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Cayuga Lake

(Encyclopedia) Cayuga LakeCayuga Lakekāy&oomacr;ˈgə, kī–, kə– [key], 38 mi (61 km) long and 1 to 3.5 mi (1.6–5.6 km) wide, W central N.Y.; longest of the Finger Lakes. It is connected by the…

Beersheba

(Encyclopedia) Beersheba Beersheba bērshēˈbə, bērˈshēbə [key] [Heb.,=seven wells or…

Great Artesian Basin

(Encyclopedia) Great Artesian Basin, c.670,000 sq mi (1,735,300 sq km), between the Eastern Highlands and the Western Plateau, E central Australia, extending S from the Gulf of Carpentaria,…

Morton, William Thomas Green

(Encyclopedia) Morton, William Thomas Green, 1819–68, American dentist and physician, b. Charlton, Mass., studied at Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He practiced dentistry in Boston, for a time…

Pears, Sir Peter

(Encyclopedia) Pears, Sir Peter, 1910–86, English tenor. Pears studied at the Royal College of Music and became a member of the Sadler's Wells Opera and the English Opera Group. In 1948 he made his…

Crowley

(Encyclopedia) Crowley Crowley krouˈlē [key]. <1> City (2020 pop. 11,710), seat of Acadia parish…