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Faridpur

(Encyclopedia) Faridpur Faridpur fərēdˈpoŏr [key], town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a…

Eunice, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Eunice Eunice y&oomacr;ˈnĭs [key], city (2020 pop. 9,422), St. Landry parish, S central La.; inc…

Stuttgart, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) StuttgartStuttgartstŭtˈgärt, –gərt [key], city (1990 pop. 10,420), a seat of Arkansas co., E central Ark.; inc. 1889. It is a trade and processing center of a rice-growing area.…

Bahraich

(Encyclopedia) Bahraich Bahraich bärīchˈ [key], city, Uttar Pradesh state, NE India, on the Saryu River. A district…

Ewing, William Maurice

(Encyclopedia) Ewing, William Maurice, 1906–74, American oceanographer and geologist, b. Lackney, Tex., grad. Rice Institute, now Rice Univ. (B.S., 1926; M.A., 1927; Ph.D., 1931). He taught physics…

Chuck Norris

(Carlos Ray Norris)actor, athleteBorn: 3/10/1940Birthplace: Ryan, Oklahoma Norris won the World Middleweight Karate Championship seven times before entering the entertainment business. He is famous…

Francis KINLOCH, Congress, SC (1755-1826)

KINLOCH, Francis, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., March 7, 1755; educated by private tutors; went to England in 1768 and entered Eton College, from which institution…

Muzaffarpur

(Encyclopedia) MuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurm&oobreve;zŭfˈfəräp&oobreve;r [key], city (1991 pop. 241,107), Bihar state, NE India, on the Burhi Gandak River. It is the district administrative center…

Nakatsu

(Encyclopedia) NakatsuNakatsunäkäˈts&oomacr; [key], city (1990 pop. 66,388), Oita prefecture, NE Kyushu, Japan, on the Suo Sea at the mouth of the Yamakuni River. It is a commercial center and…

Thon Buri

(Encyclopedia) Thon BuriThon Buritŭn b&oobreve;rˈē [key], district of metropolitan Bangkok, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, Thailand. It is a center of rice milling, sawmilling, and…