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Omaha, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Omaha ōˈməhä, –hô [key], city (1990 pop. 335,795), seat of Douglas co., E Nebr., on the west bank of the Missouri River; inc. 1857. The largest city in the state, it is a busy port of entry and...Cambridge, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Cambridge. 1 City (2020 pop. 13,096), seat of Dorchester co., E Md., Eastern Shore, a port of entry on the Choptank River at its mouth on ...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 1923. In 1949 the ...convict labor
(Encyclopedia)convict labor, work of prison inmates. Until the 19th cent., labor was introduced in prisons chiefly as punishment. Such work is now considered a necessary part of the rehabilitation of the criminal; ...Brunhes, Jean
(Encyclopedia)Brunhes, Jean brün [key], 1869–1932, French geographer. He was a leading exponent of French systematic, as opposed to regional, geography. He studied human artifacts in the context of environment. ...Blanchard, Raoul
(Encyclopedia)Blanchard, Raoul, 1877–1965, French geographer. He wrote a monograph on Flanders (1906) that earned him the chair of geography at the Univ. of Grenoble, a position he held for 50 years. He establish...Douglas, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia)Douglas. 1 City (2020 pop. 16,534), Cochise co., SE Ariz., at the Mexican border; inc. 1905. The mining and smelting of copper have been ...physical geography
(Encyclopedia)physical geography: see geography. ...United Provinces , former state, India
(Encyclopedia)United Provinces, former state, N India, now almost coextensive with the modern state of Uttar Pradesh. The United Provinces embraced the plain of the Ganges, the heartland of India. This region was t...Glasgow, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Glasgow. <1> City (2020 pop. 15,014), seat of Barren co., S central Ky.; inc. 1799. It is an agricultural trade center that relies on dairy, ...Browse by Subject
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