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Post, Wiley

(Encyclopedia) Post, Wiley, 1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days 15 hr 51 min. In 1933…

En-gannim

(Encyclopedia) En-gannimEn-gannimĕn-gănˈĭm [key], in the Bible. 1 Town of Judah. 2 Levitical city, the modern Jenin (West Bank), at the southeastern end of the plain of Esdraelon. An alternate form…

Sulmona

(Encyclopedia) SulmonaSulmonas&oomacr;lmôˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 25,454), Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Gizio River. A commercial and light industrial center, it lies in a small, fertile…

Porcupine, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia) PorcupinePorcupinepôrˈkyəpīnˌ [key], river, 448 mi (721 km) long, rising in the Ogilvie Mts., NW Yukon, Canada. It flows in a great arc NE through the Eagle Plain, then W into Alaska…

Iksan

(Encyclopedia) Iksan Iksan ēkˈsänˈ [key], city, NW North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., South Korea, on the Mangyeong…

Odenwald

(Encyclopedia) OdenwaldOdenwaldōˈdənvält [key], hilly, forested region, S central Germany, bordering on the Neckar and Main rivers and the Rhine plain. Its highest point (2,055 ft/626 m) is the…

Gan

(Encyclopedia) Gan or KanGanboth: gän [key], river, c.550 mi (885 km) long, flowing north through the plain of central Jiangxi prov., SE China, past Nanchang to Poyang lake. Despite many rapids, it…

Delaware

Delaware State Information Capital: Dover Official Name: Delaware Organized as a territory/republic: 1683 Entered Union (rank): December 7, 1787 (First of the original 13 states) Present…