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Buh, river, E Europe, also known as Western Buh

(Encyclopedia)Buh or Western Buh, river, Eastern Europe: see Bug. ...

(Encyclopedia)Orangemen, members of the Loyal Orange Institution, familiarly called the Orange Order, a Protestant Irish society founded and flourishing mainly in Ulster. It was established (1795) to maintain the P...

Nassau, former duchy, Germany

(Encyclopedia)Nassau näˈsou [key], former duchy, W central Germany, situated N and E of the Main and Rhine rivers. It is now mostly included in the state of Hesse, and partly in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate....

Goshen, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Goshen. <1> City (2020 pop. 34,517), seat of Elkhart co., N Ind., on the Elkhart River; inc. 1868. Goshen is in a farm and dairy region; poultry ...

New Netherland

(Encyclopedia)New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch West India Company in 1621. Colonists were settled along the Hudson River region; in 1624 the first p...

citrange

(Encyclopedia)citrange sĭˈtrənj [key]: see orange. ...

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Buh, river, Ukraine, also known as Southern Buh

(Encyclopedia)Buh or Southern Buh bo͞okh [key], Ukr. Pivdynnyy Buh, river, c.490 mi (790 km) long, rising in the Volhynian-Podolian hills, W Ukraine. The Buh, flowing generally SE into the Black Sea, is navigable ...