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(Encyclopedia) SaraiSaraisərīˈ [key], former city, S European Russia, near present-day Volgograd. Founded in 1241 by Batu Khan, it was (13th–15th cent.) the capital of the Tatar Golden Horde, to…Badagri
(Encyclopedia) BadagriBadagribädäˈgrē [key], town, SW Nigeria, on a lagoon off the Gulf of Guinea. Badagri was founded c.1730 and became an important shipping point for slaves. In the 1840s it became…Psyche
(Encyclopedia) PsychePsychesīˈkē [key], in Greek mythology, personification of the human soul. She was so lovely that Eros (Cupid), the god of love, fell in love with her. He swept her off to a…kettle
(Encyclopedia) kettle, oval depression found in glacial moraines, which are landforms made up of rock debris. When a glacier melts and draws away from an area, a block of ice may break off and be…Krk
(Encyclopedia) KrkKrkkûrk [key], Ital. Veglia, island, 157 sq mi (407 sq km), in the Adriatic, off the Dalmatian coast, NW Croatia. The largest of Croatia's islands in the Adriatic, it has several…Downs, The
(Encyclopedia) Downs, The, roadstead, c.8 mi (13 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, between North Foreland and South Foreland, off Deal, Kent, SE England, in the English Channel. It is protected,…Hirado
(Encyclopedia) Hirado Hirado hēräˈdō [key], town, Nagasaki prefecture, on Hirado island, off NW Kyushu, Japan…Kálimnos
(Encyclopedia) KálimnosKálimnoskäˈlēmnôs [key], mountainous island (1991 pop. 15,706), 41 sq mi (106 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Dodecanese, 11 mi (18 km) off the coast of Asia Minor. A sponge-…Kara Sea
(Encyclopedia) Kara SeaKara Seakärˈə [key], Rus. Karskoye More, shallow section of the Arctic Ocean, off N Russia, between Severnaya Zemlya and Novaya Zemlya. It has an average depth of 420 ft (128 m…Ingle, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…Trending
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