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Judd, Gerrit Parmele

(Encyclopedia) Judd, Gerrit Parmele, 1803–73, missionary and statesman, b. Paris, N.Y. He arrived in Hawaii as a medical missionary. He ended his mission service in 1842 and became a Hawaiian…

Girgashite

(Encyclopedia) GirgashiteGirgashitegûrˈgəshīt [key] or GirgasiteGirgashite–sīt [key], in the Bible, Canaanite nation, whose land was occupied by Israel.

Newtown

(Encyclopedia) Newtown, town (1990 pop. 20,779), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on the Housatonic; inc. 1711. Pressure gauges, plastics, and paper and metal products are made, and dairy and fruit farms are…

Amtrak

(Encyclopedia) Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in…

Hakluyt, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Hakluyt, RichardHakluyt, Richardhăkˈl&oomacr;t, hăkˈəlwĭt [key], 1552?–1616, English geographer. He graduated in 1574 from Oxford, where he later lectured on geography. A…

Dixon, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Dixon, Thomas, 1864–1946, American novelist, b. Shelby, N.C., grad. Wake Forest College. A militant Southerner, he is best known for his novel The Clansman (1905), on which D. W.…

Sukkiim

(Encyclopedia) SukkiimSukkiimsŭkˈēĭm [key], in the Bible, nation, presumably African, which contributed to the army of Pharaoh Shishak (see Sheshonk I) in invading Palestine.

San Pedro de Macorís

(Encyclopedia) San Pedro de MacorísSan Pedro de Macoríssän pāˈᵺrō ᵺā mäkōrēsˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 123,987), SE Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean Sea at the mouth of the Higuamo River. It is the…