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Inn, river, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany
(Encyclopedia) InnInnĭn [key], river, c.320 mi (515 km) long, rising near the Lake of Sils, SE Switzerland. It flows NE through the Engadine valley, then through W Austria, past Innsbruck and Solbad…Lorain
(Encyclopedia) LorainLorainlôrānˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 71,245), Lorain co., N Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Black River; inc. 1834. Once an important ore-shipping point, Lorain has…McNary Dam
(Encyclopedia) McNary Dam, 7,265 ft (2,214 m) long and 183 ft (56 m) high, on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, near Umatilla, Oreg.; built 1947–56 by the U.S. Corps of Engineers.…Dinajpur
(Encyclopedia) Dinajpur Dinajpur dĭnäjˈp&oobreve;r [key], city, N Bangladesh, on the Punarbhaba River. It is an…dominion
(Encyclopedia) dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada…Dothan, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Dothan Dothan dōˈthən [key], city (2020 pop. 71,072), seat of Houston co., SE Ala., near the…levitation
(Encyclopedia) levitationlevitationlĕvĭtāˈshən [key], the raising of a human or other body in the air without mechanical aid. The idea is ancient; holy men, both pagan and Christian, were reputed to…Montmagny, Charles Jacques Huault de
(Encyclopedia) Montmagny, Charles Jacques Huault deMontmagny, Charles Jacques Huault deshärl zhäk üōˈ də môNmänyēˈ [key], fl.1622–54, governor of New France (1636–48). He was an administrator in New…Yeosu
(Encyclopedia) Yeosu or YosuYeosuyôˈs&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 183,559), South Jeolla (Cholla) prov., S South Korea, on the Korea Strait. The municipality consists of a peninsula and more…Casimir II
(Encyclopedia) Casimir II, 1138–94, duke of Poland (1177–94), youngest son of Boleslaus III. A member of the Piast dynasty, he drove his brother Mieszko III from power at Kraków in 1177 and became…Trending
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