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Prince of Wales Island, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Prince of Wales Island, c.12,800 sq mi (33,150 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Victoria and Somerset islands. The low tundra-covered island has an irregular coastline and is deeply indented...

North-West Frontier Province

(Encyclopedia)North-West Frontier Province: see Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ...

North American Indian music

(Encyclopedia)North American Indian music: see Native American music. ...

North-East Frontier Agency

(Encyclopedia)North-East Frontier Agency, India: see Arunachal Pradesh. ...

Prince Edward Island, University of

(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island, University of, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; founded 1969 with the merger of Prince of Wales College (est. 1834) and St. ...

Mona, island, Great Britain

(Encyclopedia)Mona, Roman name for the island of Anglesey, Wales. It was also sometimes used to designate the Isle of Man. ...

Rhode Island Red chicken

(Encyclopedia)Rhode Island Red chicken, American breed of poultry, no longer raised commercially, but still maintained for use in breeding programs. See Red Rock chicken. ...

North Platte, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)North Platte, river, c.680 mi (1,090 km) long, rising in the Park Range, N Colo., and flowing in a great bend N through SE Wyo., then east across the plains of W central Nebr. to join the South Platte...

Natives, North American

(Encyclopedia)Natives, North American, peoples who occupied North America before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th cent. They have long been known as Indians because of the belief prevalent at the time of Co...

Assateague Island National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Assateague Island National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...