Hay, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Hay, river, c.530 mi (850 km) long, rising in several headstreams in NE British Columbia and NW Alta., Canada, and flowing generally NE through NW Alta., over Alexander Falls, and into Great Slave Lak...

Gardena, Val

(Encyclopedia)Gardena, Val väl gärdāˈnä [key], Alpine valley, c.15 mi (25 km) long, in the Dolomites, Trentino–Alto Adige, N Italy. Its scenery attracts many tourists. Ortisei is the best-known resort. ...