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fraternity and sorority

(Encyclopedia) fraternity and sorority, in American colleges, a student society formed for social purposes, into which members are initiated by invitation and occasionally by a period of trial known…

New Hampshire, University of

(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire, University of, main campus at Durham; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1866, opened 1868 as the state college of agriculture and mechanic arts, a…

Khairpur

(Encyclopedia) KhairpurKhairpurkhīrˈp&oobreve;r [key], city (1981 pop. 61,447), SE Pakistan, in Sind prov. It trades in wheat, cotton, tobacco, and dates and is linked by road and rail to Karachi…

London, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Gov. Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead…

Cheltenham

(Encyclopedia) Cheltenham Cheltenham chĕltˈnəm [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England. It has…

Dunedin, city, New Zealand

(Encyclopedia) Dunedin Dunedin dənēˈdĭn [key], city, SE South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Otago Harbor…

Santo Tomás, University of

(Encyclopedia) Santo Tomás, University ofSanto Tomás, University ofsänˈtō tōmäsˈ [key], at Manila, the Philippines; Roman Catholic, coeducational; founded 1611 by Dominican priests. It is the oldest…

North Texas, University of

(Encyclopedia) North Texas, University of, at Denton, Tex.; coeducational; est. 1890 as Texas Normal College, became North Texas State Normal College in 1899, North Texas State Teachers College in…

Firozpur

(Encyclopedia) Firozpur Firozpur fərōzˈpər [key] or Ferozepore Firozpur…

Bikaner

(Encyclopedia) Bikaner Bikaner bĭkənērˈ [key], former native state, NW India. The state is now part of Rajasthan…