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American Indian and Alaska Native Languages Spoken at Home by Persons 5 Years and Over in Households: 2006-2010
More than 370,000 people in America speak American Indian or Alaska Native languages at home. This is how the languages break down. The data was published as part of the…Stamford, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Stamford, city (1990 pop. 108,056), Fairfield co., SW Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled 1641, inc. 1893 as a city within the town of Stamford (the two were consolidated in 1949). A…Schiff, Jacob Henry
(Encyclopedia) Schiff, Jacob Henry, 1847–1920, American banker and philanthropist, b. Frankfurt, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1865 and became a partner in a brokerage house in New…Barnstable
(Encyclopedia) Barnstable Barnstable bärnˈstəbəl [key], town (2020 pop. 44,107), seat of Barnstable co., SE Mass.;…Kearny, Lawrence
(Encyclopedia) Kearny, LawrenceKearny, Lawrencekärˈnē [key], 1789–1868, American naval officer, b. Perth Amboy, N.J.; cousin of Stephen Watts Kearny. He became a midshipman in 1807, served in the War…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…Johnson, Eastman
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Eastman, 1824–1906, American portrait and genre painter, b. Lovell, Maine. He studied with a lithographer in Boston and later in Düsseldorf, then for almost four years at The…McKenna, Reginald
(Encyclopedia) McKenna, Reginald, 1863–1943, British politician and banker. Elected to Parliament as a Liberal in 1895, he entered the cabinet as president of the board of education in 1907. As first…Asgard
(Encyclopedia) AsgardAsgardăsˈgärd [key], in Norse mythology, home of the gods, also known as Aesir. It consisted of luxurious palaces and halls, in which the gods (whose chief was Odin) dwelled,…Olympus
(Encyclopedia) OlympusOlympusōlĭmˈpəs [key], Gr. Ólimbos, mountain range, c.25 mi (40 km) long, N Greece, on the border of Thessaly and Macedonia, near the Aegean coast. It rises to c.9,570 ft (2,920…Trending
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