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(Encyclopedia)Front Royal, city (2020 pop. 15,382), seat of Warren co., N Va., at the junction of South and North forks of Shenandoah River, inc. 1788. Furniture, lum...White Sands
(Encyclopedia)White Sands, uninhabited desert area, S central N.Mex. It is a center for U.S. military-weapons research and testing. On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was exploded at Holloman Air Force Base (f...Goodall, Jane
(Encyclopedia)Goodall, Jane go͝odˈôl [key], 1934–, English ethologist and primatologist. After working with Louis Leakey but without any formal scientific training, she established (1960) a research camp in th...Berkeley
(Encyclopedia)Berkeley bûrˈklē [key], city (2020 pop. 124,321), Alameda co., W Calif., on the E shore of ...Peoria
(Encyclopedia)Peoria pēôrˈēə [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 50,618), Maricopa co., central Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix; settled 1897, inc. 1954. With the completion of the Arizona Canal in 1885, the area was settled ...Cygnus
(Encyclopedia)Cygnus sĭgˈnəs [key] [Lat.,=the swan], northern constellation located SE of Draco and NW of Pegasus. It was depicted as a bird by most ancient cultures. It is sometimes called the Northern Cross be...Hamilton, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Hamilton. <1> City (2020 pop. 4,659), seat of Ravalli co., W Mont; inc. 1894. Located in the Bitteroot Valley, the town was founded by copper ...Stoke-on-Trent
(Encyclopedia)Stoke-on-Trent, city and unitary authority (1991 pop. 272,446), W central England. Stoke-on-Trent forms the bulk of the area known as the Potteries. Situated in a coal field, the city is the center of...Poughkeepsie
(Encyclopedia)Poughkeepsie pəkĭpˈsē [key], city (1990 pop. 28,844), seat of Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled 1687 by the Dutch, inc. as a city 1854. It is a trade center and was once a major ...Cambridge, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Cambridge kāmˈbrĭj [key], city, S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was ...Browse by Subject
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