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(Encyclopedia) Lancaster. 1 Uninc. city (1990 pop. 97,291), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in Antelope Valley and in the Mojave Desert; laid out 1894. It developed as a trade center for an irrigated farming area and has...
(Encyclopedia) Dinkins, David Norman, 1927–2020, African-American political leader, b. Trenton, N.J. After graduating (1956) from Brooklyn Law School, he went into private law practice. Active in Democratic politi...
(Encyclopedia) Canton.
1 City (2020 pop. 13,098), Fulton co., W central Ill., in the
corn belt; inc. 1849. It is a trade and industrial center for a coal and
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(Encyclopedia) Saginaw, river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long and 15–25 mi/...
(Encyclopedia) Antioch
äntäkˈyä
[key], city, capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes
(Asi) River, near the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of Mt. Silpius. Antioch is the trad...
(Encyclopedia) Kansas or Kaw, river, 170 mi (274 km) long, formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in NE Kansas and flowing E to the Missouri River at Kansas City; the system drains parts of K...
(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen
ăbˈərdēnˌ
[key]. 1 Town (2020 pop. 15,935), Harford co., NE Md., in a farm region; inc.
1892. Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S. army's huge Aberdeen...
(Encyclopedia) Spuyten Duyvil Creek spīˈtən dīˈvəl [key], tidal channel, now a ship canal, c.1 mi (1.6 km) long, SE N.Y., in New York City. It separates the northern tip of Manhattan island from the mainland a...
(Encyclopedia) George Washington Bridge, vehicular suspension bridge across the Hudson River, between Manhattan borough of New York City and Fort Lee, N.J.; constructed 1927–31. It is one of the longest suspension...
(Encyclopedia) Granada, city, capital of Granada
prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil
rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a silk center, Gr...