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Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
(Encyclopedia)Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River
(Encyclopedia)Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River
(Encyclopedia)North Fork of the Koyukuk Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. ...Liguria
(Encyclopedia)Liguria lĭgo͝orˈēə, Ital. lēgo͞oˈryä [key], region (1991 pop. 1,676,282), 2,098 sq mi (5,434 sq km), NW Italy, extending along the Ligurian Sea and bordering France on the west. The generally...L'Aquila
(Encyclopedia)L'Aquila or L'Aquila degli Abruzzi läˈkwēlä dāˈlyē äbro͞otˈtsē [key], city (1991 pop. 66,813), capital of L'Aquila prov. and of Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Pescara River. It is an agricu...Garibaldi, Giuseppe
(Encyclopedia)Garibaldi, Giuseppe gărĭbôlˈdē, Ital. jo͞ozĕpˈpā gärēbälˈdē [key], 1807–82, Italian patriot and soldier, a leading figure in the Risorgimento. He remains perhaps the most popular of al...Hollande, François Gérard Georges
(Encyclopedia)Hollande, François Gérard Georges, 1954–, French lawyer and politician, president of France (2012–17), b. Rouen. He attended the elite National School of Administration (ENA) and Paris Institute...robot
(Encyclopedia)robot or automaton ôtämˈətänˌ [key] mechanical device designed to perform the work generally done by a human being. The Czech dramatist Karel Čapek popularized the expression [Czech,=compulsory...radical, in chemistry
(Encyclopedia)radical, in chemistry, group of atoms that are joined together in some particular spatial structure and that take part in most chemical reactions as a single unit. Important inorganic radicals include...irredentism
(Encyclopedia)irredentism ĭrĭdenˈtĭzəm [key], originally, the Italian nationalist movement for the annexation to Italy of territories—Italia irredenta [unredeemed Italy]—inhabited by an Italian majority bu...Browse by Subject
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