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Halle, town, Belgium
(Encyclopedia)Halle hälˈə [key], Fr. Hal, commune, Flemish Brabant prov., central Belgium, on the Charle...Castrop-Rauxel
(Encyclopedia)Castrop-Rauxel käsˈtrôp-roukˈsəl [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine-Herne ...Ticino , river, Switzerland and Italy
(Encyclopedia)Ticino, Lat. Ticinus, river, 154 mi (248 km) long, rising in Ticino canton, S Switzerland, and flowing generally S through Lago Maggiore into N Italy, joining the Po River below Pavia. In Switzerland,...Tonawanda
(Encyclopedia)Tonawanda tŏnəwŏnˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 17,284), Erie co., NW N.Y., on the Niagara River at the terminus of the Erie Canal; inc. as a village 1854, as a city 1903. An industrial suburb of Buf...Wallenstadt, Lake of
(Encyclopedia)Wallenstadt, Lake of välˈənshtätˌ [key], Ger. Walensee or Wallensee, narrow mountain lake, c.9 sq mi (23 sq km), between St. Gall and Glarus cantons, E Switzerland. It is connected with Zürich b...Vyg
(Encyclopedia)Vyg vĭg [key], Finn. Uikujärvi, Rus. Vygozero, lake, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), NW European Russia, in Karelia, between Lake Onega and the White Sea. It is fed by the Vyg River, which also drains it i...Tralee
(Encyclopedia)Tralee trəlēˈ, trā– [key], town (1991 pop. 17,862), seat of Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland, on the Lee River. It is a seaport linked with Blennerville on Tralee Bay by a 1-mi-long (1.6-km) ca...Evarts, William Maxwell
(Encyclopedia)Evarts, William Maxwell ĕvˈərts [key], 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began (1841) to practice law in New Yo...Osnabrück
(Encyclopedia)Osnabrück ôsˌnäbrükˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 168,078), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the Hase River, linked by canal with the Midland Canal. It is an inland port, a rail junction, and an industria...Kirkintilloch
(Encyclopedia)Kirkintilloch kûrkĭntĭlˈŏkh [key], town (1991 pop. 33,024), East Dunbartonshire, W Scotland, on the Forth and Clyde Canal. An engineering center, the town has factories that produce mining machin...Browse by Subject
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