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migrant labor
(Encyclopedia)migrant labor, term applied in the United States to laborers who travel from place to place harvesting crops that must be picked as soon as they ripen. Although migrant labor patterns exist in other p...tornado
(Encyclopedia)tornado, dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and whe...Houston, Samuel
(Encyclopedia)Houston, Samuel, 1793–1863, American frontier hero and statesman of Texas, b. near Lexington, Va. In 1836 Houston was elected the first president of the new Republic of Texas. The independence of ...Cheyenne, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia)Cheyenne shīănˈ, –ĕnˈ [key], indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The ...Constance, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia)Constance: see Konstanz, Germany. ...Constantine, city, Algeria
(Encyclopedia)Constantine kŏnˈstəntēn [key], ancient Cirta, city, capital of Constantine dept., NE Alge...Colima, city, Mexico
(Encyclopedia)Colima, city, capital of Colima state, SW Mexico. It is a marketing and processing center for the surrounding agricultural region. The city was founded ...Colón, city, Cuba
(Encyclopedia)Colón kōlōnˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 44,000), Matanzas prov., W central Cuba. It is a rail hub and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural region. Colón's sugar industry has declin...Colón, city, Panama
(Encyclopedia)Colón, city, Panama, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal. Colón, the second largest city in Panama, was surrounded by, but not part of, the forme...Córdoba, city, Argentina
(Encyclopedia)Córdoba kôrˈdōvä [key], city, capital of Córdoba prov., central Argentina, on the Río ...Browse by Subject
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