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Little America

(Encyclopedia)Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales. Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. explorer, established and named Little America in 1929 and ...

little magazine

(Encyclopedia)little magazine, term used to designate certain magazines that have as their purpose the publication of art, literature, or social theory by comparatively little-known writers. The little-magazine m...

Little Entente

(Encyclopedia)Little Entente äntäntˈ [key], loose alliance formed in 1920–21 by Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia. Its specific purposes were the containment of Hungarian revisionism (of the terms of the...

Little Bighorn

(Encyclopedia)Little Bighorn, river, c.90 mi (145 km) long, rising in the Bighorn Mts., N Wyo., and flowing north to join the Bighorn River in S Mont. On June 25–26, 1876, Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated the...

Little Sioux

(Encyclopedia)Little Sioux so͞o [key], river, 221 mi (356 km) long, rising in SW Minn. and flowing generally SW across NW Iowa to the Missouri River S of Sioux City. Flowing through a rich agricultural area in the...

Little Armenia

(Encyclopedia)Little Armenia: see Cilicia.

Little Miami

(Encyclopedia)Little Miami, river: see Miami, river. ...

Little Minch

(Encyclopedia)Little Minch, strait: see Minch, Scotland. ...

Little Belt

(Encyclopedia)Little Belt: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark. ...

Little Current

(Encyclopedia)Little Current, town (1991 pop. 1,511), S Ont., Canada, on N Manitoulin island, on North Channel of Lake Huron. A port and a popular yachting resort, it has rail connections with the mainland. ...