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(Encyclopedia) LandskronaLandskronalänskr&oomacr;ˈnä [key], city (1990 pop. 26,600), Malmöhus co., SW Sweden, a seaport on the Øresund. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures…Lakshadweep
(Encyclopedia) LakshadweepLakshadweepləkshädˈwēpˌ [key], union territory (2001 provisional pop. 60,595), 11 sq mi (28 sq km), SW India, consisting of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands in…Amakusa Islands
(Encyclopedia) Amakusa IslandsAmakusa Islandsämäk&oomacr;ˈsä [key], archipelago, c.340 sq mi (880 sq km), Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, in the East China Sea, off W Kyushu, Japan. There are…ablaut
(Encyclopedia) ablautablautäpˈlout [key] [Ger.,=off-sound], in inflection, vowel variation (as in English sing, sang, sung, song) caused by former differences in syllabic accent. In a prehistoric…Inside Passage
(Encyclopedia) Inside Passage, natural, protected waterway, c.950 mi (1,530 km) long, threading through the Alexander Archipelago off the coast of British Columbia and SE Alaska. From Seattle, Wash…Luce, Stephen Bleecker
(Encyclopedia) Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827–1917, American naval officer, b. Albany, N.Y. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841. In the Civil War he was head of the department of seamanship at…ninebark
(Encyclopedia) ninebark, any plant of the genus Physocarpus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). Ninebarks are North American (one is Asian) deciduous, hardy, spring-blooming shrubs, with thin bark…Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
(Encyclopedia) Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, 4,913 sq mi (12,725 sq km), NW Atlantic Ocean, 130 mi (210 km) off the coast of Cape Cod; est. 2016. The monument is divided…Ganghwa
(Encyclopedia) Ganghwa,&sp;Kanghwa, or Kanghoa Ganghwa, all: gängˈhwäˈ [key],…flotation process
(Encyclopedia) flotation process, in mineral treatment and mining, process for concentrating the metal-bearing mineral in an ore. Crude ore is ground to a fine powder and mixed with water, frothing…Trending
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