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Norman Isles

(Encyclopedia)Norman Isles, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Glen More

(Encyclopedia)Glen More: see Great Glen, valley, Scotland. ...

Bauld, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Bauld, Cape: see Great Northern Peninsula, Canada. ...

Szigetköz

(Encyclopedia)Szigetköz, island, Hungary: see under Schütt, Great. ...

Basil, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Basil, Saint: see Basil the Great, Saint. ...

Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich

(Encyclopedia)Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich məksyēmˈ mäksēˈməvĭch lyĭtvēˈnəf [key], 1876–1951, Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat. A Jew, he changed his name from Wallach after joining the Social ...

artesian well

(Encyclopedia)artesian well, deep drilled well through which water is forced upward under pressure. The water in an artesian well flows from an aquifer, which is a layer of very porous rock or sediment, usually san...

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