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Rehoboth Beach

(Encyclopedia) Rehoboth BeachRehoboth Beachrĭhōˈbəth [key], resort town (1990 pop. 1,234), Sussex co., SE Del., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1873. Its industries include boat construction and printing…

Pamlico Sound

(Encyclopedia) Pamlico SoundPamlico Soundpămˈlĭkō [key], lagoon, 80 mi (129 km) long and 15 to 30 mi (24–48 km) wide, E N.C., separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a row of low, sandy barrier islands…

Oldham, John, colonist in New England

(Encyclopedia) Oldham, JohnOldham, Johnōlˈdəm [key], c.1600–1636, colonist in New England, b. England. A trader, he emigrated to Plymouth in 1623 but was banished (1624) because of his opposition to…

Falmouth, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Falmouth, town (2020 pop. 32,517), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on Cape Cod; settled c.1660, inc. 1686. Once a whaling and boatbuilding…

Fortes, Meyer

(Encyclopedia) Fortes, Meyer, 1906–83, British anthropologist, b. Britstown, South Africa, grad. Univ. of Cape Town (M.A., 1926) and the Univ. of London (Ph.D., 1930). From 1946 to 1950 he was a…

Buffalo City

(Encyclopedia) Buffalo City, metropolitan municipality, Eastern Cape prov., South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. East London is…

Titusville

(Encyclopedia) TitusvilleTitusvilletīˈtəsvĭl [key], city (1990 pop. 39,394), seat of Brevard co., E Fla., on Indian River (a lagoon); inc. 1886. It is a growing, regional trade center. The…

Torres Strait

(Encyclopedia) Torres StraitTorres Straittŏrˈĭz, –rĭs [key], channel, c.95 mi (153 km) wide, between New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula of Australia. It connects the Arafura and Coral seas. The…

Free State

(Encyclopedia) Free State, formerly Orange Free State, province, 50,126 sq mi (129,825 sq km), E central South Africa. It was renamed Free State…

Means, Russell

(Encyclopedia) Means, Russell, 1939–2012, Native American activist, b. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, S.Dak. An Oglala Sioux, he grew up near San Francisco, and attended four colleges but never…