Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

500 results found

Brigham City

(Encyclopedia)Brigham City, city (2020 pop. 19,650), seat of Box Elder co., N Utah; inc. 1869. It is the center of a large farm area served by the Ogden River project...

Pembroke Welsh corgi

(Encyclopedia)Pembroke Welsh corgi, breed of short-legged, hardy working dog thought to have been introduced into South Wales by Flemish immigrants in the early 12th cent. It stands from 10 to 12 in. (25.4–30.5 c...

Pierre

(Encyclopedia)Pierre pēr [key], city (1990 pop. 12,906), state capital (since 1889) and seat of Hughes co., central S.Dak., on the east bank of the Missouri River, opposite Fort Pierre; inc. 1883. Its economy is c...

Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon

(Encyclopedia)Plunkett, Sir Horace Curzon, 1854–1932, Irish statesman and agricultural reformer. Educated in England, Plunkett spent 10 years (1879–89) in Wyoming as a cattle rancher. Returning to Ireland, he b...

Wichita Falls

(Encyclopedia)Wichita Falls wĭchˈĭtô [key], city (1990 pop. 96,259), seat of Wichita co., N Tex., on the Wichita River; inc. 1889. The city's name comes from the Wichitas and from the falls that have since been...

Vlissingen

(Encyclopedia)Vlissingen flŭshˈĭng [key], city (1994 pop. 44,211), Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, on the southern coast of the former island of Walcheren. Its manufactures include shipbuilding, chemicals, and ge...

Gran Chaco

(Encyclopedia)Gran Chaco grän chäˈkō [key] or Chaco, c.250,000 sq mi (647,500 sq km), extensive lowland plain, central South America. It is sparsely populated and is divided among Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argenti...

Artigas, José Gervasio

(Encyclopedia)Artigas, José Gervasio hōsāˈ hārväˈsyō ärtēˈgäs [key], 1764–1850, national hero of Uruguay, first leader in the movement toward independence. He came from the cattle-raising region Banda...

Meath

(Encyclopedia)Meath mēth, mēᵺ [key], county (1991 pop. 105,370), 903 sq mi (2,339 sq km), E Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Navan. The land is mostly level, being a part of the central plain of Ireland,...

Midland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Midland. 1 City (1990 pop. 38,053), seat of Midland co., central Mich., in the Saginaw valley at the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Chippewa rivers; inc. 1887. Midland owes its development after ...