(Encyclopedia) Marne, river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Langres plateau, NE France, and flowing in an arc generally NW to the Seine River near Paris. It passes through Chaumont and Châlons…
(Encyclopedia) Küssnacht am RigiKüssnacht am Rigiküsˈnäkht äm rēˈgē [key], town (1990 pop. 9,461), Schwyz canton, central Switzerland, on the Lake of Lucerne. A small resort, it is known chiefly as…
(Encyclopedia) ThamesThamesthāmz [key], river, c.15 mi (25 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Yantic and Shetucket rivers at Norwich, E Conn., and flowing south to Long Island Sound at New…
(Encyclopedia) SheriffmuirSheriffmuirshĕrˈĭfmy&oobreve;rˌ [key], battlefield in Stirling, central Scotland, near Dunblane. It was the scene, Nov. 13, 1715, of an indecisive battle between the…
(Encyclopedia) ChemungChemungshĭmŭngˈ [key], river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, formed in S central N.Y. by the junction of the Cohocton and Tioga rivers near Corning, N.Y., and flowing SE past Elmira to…
(Encyclopedia) GethsemaneGethsemanegĕthsĕmˈənē [key], olive grove or garden, E of Jerusalem, near the foot of the Mount of Olives. In the Gospels, it is the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus.…
(Encyclopedia) AnchisesAnchisesănkīˈsēz [key], in Greek mythology, member of the ruling family of Troy; father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus crippled or,…
(Encyclopedia) Faneuil HallFaneuil Hallfănˈəl, fănˈyəl [key], public market and hall in Boston, Mass. Given to the city by the merchant Peter Faneuil in 1742, the building burned in 1761 but was…
(Encyclopedia) PravdinskPravdinskprävˈdyĭnsk [key], formerly FriedlandFriedlandfrētˈlänt [key], town, NW European Russia, formerly in East Prussia. In 1807 the city was the scene of a battle in which…
