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Cheektowaga
(Encyclopedia)Cheektowaga chēkˌtŏwäˈgə [key], town (2020 pop. 73,740), Erie co., W. N.Y., E of Buffalo; settled ...tamarou
(Encyclopedia)tamarou: see buffalo.Kenmore
(Encyclopedia)Kenmore, village (1990 pop. 17,180), Erie co., NW N.Y., a suburb adjacent to Buffalo; inc. 1899. It is chiefly residential. ...anoa
(Encyclopedia)anoa ənōˈə [key]: see buffalo. ...Hamburg, village, United States
(Encyclopedia)Hamburg hămˈbûrg [key], village (2020 pop. 9,696), Erie co., W N.Y., S of Buffalo; settled ...sucker
(Encyclopedia)sucker, common name for members of the family Catostomidae, freshwater fish related to the minnows. Like minnows and the less closely related catfishes, the suckers possess an intricate set of bones f...San Jacinto
(Encyclopedia)San Jacinto, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising in SE Texas as the West Fork and flowing S to Galveston Bay. Its chief tributary is Buffalo Bayou, and both the bayou and the lower river are used fo...Ras Addar
(Encyclopedia)Ras Addar, cape, Tunisia: see Bon, Cape. ...Ras at Tib
(Encyclopedia)Ras at Tib, cape, Tunisia: see Bon, Cape. ...Rogovin, Milton
(Encyclopedia)Rogovin, Milton, 1909–2011, American documentary photographer, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (1931), Univ. of Buffalo (M.A., 1972). An optometrist and a political leftist, he moved (1938) to Buff...Browse by Subject
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