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Chad

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Chad. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Chad's geography, history, government, economy, population, culture, religion…

Chad

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Chad Chad chăd, chäd [key], officially Republic of Chad, republic (2020 est. pop. 16,425,864…

Hale, Edward Everett

(Encyclopedia) Hale, Edward Everett, 1822–1909, American author and Unitarian clergyman, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1839. He was the nephew of Edward Everett. The pastor of a church in Worcester, Mass…

Everett

(Encyclopedia) Everett. 1 City (2020 pop. 49,075), Middlesex co., E Mass., an industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled c.1643, set off…

Chad, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Chad, LakeChad, Lakechăd, chäd [key], N central Africa. It lies mainly in Chad and Cameroon. Some 550 sq mi (1,425 sq km) in area in 2003, the shallow lake has been greatly reduced in…

Aozou Strip

(Encyclopedia) Aozou StripAozou Stripouˈz&oomacr; [key], 114,000 sq mi (295,000 sq km) strip of land in N Chad on the Libyan border. The region, which is believed to have significant uranium and…

Chad Map

Chad Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics Africa Map Map…

Wadai

(Encyclopedia) WadaiWadaiwädīˈ [key], former sultanate, N Chad, E of Lake Chad. Founded in the 16th cent., it was from time to time loosely subject to Darfur. Toward the end of the 19th cent., Wadai…

Millais, Sir John Everett

(Encyclopedia) Millais, Sir John EverettMillais, Sir John Everettmĭlāˈ [key], 1829–96, English painter. A prodigy, he began studying at the Royal Academy at the age of 11. In 1848, together with…

Townsend plan

(Encyclopedia) Townsend plan: see under Townsend, Francis Everett.