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Marinduque
(Encyclopedia) MarinduqueMarinduquemärēnd&oomacr;ˈkā [key], province (1990 pop. 185,524), the Philippines, between Mindoro and S Luzon. It includes Marinduque Island and 24 other islands. Iron,…Madang
(Encyclopedia) MadangMadangmäˈdäng [key], town (1990 pop. 27,181), Papua New Guinea, on NE New Guinea island. A seaport on Astrolabe Bay, Madang exports copra and gold. It was an important Japanese…Lead, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) LeadLeadlēd [key], city (1990 pop. 3,632), Lawrence co., W S.Dak., in the Black Hills; laid out 1876 after the discovery of gold there, inc. 1890. It is the site of the famous…Darien, town, United States
(Encyclopedia) Darien Darien dârˈēĕnˌ [key], residential town (2020 pop. 21,499), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on…retable
(Encyclopedia) retableretablerēˈtābəl [key], frame for decorative panels at the back of an altar in European churches. Retables, often sumptuously decorated in alabaster and gold, generally contained…Aldan, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia) AldanAldanəldänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 27,000), Sakha Republic, E Siberian Russia, on the Aldan Plateau. Located on a major north-south highway of the region, it is also in the heart…horsetail
(Encyclopedia) horsetail, any plant of the genus Equisetum [Lat.,=horse bristle], the single surviving genus of a large group (Equisetophyta) of primitive vascular plants. Like the ferns and club…Pentecost
(Encyclopedia) PentecostPentecostpĕnˈtəkôst [key] [Gr.,=fiftieth], important Jewish and Christian feast. The Jewish feast of Pentecost, in Hebrew Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, one of the three…wind tunnel
(Encyclopedia) wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed…Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: 100-Meter Dash
1928 Elizabeth Robinson, United States 12.20 1932 Stella Walsh, Poland 11.90 1936…Trending
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