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Florida International University

(Encyclopedia)Florida International University, primarily at University Park, Miami; coeducational; chartered 1965, opened 1972. A research university, it has 18 colleges and schools and many specialized centers an...

Gangneung

(Encyclopedia)Gangneung or Kangnung gängˈno͝ongˈ [key], city, Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., NE South Kor...

Dalton

(Encyclopedia)Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly industrialized city in a fa...

Gilroy

(Encyclopedia)Gilroy, city (2020 pop. 59,520), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1870. Located in the fertile Santa Clara valley, Gilroy supports diversified agricultur...

Point Pelee

(Encyclopedia)Point Pelee pēˈlē [key], peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, extending into W Lake Erie, S Ont., Canada, near Leamington. It is the southernmost part of the Canadian mainland. Point Pelee National Par...

Oxon Hill

(Encyclopedia)Oxon Hill, village (1990 pop. 35,794), Prince Georges co., central Md., a suburb S of Washington, D.C. Oxon Hill was dominated by large estates until the 1950s. National Harbor, a major mixed-use deve...

Bois de Boulogne

(Encyclopedia)Bois de Boulogne bwä də bo͞olôˈnyə [key], park in Paris, France, bordering on the western suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. A favorite pleasure ground since the 17th cent., the park contains the race...

Vaux, Calvert

(Encyclopedia)Vaux, Calvert vôks [key], 1824–95, American landscape architect, b. London. He emigrated (1850) to the United States, and assisted A. J. Downing with the U.S. Capitol grounds and a number of Hudson...

Luray

(Encyclopedia)Luray lo͝orāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 4,587), seat of Page co., N Va., in the Shenandoah valley, in a farm area; inc. 1812. There is light manufacturing and the town is the headquarters of Shenandoa...

Vigeland, Gustav

(Encyclopedia)Vigeland, Gustav go͝osˈtäv vēˈgəlän [key], 1869–1943, Norwegian sculptor. Vigeland's sculpture owed much to Rodin in stylistic realism but was imbued with an unrestrained romanticism and emot...