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Navajo, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Navajo or NavahoNavahoboth: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A…Cripple Creek
(Encyclopedia) Cripple Creek, village (2020 pop. 1,155), alt. 9,375 ft (2,858 m), seat of Teller co., central Colo.; inc. 1892. Primarily a summer…Croatoan
(Encyclopedia) Croatoan, unexplained letters found (1590) carved on a tree on Roanoke Island off North Carolina by Gov. John White when he returned to the colony from England and discovered the…grape hyacinth
(Encyclopedia) grape hyacinth, any plant of the genus Muscari of the family Liliaceae (lily family), low plants with dense spikelike clusters of small, nodding flowers that are usually deep blue. Of…Hortensius, Quintus
(Encyclopedia) Hortensius, QuintusHortensius, Quintuskwĭnˈtəs hôrtĕnˈshəs [key], 114 b.c.–50 b.c., Roman orator. He was the favorite lawyer of the patrician party and made his name as defense counsel…Jamaica Bay
(Encyclopedia) Jamaica Bay, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), SW Long Island, SE N.Y., separated from the Atlantic Ocean by Rockaway Peninsula; the Rockaway Inlet links it to the sea. The shallow bay has many…Christadelphians
(Encyclopedia) ChristadelphiansChristadelphianskrĭsˌtədĕlˈfēənz [key] [Gr.,=brothers of Christ], small religious denomination founded in the United States in 1848 by John Thomas. Its members live by…dry farming
(Encyclopedia) dry farming, farming system adopted in areas having an annual rainfall of approximately 15 to 20 in. (38.1–50.8 cm)—with much of the rainfall in the spring and early summer—where…Kolguyev
(Encyclopedia) KolguyevKolguyevkəlg&oomacr;ˈyĭf [key], island, 1,350 sq mi (3,497 sq km), off NE European Russia, in the Barents Sea, E of the Kanin peninsula and 50 mi (80 km) from the mainland…Argonne National Laboratory
(Encyclopedia) Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (…Trending
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