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(Encyclopedia) FortunaFortunafôrt&oomacr;ˈnə [key], in Roman religion, goddess of fortune. Worshiped under several forms, she appears to have originally been a goddess of fertility. She was later…Harvard
(Encyclopedia) Harvard, town (2020 pop. 6,851), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a…Bannock
(Encyclopedia) BannockBannockbănˈək [key], Native North Americans who formerly ranged over wide territory of the N Great Plains and into the foothills of the Rocky Mts. They were concentrated in S…Sault Sainte Marie, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Sault Sainte Marie, city (1990 pop. 14,689), seat of Chippewa co., N Mich., Upper Peninsula, a port of entry on the St. Marys River opposite Sault Ste Marie, Ont.; inc. as a city 1887…Gwalior
(Encyclopedia) Gwalior Gwalior gwäˈlēôr [key], city and former princely state, central India. Part of Madhya…Newport News
(Encyclopedia) Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. It is a port for…Niles
(Encyclopedia) Niles. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,284), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Chicago River; settled 1832, inc. 1899. The village has a replica (half size)…Fort Sam Houston
(Encyclopedia) Fort Sam Houston, U.S. army facility, S Tex., in San Antonio; headquarters of the U.S. Army North and the U.S. Army South. In 2010 it was amalgamated with Lackland and Randolph air…Fort Washington Park
(Encyclopedia) Fort Washington Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Simancas
(Encyclopedia) SimancasSimancassēmängˈkäs [key], village, Valladolid prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León. The castle, an old fort rebuilt in the 15th cent., contains the Spanish national archives.…Trending
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