(Encyclopedia) Port-au-PrincePort-au-Princepôrt-ə-prĭnsˈ, Fr. pôr-tō-prăNsˈ [key], city (1995 est. pop. 846,200), capital of Haiti, SW Haiti, on a bay at the end of the Gulf of Gonâve. The country's…
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Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S.
The Mi'kmaq lived on the island before Europeans arrived. Jacques…
(Encyclopedia) Prince William Sound, large, irregular, islanded inlet of the Gulf of Alaska, S Alaska, E of the Kenai peninsula. It has many bays and good harbors; the large Columbia Glacier flows…
(Encyclopedia) Saionji, Kimmochi, PrinceSaionji, Kimmochi, Princekēmōˈchē sīōnˈjē [key], 1850–1940, Japanese statesman. He took part in the Meiji restoration, then spent 10 years in France, absorbing…
(Encyclopedia) Souvanna Phouma, PrinceSouvanna Phouma, Princes&oomacr;väˈnä f&oomacr;ˈmä [key], 1901–84, government official of Laos. Of royal descent, he was trained as an engineer. From…
PRINCE, Charles Henry, a Representative from Georgia; born in Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine, May 9, 1837; attended local schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; appointed postmaster in 1861…
PRINCE, George Washington, a Representative from Illinois; born in Tazewell County, Ill., March 4, 1854; attended the public schools; was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., in 1878…
