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(Encyclopedia) exile, removal of a national from his or her country, or the civilized parts of it, for a long period of time or for life. Exile may be a forceful expulsion by the government or a voluntary removal by...
(Encyclopedia) Maryland, University of, at College Park; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1856 and opened 1859 as Maryland Agricultural College, renamed Maryland State College 1916, consolida...
(Encyclopedia) Guanajuato
gwänähwäˈtō
[key], state, 11,805 sq mi (30,575 sq km), W central Mexico, on the
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(Encyclopedia) United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), specialized agency of the United Nations, with headquarters in Paris. Its counterpart in the League of Nations was the Inter...
(Encyclopedia) school, term commonly referring to institutions of pre-college formal education. It also properly includes colleges, universities, and many types of special training establishments (see adult educatio...
(Encyclopedia) Chihuahua
chēwäˈwä
[key], state, 94,831 sq mi (245,612 sq km), N Mexico, on the border of
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(Encyclopedia) Dover.
1 City (2020 pop. 39,403), state capital, and seat of Kent co.,
central Del., on the St. Jones River; founded 1683 on orders of William
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(Encyclopedia) Sac and Fox, closely related Native Americans of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). Sac and Fox culture was of the Eastern Woodlands are...
(Encyclopedia) Mississippi State University for Women, at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State C...