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Great Glen

(Encyclopedia) Great Glen or Glen More, valley, 60 mi (97 km) long, Highland, N central Scotland, extending from Moray Firth SW to Loch Linnhe. It was formed by a fault in the earth's surface. Loch…

Great Grimsby

(Encyclopedia) Great Grimsby or Grimsby, city, North East Lincolnshire, E central England, at the mouth of the Humber River. It is one of the…

Great Malvern

(Encyclopedia) Great Malvern Great Malvern môlˈvərn, môˈ– [key] or Malvern, town, Worcestershire, W central England,…

Great Miami

(Encyclopedia) Great Miami, river: see Miami, river.

Great Migration

(Encyclopedia) Great Migration, in U.S. history. 1 The migration of Puritans to New England from England, 1620–40, prior to the English civil war. As a result of the increasingly tyrannical rule of…

Great Neck

(Encyclopedia) Great Neck, village (2020 pop. 10,203), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the north shore of Long Island, a primarily residential suburb of New…

Great Ouse

(Encyclopedia) Great Ouse, river: see Ouse (1,) England.

Great Plains

(Encyclopedia) Great Plains, extensive grassland region on the continental slope of central North America. They extend from the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba south through…

Great Pyrenees

(Encyclopedia) Great Pyrenees, breed of large working dog whose fossil remains date its existence in Europe from the Bronze Age (1800–1000 b.c.). It stands from 25 to 32 in. (63.5–81.3 cm) high at…