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(Encyclopedia) Great Indian Desert, S Asia: see Thar Desert. ...

(Encyclopedia) Great Saint Bernard, pass: see Saint Bernard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Great Sandy Island, Australia: see Fraser Island. ...

(Encyclopedia) Odessa ōdĕsˈə [key], city (1990 pop. 89,699), seat of Ector co., W Tex.; founded 1881, inc. 1927. Great oil deposits just to the south changed Odessa from a small ranch town into a large and growi...

(Encyclopedia) Weber wēˈbər [key], river, c.125 mi (200 km) long, rising in the Uinta Mts., N central Utah, and flowing north and northwest to join the Ogden River at Ogden. The combined stream flows to the Great...

(Encyclopedia) Great Dismal Swamp, SE Va. and NE N.C. With dense forests and tangled undergrowth, the wetlands are a favorite site for sportsmen and naturalists. It once may have covered nearly 2,200 sq mi (5,700 sq...

(Encyclopedia) Constantine the Great: see Constantine I, Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Louis the Great: see Louis I, king of Hungary. ...

(Encyclopedia) Otto the Great: see Otto I, Holy Roman emperor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Great: see Frederick II, king of Prussia. ...