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(Encyclopedia) Edinburg Edinburg ĕdˈənbûrgˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 100,243), seat of Hidalgo co., extreme S Tex.; inc…Hawaii, University of
(Encyclopedia) Hawaii, University of, at Honolulu (Manoa Campus), Hilo, and Pearl City (West Oahu Campus) with additional community college campuses; land-grant and state supported; coeducational;…Judah, Theodore Dehone
(Encyclopedia) Judah, Theodore Dehone, 1826–63, American railroad builder, b. Bridgeport, Conn. He built the Niagara Gorge RR and did canal work before going (1854) to lay out a railroad near…Reventazón
(Encyclopedia) ReventazónReventazónrāvāntäsōnˈ [key], river, c.85 mi (140 km) long, rising in the Meseta Central, E Costa Rica, and flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea, N of Limón. The Reventazón is…Barstow
(Encyclopedia) Barstow Barstow bärˈstō [key], city (2020 pop. 25,415), San Bernardino co., SE Calif., on the dry…Smohalla
(Encyclopedia) SmohallaSmohallasmōhălˈə [key], c.1815–1907, Native American prophet, chief of a small tribe (the Wanapun) of the Columbia River valley. He preached a religion based on a vision of…Santa Paula
(Encyclopedia) Santa PaulaSanta Paulasănˈtə pôlˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables,…Somme, river, France
(Encyclopedia) Somme, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising near Saint-Quentin, N France, and flowing generally NW past Amiens into the English Channel; connected by canal with the Scheldt and Oise…bayou
(Encyclopedia) bayoubayoubīˈō, bīˈ&oomacr; [key] [Louisiana Fr.; from Choctaw bayuk=small stream], term used mainly in U.S. Gulf states, especially Louisiana and Mississippi, to describe a…Cuanza
(Encyclopedia) Cuanza or KwanzaCuanzaboth: kwänˈzä [key], river, 600 mi (966 km) long, rising in central Angola and flowing NW and W to the Atlantic. Its lower course, which is navigable for c.160 mi…