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North Kingstown

(Encyclopedia) North KingstownNorth Kingstownkĭngˈstən, kĭngzˈtounˌ [key], town (1990 pop. 23,786), Washington co., S central R.I., on Narragansett Bay; inc. 1674 as Kings Towne, divided 1723 into…

Tepe Gawra

(Encyclopedia) Tepe GawraTepe Gawratĕˈpĕ gouräˈ [key] [Kurdish,=great mound], locality in N Iraq, 15 mi (24 km) NE of Mosul. In 1927 the archaeologist Ephraim Speiser discovered it to be the site of…

Thule , town, Greenland

(Encyclopedia) ThuleThuleth&oomacr;ˈlē, t&oomacr;ˈ– [key] or QaanaaqThulekänäkˈ [key], town (1995 pop. 627), N Greenland, on the north side of Inglefield Gulf. The name of Thule was…

Thebes , city of ancient Egypt

(Encyclopedia) ThebesThebesthēbz [key], city of ancient Egypt. Luxor and Karnak now occupy parts of its site. The city developed at a very early date from a number of small villages, particularly one…

Moosonee

(Encyclopedia) MoosoneeMoosoneem&oomacr;ˈsənē [key], village, NE Ont., Canada, on the Moose River near James Bay. It is the northern terminus of the Ontario Northland RR and Ontario's only…

Idalium

(Encyclopedia) IdaliumIdaliumīdāˈlēəm [key], ancient town in Cyprus. It had a well-known temple of Aphrodite. An inscription in Phoenician and Cypriote, found on a temple site at Idalium, gave the…

Lead, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) LeadLeadlēd [key], city (1990 pop. 3,632), Lawrence co., W S.Dak., in the Black Hills; laid out 1876 after the discovery of gold there, inc. 1890. It is the site of the famous…

Kawagoe

(Encyclopedia) KawagoeKawagoekäwäˈgōā [key], city (1990 pop. 304,854), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. Silk textile manufacturing, electronics, and food processing are among the city's…

Eddystone

(Encyclopedia) EddystoneEddystoneĕdˈĭstən [key], lighthouse, 135 ft (41 m) high, on dangerous rocks in the English Channel, S of Plymouth, SW England. It is the fourth lighthouse on the site (the…

Drancy

(Encyclopedia) Drancy Drancy dräNsēˈ [key], city, Seine–Saint Denis dept., N central France. An…