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(Encyclopedia) Kharagpur kärägˈpər [key], city (1991 pop. 264,842), West Bengal state, E central India. It is a railway and industrial center and has an important school of science and technology. Manufactures i...

(Encyclopedia) Bhatpara bətpäˈrə [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. Once a ce...

(Encyclopedia) Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the...

(Encyclopedia) Baranagar bŭrˈənəgər [key], city, West Bengal state, NE India, on the Hugli River. A suburb of ...

(Encyclopedia) Anathoth ănˈəthŏth, –thōth [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE of Jerusalem, near the modern Anata, West Bank. It was the home of Jeremiah. Its adjective is Antothite, Anetothite, Anathotite. 2 Chi...

(Encyclopedia) Haldia hălˈdēə, hôlˈ– [key], city, West Bengal, NE India. Haldia is being developed as a major ...

(Encyclopedia) Maui mouˈē [key], island (1990 est. pop. 82,500), 728 sq mi (1,886 sq km), second largest island in the state of Hawaii, separated from the island of Hawaii by the Alenuihaha Channel and from Moloka...

(Encyclopedia) Perpendicular style, term given the final period of English Gothic architecture (late 14th–middle 16th cent.) because of the predominating vertical lines of its tracery and paneling. It is also call...

(Encyclopedia) Mongkut rämˈə [key], 1804–68, king of Siam, now Thailand (1851–68). A devout Buddhist monk, he was displaced in succession to the throne by his brother, who ascended as Rama III. Mongkut became...

(Encyclopedia) Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, baron de fränthēsˈkō lo͞oēsˈ ĕktôrˈ bärōnˈ dā kärōndālĕtˈ [key], c.1748–1807, governor of Louisiana (1791–97) and West Florida (1791–95), b....