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Coffin, Levi

(Encyclopedia)Coffin, Levi, 1798–1877, American abolitionist, b. North Carolina. In 1826 he moved to the Quaker settlement of Newport (now Fountain City), Ind., where he kept a store until 1847. His home became a...

Barakpur

(Encyclopedia)Barakpur bărˈəkpôr [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. The city is ...

Rannoch, Loch

(Encyclopedia)Rannoch, Loch lŏkh rănˈəkh [key], lake, 91⁄2 mi (15.3 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, in the Grampians. It is fed by the Ericht River and drained by the Tum...

Puyallup, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Puyallup pyo͞oălˈəp [key], city (1990 pop. 23,875), Pierce co., W Wash., on the Puyallup River; inc. 1890. It is located in a fertile farm valley noted for its berries and daffodil bulbs. Manufact...

Osawatomie

(Encyclopedia)Osawatomie ōˌsəwŏtˈəmē, ŏsˌə– [key], city (1990 pop. 4,590), Miami co., E Kans., on the Marais des Cygnes River; founded 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Company, inc. 1883. The town, ...

Öskemen

(Encyclopedia)Öskemen o͝ostˌ-kəmyĭnəgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 324,478), NE Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River and in the foothills of the W Altai Mts. It is a river port and an industrial center with zinc,...

Valentia

(Encyclopedia)Valentia or Valencia vəlĕnˈshēə [key], island (1991 pop. 680), c.7 mi (11.3 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, off the coast of Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. Its slate, once famous, is no long...

Blantyre

(Encyclopedia)Blantyre blăntīˈər [key], city (2021 est. pop. 584,877), S Malawi, in the Shire Highlands. It ...

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton

(Encyclopedia)Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890–1973, American artist, b. Charlottsville, Va. Macdonald-Wright was among the first Americans to paint in a totally abstract mode. Together with Morgan Russell, he fou...

Frascati

(Encyclopedia)Frascati fräskäˈtē [key], town, in Latium, central Italy. Beautifully situated in the Alban ...