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Florissant

(Encyclopedia)Florissant flôrˈĭsənt, flŏˈ– [key], city (2020 pop. 50,562), St. Louis co., E...

Jude, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Jude, Saint, or Saint Judas [Jude is an English form to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot], in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles, also called Thaddaeus. He is thought to have been the so...

Polycarp, Saint

(Encyclopedia)Polycarp, Saint pŏlˈĭkärp [key], c.a.d. 70–a.d. 156?, Greek bishop of Smyrna, Father of the Church. He was a disciple of St. John, who appointed him bishop. Thus he linked the apostles and such ...

Uttarakhand

(Encyclopedia)Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, state (2001 provisional pop. 8,479,562), 20,650 sq mi (53,483 sq km), N India. Situated in the Himalayas where many peaks top 20,000 ft (6,096 m), it is bordered by ...

Massena

(Encyclopedia)Massena məsēˈnə [key], village (1990 pop. 11,719), St. Lawrence co., extreme N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River; settled 1792, inc. 1886. Aluminum and aluminum products are the chief manufactures. ...

Bellefontaine Neighbors

(Encyclopedia)Bellefontaine Neighbors, city (2020 pop. 10,740), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; founded c.1819, inc. 1950. ...

Kirkwood

(Encyclopedia)Kirkwood, city (1990 pop. 27,291), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1865. Primarily residential, it has some light manufacturing. ...

Trois Rivières

(Encyclopedia)Trois Rivières trwä rēvyĕrˈ [key] or Three Rivers, city (1991 pop. 49,426), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers. It is a port and an industrial center. Th...

Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes

(Encyclopedia)Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy. ...

James, Saint (St. James the Less)

(Encyclopedia)James, Saint, in the Bible, one of the Twelve Apostles, called St. James the Less or St. James the Little. He was the son of Alphaeus; his mother, Mary, was one of those at the cross and tomb. The Wes...
 

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