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Pearl, river, United States
(Encyclopedia)Pearl, river, 485 mi (781 km) long, rising in E Miss. and flowing S to Lake Borgne, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico; its lower section (116 mi/187 km) forms the Miss.-La. boundary. Above Jackson, Miss....Snyder
(Encyclopedia)Snyder, city (1990 pop. 12,195), seat of Scurry co., NW Tex., in a prairie and mesquite region; inc. 1907. Oil production is the city's main industry; natural gas is also refined and processed. Cattle...Sambourne, Edward Linley
(Encyclopedia)Sambourne, Edward Linley, 1844–1910, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was associated with Punch from 1867, when he began contributing, until the end of his life, and he followed Sir John Ten...Riga, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia)Riga, Gulf of, eastern arm of the Baltic Sea, bordering on Estonia and on Latvia. At its mouth it is nearly closed off by the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The gulf, which is frozen from December to Ap...Chindwinn
(Encyclopedia)Chindwinn chĭnˈdwĭn [key], river, c.550 mi (890 km) long, rising in the hills of N Myanmar and flowing generally S into the Ayeyarwady (of which it is the chief tributary) at Myingyan. It is an imp...Galion
(Encyclopedia)Galion gălˈyən [key], city (2020 pop. 10,453), Crawford co., N central Ohio; inc. as a bor...Guasave
(Encyclopedia)Guasave gwäsäˈvā [key], city, Sinaloa state, W Mexico, on the Sinaloa River. The growing of ...Hayes
(Encyclopedia)Hayes, river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in a lake NE of Lake Winnipeg, central Manitoba, Canada, and flowing NE to Hudson Bay. It was the chief route used by Hudson's Bay Company traders from Hud...Girard
(Encyclopedia)Girard jĭrärdˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 9,081), Trumbull co., NE Ohio, adjacent to Youngstow...Anathoth
(Encyclopedia)Anathoth ănˈəthŏth, –thōth [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE of Jerusalem, near the modern Anata, West Bank. It was the home of Jeremiah. Its adjective is Antothite, Anetothite, Anathotite. 2 Chi...Browse by Subject
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