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Biwa

(Encyclopedia) BiwaBiwabēˈwä [key], lake, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 2 to 12 mi (3.2–19 km) wide, Shiga prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. The lake, shaped like the biwa, a musical instrument, is the…

Willowick

(Encyclopedia) Willowick, city (1990 pop. 15,269), Lake co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie; inc. 1924. It is chiefly residential.

Nubia, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Nubia, Lake, Sudan: see Nasser, Lake.

Enare

(Encyclopedia) Enare, lake: see Inari, lake, Finland.

Gokcha

(Encyclopedia) Gokcha, lake: see Sevan, lake, Armenia.

Brulé, Étienne

(Encyclopedia) Brulé, ÉtienneBrulé, Étienneātyĕnˈ brülāˈ [key], c.1592–1632, French explorer in North America. He arrived (1608) in the New World with Samuel de Champlain, who sent him (1610) into…