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Aberdeen, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, city (2020 pop. 229,060) and council area, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Dee River. It is Scotland's third largest city in population. Aberdeen is the financi...

Groningen, province, Netherlands

(Encyclopedia)Groningen grōˈnĭng-ən [key], province, c.900 sq mi (2,330 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering on ...

Nordkapp

(Encyclopedia)Nordkapp, promontory: see North Cape, Norway. ...

NATO

(Encyclopedia)NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. ...

Coushatta

(Encyclopedia)Coushatta: see Alabama, Native North Americans. ...

darter, fish

(Encyclopedia)darter, North American fish: see perch. ...

Lenape

(Encyclopedia)Lenape: see Delaware, Native North Americans. ...

Upper Hutt

(Encyclopedia)Upper Hutt, city (1996 pop. 36,717), S North Island, New Zealand, in the Hutt River Valley. It is primarily residential but has some light industries. ...

Northern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Northern Cape, province (2011 pop. 1,145,861), 144,015 sq mi (372,889 sq km), NW South Africa. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, Northern Cape was created from the northern po...

midnight sun

(Encyclopedia)midnight sun, phenomenon in which the sun remains visible in the sky continuously for 24 hr or longer, occurring only in the polar regions. The midnight sun is due to the fact that the plane of the ea...