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(Encyclopedia) Monroe. 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 54,909), seat of Ouachita parish, SE La., on the Ouachita River; founded c.1785, inc. as a city 1900. The center of the great Monroe Natural Gas…Cotton Belt
(Encyclopedia) Cotton Belt, former agricultural region of the SE United States where cotton was the main cash crop throughout the 19th and much of the 20th cent. Located on the Atlantic and Gulf…Dzungaria
(Encyclopedia) DzungariaDzungariaz&oobreve;n-gârˈēə [key] or JunggarDzungariaj&oobreve;ngˈgärˈ [key], physical region (c.300,000 sq mi/777,000 sq km) of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW…Brewer's: Picture
A model, or beau-ideal, as, He is the picture of health; A perfect picture of a house. (Latin, pictura.) The Picture. Massinger has borrowed the plot of this play from Bandello of…Brewer's: Carmagnole
(3 syl.). A red Republican song and dance in the first French revolution; so called from Carmagnola, in Piedmont, the great nest of the Savoyards, noted for street music and dancing. The…Brewer's: Violin
The following musicians are very celebrated: Arcangelo Corelli, noted for the melodious tones he produced (1653-1713); Pierre Gaviniés, native of Bordeaux, founder of the French school of…Greenwood
(Encyclopedia) Greenwood.1 City (2020 pop. 9,516 ), seat of Sebastian co., NW Ark.; founded 1851. It was the first county seat for the area, when its…Aosta, Valle d'
(Encyclopedia) Aosta, Valle d' Aosta, Valle d' väldäôˈstä [key], region, 1,260 sq mi (3,263 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the…Charlotte, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Charlotte, city (2020 pop. 874,579), seat of Mecklenburg co., S N.C.; inc. 1768. The largest city in the state and the commercial and…Raleigh, N.C.
Mayor: Nancy McFarlane (to Nov. 2015) 2010 census population (rank): 403,892 (43); Male: 195,143 (48.3%); Female: 208,749 (51.7%); White: 232,377 (57.5%); Black: 118,471 (29.3%); American…Trending
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