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The Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge Opens May 27, 1937 by Marcus McGraw Source: Wide World PhotosEven with views of the Pacific Ocean on one side and vistas of the city of San Francisco on the other, these days…

Dolgellau

(Encyclopedia) Dolgellau Dolgellau dôlgĕthˈlī, –gĕlˈī [key], town, Gwynedd, W Wales,…

Gullfoss

(Encyclopedia) GullfossGullfossgüˈtəlfôsˌ [key], waterfall, c.100 ft (30 m) high, in the Hvítá River, SW Iceland. It is a popular tourist attraction.

Heredia

(Encyclopedia) Heredia, city (1995 est. pop. 29,200), capital of Heredia prov., central Costa Rica. On the central plateau, it is a center of the coffee and cattle industries and, with its colonial…

Calgary

(Encyclopedia) Calgary Calgary kălˈgərē [key], city (2020 pop. 1,239,220), S Alta., Canada, at the confluence of…

Panama Canal Zone

(Encyclopedia) Panama Canal Zone, former territory within Panama, 553 sq mi (1,432 sq km), that was administered by the United States under a 1903 treaty (with later amendments) with Panama. The zone…

Dionysius the Areopagite, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Dionysius the Areopagite, SaintDionysius the Areopagite, Saintdīənĭshˈēəs, [key]Dionysius the Areopagite, Saintârēŏpˈəjīt [key], fl. 1st cent. a.d., Athenian Christian, converted by…

Dura, in the Bible

(Encyclopedia) Dura, in the Bible, plain, near Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image.