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(Encyclopedia) Lackawanna, river, 35 mi (56 km) long, rising in NE Pa. and flowing southwest to join the Susquehanna River near Pittston. It crosses the chief anthracite-coal region of the state, passing the cities ...
(Encyclopedia) Albany
1, 3, 4 ôlˈbənē; 2
ôlˈbĕnˌē, ălbāˈnē
[key]. 1 Residential city (2020 pop. 20,271), Alameda co., W Calif., on the
eastern shore of San Francisco...
(Encyclopedia) Evangelical United Brethren Church, Protestant denomination created (1946) by the union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ. Both denominations originated early in the 19th cen...
(Encyclopedia) Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant: see Islamic State.
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(Encyclopedia) Lincoln. 1 City (1990 pop. 15,418), seat of Logan co., central Ill., in a farm area; inc. 1865. It is a shipping and industrial center in an agricultural area with light manufacturing. The city was pl...
(Encyclopedia) Rush-Bagot Convention rŭsh-băgˈət [key], 1817, agreement between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border. It consisted of the exchange of notes signed by Richard Rush, A...
(Encyclopedia) Mahican məhēˈkən [key], confederacy of Native North Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). The Mahican were of the Eastern ...
(Encyclopedia) Chesapeake Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.200 mi (320 km) long, from 3 to 30 mi (4.8–48 km) wide, and 3,237 sq mi (8,384 sq km), separating the Delmarva Peninsula from mainland Maryland. and Vi...
(Encyclopedia) United Nations General Assembly: see United Nations.
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(Encyclopedia) United Nations Security Council: see United Nations.
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