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Carmel-by-the-Sea

(Encyclopedia)Carmel-by-the-Sea or Carmel kärmĕlˈ [key], village (2020 pop. 3,220), Monterey co., S ...

Vitória

(Encyclopedia)Vitória vētôˈrēə [key], city (1996 pop. 263,708), capital of Espírito Santo state, E Brazil, on an island in Espírito Santo Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of Brazil's chief ore ports and...

Bellingham

(Encyclopedia)Bellingham bĕlˈĭnghămˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 91,482), seat of Whatcom co., NW Wash., a port of ...

Endecott, John

(Encyclopedia)Endecott or Endicott, John both: ĕnˈdĭkət, –kätˌ [key], c.1588–1665, one of the founders of Massachusetts Bay colony, b. England. He led the first group of Puritan colonists to Massachusetts...

Trinity , river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Trinity, river rising in N Texas in three forks; the Clear Fork runs into the West Fork at Fort Worth, and the Elm Fork joins the West Fork at Dallas. The Trinity then flows c.510 mi (820 km) SE to Tr...

Jayapura

(Encyclopedia)Jayapura or Djajapura so͞okärˌnəpo͝orˈə [key], town, capital of Papua (Indonesian New Guinea), Indonesia. A regional trade center and seaport, it is on Yos Sudarso Bay (formerly Humboldt Bay; a...

Canada

(Encyclopedia)CE5 CE5 Canada kănˈədə [key], independent nation (2020 est. pop. 37,742,154), 3,851,787 sq mi ...

Castro Valley

(Encyclopedia)Castro Valley, uninc. city (2020 pop. 66,441), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries. ...

Tarrytown

(Encyclopedia)Tarrytown târˈētoun [key], village (1990 pop. 10,739), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a residential suburb of New York City, on the E bank of the Hudson opposite Nyack; settled in the 17th cent. by the ...

Smith, David

(Encyclopedia)Smith, David, 1906–65, American sculptor, b. Decatur, Ind. He arrived in New York City in 1926 and studied painting at the Art Students League. In the 1930s he began experimenting with sculpture and...