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(Encyclopedia) Great Valley: see under Appalachian Mountains.Great War
(Encyclopedia) Great War: see World War I.Great Zimbabwe
(Encyclopedia) Great ZimbabweGreat Zimbabwezĭmbäbˈwā [key] [Bantu,=stone houses], ruined city, SE Zimbabwe, near Masvingo (formerly Fort Victoria). Its mortarless, curving granite walls and buildings…Trek, Great
(Encyclopedia) Trek, GreatTrek, Greattrĕk [key], the journey by Afrikaner farmers (Boers) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually founded Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange…Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
(Encyclopedia) Khanty-Mansi Autonomous AreaKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Areakhŭntēˈ-mŭnsēˈ [key], administrative division (1995 pop. 1,326,200), 201,969 sq mi (523,100 sq km), W Siberian Russia. Khanty-…jackrabbit
(Encyclopedia) jackrabbit, popular name for several hares of W North America, characterized by very long legs and ears. Jackrabbits are powerful jumpers and fast runners. In normal progress leaps are…frozen foods
(Encyclopedia) frozen foods, products of the food preservation process of freezing. This process has been employed by people in the Arctic from prehistoric times. Eskimos throw fresh-caught fish on…Ontario, province, Canada
(Encyclopedia) CE5 OntarioOntarioŏntârˈēō [key], province (2001 pop. 11,410,046), 412,582 sq mi (1,068,587 sq km), E central Canada. Before the arrival of Europeans the Ontario region was…Spanish
(Encyclopedia) Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite…Gravenhurst
(Encyclopedia) Gravenhurst Gravenhurst grāˈvənhûrst [key], town, S Ont., Canada, N of Toronto. It is the gateway to…Trending
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