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Iqaluit

(Encyclopedia) Iqaluit Iqaluit ĭkäl&oomacr;ˈĭt [key], town, Nunavut Territory, Canada, at the NE head of Frobisher…

Bir Tawil

(Encyclopedia) Bir Tawil, unclaimed territory, c.795 sq mi (2,060 km), along the E Egypt-Sudan border W of the Halayeb Triangle. Its unclaimed status arose from the peculiarities the disputed border…

Mackay, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Mackay, LakeMackay, Lakeməkīˈ [key], large, usually dry, saline lake, 1,829 sq mi (4,737 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, 40 mi (64 km) wide, W central Australia, on the border of Western…

Puducherry

(Encyclopedia) PuducherryPuducherryp&oomacr;ˌdŭchĕˈrē [key], formerly PondicherryPondicherrypŏndĭchĕˈrē, –shĕˈrē [key] or PondichéryPondichérypôNdēshārēˈ [key], union territory (2001 provisional…

Wallis and Futuna Islands

(Encyclopedia) Wallis and Futuna IslandsWallis and Futuna Islandswŏlˈĭs, f&oomacr;t&oomacr;ˈnä [key], officially Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French overseas territory (2015…

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard

(Encyclopedia) Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822–93, 19th President of the United States (1877–81), b. Delaware, Ohio, grad. Kenyon College, 1843, and Harvard law school, 1845. He became a moderately…

Thomas SPALDING, Congress, GA (1774-1851)

SPALDING Thomas , a Representative from Georgia; born in Frederica, St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Ga., March 26, 1774; attended the common schools of Georgia and Florida and a private school…

Samuel HAMMOND, Congress, GA (1757-1842)

HAMMOND Samuel , a Representative from Georgia; born in Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Va., September 21, 1757; attended the common schools; served as a volunteer under Governor Dunmore against…