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(Encyclopedia) WeserWeservāˈzər [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, formed at Hannoversch-Münden, central Germany, by the junction of the Fulda and Werra rivers. It flows generally N past Minden,…Neruda, Jan
(Encyclopedia) Neruda, JanNeruda, Janyän nĕˈr&oobreve;dä [key], 1834–91, Czech essayist and poet, b. Prague. His popular Stories from Malá Strana (1878), tales drawn from his childhood in Prague…Miyagi
(Encyclopedia) MiyagiMiyagimēyäˈgē [key], prefecture (1990 pop. 2,248,521), 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km), N Honshu, Japan. A mountainous prefecture, it is known for the more than 200 pine-covered…kitchen midden
(Encyclopedia) kitchen midden, refuse heap left by a prehistoric settlement; more specifically, a deposit consisting primarily of discarded shell and related cultural material in coastal environments…Wissmann, Hermann von
(Encyclopedia) Wissmann, Hermann vonWissmann, Hermann vonhĕrˈmän fən vĭsˈmän [key], 1853–1905, German explorer in Africa. He crossed (1880–82) Africa from Luanda to Zanzibar and, on behalf of Leopold…Barnstable
(Encyclopedia) Barnstable Barnstable bärnˈstəbəl [key], town (2020 pop. 44,107), seat of Barnstable co., SE Mass.;…Humiliati
(Encyclopedia) HumiliatiHumiliatih&oomacr;mĭlˌēäˈtē [key] [Lat.,=the humbled ones], Roman Catholic association of laymen formed in the 11th cent. in Lombardy. They wore plain clothes and lived…Howe, Edgar Watson
(Encyclopedia) Howe, Edgar Watson, 1853–1937, American editor and author, b. Treaty, near Wabash, Ind. From 1877 to 1911 he was editor and proprietor of the Atchison, Kans., Daily Globe, and in 1911…Jhelum, town, Pakistan
(Encyclopedia) JhelumJhelumjāˈl&oobreve;m [key], town (1981 pop. 92,646), NE Pakistan, on the Jhelum River. Located on the main railroad and road on Punjab piedmont plain, it is an important…Laoighis
(Encyclopedia) Laoighis,&sp;Laois, or LeixLeixall: lāsh, lēsh [key], county (1991 pop. 52,325), 664 sq mi (1,720 sq km), central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Port Laoise (Maryborough…Trending
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