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North Macedonia

(Encyclopedia)CE5 North Macedonia măsˌədōˈnēə [key], Macedonian Severna Makedonija, officially Republic of North Macedonia, republic (2015 est. pop. 2,079,000), 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km), SE Europe. It i...

North Island

(Encyclopedia)North Island or Te Ika-a-Maui [Maori,=the fish of Maui] (1996 pop. 2,718,188), 44,702 sq mi (115,777 sq km), New Zealand. It is the smaller but more populous of the two principal islands of the countr...

North Chicago

(Encyclopedia)North Chicago, industrial city (1990 pop. 34,978), Lake co., NE Ill.; inc. 1909. Its economy is closely intertwined with the neighboring city of Waukegan, which has a harbor on Lake Michigan. Pharmace...

seismic sea wave

(Encyclopedia)seismic sea wave: see tsunami.

Chilean sea bass

(Encyclopedia)Chilean sea bass: see toothfish. ...

deep-sea exploration

(Encyclopedia)deep-sea exploration: see oceanography. ...

Steller's sea cow

(Encyclopedia)Steller's sea cow: see sirenian. ...

Northern Sea Route

(Encyclopedia)Northern Sea Route, Russia: see Northeast Passage. ...

Cortés, Sea of

(Encyclopedia)Cortés, Sea of: see California, Gulf of. ...

North Braddock

(Encyclopedia)North Braddock, borough (1990 pop. 7,036), Allegheny co., W Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1897. Andrew Carnegie's first steel plant was built there in 1875. The borough w...