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(Encyclopedia)Willamette wĭlămˈət [key], river, 294 mi (473 km) long, rising in several headstreams in the Cascade Range, W Oregon. It flows N past Eugene, Salem, and Portland to the Columbia River just NW of P...Reed College
(Encyclopedia)Reed College, at Portland, Oreg.; coeducational; inc. 1908, opened 1911 through a bequest from Mr. and Mrs. Simeon G. Reed. Reed is noted for its program of natural sciences and for its system of tuto...Natal, former province, South Africa
(Encyclopedia)Natal nətălˈ [key], former province, South Africa: see KwaZulu-Natal. ...Foreland, North, and South Foreland
(Encyclopedia)Foreland, North, and South Foreland, headlands of Kent, SE England, forming parts of the boundary of The Downs (a roadstead). South Foreland is 4 mi (6.4 km) NE of Dover, and North Foreland is near Ma...Downs, North, and South Downs
(Encyclopedia)Downs, North, and South Downs, parallel ranges of chalk hills, SE England. They rise to 965 ft (294 m) at Leith Hill, Surrey. The North Downs range, extending c.100 mi (160 km) from near Farnham, Surr...Common Market of the South
(Encyclopedia)Common Market of the South: see Mercosur. ...Uist, North, and South Uist
(Encyclopedia)Uist, North yo͞oˈĭst, o͞oˈ– [key], and South Uist, islands, two of the Outer Hebrides, Western Isles council area, NW Scotland. North Uist (1985 est. pop. 3,300), is 18 mi (29 km) long and 13 m...South Holland, village, United States
(Encyclopedia)South Holland, village (1990 pop. 22,105), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1846 by Dutch, inc. 1894.Beveland, North, and South Beveland
(Encyclopedia)Beveland, North, and South Beveland bāˈvəlänt [key], peninsula developed from the above former islands, Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, in the Scheldt estuary. As a result of Dutch plans for a delt...Beaverton
(Encyclopedia)Beaverton, city (2020 pop. 99,561), Washington co., NW Oreg., a suburb of Portland, in a farm area; inc. 1893. Beaverton is the heart of the Silicon For...Browse by Subject
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