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Hand, Wayland Debs
(Encyclopedia) Hand, Wayland Debs, 1907–86, folklorist, b. Auckland, New Zealand. Hand wrote Popular Beliefs and Superstitions from North Carolina (1964), which is ranked among the finest published…Hialeah
(Encyclopedia) Hialeah Hialeah hīəlēˈə [key], city (2020 pop. 223,109), Dade co., SE Fla., NW of Miami; inc…Massena
(Encyclopedia) MassenaMassenaməsēˈnə [key], village (1990 pop. 11,719), St. Lawrence co., extreme N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River; settled 1792, inc. 1886. Aluminum and aluminum products are the…Malé
(Encyclopedia) MaléMalémäˈlā [key], small island and town (1995 pop. 62,937) of Malé Atoll, capital of the Maldives, in the Indian Ocean. A ship anchorage, Malé is a center of interisland trade with…Lillie, Beatrice
(Encyclopedia) Lillie, Beatrice (Lady Peel), 1898–1989, British comedienne, b. Toronto, Ont. as Constance Munston. Lillie first performed in London in 1914 and in New York in 1924. She won an…Des Plaines, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Des Plaines Des Plaines dĕs plānz [key], city (2020 pop. 60,675), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of…Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'
(Encyclopedia) Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, baron d'pōl äNrēˈ bäNzhämăNˈ bärôNˈ dāt&oomacr;rnĕlˈ də kôNstäNˈ [key], 1852–…American Automobile Association
(Encyclopedia) American Automobile Association (AAA), federation of American automobile clubs, est. 1902. AAA provides a number of benefits to its members, including emergency road service; national…Folketing
(Encyclopedia) FolketingFolketingfôlˈkətĭng [key], national parliament of Denmark. Formerly the lower house of the bicameral Rigsdag, it became the sole parliamentary body in 1953. It shares…Forest Park
(Encyclopedia) Forest Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 19,932), Clayton co., NW Ga., a suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1908. It is a major warehouse and distribution…Trending
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