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Las Cruces
(Encyclopedia) Las CrucesLas Crucesläs kr&oomacr;ˈsĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 62,126), seat of Dona Ana co., SW N.Mex., on the Rio Grande, in a farm area irrigated by the Elephant Butte system;…Ellora
(Encyclopedia) ElloraElloraĕlōˈrə [key], village, E central Maharashtra state, India. Extending more than 1 mi (1.6 km) on a hill are 34 rock and cave temples (5th–13th cent.), most of them Hindu but…Cheb
(Encyclopedia) Cheb Cheb khĕp [key], Ger. Eger, city, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the…Harmony Society
(Encyclopedia) Harmony Society, religious society founded by German Separatists under the leadership of George Rapp. The Harmonists (or Rappites) held property in common and subscribed to the austere…Bodenheim, Maxwell
(Encyclopedia) Bodenheim, MaxwellBodenheim, Maxwellbōˈdənhīm [key], 1893–1954, American novelist and poet, b. Hermanville, Miss. His poetry, which incorporates many techniques of the imagists, is…Bethany, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) BethanyBethanybĕthˈənē [key]. 1 Village, at the southeastern foot of the Mount of Olives, the modern El Aziriye, 2 mi (3.2 km) E of Jerusalem. In the Gospels, it is the home of Lazarus…Arcole
(Encyclopedia) ArcoleArcoleärˈkōlā [key], village (1987 est. pop. 4,500), Venetia, N Italy. There, in Nov., 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians in a three-day battle.New Hyde Park
(Encyclopedia) New Hyde Park, village (1990 pop. 9,728), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; inc. 1927. It is a residential community with some manufacturing and truck farms. Nearby is the uninc.…North Royalton
(Encyclopedia) North Royalton, city (1990 pop. 23,197), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a growing suburb of Cleveland; settled 1811, inc. as a village 1927, as a city 1960. A dairy-processing and sawmilling…Malverne
(Encyclopedia) MalverneMalvernemălˈvərn [key], residential village (1990 pop. 9,054), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island; settled in the early 1800s, inc. 1921.Trending
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