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(Encyclopedia)Melchior mĕlˈkēôr [key]: see Wise Men of the East. ...Bronx
(Encyclopedia)Bronx, river, c.20 mi (30 km) long, issuing from Kensico Reservoir, SE N.Y., and flowing SW through the Bronx into the East River. The Bronx River Parkway, one of the first limited-access highways in ...Shickshock Mountains
(Encyclopedia)Shickshock Mountains, range of the Appalachian system, E Que., Canada, a continuation of the Notre Dame Mts., extending c.100 mi (160 km) east-west near the north coast of the Gaspé Peninsula. Tablet...Renfrewshire
(Encyclopedia)Renfrewshire or Renfrew, former county, central Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Renfrewshire became (1975) part of the Strathclyde region, but in 1996 that region was dissolved and t...Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
(Encyclopedia)Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von poul fən lĕtˈō-fôrˈbĕk [key], 1870–1964, German general. In World War I he conducted a brilliant defense of German East Africa against vastly superior Allied power. ...Artem
(Encyclopedia)Artem ərtyômˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 69,000), Maritime Territory (Primorsky Kray), Russian Far East. It is a coal-mining center and has an important thermoelectric station that utilizes local coal ...Ayrshire
(Encyclopedia)Ayrshire or Ayr, former county, SW Scotland. Ayrshire became part of the Strathclyde region in 1975. In the local government reorganization of 1996, Strathclyde was dissolved and the council areas of ...Dagon
(Encyclopedia)Dagon dāˈgŏn [key], god of fertility, widely worshiped in the Middle East, particularly in Canaan. In the Bible he is mentioned as one of the chief deities of the Philistines. ...Geeraardsbergen
(Encyclopedia)Geeraardsbergen khāˈrärtsbĕrˌkhən [key], Fr. Grammont, commune, East Flanders prov., W ...Fortune, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of chrysanthemums, the J...Browse by Subject
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