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Provo, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Provo prōˈvō [key], city (1990 pop. 86,835), seat of Utah co., N central Utah, on the Provo River near Utah Lake; inc. 1851. It is a distribution, processing, and manufacturing center in an extensi...Palmyra, atoll, Pacific Ocean
(Encyclopedia)Palmyra, atoll (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) SW of Honolulu. Palmyra has no permanent inhabitants. First visited by Americans in 1802, and later ...Windsor, town, United States
(Encyclopedia)Windsor wĭnˈzər [key], town (1990 pop. 27,817), Hartford co., N Conn., at the confluence of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers, just N of Hartford. Settled by Plymouth Colony in 1633, the town w...United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
(Encyclopedia)United Nations Children's Emergency Fund: see United Nations Children's Fund. ...Pueblo, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Pueblo pwĕbˈlō, pyo͞oĕbˈlō [key], city (1990 pop. 98,640), seat of Pueblo co., S central Colo., on the Arkansas River in the foothills of the Rockies; inc. 1885. It is the center of shipping, r...Government Printing Office, United States
(Encyclopedia)Government Printing Office, United States: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...United States Government Printing Office
(Encyclopedia)United States Government Printing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...United States Government Publishing Office
(Encyclopedia)United States Government Publishing Office: see Government Publishing Office, United States. ...Paraguay, river, Brazil and Paraguay
(Encyclopedia)Paraguay, river, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the highlands of central Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Flowing generally southward, it forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay in the pantanal,...Geological Survey, United States
(Encyclopedia)Geological Survey, United States, bureau organized in 1879 under the Dept. of the Interior to unify and centralize the work already undertaken by separate surveys under Clarence King, F. V. Hayden, Ge...Browse by Subject
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