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Philadelphia, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Philadelphia, city (2020 pop. 1,603,797), coextensive with Philadelphia co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River c.100 mi (160 km) upstream at the influx of t...

Old Man of the Mountain, rock formation, United States

(Encyclopedia)Old Man of the Mountain, N.H.: see Franconia Mountains. ...

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States

(Encyclopedia)National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States: see under 9/11. ...

Internet, the

(Encyclopedia)Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and f...

United Arab Republic

(Encyclopedia)United Arab Republic, political union (1958–61) of Egypt and Syria. The capital was Cairo. The two countries were merged (1958) into a single unit comprising the Southern (Egypt) and the Northern (S...

revolutions of 1848

(Encyclopedia)revolutions of 1848, in European history. The February Revolution in France gave impetus to a series of revolutionary explosions in Western and Central Europe. However the new French Republic did not ...

Hague, The

(Encyclopedia)Hague, The hāg [key], Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye, city (2020 pop. 545,838), ...

Secretariat, United Nations

(Encyclopedia)Secretariat, United Nations: see United Nations. ...

Connecticut, state, United States

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Connecticut kənĕtˈĭkət [key], southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W)...

Florida, state, United States

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Florida ...