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Nonpartisan League

(Encyclopedia) Nonpartisan League, in U.S. history, political pressure group of farmers and workers organized in 1915 and led by a former socialist, Arthur C. Townley, who believed that the solution…

Neenah

(Encyclopedia) NeenahNeenahnēˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 23,219), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago at the mouth of the Fox River; settled c.1835 on the site of a Winnebago village, inc. as a…

Nagoya

(Encyclopedia) NagoyaNagoyanäˌgōˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,154,793), capital of Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. A major port, transportation hub, and industrial center, it has…

Petropavlovsk, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia) PetropavlovskPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk [key] or Petropavlovsk-KamchatskiPetropavlovskpyĕtrəpävˈləfsk, [key]Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskikəmchätˈskē [key], city (1989 pop. 269,000),…

Dunfermline

(Encyclopedia) Dunfermline Dunfermline dŭnförmˈlĭn, dŭm– [key], city, Fife, E central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth…

Doncaster

(Encyclopedia) Doncaster Doncaster dŏngˈkəstər [key], metropolitan borough, N central England, on the Don River…

Donetsk

(Encyclopedia) Donetsk Donetsk dənyĕtskˈ [key], city, capital of Donetsk region, E Ukraine, on the Kalmius River…

Buell, Abel

(Encyclopedia) Buell, AbelBuell, Abelby&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1742–1822, American silversmith, engraver, and type founder, b. Killingworth, Conn. He engraved a number of maps, including maps of the…

Zoar, village, United States

(Encyclopedia) ZoarZoarzôr, zōˈər [key], village, Tuscarawas co., E central Ohio, on the Tuscarawas River; founded 1817, inc. 1884. It was founded by a group of Separatists from S Germany who fled…