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Nathaniel Prentice BANKS, Congress, MA (1816-1894)
BANKS Nathaniel Prentice , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Waltham, Mass., January 30, 1816; attended the common schools; a machinist by trade; editor of a weekly paper in Waltham,…Narmada
(Encyclopedia) NarmadaNarmadanərmŭˈdə [key], river, c.775 mi (1,250 km) long, rising in Madhya Pradesh state, central India, and flowing W between the Satpura and Vindhya ranges through Gujarat state…Bilbao
(Encyclopedia) Bilbao Bilbao bēlbäˈō [key], city (2021 est. metro area pop. 349,000), capital of Bizkaia…Kyakhta
(Encyclopedia) Kyakhta or KiakhtaKiakhtaboth: kyäkhˈtə [key], city, Buryat Republic, S Siberian Russia, near the Russian-Mongolian border. Kyakhta is on the highway from Ulan-Ude to Ulaanbaatar and…cornstarch
(Encyclopedia) cornstarch, material made by pulverizing the ground, dried residue of corn grains after preparatory soaking and the removal of the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry…Havering
(Encyclopedia) Havering Havering hāˈvərĭng [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England. The borough is largely…cowrie
(Encyclopedia) cowrie or cowrycowrieboth: kouˈrē [key], common name applied to marine gastropods belonging to the family Cypraeidae, a well-developed family of marine snails found in the tropics.…Ottumwa
(Encyclopedia) OttumwaOttumwaŏtŭmˈwə, ō– [key], city (1990 pop. 24,488), seat of Wapello co., SE Iowa, on both banks of the Des Moines River, in a farm and coal area; inc. 1851. A commercial and…George Town
(Encyclopedia) George Town, town (1989 pop. 12,921), capital and administrative center of the Cayman Islands, in the West Indies. A major offshore banking and business center, it is the site of…Gironde, estuary, France
(Encyclopedia) Gironde, estuary, c.45 mi (70 km) long and from 2 to 7 mi (3.2–11.3 km) wide, formed by the Garonne and Dordogne rivers, which join c.14 mi (23 km) N of Bordeaux. Sand banks and a high…Trending
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