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Cotton Belt
(Encyclopedia) Cotton Belt, former agricultural region of the SE United States where cotton was the main cash crop throughout the 19th and much of the 20th cent. Located on the Atlantic and Gulf…Saakashvili, Mikheil
(Encyclopedia) Saakashvili, MikheilSaakashvili, Mikheilmēˈkäēl sä-äˈkäshvēˈlē [key], 1967–, Georgian lawyer and political leader, president of Georgia (2004–7, 2008–13), b. Tbilisi. He received law…Transcaucasia
(Encyclopedia) TranscaucasiaTranscaucasiatrănzˌkôkāˈzhə, –shə, trănsˌ– [key], transitional region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders,…Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia) Adzhar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: see Adjarian Autonomous Republic, Georgia.White Rock
(Encyclopedia) White Rock, city (1991 pop. 16,314), SE British Columbia, Canada, on Georgia Strait and on the U.S. border. The city is a customs port and resort center with a residential area.Brasstown Bald
(Encyclopedia) Brasstown Bald, peak, 4,784 ft (1,458 m) high, N Ga., in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mts., near the N.C. line. It is the highest point in Georgia.Kutaisi
(Encyclopedia) KutaisiKutaisik&oomacr;təēˈsē [key], city (1989 pop. 234,870), W Georgia, on the Rion River. Georgia's second largest city and the country's former legislative capital (2012–18),…McBay, Shirley
(Encyclopedia) McBay, Shirley , 1935-2021, American mathematician and educator, b. Bainbridge, Ga.,as Shirley Ann Mathis, Paine College (B.S., 1954),…Cobb, Howell
(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Howell, 1815–68, American politican, b. Jefferson co., Ga. In 1837 he became solicitor general of the western judicial circuit of Georgia, a district populated largely by small…Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich
(Encyclopedia) Beria, Lavrenti PavlovichBeria, Lavrenti Pavlovichləvrĕnˈtyē pävˈləvĭch bâˈrēə [key], 1899–1953, Soviet Communist leader, b. Georgia. He rose to prominence in the Cheka (secret police…Trending
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